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Talent Contest Gone Crazy

I recently went to hear a friend sing for a competition-by-audience-vote-type gig. The entrants ran the gamut from hippie to country, age 19 to 50-something, and obviously got in the competition just by signing up. No pre-screening process involved for this show.

Contestant number one was a keyboard player… very hippie-esk. No shoes. Nice song except it was 20 minutes long. Well it felt like it anyway. She kept her eyes closed the whole time.

Contestant number two was a guy with a crazed look in his eyes. (I know because I was stuck at the very front of the place about 2 feet from the stage, and it was tough because I wanted to do lots of eye-rolling.) He too had taken his shoes off, preferring to play in socks. He looked at the crowd and said, “Are you naked or am I just drunk?” He then took a violin bow and started ‘bowing’ his acoustic guitar strings back and forth… back and forth. … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required