playing in brooklyn.
It’s four am and I need to sleep.
But not before I say this.
Shane and I played in Brooklyn tonight, at a nice little place called The Cove. The stage was small and cute, made even better by the unicorn wearing a pink veil with whom we shared it.
At first we couldn’t find the place. We finally just parked next to something called The Sea. We figured that coves are generally located near seas, so we had to be close. Turns out we were right: they were right next door to each other.
Our songs are so fun to sing; I love doing it.
And I love when there are people in the crowd who good and listen, which seemed to happen tonight.
Two highlights, though:
We wrote our set list on the back of a receipt while driving to Brooklyn. I decided to stick my gum in the corner of that receipt-turned-set-list right before we started playing. Towards the end of the set, it mysteriously disappeared. Good thing we remembered the songs that we sing, I guess. When we were done singing, I stood up to leave the stage and my friend called out, “The set list–Jess, it’s…ON YOUR BUTT!!! And sure enough, it was. Stuck there like I was in fifth grade and the receipt had KICK ME written on it, instead of the titles of our songs. Stuck there in a way that reminded me I should never ever use our set list as a place to put my gum. And yes, everyone laughed. Rightfully so, I may add.
Oh, and Fudd, the sound guy. He went up to Shane after our gig, told him he liked our music and said that he would certainly look for the lady papers on myspace.
And with a name like that, I’m pretty sure it can’t be long before Kotex or Tampax are our sponsors.
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“On your butt”…ha ha ha!
“the lady papers”…”Kotex or Tampax are our sponsors”…I can just see you and Shane in a commercial…you are on stage, in the middle of a set and mother nature swaggers in, carrying your monthly gift…showdown!…you stand up and pull your “lady papers” out of your pocket…close up on mother nature, bead of sweat running down her face, terror in her eyes…!! Hilarious!
maybe we can get jase to write/direct the commercial…
Oh…and way to kick butt, Jess and Shane!
thanks! it was a good time:)
You are an elegant, stylish lady.
And yet, you seem to have more mishaps like sticking gum and misunderstood names and mistaken nationalities than any five other people I know.
Or maybe you just remember them so that you can report on them for our amusement, instead of banish them from your mind like most people do.
Thank you.
hahaha I am not sure which option it is, but life is certainly not boring, I can tell you that!
LOL! Lady papers. I’m 12 years old, so you should know just how hilarious I find that.
then that makes two of us
Haha I love it… I think you missed to boat – your band should definitely be called the lady papers.
Ummm… No one is going to comment on the fact that this man’s name was “Fudd”?
Elmer?
yeah, I had to ask him his name twice cause I didn’t wanna say what I thought I heard:)
Jess this post made my day (smile(: )…… a moment to make me smile in a slightly ‘crazy kids everywhere’ afternoon!!!
I’m so glad it made you smile, Clare–and your comment made me smile, so smiles all around, I guess!
OH WOW Jessica,
The Lady Papers…that made me laugh out loud. And I had a tough day so it was much needed. Thanks so much for being so transparent and unafraid to share these humorous, albeit rather embarrassing moments from your life, I am sure.
oh, I think I kinda live for these moments. they are the salt that makes the blandness and all the expected parts of life more interesting, I think.
yessum, that crowd done good an’ listen!
too bad we didn’t get ay of those laser lights, tho.
um, any.
not ‘ay.’
my b.
I wish I could have been there. Sounds like tons of fun!
well, at least you were there in spirit. and by ‘in spirit,’ I mean you gave us a list of discussion topics that came in handy.
LOL, sorry I missed your show! I will catch the next one I hope! Sounds amazing, and fun!
I missed you, but I understand! Next time, if possible–but I just wanna see you, friend, whether it’s at a show or not!