Troy
12-03-2003, 08:54 AM
What a force of nature!
By pure luck last week, I found out that he was doing 4 unpublicized shows this week in San Francisco as a benefit for the Haight Asbury free clinic. Tix went on sale Saturday morning only at the club so we got up early and picked up tix for last night and sunday. A very reasonable $25 too.
We got to the small club (Bimbos) nice and early and found ourselves near the front of the line. We were stunned to get a table down front. Literally front row. I mean, RIGHT there, 3 feet away. I could have untied his shoes.
He's using the shows to work on new material and he just went insane for 2 hours covering subjects like computers, the stigma of the word c*nt, Jacko and priests, his prostate, death, what it's like being as hairy as an ape, Popeye picking up on Betty Boop in a seedy waterfront bar, the history of the Middle East and San Francisco as it's own iconoclastic "Fortress Latte". But when he climbed off the stage and wandered into the center of the audience and just picked on people for 15 minutes he was just on FIRE. Man, the guy is just amazing. By the end of the set, his shirt was totally soaked through and the buttons wouldn't stay closed. When several women in the audience went nuts when his shirt kept opening up he started pulling the hairs from his chest by the fistful and began flinging them around the stage howling "I'm shedding!" I cringed back and put my hand over the top of my drink. I must have made a disgusted face because he laughed and commiserated with me about how gross that must have been. Hilarious to be involved, not matter how over the top it really was. By the end of the set, even he was saying how wild and weird the show was. Being so close, it was like he was performing just for me and Mrs. Troy. So much eye contact and playing right to us, it was truly a spectacular experience. I can't wait for sunday.
By pure luck last week, I found out that he was doing 4 unpublicized shows this week in San Francisco as a benefit for the Haight Asbury free clinic. Tix went on sale Saturday morning only at the club so we got up early and picked up tix for last night and sunday. A very reasonable $25 too.
We got to the small club (Bimbos) nice and early and found ourselves near the front of the line. We were stunned to get a table down front. Literally front row. I mean, RIGHT there, 3 feet away. I could have untied his shoes.
He's using the shows to work on new material and he just went insane for 2 hours covering subjects like computers, the stigma of the word c*nt, Jacko and priests, his prostate, death, what it's like being as hairy as an ape, Popeye picking up on Betty Boop in a seedy waterfront bar, the history of the Middle East and San Francisco as it's own iconoclastic "Fortress Latte". But when he climbed off the stage and wandered into the center of the audience and just picked on people for 15 minutes he was just on FIRE. Man, the guy is just amazing. By the end of the set, his shirt was totally soaked through and the buttons wouldn't stay closed. When several women in the audience went nuts when his shirt kept opening up he started pulling the hairs from his chest by the fistful and began flinging them around the stage howling "I'm shedding!" I cringed back and put my hand over the top of my drink. I must have made a disgusted face because he laughed and commiserated with me about how gross that must have been. Hilarious to be involved, not matter how over the top it really was. By the end of the set, even he was saying how wild and weird the show was. Being so close, it was like he was performing just for me and Mrs. Troy. So much eye contact and playing right to us, it was truly a spectacular experience. I can't wait for sunday.