Knocking on F'n Heaven's Door
Well it was a night to renew old friendships AND make new ones.
Matchbox Kenny was again at the helm... however, The Alien may have stumbled onto the secret of how to avoid getting Jammed - present Matchbox Kenny with only one rotation at a time... as a result he is spared complicated performance sorting. The results were dramatic. Nice tight well managed rotations... Another contributing factor could have been that Matchbox Kenny, "Chico" and us were the only ones "performing"... Initially... more on that below.
Old Friends: Marie has returned, hair freshly shoe polished - she must have gotten her doctor's clean bill of Hep-C health. She seems pretty fit if not a bit jaundiced... nothing that a few days of heavy drinking can't fix - Jimmy related that she'd "been in 'ere all day"
New Friends: It was a night of firsts in that we were solicited with "requests." We were approached and asked to "perform" certain numbers... weird... very weird. I am guessing some dare was involved (e.g. "I dare you to ask that Jackass to sing X... he looks just stupid enough to do it too!" Q: Were requests honored? A: Of course
More New Friends: The Alien made a new friend - he goes by the handle, "Indio" and he puts me in mind of "Al" from Happy Days (the non-asian one), that is if "Al" had spent his entire life abusing substances - Indio was so inebriated that he needed The Alien to walk him through the entire "performance process". "How do I do this? I want to sing 'Suspicious Minds'?" The Alien gave a full briefing and gained a new special friend. He surprised us with his ability to sing a full phrase behind the actual song... The Alien neglected to give him two key pieces of advice - 1. "Sing the words as they first _begin_ to light up... not _after_ they are all lit up..." AND 2. "Stagger up and present your slips to Matchbox Kenny, not the 'Performer' in the midst of their 'Performance'" - Chico dealt with this faux pas with aplomb. Those key pieces of advice made all the difference... on his second number (IT"S NOW OR NEVER) he did a lot, lot better.
The few "performers" were able to work off and inspire each other... for example... Chico chose "Knocking on Heaven's Door" to "perform"... The opening bars brought a exclamation from Indio's even more inebriated friend, "Knocking on F'n Heaven's Door, allllright!" This might have been what stirred Indio out of his stupor long enough to conceive that he too could go up there and make monkey sounds through the microphone.
THE LINE UP
The Alien: THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (this is becoming The Aliens signature number), HIT THE ROAD JACK (what you say?), SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO (revisiting his Clash-y roots)
Mr Brett: AMERICAN IDIOT, ONE PIECE AT A TIME, HOLIDAY (Mr Brett performed a mini-Green Day tribute)
Chris: RING OF FIRE, RHINESTONE COWBOY, THE TIMES, THEY ARE A'CHANGING (inspired by Chico's KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR)
See everyone for K @ K's next R.
Matchbox Kenny was again at the helm... however, The Alien may have stumbled onto the secret of how to avoid getting Jammed - present Matchbox Kenny with only one rotation at a time... as a result he is spared complicated performance sorting. The results were dramatic. Nice tight well managed rotations... Another contributing factor could have been that Matchbox Kenny, "Chico" and us were the only ones "performing"... Initially... more on that below.
Old Friends: Marie has returned, hair freshly shoe polished - she must have gotten her doctor's clean bill of Hep-C health. She seems pretty fit if not a bit jaundiced... nothing that a few days of heavy drinking can't fix - Jimmy related that she'd "been in 'ere all day"
New Friends: It was a night of firsts in that we were solicited with "requests." We were approached and asked to "perform" certain numbers... weird... very weird. I am guessing some dare was involved (e.g. "I dare you to ask that Jackass to sing X... he looks just stupid enough to do it too!" Q: Were requests honored? A: Of course
More New Friends: The Alien made a new friend - he goes by the handle, "Indio" and he puts me in mind of "Al" from Happy Days (the non-asian one), that is if "Al" had spent his entire life abusing substances - Indio was so inebriated that he needed The Alien to walk him through the entire "performance process". "How do I do this? I want to sing 'Suspicious Minds'?" The Alien gave a full briefing and gained a new special friend. He surprised us with his ability to sing a full phrase behind the actual song... The Alien neglected to give him two key pieces of advice - 1. "Sing the words as they first _begin_ to light up... not _after_ they are all lit up..." AND 2. "Stagger up and present your slips to Matchbox Kenny, not the 'Performer' in the midst of their 'Performance'" - Chico dealt with this faux pas with aplomb. Those key pieces of advice made all the difference... on his second number (IT"S NOW OR NEVER) he did a lot, lot better.
The few "performers" were able to work off and inspire each other... for example... Chico chose "Knocking on Heaven's Door" to "perform"... The opening bars brought a exclamation from Indio's even more inebriated friend, "Knocking on F'n Heaven's Door, allllright!" This might have been what stirred Indio out of his stupor long enough to conceive that he too could go up there and make monkey sounds through the microphone.
THE LINE UP
The Alien: THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (this is becoming The Aliens signature number), HIT THE ROAD JACK (what you say?), SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO (revisiting his Clash-y roots)
Mr Brett: AMERICAN IDIOT, ONE PIECE AT A TIME, HOLIDAY (Mr Brett performed a mini-Green Day tribute)
Chris: RING OF FIRE, RHINESTONE COWBOY, THE TIMES, THEY ARE A'CHANGING (inspired by Chico's KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR)
See everyone for K @ K's next R.
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