Life of the Bradley
I figured it was about time I posted a few of the things going on in my little life. So a couple of weeks ago my friend Robby took us all out sailing Long Beach Harbor which was a complete blast. It was a little cold, but it was hella fun. The Leivas didn't care so much for it but we did at least learn that. Now he also knows it's totally safe so he won't worry when I leave his ass at home.
I've been working up some new music as well, there's two songs I'm kind of digging at the moment - one called "Echo" and one that is a reworking of an old lyric called "Ecstasy". My friend Brandon from Turbo Sunshine who remixed "Rock Hard" is actually helping me with "Echo" and I think I'm going to try and get some more help with the other songs. I'm really pretty sick of working with loops and myself and really want to start working with other musicians, but for the time being with a few new songs and the left overs from the Everybody Hates You sessions, I may have enough really good songs for a new album by the summer. The songs that were left off of "Everybody Hates You" were really only left off because they didn't flow with the songs I wanted on the album, so now they all kind of work out together quite nicely. There's also a reworking of a song called "Aren't You Proud" which I did in 2006 - it's an ode to my friend Michelle Wenzel who died and it's one of my favorite songs ever so I reworked some lines and re-recorded it and it's a song I'm really proud of.
also, my pal K and I decided it was high time to get our shizz together and we joined the Groundlings School for Improv. It's a 6 week course and at the end we all put on a show - classes start next Tuesday so that should be interesting. I'll try to write more but this blogging thing is hard - in the meantime if you are reading this Mrs. Hunter - I miss you and I will call you!!!
Labels: Life In La La Land., Swivek
Rocked It Hard
Well I did it - my very first live show. The Boofont Sisters were brilliant as ever and it was so cool to actually put on my set and for them to have even asked me.
As for my nerves, I was only really nervous for a bit on Saturday afternoon but once we started putting everything together I felt better. Robby became my handler and took over on the costume and my make up. Then we did a rehearsal with him and Mike as the audience. I guess they liked it cuz Robby went into super charge mode and got me all pumped up.
Around 9 we were all set and Kristin came over so we hopped a cab and hit Hamburger Mary's. I talked to Dan, Cyndi's husband about the song tracks and went to the back room to hang with my other celebrity pals :0) . Tina was already there and had a Captain & Coke for me.
My friend Jason was also there, and Mike's friend Deene showed up too! Devin & Dylan got there during my second song but I saw them come in and they looked so excited. Everyone was taking pictures and Robby was shooting video - it was awesome.
The Boofonts went on first and there was another guest drag performer and then I went on. I did three songs, "Crypt Keeper" - a Halloween song I wrote a few years ago for a compilation album we did. Then I broke into "Rock Hard" which I had rehearsed over and over and had this idea of jumping down on my knees and doing all this crazy stuff but the stage actually had a stripper pole so I utilized that instead. Then I ended with "Fabulous" and though no one would have noticed really I did end up forgetting some of the lyrics but I rolled with it. At the very end of the night everyone got up and did "The Time Warp" which probably didn't go all that well. The Boofonts were good but I didn't know the words so I had a lyric sheet and I still didn't do the thing justice. But Wee Sandy, another performer forget her musical cue which was the jump to the left line! So I wasn't all that bad and I did drop to the floor at the end.
Alf had been very worried about my performance as he is very nervous but after the show he told me he'd never worry about me performing again... that's as big of a compliment as I could have asked for!
After we left, we were going to go to Micky's but Tina was pretty drunk and she ended up falling and slamming her face into concrete so Robby and I drove her home to the Valley - but even with her pain and suffering she still had a good time... and now I can't wait to perform again.
I even ended up winning the Costume Contest - or I guess Rob did since he created it. There will be videos and photos soon! Until then here's a candid from my pal Devin:
Labels: Life In La La Land., Swivek
