I should have known better... I had way too much fun last week. I let my guard down. I forgot to wait for the other shoe to fall! I am not normally a pessimist. I am a fairly happy person. I almost never take off my rose colored glasses. But I am in show business. No business like it , no business at all. …
Roger & Me Ebertfest 2005
I'm still unpacking and compiling my notes from Ebertfest 2009. I intend to add more detailed postings about the films and experiences. However I realize that now that I've returned to Chicago, it's business as usual and I've got even less time than when I had a full day of screenings! OY! Saw BFF Barb's wonderful play: Seanachi Theater Company's production of "Our Father" …
Down in Birdland
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 so I said: I WANT YOU TO SCREAM! AAARHH!!! I WANT YOU TO SCREAM LIKE THE GOVERNMENT'S GONNA GIVE YOU 700 BILLION DOLLARS!! The crowd screamed their heads off!! …
Will I Stay the Course?
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 felt a bit depressed by it - at first... then I began to ask myself: …