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Tiffany v. Debbie Gibson

I’ve waited so long to see this.

Arrows of Eros

One of my favorite songs re-done in an amazing way:

Bill Murray in GQ

Loved this interview with Bill Murray in GQ.

Great section here:

But you asked how you get the comic pitch. Well, obviously a lot of it is rhythm. And as often as not, it’s the surprising rhythm. In life and in movies, you can usually guess what someone is going to say… you can actually hear it before they say it. But if you undercut that just a little, it can make you fall off your chair. It’s small and simple like that. You’re always trying to get your distractions out of the way and be as calm as you can be [breathes in and out slowly], and emotion will just drive the machine. It will go through the machine without being interrupted, and it comes out in a rhythm that’s naturally funny. And that funny rhythm is either humorous or touching. It can be either one. But it’s always a surprise. I really don’t know what’s going to come out of my mouth.

What I think is so weird is the Ghostbusters adulation. Am I the only guy rooting against a sequel?

Viento y Agua, Long Beach, CA

Title: Viento y Agua
Location: Long Beach, CA
Link out: Click here
Description: the Hit On List live at Viento y Agua.
Start Time: 7:30
Date: 2010-08-26

Last Night at Cobantigua

Finishing out three days of open mics, I went to Cobantigua Coffee last night for the open mic they debuted in May and then cleverly shut down for two months lest anyone attend.

Needless to say, a last-minute booking of the open mic didn’t draw a lot of performers.  I think there were four of us.  Luckily, the duo who played brought enough of a crowd that the small coffee shop felt comfortable.  Since there were so few performers, we each did 20-30 minutes.  Boris ran the sound and it was phenomenal. 

Apparently, I did 9 songs in less than half an hour.  That seems about right.  Two of them — both covers — I’m not uploading.  One you’ve seen and the other I didn’t pull off as well as I’d like to.  Other than that, minus some chit-chat, here’s my whole set — wrong chords and all:

My Set: Lazy Man, We’re With You, She’s a Morning Person, I’ve Just Destroyed the World I’m Living In, Ewa, You Got Lucky, The One I Loved, Selina, Babs

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