Thursday, June 2
Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston
b/n Ave B and C
9pm
$5
parksidelounge.com
I’m gonna try out some new stuff; play some piano and play the requests i normally refuse.
I wore my sequin jacket during my set at Jam on the River. It looks good but I got a bit slow from the heat towards the end of the set.
I went to the FYE tent to sign some cd’s and a storm came in. Holy shit was it awesome. The cd’s blew off the table and the canopy began to blow away. If not for my dynamic Lose Weight Exercise holding down the tent, FYE would have lost it all. The three employees and I were holding onto the greatest kite ever. And then I thought, idiot, I’m gonna get struck by lightning. And then, someone who had their cd signed, asked for a picture. So, I had one arm around her and one arm holding the shelter. Shit man, I was Thor.
We took down the roof and I went back to my dressing room and hung out with DJ Logic and was rewarded with a Yuengling. Good times.
Thursday, May 26
Corn Mo with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players!
at At Tonic
107 Norfolk Street
between Delancey and Rivington Streets in Manhattan’s Lower East Side
8pm
$12
Burlesque at the Birchmere
starring
The Pontani Sisters
Miss Dirty Martini
Corn Mo
Trixie Little
The Evil Tap Dancing Hate Monkey
hosted by..
Todd Robbins
w/ live music from
The Fisherman Xylophonic Burlesque Orchestra
The Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22305
703-549-7500
Advance tickets available at The Birchmere box office &
www.birchmere.com
$16.50
Saturday, May 28
In Philadelphia!
Corn Mo at Jam On the River
at Penn’s Landing
2:15 pm
more info
i’m playin’ outdoors!
There was this kid who loved syrup. He bemoaned the days when mom was out of it. He dipped everything in it: bacon, biscuits, corn dogs, hot dogs, grilled cheese, french fries, cake and pork chops. And his list went on.
One day his uncle shot a squirrel, boiled it and put it on the kids plate. His uncle knew of his love for syrup and for the common use of syrup on wild game.
The kid tasted it.
“Hey, this tastes like chicken.”
“That’ s because it is chicken.”
“Really?”
“No. But yes it is chicken.”
“Schinken?”
“Yes.”
“That’s pork.”
“Not pork.”
“Is it squirrel?”
“No. It’s shicken.”
“Chicken?”
“No. Yes. It’s tastes like chicken right?”
“What am I eating?”
“You tell me.”
“It’s meat.”
“Yes it is.”
“Did you hunt it?”
“I may have.”
“Then it’s squirrel.”
“Maybe I shot a pig in the back.”
“Did you?”
“No, but I could have.”
“You hunt squirrel.”
“I do have a 22 caliber rifle.”
“Is it squirrel?”
“You’re a clickin’!”
And this line of questioning finally landed on a mobius strip and kept on going with ricochets of words never sticking to the conversation. And the syrup never ran out.
Mr. Freebird himself, Casey Dobbins, was waiting to buy tickets to the mechanical toy theater production of “Wind Up the Wind Because Wednesday’s Gone, Too”. When four o’clock became four o’clock he picked up his rotary and began dialing ten numbers very quickly.
Busy.
Again.
Busy.
Again.
Busy.
Again.
“Hello?”
Oh no. This isn’t Ticketline. “Hello, is this Ticketline?”
“No, this is Judy.”
“Oh . . . Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m sure. Who are-”
Again.
Busy.
Again.
Busy.
Again.
“We’re sorry. Captain May’s Travelling Mechanical Toy Theater Proudly Presents ‘Skynrd: Wind Up the Wind Because Wednesday’s Gone, Too’ is sold out. We apologize for any-”
Again.
Busy.
Again.
Same message.
Oh dear. Oh dear. What now? Oh dear.
Casey ate a whole bag of Twizzlers as he circled the block of his house twenty times. He thought about how they would present The Ballad of Curtis Blow. And he began to weep. Weep hard. Not this hard since having to miss Star Wars because he had been waiting in a line earlier for his dental appointment.
But this was different. This was a tiny train with different scenes on each car. Each scene a story or song.
“Hey Joey, you got any candy?”
“No, sorry, Casey.”
Oh dear.
“I clap for you and your children, too, in this we’re all the same.
What a wonderful world in this old girl
how free the birds have gone.
So, Go on, Go on, Be a free free me
Tuesday’s gone but Wednesday’s here
And I haven’t got the time to steer you (wrong)
Go on, Go on, Be a free free me
Thursday’s Friday and Saturday’s Monday
How free a bird am I
How free a bird am I”
Sunday, May 15
The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Manhattan
Main Stage
7pm
$12
w/ The Ambitious Orchestra and The Wau Wau Sisters and Rachel Garniez
directions
The proceeds of this show go to help my friend Ben finance his new album. Ben makes good albums.
New downloads will be coming, soon. Among them will be the tribute to the great Kevin Von Erich.
The Ben Folds Tour has been going well. Everyone has been real nice. Good times!
Ben Folds
5/3
Chicago, IL
The Riviera Theatre
all ages
5/4
Royal Oak, MI
Royal Oak Music Theater
all ages
5/5
Indianapolis, IN
The Murat Center
Egyptian Room
all ages
5/8
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
all ages
5/9
Durham, NH
UNH Field House
all ages
5/10
NYC
Town Hall Theater
all ages
5/13
Philadelphia, PA
Electric Factory
all ages
5/14
Boston, MA
Avalon
18+
