I feel it more than I can deny it. It is in my bones, my muscles, in the number of things I have accumulated in my house. I think about death. I look back on my life and realize that I have advanced past the age to fulfill a lot of dreams. It's almost too late. Every time I realize it is my experience that makes me wiser I am confronted with it. I am getting old. Sometimes when I say: I am getting old I wonder if I should correct myself. Should I be saying: I am old? Should I just get real …
My Words for the New Year 2016 and for 2015: Verklempt & Gratitude!
Verklempt. Definition: Verklempt is a Yiddish word that means "overcome with emotion." Pronounced "fer-klempt," people use it when they are so emotional that they're on the verge of tears or at a loss for words due to their emotional state. I am Verklempt. I've been trying to compose a New Year's message but I am just so grateful for the love that I have received, the response to my Gofundme campaign and my recent sold-out show at City Winery (for starters) that I just end up sitting at my …
January 1, 2016: Wonderful Night at City Winery Chicago. Photos!
Glorious. Happiness. Joy. Dancing. Laughter. Some tears. Fantastic dress. Gorgeous make-up. Killer band. Special guests. A drag queen. Music. Fela! Sold-out show. So much love. …
My Friday, Jan 1st Concert at City Winery Chicago: The Preparation, The Worry, The Show.
It's 5AM and I figure that I may as well do something besides bemoan the fact that my sleep schedule is screwed up. I have a lot of work to do for my upcoming Lynne Jordan & the Shivers show at City Winery Chicago. They asked me to perform on New Year's Night which happens to fall on a Friday. This is a change, as all of my past shows have been on a week day. One might think that would be easier to fill the seats but it is New Year's Day and folks will be out of town or tired from New Year's Eve …
Diva in the Sky with Redmoon Theater and The Great Chicago Fire Festival.. Feeling Good.
It was the most wonderful performing experience of my life. There I sat on a swing suspended some twenty feet in the air over my audience singing a song that I first sang as a teenager in a high school production of "Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd." "Feeling Good" is such a simple song but thanks to Nina Simone's arrangement, it has plenty of room for drama and dynamics. And then there was the Full Moon in the night's sky shining down on me, …