The Wires

The Wires: Hong Kong’s misfit-filled covers band. The sweat on Alexi’s brow, the concentration on Jerome’s face, and the smile on my face while belting out Melt’s Sour Candy tells you everything you need to know about this experience. Being a part of this band during COVID brought me back to life and gave me the experience of fully loving and enjoying performing (thanks to a couple drinks). A stage and a crowd of friends, drinks flowing, good music playing; I’ll forever remain grateful for this particular time in my life.

For one thing, the colors are much more distinct in SoHo. They’re brighter. Perhaps that’s a reflection on the people living here. But for many of the cast-iron buiildings that give SoHo it’s unmistakable character, the reason for their bright coloring is actually pretty obvious: whenever you construct anything from wrought iron, it’s going to look like, well, wrought iron.

So the colors of SoHo as they’re known, or at least as they ought to be known, the colors that are just a street photographers dream come true (where else can you find so many amazing backdrops?), are actually the result of many, many coats of bright paints. And they light up a photo in ways even a flash cannot.