we’re in the middle of rehearsing for the pbs show we’re doing at st. anne’s in brooklyn on friday. and, oddly, lady gaga is in the next rehearsal room. funny thing about lady gaga is that i remember her when she was promoting burlesque shows at the slipper room on ludlow street. right next door to arlene’s, where norah jones and scissor sisters and the strokes and everyone else got their start.
what an odd little stretch of street. about 100 yards of street where: lady gaga, the strokes, tv on the radio, the yeah yeah yeah’s, norah jones, me, scissor sisters, interpol, and etc all got their (our) start. maybe they should do a ‘walk of fame’ on ludlow st. it would be: a-short and b-usually covered in pee from the drunks.
so, back to the st. anne’s show friday: it’s a normal show, except that we’re doing a small acoustic show in the middle of it. so:
30 minutes regular show
20 minutes acoustic
30 minutes regular show
20 minutes encore (assuming we’re not being pelted with garbage at this point)
and then next week i’m going into a beautiful studio to begin actually recording songs for the acoustic/orchestral album. and i’ll be bringing a video camera in case anyone wants to see what the process is of recording the acoustic/orchestral album. i know that sometimes watching video of records being made is akin to watching paint dry, but maybe there’ll be something interesting that we document. or maybe it’ll be interesting in 100 years when i’m 144 years old. which would be gross.
sorry, very bad pun. in other news, someone sent me this picture of a little pug puppy being washed in a sink. and, of course, i had to share.
moby