Again, illegal
parking to the rescue. I was alone, so it took a
little bit longer, but I was pretty much
completely set-up with 15 minutes to spare.
Now when
I got there the co-owner looked a little
surprised, but I blew it off. I saw that Rob
Henning guy who wanted to put me in his short film. He
apologized for never calling me but said, things may
still be on. Again, I couldn't get his phone number or
anything, but he said I could sit in on a meeting
about the film Thursday. COOL. Well I checked out the
LULU calendar and fucking A I was booked for Thursday,
not Tuesday. On top of that, we were 15 minutes away
from the other band coming in and getting PISSED.
Damnit. So I rush to tear down and the lady says
I could go on after "Sonya: Ministry of Love",
but then she said I couldn't because at 9:30 it gets
really busy. Since Sonya was just a singer with a
guitar I scooted the TVS back and made room for
her. She seemed a little set back, but I saved
her ass by giving her a mic and mic chord she didn't
have. She was told they had a mic. Wow, how do you gig
without bringing your stuff? Anyway, she did 90
minutes, and then I went on. Situation diverted,
and hey the cafe bought me dinner! I should
fuck-up more often...
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
HARRY -
LOVE - RHYTHM
ABBEY ROAD
- BREAD
Well Sonya's dad
was there for her show (65-75 yrs. old)...So of course
I started with the Harry set. Even though the
other people there probably wouldn't dig it as much,
I knew he'd like it. He smiled the
ENTIRE time. I really felt good. For the
first time out here, I felt like I was doing the
"right" thing. Well, so I couldn't do the raunchy shit
yet...so the love set...and pretty soon I realized he
wasn't gonna leave. I did the most wholesome damn show
in the world. People liked it though. I did do
the pedophile verse on Michael Jackson, but he
probably couldn't hear the words anyway. Yes, so I
geared my entire show for 1 of the 10-12 people in the
crowd, but that's me. I did it in radio too. It's
not a smart move, but to see an old mand smiling and
admiring my act. Man, this guy's seen a SHITLOAD of
performers...from sinatra to the beatles - and he
liked me. It's these little things that keep you
going. Anyway, I'll be back on Thursday and I'll do
the fun stuff. Thanks Sonya's dad...hope you had
fun.
Oh,
and of course my video for this entry is
not of my performance, it's actually
another part of Behind The Music 3. Not
sure if i'm gonna be able to finish this
as soon as I wanted. I really want to
make this song sound good. And
I simply don't have the equipment
here to do it. I'll figure something out.
But here's another piece of the
video...damn this is cool.
HERE