Too Bright and Way Too, Too Much Fidelity...

Well it was one of those nights that starts slow and intimate then balloons into loud and Office Party-ish. BikerBouncer had a cake that none of us had the courage to refer to for fear he might offer us a piece - Happy B-Day Biker "Larry" Bouncer.

Other big news... KG the KJ ("Karaoke Jock" as The Alien describes it) was back and at the helm... no Matchbox Kenny... so the Ship was muchly tightened. Unfortunately KG has little or no feeling in one of his Hands - so back under the knife he goes. At least he is out of the "halo" kneck brace. I am wondering now if maybe his medication is a bit off... because, as "performers", we had some serious issues with the sound "mix".

As only a "performer" might appreciate, you want to hear yourself only enough to know vaguely how bad you are embarrassing yourself... but not _precisely_ how much you are embarrassing yourself...

You ALSO want to be able to hear the music and background singers so you have a vague notion of where you aren't in the song and what key you aren't in.

Unfortunately everything was reversed. I swear I could hear my own heartbeat coming back to me from the "mic monitor". Breathing anywhere near the "mic" created a painful blast of sound coming from the ceiling-mounted speaker just to your left - you can imagine what "singing" sounded like... too loud... too bright and way too too much fidelity...

ALSO I could hear it, but the "audience" could not... based on the "positioning" of the "speaker"

ALSO, I could bearly hear any of the music - but the "audience" could...

This created a interesting effect when "heard" from the "audience"... An incredibly quiet, tentative "performer" that had absolutely no idea where they were. I could see it in even the most seasoned, brash performers... That PROUD MARY girl was there and she is annoyingly fearless and she was as tentative as first timer. Even MAGOO-SAN was temporarily confused - only temporarily because his style requires no adherence to the actual "number" in the first place so his confusion was more having to do with being forced to listen to himself for a change.

Well enough complaining... a good time was had - Jimmy booed MAGOO-SAN with a harsh, cruel vengeance (even for Jimmy)... heartwarming times. JOANNE melted the assembled crowd's hearts with I TIP MY HAT TO YOU, etc.

THE LINE UP
The Alien: PAINT IT BLACK (Ignoring the "mix" challenges and putting in a office party cheering performance)
Lisap: PAPERBACK WRITER (transcending the sound problems... She does it better live than the Beatles did)
Chris: ALISON (my aim is definitely NOT true)

Hope to see you all for K @ K's next R!