so good-bye dear, and amen/here's hoping we meet now & then/it was great fun/but it was just one of those things

Nellie McYaay! Saw her last night at the lovely National Hotel in Miami Beach. Let's face it, kids- I have a crush. nothing to worry about, a little opposite-sex crush never hurt anyone, really. She's so fucking adorable. I love her self deprecating sense of humor and humility- she's so endearing! She played so many great songs- "The Dog Song" and "David" and "Sari" and "Change the World" and Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things". OH, how could I forget "Baby Watch Your Back" (or as the ginormous-breasted-drunken-strawberry pattern wearing-amazon woman sang "Baby Wash Your Ass!". I think SHE was a "class act"). Nellie told a great story about Yoko Ono, sang a song she wrote for a movie with Jennifer Aniston & Mark Ruffalo (which didn't end up in the movie, she said, despite the fact that it was fucking beautiful), and she even channeled Bob Dylan for a duet from beyond the grav- what? oh yeah, nevermind that last bit. (Wondering what Lily just did when she read that.) Anyway, it was a great place for her to play- in this nice little lounge with candles and possibly urine-soaked peanuts on the table. I don't know if I can imagine seeing her play any other venue after that intimate setting. I'm glad I went. It was also good to hang out with Edwin and meet his sweet & funny Celso. Not to mention Gabby, who almost fell to her death several times en route to the National Hotel. And Lily who I won't be seeing now for 2 and a half months (except, apparently, in dreams where I walk in on her having sex with unknown persons. Was it Nellie McKay? Should I be jealous??). So thanks for inviting me, guys.

"PLAY SARI!!"