Googolplexia @ Urban Chestnut Brewing Company 06/07/2014
Channel: Googolplexia
Date: 2017-12-01

All right!  One of the weirdest Googolplexia shows ever (which is sayin' plenty)!  I was nominated in the category of "Best Singer-Songwriter" of the RiverFront Times Music Awards 2014.  I responded in kind by showcasing none of my own singing or songwriting.  I even invited other nominees in the same category (and others) to join me on vocal duties using the Googz Janet-Jackson-style headset microphone and/or playing their songs or whatever other Googz tunes that aren't originals.

00:00-02:22 Recitatif (Matt Harnish)
02:23-06:02 Undead (Syrhea Conaway)
06:03-08:28 History (Matt Harnish)
08:29-13:10 All I Wanna Do Is Drugs (Chelsi Webster)
13:11-18:26 Springfield (Chris Ward)
18:27-23:35 I Got A Name (Mike Herr)
23:36- I Think We're Alone Now (Ellen The Felon)

This was also the debut of the twin kiddie-kit drummers Patrick Boland & Michael Herr!

"Undead" is that Miracles Of God song I do alla time, but Syrhea sings it here.  Really shoulda had her do that gargling solo.  I guess we hadn't discussed it previously cuz it looks like it kinda took me by surprise too.  Or maybe she refused to do it, hah!

Then Matt sings "History," which I "wrote" more than I wrote any of these songs, but didn't actually write at all.  Johnny Vega$ was (I think) originally supposed to sing "History" but Matt stepped in as a last-minute replacement when Vega$ failed to show.  WEAK PLAY Johnny Vega$!  And well done Matthew!

Then Chelsi played ukulele and sang one of her WHSKY GNGR songs, "All I Wanna Do Is Drugs" and I played accordion along with.  I seem to recall Chelsi called an audible and ended the song prematurely.  Whatever!

"Springfield" by Chris Ward's Acorns To Oaks was next and he was actually nominated against Googolplexia in the same RFT category.  Weirdly enough we rehearsed earlier that day and also I played along to this song during his own set later that day.  Nice sunglasses!  It was bright (and early) in that room.

Mike insisted he knew all the words to "I Got A Name" but I remember a pal telling me later he was confused by that part of the set.  Sure enough he gets into the blah blah blahs pretty quick!  People were mighty ready for that song to be over, hah hah amazing.  He got back into the mode, though.  I thought I had made more mistakes on ukulele than I did.  Also kazoo solo!  Forgot about that one.  I bet Letter To Memphis were pretty annoyed they had to wait through this set (the whole set, not just this song) to play theirs.  Suckers!  Makin' actually good music!

Ellen Hilton Cook, then known as "Ellen The Felon" or as I always called her, "Felonious Ellen" and I used to (for a few brief months) co-host an open microphone at Foam and we would frequently open (or close?  Or both?) the night with "I Think We're Alone Now."  Also, ELVIS ENDING on that one to close out the set!!!

Thanks DK or Chelsi or whomever helped with the videography!