Category: It Happened to Me

Last night’s podcaster gathering — see this entry and this entry in Boss Ross’ blog for details — was a rip-roaring success, with

considerably more attendees than we expected, good conversation and a

fair bit of drinking (as we used to sau at Crazy Go Nuts University: “If you’re not wasted, the night is!”). A filet mignon on a flaming sword to all who came!

I shot a video of the festivities [8MB, QuickTime] for you to see what you missed, even if you were there!

Boss Ross and David Janes (one of the hardest working men in software business). Click the picture to see the video.

(By the bye, if you’re looking for a new cocktail, may I suggest one

that David Janes recommends: the Yellow Menace, consisting of Smirnoff

Ice and a shot of tequila.)

A couple of Friday nights ago, I attended Girlesque, yet another local burlesque/vaudeville show hosted by my friend, Mysterion the Mind Reader. Here are some photos from the event (they’re all safe for work):

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Ah, the dance of the seven veils!

You can see video of the dance here [4.8MB, QuickTime].

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This poor goth was a bit freaked out by Mysterion’s “PK (psychokinetic)

Touch” trick in which he touches her back while standing across the

stage.

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Mysterion was one of the finalists for a contenst held by the local

alt-rock radio station to find Toronto’s biggest freak. One of the

other finalists, a burly fella by the name of Professor Orbax put on a great show. Here he is, shoving a power drill up his nose:

Here’s Orbax, after havig been wrapped in Saran Wrap by a professional

dominatrix, announcing that he will now attempt to escape as

cross-dressin’ Chris holds the mic (yeah, we have a lot of odd people

here in Accordion City):

I’ve got two video’s of Orbax’s escape from the Saran Wrap:

• Video 1 [4.2MB, QuickTime]
• Video 2 [1.6MB, QuickTime]

And finally, the stomach pump trick. Orbax first drank some yellow

liquid then used the pump (which fed a tube running up his nose and

then down his esophagus) to inject blue liquid into this stomach. He

then used the pump to extract the liquids from his stomach (now a

sickly green) to fill two glasses — one for him and one for Mysterion:

After the show, Mysterion came up to me, grabbed me by the lapels and screamed, “I drank some guy’s BILE, Joey!”

“Sounds like a typical Friday night for you, dude,” I said.

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The show was punctuated with some classic vaudeville humor by the

comedian known to most people only as “The Wolfman”. He’s hilarious,

and he greeted me with a hug after the show. Wolfie, we have to do a

song-and-dance routine for the next show.

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Curtain call! Here are two photos of all the performers taking a bow.

Mysterion was extra-kind that evening: during curtain call he said “I’d

also like to thank Joey deVilla, the Accordion Guy, for attending

tonight — he’s in the audience, but we hope to have him onstage for

the next show. Give it up for Joey!”

Thanks, Mysterion, and yes, I’d love to perform at the next one!