I missed out on blogging yesterday (about Thursday's show). The show was alright, the crowd was a bit better than Wednesday, though not as large. I'm beginning to think I'm in a kind of slump, which sucks big time because I'm working. After the shows Rio and I hit some more bars and clubs and ended up staying out really late and watching some guy get arrested in the bar. Ha!
I woke up early on Friday and went to the radio station with Kjell, I wanted to see what it was like and didn't expect anything more. But then the DJs asked if I wanted a mic and a headset. And then I got to be on the radio!!! It was awesome, during songs, we'd BS with the DJs (Ross and Lynn on 105.7 WAPL, and Roxanne and Bill on 94.7 WAZR) and they'd find out what we wanted to talk about. Kjell ended up hitting on the weather girl (on the air) using a pick up line he uses on stage. She wasnt in the studio, so he got away with it-I was cracking up in the background.
Last night (Friday) the two shows were kind of rough; Kjell kept saying being an emcee is like being baptizted by fire. I tried a bunch of different material, and skipped talking to the crowd, in hopes of jarring the audience into paying attention. Mission: failed. I think talking to the audience is a better method, especially with some advice from Kjell: When going to the audience, always pick people in the front row. If you corner them, they have to respond. I was asking the general audience, and so (I guess) no one wanted to answer because they were waiting for someone else to answer. In anycase, I'll be playing with the audience tonight for at least the first show. Hopefully they'll lead me into something out of my catalog. I'm sure I can steer the dialogue in that direction...
Anyway, it's time for dinner, so I have to eat...
It takes a backwash man to sing a backwash soul
Like a frying pan when the fire's gone
Driving my pig while the bands taking pictures in the grass
And my radio's smashed
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