Whew.

Monday, August 11th, 2008 | Uncategorized

Happy Monday!

1. Well, Fringe is over. A giant party was had and I was more awkward than even I thought I was capable of. Seriously. Wow. Sorry to anyone who was near me last night. I didn’t mean to suck away your fringe joy with my “being”. Oh well, onto more successful moments of this Fringe…

2. Thanks first and foremost to Jen Scott, who played bass for all of my shows. She’s amazing. If you saw the show, you know that.

3. This Fringe was a Fringe of firsts. I have never sold out a Fringe show until this year, and though I’ve been close, I’ve also never gotten the encore slot-until this year. That’s because of all of you who saw my show and spread the word. Thank you very much. You all deserve props. MAD PROPS.

4. And with that, Fringe is over. I know all the reasons to complain about the Fringe. Those of us who participate can be pretty insufferable for 10 days while we fall into complete self absorbtion, obsessed with reviews, audience reviews, postcard layouts, venue assignments all in pursuit of the ever elusive “buzz”. I get it. But the truth is, Fringe is one of my favorite times of the year, filling me with this awesome mixture of anticipation, humility (let’s face it, even if you’re a Fringe darling, it’s only for 10 days), and awe in relation to the talents of my friends. I’m able to do my solo material for excited audiences, see people who are very dear to me whom I only see 10 days a year and maybe this is simply because I’ve been thinking about the past a lot lately, Fringe reminds me of my first few years in the Minneapple when Joe and I were working like crazy to establish a name for ourselves. Those were really, really fun years. Oh well, let’s close this book. “fringebook” can now return to its original name.

Mike