This time of year is always busy...

[sistermagpie]

Hope everybody had a good week, whether celebrating Thanksgiving or no. I went home, and came back for some post-turkey beer with q_spade and teratologist.

Last night I surprised myself by getting myself out of the house for an 11pm show at Birdland. A guy I met a week ago was performing--he's a friend of friends. Some of the songs he did were original, and he wasn't happy with some of his lyrics. My friend announced Cousin Magpie writes lyrics! (She calls me Cousin Magpie.) There were a flurry of e-mails for the rest of the day. Anyway, I went to the show all dismissive about my contribution but sure enough once he sang lines I wrote I practically jumped out of seat to tell everybody I helped write that song and did they like it? So much for being cool about stuff like that. Anyway, the show itself was great--two performances sold out. Even better I saw people I knew there so I didn't have to sit by myself--I'd brought a notebook along so I could look like a music critic or something if I was sitting alone. The only bad part was of course the subway deciding to not go anywhere near my stop at 1:30am, so I had to walk a lot, but all in all it was worth it.

Btw, I also had the weirdest dream last night. It was a combination of Harry Potter, the Flintstones and Dexter. Sort of one leading into the other.

Comments

[samaranth.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! That's great. Writing lyrics is hard - they have to scan just so for the music. Has the friend of friends any plans to record these songs now?

I'd brought a notebook along so I could look like a music critic or something if I was sitting alone...
Notebooks are incredibly handy things - part novel, part shopping list, part shield against judging eyes. :D

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he will record them at some point. He already did one CD.:-)

Notebooks indeed are very handy no matter what you're doing!