Tuesday, July 05, 2005
For the next month, our journal will be HERE!!!
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Tues. June 21: The WYSIWYG Talent Show was super-fun. All of the performers were fascinating and opulent. The crowd was very responsive to my piece. I did "In My Dreams I'm Michael Jackson," with Dibs on ukelele and omnichord. I realized far too late that everyone assumed he was my boyfriend, and thus missed out on all of the otherwise-inevitable pick-up lines from the audience filled with single gay men. Ah, well! A pleasant distraction. I don't get to perform prose enough. My album and tour have gotten in the way of all that.
Fri. June 25: Fundraiser at Cake Shop! It's all a blur. The kissing booth was a great success, and would have been a greater success with a tad more booze. C.o.B. was going to try out our new 5-piece arrangements, but Jason jumped on stage and did impromptu drumming for us. Considering he'd never done it before, it was pretty effing awesome. Anyway, anecdotes, anecdotes, blah blah blah: It was a very successful benefit, with incredible performances by Creaky Boards (ad libs to break my heart), Dream Bitches (they covered my song Wordcum!), Pantsuit (meatloaf!), and of course the absurdly tight Bloodsugars. Andrew and Anne danced up a storm. Sara and Matt and Kevin and I chatted the night away in a diner in Queens.
Sat. June 25: Octopus! I got to sing with Double Deuce, which is my favorite thing in the world. THIS is all you need to know.
Sun. June 26: Betsy and I woke up in Williamsburg and met up with Andrew and Tom for the PARADE!!!! ...I think I should write about this later. I want to actually WRITE about it.
Wed. June 29: After several days of booking shows and mailing press releases, I finally finished preparing my BOOK! "Louder Than Words: Selected Performances, 2004-2005." It's an anthology of my performance texts. I like it. Lots of people bought it at my show, which happened this night. I sang my quiet songs, and was joined by the astonishing Lydia, whose vocal stylings prompted me to bring "Umbrella Song" out of the vault. Andrew came up to sing his song, "I Wanna Be Your Friend," and we sang "O Superman" together, which was ridiculous. Long Lost Billy came to the show, and we caught up. I stayed out at Odessa way too late...trying to forstall the inevitable return to my apartment, along with all the cleaning that had to be done.
Since Then: Much rehearsing and revelry in Philadelphia. NEW CHEESE ON BREAD SONGS, which is astounding. I love everyone. This tour will be amazing.
I wish I had written in this thing in the past week, so I didn't have to treat all of these joyous days so cursorily.
I will see you soon, no?
xoxo
dan
Fri. June 25: Fundraiser at Cake Shop! It's all a blur. The kissing booth was a great success, and would have been a greater success with a tad more booze. C.o.B. was going to try out our new 5-piece arrangements, but Jason jumped on stage and did impromptu drumming for us. Considering he'd never done it before, it was pretty effing awesome. Anyway, anecdotes, anecdotes, blah blah blah: It was a very successful benefit, with incredible performances by Creaky Boards (ad libs to break my heart), Dream Bitches (they covered my song Wordcum!), Pantsuit (meatloaf!), and of course the absurdly tight Bloodsugars. Andrew and Anne danced up a storm. Sara and Matt and Kevin and I chatted the night away in a diner in Queens.
Sat. June 25: Octopus! I got to sing with Double Deuce, which is my favorite thing in the world. THIS is all you need to know.
Sun. June 26: Betsy and I woke up in Williamsburg and met up with Andrew and Tom for the PARADE!!!! ...I think I should write about this later. I want to actually WRITE about it.
Wed. June 29: After several days of booking shows and mailing press releases, I finally finished preparing my BOOK! "Louder Than Words: Selected Performances, 2004-2005." It's an anthology of my performance texts. I like it. Lots of people bought it at my show, which happened this night. I sang my quiet songs, and was joined by the astonishing Lydia, whose vocal stylings prompted me to bring "Umbrella Song" out of the vault. Andrew came up to sing his song, "I Wanna Be Your Friend," and we sang "O Superman" together, which was ridiculous. Long Lost Billy came to the show, and we caught up. I stayed out at Odessa way too late...trying to forstall the inevitable return to my apartment, along with all the cleaning that had to be done.
Since Then: Much rehearsing and revelry in Philadelphia. NEW CHEESE ON BREAD SONGS, which is astounding. I love everyone. This tour will be amazing.
I wish I had written in this thing in the past week, so I didn't have to treat all of these joyous days so cursorily.
I will see you soon, no?
xoxo
dan
