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0 Thank you, El Cid! … forever?

  • December 15, 2016
  • by dirtycurls
  • · Courtney McClean · Live Performance · News · Really Deep Thoughts · Upcoming Shows

First – SHOW TONIGHT! 7pm doors at The Good Nite on Burbank Blvd in North Hollywood. Show at 7:30!

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TONIGHT!

Secondly – EL CID IS CLOSING!! Connor, the super cute white Prince who runs the sound there, told me that this coming Monday – Dec. 19 – is the LAST El Cid Open mic EVER! I did notice that the main sign was not lit up this past week. I am pretty bummed out; I love the El Cid stage. It’s a beautiful proscenium with professional lights and sound. Kinda better than an open mic deserves, but it’s important for practicing musicians and comics to know what they look like on a fancy stage (assuming they’re taping themselves).  Although, El Cid definitely became my comfort zone. And I need to step the fuck out of that.

But here’s why I really wanted you to read this post… for some gooood viiiiibes:

On Dec. 12, for the second time, I played a 30-minute feature set before the El Cid Open Mic. We started a few minutes later because Michael, the host, wanted to get more people in (thank you for being there!!). It wasn’t a full house and the crowd was kinda subdued, but I could see in people’s faces that they were having a great time. I love it so much when I connect with specific audience members and they just *get it* and have fun with me. When I can, I thank those people for being great audience members after the shows.

I brought my merch out on Monday night because I finally got more CDs in hand! And my merch maleta (that’s suitcase in espanol. I just like the alliteration) looks better with CDs in it. I need new shirts too. I need all kinds of merch.  I’m making pins! I’ll come back to those later though. I made a handful for El Cid, but I freaking forgot them at home. It was one of those worked-on-it-all-day-and-then-forgot-it situations, literally.  Annoying AF I believe the kids say.

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Anyway, I have CDs now (so come get one at Thursday’s show)! I gave a copy to the ID-checkin’ gentleman at El Cid – whose name I just learned is Terrence, and who I also learned is having a birthday Thursday -today! – and also to Tina (Teena?), who works the door. And they both asked me to sign their CDs. It was adorable and made me feel fucking cool! On Tina’s I wrote “Thank you for letting me in and not 86ing me.” She read it and said, “Never! I love it when you come here! It makes my night when you play,” and then continued for the next minute, along with Terrence, to bathe me in what would be uncomfortable praise if I never learned how to take compliments. The bartender overheard Teena’s effusive speech and joined in to tell me that he used to avoid picking up Monday night shifts, but Mark ,the regular Monday night server, had talked me up so much (thank you, Mark!! Missed you on Monday), he had to come in and check me out himself. And he’s picked up a handful of Mondays since then.

I think receiving verbal love is akin to bathing because, and I don’t know about you, but I get a gooey warm feeling all over my body, like chocolate being poured directly on top of the sundae, so that gravity pulls it almost evenly down its sides to the floor. I’m not gonna lie – I was uncomfortable for a few nanoseconds. I got over it. And thank goodness, because receiving a compliment has gotta be in the Top 10 of Best Things About Being A Human.

But… it’s deeper than that, isn’t it? It’s not just that you’re being told your art is great by someone that’s not your mom, the thing – that *thing* – is knowing that your creation has hit someone deep inside of their soul to the point where they look forward to subsequent creations.

I want to make an abundantly lush living from this ridiculous vein of performance I insist on perpetuating. But if that doesn’t manifest, the worthiness of my endeavor will live in how it made people happy, excited, and anticipating awesomeness. I think that’s really what drives me: knowing that I have the power to make people laugh and love, as cheesy as that sounds. I mean, laughter and love are two of my favorite things and I want more of them in the world.

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I SAID LAUGH AND LOVE. DO IT.

 

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0 SHOWS! And… ooops.

  • December 9, 2016
  • by dirtycurls
  • · Courtney McClean · Live Performance · Upcoming Shows

Hey SoCal McCleaniacs!

I have TWO shows this upcoming week!

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I’m so excited to tell you I’m BACK at El Cid as the featured performer on Monday!! Get there by 7:30 to get a good seat. It’s only $5 cover and there’s no drink minimum, but you shouldn’t deny yourself the incredible sangria.

If you miss Monday, I’ll be back at Canteen Points at The Good Nite in North Hollywood on Thursday, Dec. 15. That show starts around 8pm, and if you’re a comic, you can sign up for the open mic! It’s a lottery for 5 slots. (get there at 7:30 for that… you might have to wait outside for a second if they don’t haven’t opened the doors yet)

So, remember when I was committing to a shitty first draft each day? And how it lasted 3 days until the election and then I went into a kind of anxious depressive shell like a lot of us did? And I recorded 2 more, wrote 1 more after that? And it’s been crickets since?

I’m sure the only person counting on me doing this every day was me. But… fuck it. Butt-fuck it, even.

But now  I have 6 shitty first drafts of brand new songs. And now I know that I can write a song really quickly within the creative limitations . I did realize after the first couple that most of my creative time was towards brand new stuff, and not working on the drafts to develop them or practicing anything else, mostly because I didn’t make the time for anything else. But I have to remember that even the shitty first drafts are practice: getting my hands on the banjo, writing, singing. “No practice is wasted.”

Old Courtney used to beat herself up about not being able to commit to something like this, but now I realize that is a waste of energy, and if I’m not feeling that kind of creative output, I’m not going to do it well. We all do things our own way, no matter what books, people, assholes are going to tell you differently.

But seriously, I better get to some practice for Monday’s show. Keep your chins up, McCleaniacs, and keep fighting the good fight. See you soon?

0 Oct. 3 at El Cid – Feature Set!

  • September 15, 2016
  • by dirtycurls
  • · Courtney McClean · Live Performance · News · Upcoming Shows

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McCleaniacs, I am so thrilled to tell you that I am going to be the featured performer at the spectacular EL CID on Sunset Blvd in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles on October 3rd! My set will start at 8pm and be over at 8:30pm (DOORS at 7:30 – get there early for a good seat!!), with the open mic starting at 8:30pm (a mix of comedy and music – usually surprisingly good). I’m going to have a brand new song, a revived and massaged cover (but you’ve never seen me do it, trust me), and a fucking incredible new costume that I haven’t started making, but I’m dreaming about it, and it’s spectacular. (And I’ve just discovered control undergarments, so things might get a little sexier. Covered, but streamlined).

I’m super honored to finally have snagged the featured performer spot at the El Cid open mic; for some odd reason it’s been a little goal of mine. I want everyone to be there – THAT MEANS YOU! – and here’s the invite on Facebook if you want to let me know you’re coming and share it with your pals.

We will also be celebrating my first anniversary back in California! I rolled into town after taking a luxurious two-day road trip in my 95 Camry from St. Paul, Minnesota, just in time for my 20th high school reunion at the TGI Friday’s in Yorba Linda, on October 3rd, 2015.

COME TO MY SHOW & PARTY! It would mean a lot to me and honestly, you will have a great time and don’t you think you deserve a great time right now??  YEAH YOU DO!

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