Countdown Entry #27   1:27 AM, Saturday, October 2nd, 1999:   The title is the definition of "Polaris" by the way. :-)   POLARIS AMPITHEATER Friday, October 1st, 1999 (7:15-10:45PM)   THE SET-UP Now this is living. 5 guys to help me unload and set-up the show. Felt like a superstar. It rocked. BIG-ASS stage. My TVs looked all little. :-) Oh well. Quick set-up. And since they were doing ALL of the sound, I had very little to set-up. Just the TVs and computer.   THE PERFORMANCE 3 1/2 HOURS STRAIGHT: NO BREAKS  HARRY - RHYTHM - ABBEY ROAD - LOVE - PARODY 1* HARRY - OPEN 1 - RHYTHM - LOVE - ABBEY ROAD PARODY 1* - HARRY - OPEN 1 - HATE** - RHYTHM *did NOT do Sex with Andyman **didn't do Lurid   Where do I start. First of all I have to tell you that I will remember this night for the rest of my life. To be on a stage that big, with so much traffic going past me and watching was very cool. As you can see from the set list I was not able to do nearly HALF of my material because of families being there. No big deal, I just repeated stuff throughout the night. That wasn't a big deal because of everyone coming and going. Which is also why I never stopped. You take a break, you miss more people. I was on a high. I was cold as HELL but I didn't give a shit. I just kept going. My voice held out pretty well because of my own monitor, but the guy running the sound had no way of hearing it...(sigh) What the hell. He kept having to run out 10-20 feet in front of the stage and then run back to the side. He had no headphones or anything. It was stupid. But it didn't matter. I felt like the energizer bunny. I've never sang that long that hard without a break before... I'm hoping I haven't killed myself for tomorrows gig.   THE REACTION "Now that's scary!" And other estranged comments. The death of Jar-Jar got applause. So many people, so many little comments. All I can say is that I felt like a star. Truly the first time that I felt special. (What a pussy 2 lines that was. I have to be one of the most honest people on the planet. I just "say it". I guess that's what makes the show entertaining.) And that stage was so big! :-) And an old WTVN Listener, Josh Goldman, came up to me and said he wanted to do an article on me for The Lantern! My first press! So happy. I was very high after tonight. To think of how far this has come since November 3rd of last year is mind boggling. Ok, I'll stop ranmbling. All I can say is that I will point at this day in the life of 4tvs as a HUGE moment. Everything is a bit different now. A bit more real.

 

 

OCTOBER 1999