Actually, that is completely untrue. The title of this post is a line taken from an Elvis Costello tune that I remember from my college days. (My sophomore roomie at Northwestern was a punk music fan.) The truth is that I am very excited about going to Chelsea (New York’s West Village) for a day. [...]

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Well, I guess it wasn’t just me and my loved one’s opinion.  Lynne Jordan & a Trio of Shivers done good.  The Drake has booked us for Friday nights through June and July.  Wow.  This is the start of my cabaret show development.  If I do this right and don’t screw up (meaning I keep [...]

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I just got home from the second installment in the “Cities of Love” Movies: “New York, I love You” Just like “Paris, Je T’aime” New York, I love You is a film featuring eight minute shorts directed by different director’s with an all-star cast. The texture of this film was grittier, more… you know… New [...]

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I’m watching: “Paris, Je T’aime” (Paris, I love you.) 2006 C’est magnifique! 20 different directors each filming one five minute movie (2 days shoot time allowed) including the likes of The Coen Bros, Wes Craven, Gurinder Chadha, Nobuhiro Suwa, to name a few. They are all film shorts, in and about Paris and featuring a [...]

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I was down in Birdland at Cast Party again last Monday night. This time I sang “If I Can’t Sell It” and I rocked the house. The audience was poppin’ fresh. I just did my thing and rocked the joint. At one point I was trying to get the already enthused crowd to scream, and [...]

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Ann Callaway can sing her ass off. I just want to say that first and foremost. I had two reasons for going to NYC this month: 1. See Ann Callaway at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2. Sing at Birdland again It was a wonderful way to spend an evening in NYC. It was a perfect [...]

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That’s what I asked myself as I stood in line for Ann Hampton Callaway’s show at Dizzy’s Coca Cola in the Jazz at Lincoln Center facility. It was such a great gig. And it is big time. I couldn’t help thinking that I was so far away from a booking like this in NYC. I [...]

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Yep!! I am heading back to NYC to check out the fabulous Ann Hampton Callaway at Lincoln Center and sing again at Birdland in Midtown. I am gonna do “If I Can’t Sell It” this time. It’ll be new schtick to the audience in New York. I am thinking of even bringing a boa. Or [...]

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This never stops!! Okay, first of all, Liza was FANTASTIC. Her rendition of “Maybe This Time” and “New York New York” left me sobbing like a baby.

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Liza & Me.

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