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then drop by for a daily dose written by me, Kambri Crews, producer and publicist to comedians and more!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Seven Years Ago
Seven years ago, I was hanging out with a "B" as in "boy" -illionaire till the wee hours of the morning. At one point he grabbed my hand and deliciously whispered into my ear, "Kambri, when you live in my world, you can do anything you want."
Indeed, in his world, you can.
At the same time, 1,542 miles away, Dad was stabbing Gloria.
--Kambri
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Birthday Wishes & Caviar Dreams
I spent the morning of my 38th birthday perched on my fire escape like I was in the balcony of a theater.
Not quite 5:00 AM, the sun was making its rise to my right. The Chrysler and Empire State Buildings were still shadows to my left. Their lights were out and the sun was not high enough to make them glisten.
Below me, drunken club goers shouted in Spanish, threw punches and bled on the sidewalk. Bouncers from the corner Latin dance club swarmed to the scene. With lightening speed, they shoved half of the warring factions into a compact car that squealed its tires through a red light.
This is New York City Masterpiece Theatre at its rawest.
I hadn't slept in nearly 24 hours, but I was happy.
Pass the popcorn, please.
--Kambri
Tired and happy.
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Too Old? Too Sexy?
Click the photo to see the answer inside of this year's handmade card sent to me by Dad for my birthday. What a treat to see it in my mailbox today. He never fails to crack me up. (In case you can't see the details too well, the front has a square panel cut out, revealing what looks to be buttocks.)
--Kambri
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Discount Code for Toxic Avenger
Save over 55% on tickets to the hilarious musical "Toxic Avenger" with the discount code: TOBALLY5 More info here: http://tinyurl.com/nhlg5x
--Kambri
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Internet Sucks Sometimes
I went to wish someone a happy birthday on Facebook and saw his status that said my grandma is on her death bed.
Oh.
Wow.
I didn't know.
I didn't leave a note. What was I going to say? "Yay, happy birthday, my grandma will soon be dead but, hey, you made it another year. Yippee!"
My brother didn't know either. Well...he does now. Life in the digital age is strange new territory. The internet has made keeping in touch easier but the social etiquette of things isn't all laid out nice and neat. I think it's safe to say, though, immediate family should be informed before a status update. Or maybe Twittering an actual death is the best, most modern way of spreading the news. It worked for David Carradine.
So, now I have the task of telling my dad that his mother might be dead very soon. She's 92 so it's not like it's not been a long time coming, but he's been asking about her a lot lately. Not because he's worried about her so much. He's more interested in protecting the furniture he made her and other material things. He has nothing and so he broods and worries and frets and boils over and hems and haws and...well...you get the picture. He's got TIME on his HANDS.
I worry that when she does pass, he will enlist me with another laundry list of To Dos. Ask about this, make sure about that. Well, guess what, Dad? If you weren't in jail, you could do this yourself because I really don't care about *things*. I've shed myself of house and home and junk more times than I can count. I like being portable. I don't want cars or furniture or stuff.
...Sigh...
But...he has no advocate. No one is listening to him and that's a big bugga boo for him for so long. To not be heard. So, if he needs help in being heard, I'm the only one here to give that to him.
And I will.
And I'm not sure why.
--Kambri
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Friday, June 12, 2009
A Review of Sorts
Here's a nice write-up by the lovely and talented Joanna Parson. In it she reviews her "Happy Hour Salon," a show that features folks working on new works of all sorts. I read from a chapter I was writing for my memoir and she had lovely/funny things to say about my piece.
Anyway, fun show. Check it out sometime.
--Kambri
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
Are Memoirs True? by Jerry Waxler
For anyone who is writing or thinking of writing their memoir, here is a great essay. The whole site is an excellent resource as is NAMW.org. If 2 people disagree about a conversation yesterday, how can we agree about the details of a whole life? It's an important puzzle for every memoir writer. -- Kambri
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Texas Roundup
I feel like I'm on a "This is Your Life" tour! Having a whirlwind week in Texas with Christian who's here touring with his DVD "Au Contraire!" We hit Austin Monday, did radio there yesterday, then he performed at the Alamo Draft House. But not before we had a great dinner with some of my long lost high school friends and a Tex in the City pal. I'm seeing most of them again very soon when we return to Texas for my birfday. But the show was good, decent crowd for a Tuesday at a non-comedy venue. It's actually a movie theater so the setting made for not ideal lighting and sound for comedy but it was great nonetheless.
Speaking of Tex in the City, this Friday is the last First Friday Roundup at Comix. We're taking July and August off but we'll resume in September. We've already raised loads of cash that will go towards helping Texas theater students come to NYC. More on that later but it's a dream project of mine and Scott Ramsey's and how easily it came to be makes us know we're doing the right thing. I love Scott so much and doing this with him has warmed the cockles of my heart.
So, back to the tour. We were on The 950 radio this morning talking shop with Outlaw Dave. That was fun. Tonight we're at the Improv where Christian will headline in front of a pretty large crowd, I think, which includes my mom and a bunch of friends from Ft. Worth (where I attended high school) and Montgomery where I grew up. Then we have to leave at 2:15 in the morning. IN THE MORNING!? To drive to Dallas for morning radio on KZPS 92.5. Oh, Christian pre-taped a segment for Dallas radio with a guy I graduated with. Will have to find the name of the show (some alternative rock show?) but while Christian was getting interviewed we all figured out the connection and now I'm Facebook friends with him. Fun.
The Dallas show is the only dicey one on the tour. At 10:30 on a Thursday night it's a tough spot and, on top of it, the club has a FREE show beforehand. Arrrgh. Hard to compete but hopefully there will be at least 30 people - that'll make it fun and goofy. Some of those folks will be high school friends, too, but my camera is FULL. Bring cameras, pleeeease? All of us are meeting up for dinner beforehand so we'll probably be giddy and tipsy.
No time to visit Dad in the clink, unfortunately, but at least I'll get some laughs with Mom tonight. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets and sent notes of support. Hope to see you soon somewhere out there.
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