![]() But this whole week came together perfectly for me BECAUSE of where I’m at and what I’m doing. Coming back to Kooza was bittersweet, especially leaving the warm sun of SoCal to the rainy cold of the Pacific Northwest. I’m not the kind of performer who is comfortable living hand to mouth and hustling for the next gig. I mentioned in an earlier post, that I’m a company man. I’m overly thankful that I have a steady, fun job in a field that I love, making thousands laugh each day, that affords me security and (relative) comfort for myself and my family. And rather than wish I didn’t have to leave, in an odd way it really made me appreciate what I have. It was, in all, a most artistically and spiritually fulfilling week. The whole time, we thought of the Le Tigre crew who had one more show to do without us! Word was out that it all went very well. The drive was long and arduous, but traveling thru wine country and the majestic redwood forests was phenomenal. We swung by to give a quick hello and goodbye to our good friend Joy, whom we tragically missed the whole week we were there!īeing in southern California with Kooza for so long afforded us a lot of great time to spend with our friends there. The next day, we had to say our sad farewells to our friends and start the long drive to Portland. I brought back everyone to the stage for a final bow, thanked the Powerhouse Theatre, and asked everyone to drop some money into the hat for them, since they let us use the space for no money! “What?! Oh NOW you draw the line?!” I exclaimed. Once Jon pulled the appropriate card out of Voki’s absurd prosthetic vagina during a handstand, they exited the stage, and I reentered with Leo in my arms–much to the audible chagrin of the audience. A running theme, a lame-seeming premise gives way to a gutbustingly dark undercurrent. ![]() Then Jon and Voki returned for their final magic act, with Jon as magician and Voki as his high-pitched and high-heeled wife/assistant. Anne donned a not-painted-but-only-a-little-more-animated snake boa during the song. At the end of the second part, Anne, Anais and I returned to the stage for our final ditty–Anne singing a beautiful rendition of Amado Mio, with Anais and I accompanying. Then Jon and Voki returned as Freaks Clowns, a horrible pair of seemingly ordinary yamma clowns, but again things go way south and disturbing in no time. Anais and I played it up as though three’s a crowd through the whole song. During the song Anne popped up from behind to join us on, of all things, a kazoo. ![]() At the end of this first part, Anais and I stepped up to start our duet, Tonight You Belong to Me on uke and accordion. Seemingly harmlessly silly at first, but things go darkly hilarious real quick. And Jon and Voki came out with their awesome ventriloquist act, with Jon as puppeteer and Voki as puppet. Good times wailing out Radiohead on the uke. I started the final act with a ukulele solo, a reprise of my Creep song that I did originally at the Illusions Bar in Baltimore, this time dedicating the song to my new little bundle of joy, Leo.
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