my night as a rock* star
*=not so much "rock," as "folkish."
my evening was interesting and intimidating. this recap will be neither. however, it will be bulleted. does that make it riveting?

we show up to the coffeehouse, guitar in hand. i always feel like such a poser walking into a coffee shop with a guitar.

it turns out they double booked the music, so they had the songwriter's showcase go next door to this huge brand new theater type room claire-de-lune's just bought. think masonic temple. gianticness. huge throne like chairs. i felt dirty being in there, like the walls were still soaked in hundreds of years of secrets and private handshakes and songs. well, perhaps the songs were just in that simpsons episode... i digress.

SO, all of a sudden, i'm not playing in this cozy hip little coffeeshop. i'm playing in this vast theater. of course, this changes the vibe of the audience, too. take your average coffeeshop-bound music lover, but spread them out across a giant room, and not let them mingle and drink coffee as they would lounged on the claire-de-lune couches. it's a little awkward for all parties involved. they're here to listen to julia and do nothing else, so i'd better be good.

so next was the issue with my guitar. my darling has faulty wiring! but i was totally preoccupied with the fact that my guitar is broken. and with the masonic secrets. i wonder if there are tunnels running beneath this building?

also, the sound guy was totally rushing me, because his watch was ten minutes fast. what does this say about his personality-type, kids?
i had planned 3 songs, and was going to finish with my strongest, happiest song.
however, after two songs, he stopped me and said thank you! give it up for julia! eventually someone told the sound guy about his timing issues, and they announced that the second guy would have time for two additional songs. i had two songs. two depressing songs. he had four. FOUR! total rip off. he was very good, though, so i stopped minding after a while. he had this amazing song with the word "seabreeze" in it.

overall, it was a lot of fun, despite being pre-occupied. i got a few nice compliments afterwards. it was also cool to be the first performer to play in claire's new theater venue. it's exciting, because it's really going to put the coffeehouse on the map as a larger-music venue. devastatingly hip.