Thursday, March 2, 2006
I am so over the cold and ready for the Spring. It’s hard to believe
it’s right around the corner. The groundhog saw his shadow last
month, which supposedly means Winter is hanging around a bit longer but
I remain ever hopeful.
My friend SLE called Sunday. “I just put a turkey into the oven
so you have to come for dinner,” she said. I asked what the occasion
was. “I had to defrost the freezer,” she answered. So I went
up for dinner and took a Dr. Seuss book, Horton Hears a Who, with me to
read to my god-daughters. They’re getting so big – four years
old in July; little Leos like me. The turkey was delicious and it was
nice to catch up on all that has been going on with SLE, married life
and all. And I got a little goodie bag of turkey to take home with me.
Monday night was my show at Otto’s Shrunken Head. It was so cold
outside that I wouldn’t have gone out if I wasn’t scheduled
to perform. I guess everybody else felt the same way because, not counting
the band that I was opening for, there were about 5 people in the audience.
I’d corresponded a few times via email with DVC about his coming
to film me performing. He’d posted on Craig’s List that he
wanted to videotape artists performing and I sent him a link to my website.
He chose one of the coldest days of the Winter to come out with his camera.
It actually worked out well because he had lots of room to set up, we
could set up the lighting any way we wanted and I could just relax and
have fun onstage since I barely had an audience to speak of.
The lead singer of Mattison was battling a cold and her voice was so hoarse
that I could barely hear her but, trooper that she is, the show went on.
They’re performing soon at Piano’s and I’m going to
go out to see them because from what I could hear of her singing, it sounded
really nice and I liked the music a lot.
Even though hardly anyone showed up at Otto’s, I’m glad I
went out because DVC is going to give me a copy of the performance and
I made some new friends.
I went to the bar to get a glass of water before going onstage. There
was a guy sitting there who’d had much too much to drink. He starting
talking to me about how much he hated his job, even though he was making
three times as much money as he was at his old job, which he really loved.
Guess money isn’t everything. Case in point, I’m not making
much money these days but I’m having a grand old time of it.
After the show was done, DVC and I raced each other uptown and rendevouzed
at a diner and got a little better acquainted. There were two girls in
the next booth visiting from Canada. They noticed my guitar and wanted
to know if I was performing that night. When I told them I’d just
finished performing, they were disappointed. I gave them my card and they
promised to visit my site and send me an email. I have to make up some
fliers to distribute.
So much to do, so little time.
More soon...
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February 25, 2006 - Another late night… What else is new? I performed at Bellizzi’s tonight. Two sets. I ran through my entire arsenal of songs and even threw in a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s song, “True Colors.” I don’t really like doing covers but the woman who hired me for the night asked me to and you have to give the people what they want, especially when they're paying. More...
February 19, 2006 - Another all nighter… My plan was to get into bed by midnight at the latest but I wound up staying up and setting up my page on MySpace. It turns out there’s another artist with my name (Setra) who’s already on MySpace so I couldn’t use my own name. I had to sign up using Daughter of the Sun instead. It took a while to upload the music and the photos, once I figured out how to do it. More...
February 16, 2006 - Hurray! The snow is almost gone! Just the way I like the snow. A lot of it comes down, it stays for a few days and then it melts and is gone; and not a moment too soon. I ate the last of the food today, which means I have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. I haven't weighed myself but I have a feeling I've gained at least a couple of pounds. More...
Snow - I have about five days’ worth of food, and I’m prepared to hibernate until the snow melts. My car is parked across the street but I don’t know which mound it’s under. It was kind of nice being home alone and doing whatever I wanted to without having to answer to anybody or even speak to another person. I turned off the ringer on the phone and just spent some time with myself. More...
Guero's - I just got in from Guero’s. What a night. First off, it turns out they didn’t have a PA system, an amp, a microphone or microphone stand so I had to pack up all that stuff and take it with me. I lugged it all a block and a half to where I’d parked my car Monday evening and when I got to the parking spot where I’d left my car, my car was nowhere to be found. More...
MTV Comes - The MTV folks came and went Monday. It was all quite fun. I was up and dressed by the time they arrived at 9:00 AM. “We have to film the entire day,” they said and they made me put my pajamas back on and get back into bed. Then they filmed me getting out of bed, going into the kitchen and having my first glass of water for the day. They wanted to film that twice so I had to drink two large glasses of water before it was all said and done. More...
MTV- I sent off a CD and letter to MTV for their Made series. Sunday afternoon I got a call from them saying they want to film me for their “A Day In the Life” series. More...
Insulted - I got a call from a woman today who books acts at a café in Montclair, New Jersey. She wanted to know if I was interested in performing a short set of about 3 or 4 songs at her café on Tuesday. Not only was she not offering to pay me but she wanted me to buy an entrée while I was there. I was highly insulted. More...
January 13, 2006- I’ve been in bed all week with the flu. Not my idea of the best way to start off the new year but I suppose it could be a lot worse. As a matter of fact, I feel almost completely better. Just a little tickle in my throat, which means I won't be going to the movies over the weekend and making everyone in the theater hate me because I'm coughing every few minutes. More..
