Eating with the Freaks part 2
After Friday’s adventures, I thought I wouldn’t have much party left in me. But by about 2 o’clock I was feasting on home-cooked brunch at a long table with the OJ All Day planning committee at Sam and Julie’s totally awesome house. Things are going well with that, the festival is definitely shaping up to be a really neato event. So many people are doing so much work to make it happen.
A few of us were chatting afterwards about interacting with non-musicians, and how it almost seems like a novelty to have friends who aren’t musicians or artists of some sort. Likewise, muggles, er, I mean, normals, seem to find it odd or unsettling to be among creative types all the time. A funny thing to consider.
We met early in the day at brunch-time because I had a show at Brooklyn Tea Party in the evening. I’ve been looking forward to it for a while now. I set it up for Ohbijou, a really rad band from Toronto that I’ve been hearing about for years now from the friends in Guelph. Also performing were the Passenger Pigeons, myself, Erin Regan and Shilpa Ray. It was probably one of the most awesome bills I’ve ever played on, everyone was awesome and it felt like a show that was heavily focused on ladies without being overt or condescending about it. It wasn’t like “oh come check out all these ladies who write cute songs and play music,” but more like an incidental fact that this kick ass bill would be featuring mostly women.
My experience of the Tea Party was also enhanced by some very special brownie….
