After visiting Katy the cripple on Saturday morning, I went to lunch with Massimo, Brian, and Shannon at the Rockford. They have a great menu.
I spent the rest of Saturday with Kathryn, who is just the best. I love this picture I took of her eating lunch:
It is going to be a four month recovery. Now she can’t try out for the Carolina Rollergirls next month. Her new boyfriend (J.D.) is moving in for the weekend to play nurse. She has to have surgery on Monday. She’s in pain but on good drugs. I’m working on getting flowers and visitors organized. Damn, poor thing. She was REALLY excited about this.
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She posted this as a MySpace bulletin:
i broke my arm at roller skating practice tonight. i have multiple fractures to my left arm just above the elbow. this will require surgery (SURGERY!) which will take place on
sundaymonday. jd is wonderful and is taking excellent care of me. call if you like. i’ll be around. not allowed to go back to work before july 1.
I’m really pleased with this picture I took at Slim’s on Sunday:
He isn’t into self-promotion, but DAMN, people should see these.
The set will grow, I’m sure, since they just got back and are no doubt still very tired. Brian has been talking about this mirror idea for a while, and I think the effect came out brilliantly.
See the entire set. FYI, These are All Rights Reserved, so if you want to do anything with any of these pictures, you’d better contact Brian/OldKing first.
This is what I had planned to post yesterday at about this time… you know, before the sick kitty and the vet and the birds, etc. I first heard Roger and Billie sing together at the Love Hangover at King’s the day after Valentine’s Day. Even though I had another place to go that night, I knew I wanted to see Billie, because she’s just an excellent person, and I knew she was a good performer. That was the night I learned that she also had an unbelievable voice, and if you know me, you know what a freakin’ voice snob I can be. Her voice is strong and clear, yet she has great control over her instrument, so she gets all the subtleties. I love genuine performers, the ones who are clearly enjoying themselves, not playing a part. She had accomplished that in Vagina Monologues, and she did the same that night. I was impressed with Roger, who was playing guitar. Of the pairs of performers I saw, he was definitely the best of the bunch. His voice matches hers well, so the harmonies are perfect: no competition or icky pitches. On the last night at the Bickett Gallery, one of the artists was unable to play, and Roger and Billie happened to be there, so the attendees got a lucky impromptu show from the two of them. That night, I learned about the performance I ended up attending yesterday at Slim’s. It was a benefit for a local family who has accrued quite a bit of medical bill debt after the death of their son. The duo performed again (along with several other acts). It was delightful as always. There is much more video to share, but for now, I offer you “Save Me.” This is a cover of an Aimee Mann song. Pardon the sing-along… you know I always forget to shut up! Enjoy. 😀
“Save Me” as covered by Roger Gupton and Billie Karrel from abbyladybug on Vimeo
