pauley shore

Listening to: jazz
Thinking about: teaching in a private school or maybe not teaching at all, my constant conflict of wills!
Excited about: going to Charlottesville again this weekend and seeing NICKEL CREEK!

Let me just tell you: it's great to be living in central Virginia this time of year. Even the Rolling Stones are headed this way (tonight, in fact). Combine October and the Blue Ridge and I'm afforded opportunities to see The Pixies, Nickel Creek, Shawn Mullins, and Pauley Shore, just to name a few of the live acts that the region is bringing our way. (The Pixies were freakin' incredible; I've seen NC twice and don't plan on being disappointed; Shawn Mullins is an up-in-the-air event a few weeks from now).

Last night I went to see Pauly Shore at Lynchburg's infamous Cattle Annie's. I couldn't believe that Shore would hit such a conservative, small city on his road tour! My mom is a huge, huge Pauly fan, so I took her and the fam out last night to see her fave comedien.

Despite the smoke and somewhat low-budget audience (this IS Lynchburg), the show was awesome! Shore's opening acts were only mediocre, but the night improved quickly once he took the stage. From the moment he stepped out, he had the crowd hanging on his every joke. I laughed at every single one of his bits--a rare occurence when watching comedy. I mean really, how often do you think everything someone says is funny? (ok, ok, I know I'm easily amused, but think about the general public, people).

It was a great night. I wish I could have stayed around long enough to schmooze and get an autograph or two. Cattle Annie's reserved the tables for us, so there isn't even a ticket stub for me to cherish and prove to future grandchildren on that one day when they watch "Son-in-Law" that I was a mere fifteen feet away from the famed Pauly Shore. Oh well. I love that little Jewish funny man to bits.