First up, I'll be premiering some songs from a new show I'm developing, called POMES: The Tru Storie of Wergle Flomp and Othr $49.95 Poets. In the late 1990s, the English Poet David Taub set out to expose the International Library of Poetry scam (aka poetry.com) by writing deliberately horrible poems -- which I have set to equally horrible (and hilarious) music. The poems include "Wots A Pome," "Nicky Nacky Noo" and "Yew Gotta Larf." Mr. Taub's creations inspired the annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, which you are free to enter... Perhaps I'll set your disturbing poem to music as well!
Now, what setting would be perfect for a "deaf composer" to sing horrible poems? Why the Liberace Birthday Bash, of course. The infamous cartist, HOOP, is throwing a party in honor of Liberace at the Westbeth Community Room, 55 Bethune St., NYC. You'll find me there at 6:30pm, it's location "A" on the map below.
Next up, we'll march over to The Duplex (location "B"), for the new cabaret show of Matt Lutz at 9:30pm. He's doing three of my jazzy songs: "Time To Give In," "Nice Guy" and the premiere of "SMOKIN" -- about a guy who looks cool smoking but he's allergic to smoke.
It's a fun filled evening, so don't miss it!
JAY
