Friday, March 05, 2004  

Shows This Weekend

Quick update:

Saturday, March 6. The Chateau. Manchester, NH. 9:00

Sunday, March 7. Shenanigans. White River Junction, VT. 7:00 (Sam Walters opening!)

Love to see you there!

This Awkward Moment Brought To You By Google

I bet Hemingway never had this problem. When I was writing my short story for my class last semester, I was banging along and needed a couple of character names. Rather than wasting creativity, I figured I'd just plug in the first names I saw. I work at a university, and I had a class list on my desk. So I grab a name more or less at random (skipped over some names of inappropriate ethnicity) and kept on writing. Didn't think twice about it. Finished the story. Turned it in. Got good feedback. Posted it on this site.

Imagine my surprise when a student, who I'd never met before, came to get a signature on a form the other day. As he walked away, he turns and says, "By the way. I was Googling for my name last night. Why did you make me the villain in your story?"

Montreal Finale

Had two shows on Saturday night, one good, and one great. First show's crowd was kinda stiff, and really made me work for it. That would be, of course, the only show the booker caught all week. C'est la vie! Second show was outstanding. Joey Elias dropped in to do a guest spot, and Ryan Murphy, Jeff O'Neil, and Heidi Foss rocked as well...in fact, Heidi may be the tightest writer I ever met, and yes, that's including Brian Kiley. Nobody wanted to play, so it was back to the condo, where I had some pad thai and packed up. I ended up stealing "Ventriloquism for Dummies," a memoir by comedian comic John Wing, and an absolutely terrific read. Great insight into being a comic, and a real good look at what made 80's comedy tick.

Then it was just a short 6 hour bus ride home, an hour-long ordeal putting Jude to bed, and then blissful, blissful unconsciousness until this morning, where I find myself back at the day gig, and the soul-sucking begins again.