Egg Babies Practice Review 12/3

Hey everyone,

Last night was the second of six Egg Babies practices scheduled for this week. Just the same as Sunday, the six dudes showed up, while the four ladies readied their makeup and outfits for their appearances later in the week...

Imagine that last bit as being a lot more jokey than it may initially read.

For once, the five of us whom don't live at the Record Label building all arrived nearly simultaneously. Honcho Folds was busy with some sort of meeting when we arrived, so the five of us made the ill-advised decision to start the practice with a 45 minute snack break.

Now, don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with snacks. In fact, they're the single reason most of us manage to trudge through the 4 practices. Personally, when I'm singing Tiny Dancer, there are visions of raspberry cookies floating around in my brain. So, what happened last night is this...we ate snacks first and then had nothing to look forward to, so practice suffered because of it. The snacks always seem like a reward, albeit not free, from Honcho, as an acknowledgment that we've done a good job.

Couple this misstep with the fact that Honcho didn't take his pants off at practice, as he did Sunday, and it was one brutally long practice for the Egg Babies.

Now, I can't go into specifics about songs, because the set is always top secret...but let me say this, its possible that we've made a horrendous mistake when we picked out these songs. There's something missing. Maybe its missing Jeff Conlin. Maybe its the lack of a bonafide No. 1 single. Maybe its because I have to do more high singing then I typically have to. Now now, I'm just being pessimistic. We're going to do okay.

Jazzconference Guy and I have an ongoing inside joke going between us. We typically use a hush voice of speaking whenever we reference it, so Orangey can't hear it. He's certain that its about him. Now, couple this with his disappointing second place finish in the Baltimore Sun Dog Photo Contest...triple it with the Coke Zero in the vending machine being sold out...quadruple it with the dance that we've forced him to do during MAJDBTS...and I think we're due to see a major meltdown later this week.