Countdown Entry #28

 

4:22 PM, Thursday, September 29th, 1999:

 

Wednesday, September 29th, 1999 - 9:30 - 12:30 AM

FM - FOOD & MUSIC

 

THE SET-UP

Alrighty...two flights of stairs - on a fire escape no less, in the rain. These add up to a rather shitty set-up. I HURT after this show. Singing takes a lot out of you, but lifting all that stuff up those stairs...whew. At some places I actually had to hold the TVs out OVER the railing on the fire escape. Marty and I were freakin' out. I can't believe nothing slipped. Otherwise, everything went rather smoothly.

THE PERFORMANCE

SET 1: OPEN 1 - PARODY 1 - HARRY - RHYTHM

SET 2: LOVE - UNPLUGGED - PARODY 2 - BURG

SET 3: HATE - ABBEY ROAD - PARODY 2

 

Felt good. Great Sound...It was a nice dark enclosed room and I could hear everything very well...nice mix of hi and low ends. Did the full Burg set for the first time in probably 2 months. It was fun...wow "Impossible" is just depressing. I'm liking the Harry Set a lot more recently. I just like singing it, and I think it shows. I know it's not as exciting as the parody sets and there are very few amusing moments, but it sounds good. It's nice to get back to what this act was made for...singing. Again, the parody sets definitely took the cake. Onto the REACTION:

 

THE REACTION

 

"ENCORE!!" This was nice. Near the end the staff of FM came upstairs to watch and they loved it. It was very cool. Again, very few people were there (I sure as hell wouldn't have gone out on a stormy wednesday night)...but those who watched had fun. A cook said he thought they would "go with me" during the week to try to pull people in on early nights. Word-of-mouth will do that. Not sure on a Tuesday night though. We'll see. Again, everyone loved the sex set (Parody 2). You can't beat the bi-song. It just works. Me being the smug chauvanist male assuming she's CAN'T be a lesbian, she must be BI. It's funny. Surprisingly they really got the interraction. Everytime a TV would say something smart ass they would chuckle. The interraction really is the future, but without an assured captive audience I can do no more than one-liners. Anyway, great reaction...fun night...cool bar. Cannot do it for free anymore though. So we'll just see what happens.