Halloween faux pas: I watched as a plus sized woman with lotsa eye make up (black lined eyes and brows), wearing a brocaded two piece suit and pill box hat, saunters across the room... She was obviously dressed as Divine, the famous John Waters' muse and star of the original film: "Hairspray." You're "Divine," aren't you? I am full of pride at my ultra hipness as I blurt this statement out! I bet no one in this room of straight folks knows who "Divine" was!! But her crestfallen face …
Best Laid Plans
Well, I went to Chelsea. I did not go to the cafe. I did not blog. Change of plans. I spent time with two great men and rode in a lot of taxis and had two fabulous meals. …
I don’t want to go to Chelsea.
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. I will be there for only several hours. I went on-line to find the perfect cafe to hang out and read or write in, and I picked out a place. Or maybe I will just walk around a bit. …
Another Great Weekend of Performing.
Lynne Jordan & the Shivers had another great weekend of work. I performed at the Drake Hotel on Friday and at a wonderful wedding on Saturday night. And we had a blast! We had to have a sub (substitute) on Bass as Dave had to do an out of town trip with his church. I was a wee bit nervous at first until Raymond told me about the guys he'd hired - two different subs - usually the optimal thing would be to hire one guy for both gigs but these dudes were such pros and so damned brilliant that …
This Train
News that I have neglected to share... I have been asked by the great artist Tony Fitzpatrick to become a part of the musical cast of his one man show entitled: "This Train" when he takes it to New York!!! Whoo hoo! Tony is a very successful artist who happens to reside in Chicago. I met him at a huge Art Show back in the early 90's. He is a published author and artist. He has appeared in several major motion pictures and now has this successful one man show that enjoyed a sold out run at …