Sunday, July 18th, 1999 - 9-12 AM

SHORTY'S SPORTS BAR AND GRILLE

 

SETUP

 

Got there at 5 PM, and setup was a breeze. Lots of room...AIR CONDITIONING and it just looked great. I had more than enough time to go back to work and get a spot light and even practice for an hour. FINALLY A GIG WHERE I CAN JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE PERFORMANCE! Did it help?

 

THE PERFORMANCE

SET 1: OPEN 1 - HARRY - PARODY 1

SET 2: RHYTHM - LOVE - PARODY 2

SET 3: BURG - STRONGER - ABBEY ROAD

 

Simply the best show I could do. What a great feeling that is. The manager could've come up to me and said I sucked dick and I still would've been happy (he liked it by the way). I did every piece of material I had available. I filled three hours with 2 breaks and everyone laughed and clapped. Couldn't ask for anything more. I was finally able to think about the performance end of it and was able to get all the timing lines down. They are rather tricky. Also premiered the Stronger set which had gotten done a few hours previous. The show had a nice rhythm and flow. It makes me so excited for the future. I'm now doing a new set every week and am so excited to premiere them. These are the nights where I truly believe that this idea is gonna make some noise. Anyway...onto the reaction:

 

THE REACTION

 

"Dude...those TV's are fucking talking to each other..." and thus describes the reaction from the crowd. They were all pretty impressed. The quote is from two drunk guys who somehow walked into the bar, drank for awhile and STILL didn't notice what was goin' on...FINALLY one of them saw and and uttered those words. Then later proceeded to tell me to go to Vegas. Everyone really liked it. Laughing, applauding, it was awesome. The bar owner and his wife liked it, but they made it clear that it was still a rock bar and that they've been trying to do some different type of music sporadically. They actually suggested I do all the racy stuff FIRST AND MORE OFTEN. They thought I started too mellow. Jesus. From one extreme to another. I really couldn't have changed my set list too much. I did EVERYTHING I had. In time I'll have that luxury. But right now filling 3 hours is quite the feat. Either way, this show was awesome. I don't think I've ever felt so confident about the project until tonight. It will work. Of course not at Shorty's forever, but it will work. ANYWAY, I hope to play Shorty's next month and maybe on a bit busier night. We'll see.