The last night was the event called Wonderland. It was at the Sidewinders bar. It was a fundraiser for throughthelookingglass. It was probably the last time that I'll be working with Lil Miss as she has to move on and do other things in her life.
It was an Exquisite show. The Acts were so high caliber. Lil Miss actually talked a couple people to come out of retirement because they were so excited about the Alice in Wonderland theme.
I have one rule about any shows that Obsidian does. No poetry no exceptions. It's not that I have a hatred for the art form. Although I don't particularly care for it. A lot of people really enjoy it. However when an art form, any art form, is utilized to promote hate speech and privilege I will not have it at my shows.
So imagine my surprise when I showed up and there was a local poet. I turned to Lil Miss and I said "no poetry no exceptions". She started to panic a little bit. This is something that has been said from the beginning. It is not a surprise. And I thought "I'll handle this. I dont want to. But this cant happen".
Having known this poet and his ego for years it was as simple as telling him "I need to review what you're going to say before you go on stage".
First he wouldn't give me the page numbers of the book, his book, that he was reading out of. I kept trying to verify what it was he was reading and he was being cagey. So finally I said "if it is going to be this one particular piece can we do something else?"
He said " do you want me to go?"
I said "no, do you want to go?"
He said "if I cant read this piece you dont want me."
I said "can you do another piece?"
It went back and forth till he stormed off.
Dont care. The interesting thing is we have always been cordial. So his hostility was way out of bounds.
That was the hiccup.
And, thankfully the only one.
As a rule, I don't generally enjoy shows anymore. Lip-syncing has me bored to tears. Unless the act is highly prepared and highly polished I really don't care if the performer knows all the words.
I took a couple of work calls last night. I wasn't on call but they're my people so I always talk to them.
What honestly touched my heart was that my love performed for the first time in over three years. Ever since the accident she's been taking care of me and last night she was brilliant. Seeing her there on stage it was something that just touched me in this extremely deep way.
She hits every mark. She consumes the stage. And the crowd loves her. She was the highest tipped performer of the night, which is normal for her. She easily brought in a quarter of what we made total.
I will post the video here when she has it up on YouTube.
In the meantime here is some of her work :
7.3million views
2.5million views
This one made a lot of people cry
I had an amazing time last night. It was really something. I feel so deeply blessed!!!
