The Better To See You With, My Dear!

I played a wonderful gig tonight. It was a private house party in SOHO to around 75 people. I was one of four guest artists. The level of talent in the room was tremendous, and I enjoyed playing along to a few of the other artists' tunes as well as my own originals. It felt great to finally get to perform live again after only playing & singing in the recording studio for the past couple of months. It reaffirms WHY I'm doing this when you sell A BUNCH OF CD's after the show and people come up and tell you that they love your music. THAT IS MUSIC TO MY EARS! I didn't play FUCK IT, though. Maybe next time...
(GIVE IT A LISTEN OVER THERE ON YOUR RIGHT!)

After the gig, a few of us went to a Thai restaurant called PEEP. The space is long and narrow with lots of techno crap playing. Very trendy. LOTS of glass and mirrors everywhere. I commented on the fact the there was a small movie screen playing through the mirrored glass across from us. Very kool.

After ordering, I asked where the bathroom was and was directed to a door right across from where we were sitting. OH MY GOD!!! I found out where the place got its name! When I opened the door and turned around, I realized that IT WAS A ONE WAY MIRROR and as I was using the facility, I COULD SEE EVERYONE IN THE RESTAURANT!! It was the strangest thing I have ever seen! On top of that, my sneaky friend, "R" had been there before and made sure that we were sitting at that particular table so that he could get everyone at our table to WAVE at me while I was peeing! They really couldn't see me, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!! I'm SO not an exhibitionist! I couldn't wait to get out of there. By the way, the movie was playing over the sink, so people could see your outline as you wash your hands.

Secretly, I can't wait to take some other people there and play the same trick on them. And I have to say the food was amazing!

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I just found out tonight that in an effort to keep from going under, Delta Airlines is about to stop handing out meals to its flight attendants AND pilots. Now THE CREW is going to have to brown bag it along with the rest of us! I don't know about you, but I personally can't see how this is going to make a flight attendant feel energetic and full of good will if he or she has to keep sneaking into the back of the plane to steal an occasional peanut or pretzel off of the cart! And what about the PILOT!!! I've always said, "A full pilot is a happy pilot!" OK, I never said that until now, but it DOES make sense, don't you think? I'll tell you what. From now on, I think that EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US that flies on a plane should make sure to take an extra POWER BAR on board and offer it to a hungry stewardess! And while you're at it, pack an extra peanut butter & jelly for the pilot. I wouldn't want to think that the person flying the plane has got his or her mind on other things, like landing the damn plane and heading off to McDonalds for a Quarter Pounder with cheese!

Last Girl On Earth Making Sure the Flight Crew gets their rations!