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February 27, 2009

Sing Him Away

Filed under: I was there. — Lauren @ 2:30 pm

Twelve years ago I was sprouting new songs in my head like a vegetable garden on a chicken farm. Whatever that means. I was playing guitar every day, transposing the melodies & lyrics that were practically falling out of my head onto notes. When my future ex-husband crashed my house, the day I was laid up from crashing my bike, he found me sitting on the floor of my living room with my Takamine. I hadn’t eaten all day. I was working on this song.

But when I ended up in a band singing covers, that all changed.   It was like my brain dried up.   Sometimes I think now, if I water it with enough tequila or vodka, it’ll become fecund again.   I know, I should be going for the real stuff.   Coleridge would not be impressed.   Recently I had some hope of cancer, which could be like today’s consumption (TB), but that doesn’t look like it’s going to be anything.

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November 27, 2008

Turkeys.

Filed under: I was there. — Lauren @ 2:33 pm

My neighbors have got, for their Thanksgiving luau next door, a guy playing guitar & singing a combination of old school karaoke bar hits like “Delilah” & “Elvira” & baldly off-pitch renditions of Eagles songs which I’m guessing are actually renditions of the dumbed-down Eagles renditions of local bands, because frankly if this guy had ever heard the Eagles themselves I don’t think he’d dumb their songs down quite this much.

Thank goodness I’m heading over to my parents’ house in a little while.   The hilarity of my situation wore off some time ago.

August 11, 2008

Karaoke Review 08-10

Filed under: I was there., Karaoke Diaries — Lauren @ 3:36 am

Welcome to the first post in my new “great idea,” where I review the previous night’s drunken karaoke session.   For those who don’t know, I tend bar at a tiny rock-oriented karaoke bar that aspires to be secret.   People will be referred to by nicknames I make up for them so I don’t get anyone in trouble.   Except for Keola, who’s always in trouble anyway.

Due to being in what I will term “work mode” while I am working, I don’t always remember all events, & I’ve also come to the conclusion that I am incapable of hearing myself accurately while I am singing, so I record a lot of my singing.   The next day I upload the recordings to my computer for review.   Sometimes I’m horrified.   Sometimes I laugh my ass off.   Sometimes I’m horrified & laughing my ass off at the same time.

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July 27, 2008

Someone mentioned this picture

Filed under: I was there. — Lauren @ 11:39 pm

Enjoy.

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