Squeeee!

Yesterday was pay day. This is relevant for many reasons, but I always have a list of things I would like to buy on any given (non-rent due) pay day. This month it was the latest music from The Duke's Men of Yale. I couldn't find it at Amazon, so I went to the Duke's Men's Facebook page where I saw a posting that said they were playing a public concert in DC tonight for $10. The posting had been made only 13 minutes earlier.

I immediately rearranged my workout for tomorrow night instead of tonight, checked out the directions at google maps, and swore to all and sundry that I would leave work on time.

When I got there, the venue hadn't opened yet, but one of the guys was so thrilled that anyone was there that he took me in. I sat in the front (so close that I was actually serenaded during one comic number) and chatted about a song of theirs from nearly 40 years ago that I'd been trying to track down. From first to last, I had a great time. There was only one number where they started off-key and stayed off-key (which is pretty good for the acoustics of the venue), everything else was delightful.

There are 14 members of the group. The audience outnumbered them, but only barely.

I heard the lead singer in this video sing "Gonna Build a Mountain" tonight, which he did magnificently. This song was sung by another member of the group who performed beautifully.

This one was performed tonight by the same two singers as in the video. Lovely.

I needed this kind of break. It beat getting warnings about flu shots from Arisia.