Archive: November 2009
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Nov 20 09: In Which I Enter the Dazzling World of Vampire Fiction
A while back my friend and teammate Julian Yeo, a jazz-singing accounting professor, asked me to write him a very short story. It’s a quick mood-setting thing for the liner notes of his new album, Deep Purple Dreams, about the character Julian used as a touchstone while recording and choosing songs for the record. The disc will be out in January, and you should check his stuff out — he’s got a lovely voice.
But if you want to read the story now, you can: it’s online as part of an interview with Julian at SFGAM.com. (It’s also on Julian’s site, but it’s locked up in a Flash lump and I can’t link to it from here.)
Nov 19 09: So What? I’m a Rock Star.
Okay, I’ll shut up about this soon, I swear.
Things I learned about appearing at the Ed Sullivan Theatre last night:
- The studio is tiny. I guess it would have to be, to fit into your television.
- It is cold in there. I mean, you hear that sometimes from the guests or whatever. But they don’t mention that it’s chilly enough for the air coming out of the ventilation system to turn into fog that gently drifts down from above.
- You can try to be blasé about these things, but eventually the realization that you, a random choir geek, are singing rock and roll on television for an audience of about 20 million people hits you, and at that point what D describes as “my big shit-eating grin” becomes inevitable. Despite the fact that you cannot hear yourself sing at all over the sound of the band and you’re just taking it on faith that you’re hitting your marks.
Man, what a gas. Although at that temperature, it nearly condensed into a liquid.
Nov 18 09: I’m Gonna Live Forever
So, um, I’m going to be on Letterman tonight, part of the chorus backing up Ray Davies and doing Kinks songs. Set your DVRs, or check it out on the Letterman show website when it goes up tomorrow. The performance is to support his current tour, which has two nights’ performances at Town Hall on Thursday and Friday. I’ll be in those too. (Tickets still available!)
Still can’t quite believe this is happening.
Nov 13 09: DIY LG FTW
Dear Molly Lewis:
I’d never heard of you before Jonathan Coulton Twittered about this video this morning. And I don’t really have much of a file on Lady GaGa.
But I love you.