The Many Hats of Jason Specland » music http://www.jasonspecland.com The mostly self-deprecating story of a programmer, performer, and daddy. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:49:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Awesome Things My Friends Do: Sleigh Ride in Bora Bora http://www.jasonspecland.com/2009/12/02/awesome-things-my-friends-do-sleigh-ride-in-bora-bora/ http://www.jasonspecland.com/2009/12/02/awesome-things-my-friends-do-sleigh-ride-in-bora-bora/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:53:54 +0000 jason http://www.jasonspecland.com/?p=49 We got back from Virginia on Monday afternoon, and I’ve been procrastinating writing and posting the photos about it. However, an incredibly delightful Christmas-wrapped bag of awesome has just been dropped into my lap, and I can not let another moment go by without telling you about it.

It is “Sleigh Ride in Bora Bora” by my wonderful friends Melissa Axel and James Jacoby. (And some of their friends who I’m sure are actually wonderful themselves, but I’ve never actually met.)

Get the song now. No, seriously. Do it.

It’s kitschy and delightful, and I double-dog-dare you not to smile while listening to it. It is immediately jumping head-first into our family Christmas music rotation. Not that we really had one before, but thanks to this song, we’re totally starting one.

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So, last night, as predicted, Paula, Mickey, and Carlos, a.k.a. The Icky House Club, rocked the house at the Duplex. I was on photography duty. Alas, it was something of a tough room for photography, but I think I got a few decent shots.

The rest of the Icky House Club Photos can be found by clicking appropriately.

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Well, I’m going to have to do that again, so bear with me.

My wife is part of a truly wonderful musical group known as “The Icky House Club.”

I’ve actually known all three members of this group for quite a while.  Naturally, I’ve known my wife for a good long time.  Carlos, the other singer, is a very good friend of mine with the most gorgeous tenor voice you’ve ever heard.  We were in a production of “Children of Eden” together.  (He played Adam.  I played third schlub from the left.)  Mickey, the guitarist, front-man, songwriter, and other other singer is also a good, long-time friend, although I’ve actually known him as a performer and songwriter for longer than I have as a friend.  He, too, is brilliant.

The musical result is a whole that is far greater than the sum of its parts.  I’ve seen different incarnations of Mickey’s bands before, but Mickey, Paula, and Carlos make a perfect trio of vocal harmonies.  It’s as smooth and rich as butter wrapped in silk.

I don’t go around plugging shows all that often, and I wish there was a way to convince you that it’s not just because Paula’s my wife, and Carlos and Mickey are my friends.  They really are that good.  Please, if you can, do me a favor and go check out their show.  I promise, upon my honor, you won’t regret it.

The Icky House Club: Lost in Playland
With Special Guest: Uke Skywalker
Friday, November 13, 2009, at 7:00 PM
The Duplex: 61 Christopher St., NYC
$10 cover and 2 drink minimum

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