90's R&B, 30's comedy
So today I rounded off my 8th consecutive workday. I mentioned, I think, that I would be working another Southstreet Seaport show with JKK. The first time I did the line up was Abe Vigoda, Telepathe, and No Age. None of which caught my eye. Last night, though, was Kiss FM's Summer Soul Nights at the Seaport, which they've contracted to the organization Jordan works for. Let me bring you back to the nineties. 1995, I was a young ten years old, still living at 12 Pleasant St in Corning. Around this time a guy by the name of Montell Jordan hit the R&B scene. I wouldn't say he changed much of anything, but he certainly hit it big with his hit song "This is how we do it". As it turns out, he was the headliner of the show. Of course he played an entire set of new stuff, much like another warshed up one hit wonder I know, and saved his single for last. When he got back on stage after the encore break, he gave a brief and bitter speech.
"Listen up, and listen close, cause I'm only gonna sing this once," he said. "I have to sing this song every night for the rest of my life."
I guess that's what you get. Hall and Oates probably don't have that problem.
In other news, I saw my first Marx Brothers movie the other night and was downright horrified to find out that Groucho's moustache and eyebrows are fake. Greasepaint forgeries of the genuine deal. Why hadn't someone warned me? The disguise based on his appearance is more authentic than the man himself. Though he did grow a real moustache later in life, it paled in comparison to what the country is used to. That issue aside, I thought the movie itself, Horse Feathers, was absolutely brilliant. They never missed a step, clearly masters of comedic timing and wit.
"Listen up, and listen close, cause I'm only gonna sing this once," he said. "I have to sing this song every night for the rest of my life."
I guess that's what you get. Hall and Oates probably don't have that problem.
In other news, I saw my first Marx Brothers movie the other night and was downright horrified to find out that Groucho's moustache and eyebrows are fake. Greasepaint forgeries of the genuine deal. Why hadn't someone warned me? The disguise based on his appearance is more authentic than the man himself. Though he did grow a real moustache later in life, it paled in comparison to what the country is used to. That issue aside, I thought the movie itself, Horse Feathers, was absolutely brilliant. They never missed a step, clearly masters of comedic timing and wit.
