New Jokes & Beginning of a New Song

from Monday night, NYC Talent Show

The new song "Man Slave" got cut off but I'll post it on here in a few days...

WHAT'S UP

Monday, July 26

Monday Rendezvous

Bar on A, Ave A @ 11th

8 PM - no admission

free show, free cookies, happy hour cheap booze,

I don't want to hear any excuses, just go.

I present a new song every week in

"New Song Monday"

@ NYC Talent Show

Diane O'Debra & Victor Varnado host this fun show.

10 PM - $3

or watch live online

www.nyctalentshow.com

I'll be there wearing something cute. I'll put effort in to make sure I look good. I'll probably put on some lip gloss, tossle my hair romantically, and perhaps I'll even don some earring or a hat. Come and compliment me on how pretty I look, how funny my song was, how I should be the mother or god mother of your children. I'll be there, waiting for your generous sentiments.

Don't let me down.

TONIGHT:

Cringe Festival @ Producer's Club

8 PM

These are a whole bunch of "bad" plays -- plays about vaginas, butts, Hitler and what have you. Essentially, it's a festival practically made for me. I am the intermission musical guest for several nights of the festival. You can see the nights I'll be there to the right of this posting in "Upcoming Shows".

Speaking of shows,

SAVE THE DATES:

Wed Aug 9 - I'll be on the Keith & The Girl podcast @ 1 PM

Wed Aug 11 - The next SKITS'N'TITS

Sat Aug 26 - something good is happening, details TBA

Update on Gulf Doc:

I posted an update on the Gulf doc and our funds to the upper right hand corner of this blog. If you donated or were following the progress of the documentary, please read.

Something weird:

...happened to me the other day. (When does something weird not happen to me on any given day?) I was hanging out and the super's assistant of my building asked me to borrow $20. We have never really spoken, but he addressed me by name, and I didn't even know he knew my name. I said no, and scurried away. If I don't have $20 to spend on my own drug habit, I'm certainly not going to support someone else's. A little part of me really hoped that he was just $20 off from paying his rent, or from buying his girlfriend an engagement ring, or he really wanted to make a donation to his favorite charity. But my street sass & wit tells me otherwise.

Do you think I'm being asinine to assume he wanted the money to spend on drugs?

What do you think he wanted the money for?

Feel free to comment below...

Love,

PS: If you "LIKE" me, then please go and "LIKE" me HERE on FB

Life Update

like, in case you care or give a rat's hind quarters or whatever

Website update -- shows updated, bio updated, new header pic

Do you "LIKE" me? If so, then, "LIKE" me, please.

My "New songs / Song Of The Month" from last night:

* the 'newish' "I'm Italian & That's What We Do" &

* "Saving All My Love For You" cover, (originally by Whitney Houston)

click below to play, and watch EVERY MONDAY NIGHT @ 10:30 PM at

www.nyctalentshow.com or live at 308 Bowery @ Bleecker, NYC.

*To join the "Song of the Month" club, email jessdelfino at yahoo dot com

subject: Song of the Month, and get emails about new songs and my

new CD currently being recorded.

See you on the bright side of the poon

BACK TO BASICS

Huzzah! I can write on my blog again! I had to revert to the old editor, as per suggested by an anonymous tipster in the Google Blog Help stratosphere. I couldn't write for weeks. A blinking circular icon would just spin and spin, but wouldn't let me type anything. It's like my fingers have been freed! My blog is no longer enslaved to the cruel guards of cyberspace. Reunited and it feels so good.

A few quick things:

I'm working on a documentary about New Orleans and the Gulf oil geyser's effect on the people. We have raised nearly $3000 but need more money. We have to raise our budget of $6400 or we don't get to keep ANY of the money. Sucks to that. PLEASE consider donating a philanthropic chunk of funds to our important project. Thank you. Click below to see the project page. We have just 3 days to get the rest of the money. $1000 / day is not impossible!

http://kck.st/bsIqgm

This website thinks I'm pretty and funny. Comedians often hear they're funny and are celebrated for that, but not that they're HOT, TOO. Thanks over there FYHC. What does FYHC stand for? Click on the link and find out. I'm mostly flattered because I'm in AMAZING company beside Alison Becker, Zach Galifianakis and others...wow! Hot stuff.

Shows coming up on the daily, yo. Visit the schedule to the right to see what's coming up. And if you haven't already, JOIN MY FACEBOOK page to stay a breast (and a vagina) of what's going on. See ya round the tiny old world, peepers.

NEW LIVE VIDEO from "OUR SHOW"

with Elliot Aronow

filmed at Santos Party House, NYC

This video makes me miss my long hair a lot. But it's OK, it will grow back really fast, like head weeds. That is how my hair works. Trust me, I know. I've had it for a long time.

I cut my hair short once about 8 years ago and dyed it red -- my bf at the time said I looked like big bird. What a dick!

Elliot is a real sweetie pie and a cutie, too, laaaa-deeeez, and he apparently is "straight". He is a zippy dresser, he's funny and I'm going to guess Jewish, (which I consider to be a pro always) but I could be wrong, I don't really have great J-dar. He also runs a terrific website called RCRD LBL where you can get free music for frickin' free, including the mp3 of my song, "I Wanna Be Famous". You're welcome.

Speaking of "I Wanna Be Famous", this is a live version of my "homeless" joke and my song, "I Wanna Be Famous". Enjoy!

SONG OF THE MONTH NIGHT tonite

Monday @ Talent Show

New song -- watch Diane-osaur Egg O'Debra and Victor Varnado's www.nyctalentshow.com around 11 PM or come to 308 Bowery @ 10:30 PM to hear this historical musical event take place.

Obligatory whine / lecture: No one ever votes for my new songs! WTF?

Update: I'm recording a new album!! Elbow elbow huzzah!

DOWNLOAD: Jessica Delfino - I Wanna Be Famous

SONG OF THE MONTH

free mp3 brought to you by RCRD LBL

Happy Friday!

DOWNLOAD: Jessica Delfino - I Wanna Be Famous

Haunted Picnic @ NY Marble Cemetery, Dusk Vid Shoot, 

Tell Your Friends Wrap Party, 50 Best Jokes, 

It's been a pretty exciting past couple days around here. I'll try to keep it brief, which, warning, is not something that I do well. 

Monday, June 21st marked my 3rd year participating in Make Music New York which I celebrate by throwing an annual creepy but loveable Haunted Picnic at NY Marble Cemetery. It's located down that black wrought iron gate on 2nd Ave between 2nd and 3rd Sts, which is always closed. Normally reserved for junkies and the dead, we took it over from 3-7 PM. When I got there, there were a crowd of eager beavers waiting outside the gates to be let in, which made me really happy to see. It was a beautiful day, the summer solstice (as much as I try to avoid my hippiedom, it chases me down and hippifies me) and one of my guest's - Isaac Gut's birthday, who reminds me of a young Jackson Browne. All the performers were great - Tibbie X and Desmond, Kyle Thompson, Dr. Steamwhipple, I sang a few songs, we had a lovely drop-in aka Jennifer Blowdryer and the living were very appreciative of our Lady of Perpetual PMS's delicious home made food and being able to enjoy the gorgeous cemetery in picnic form. The music was acoustic only, caretaker Caroline says it's to protect the fragile stones of the cemetery, but I think it's to not wake the dead. 

Attendees watch Dr. Steamwhipple's classical crazy fingers

A sleeping picnic patron

Tibbie X and Desmond

The only scary thing that happened was when I had to pee -- the funeral home next door graciously let me borrow their bathroom, but I couldn't find the light! So I had to pee in the dark at a funeral home. Can anyone say horror movie plot? 

NY Press kind of covered it, but the journalist left before the party really started kickin'. In all fairness, the real party did get started kind of late, in true New York fashion. Parties even get started late in cemeteries in New York. 

The Haunted Picnic was so wonderful, we've decided to possibly do another one on the equinox in September, so keep your earballs out and I'll keep you posted. I believe it falls on Sept. 23rd but I'm not sure. 

Jennifer Blowdrywer

Isaac Gut

Yesterday, a group of my friends and I got together in a beautiful alley not far from my house and filmed the video for "Don't Rape Me", the song I play on a rape whistle. It was really terrific and I couldn't have asked for a better, more rape-y looking / ass kicking cast and crew. The backdrops and actors were so perfect. We smelled pee and tolerated vicious noise pollution to make this video. Here is a sneak peak at what the fruits of our hard work will turn into in the coming weeks. 

The guys in formation for their choreographed dance

After our shooting, we went back to my house and grabbed some food and relaxed for a bit. I then remembered my friends Victor Varnado and Liam McEneaney were having a wrap party for their concert film, "Tell Your Friends" which they shot at the Bell House. Myself and a few close pals dropped into the party, said congrats, had a few drinks (open bar!) and a slice of the amazing cakes that are always baked for Liam's shows. Lots of luck to them with this great new film, I'm sure you'll hear more about it soon. 

Tonight is Cogan / O'Donnell / Li 50 Best Jokes at 92Y. I'm going to be dropping a new piece of work on y'all and so I hope you can make it! It's an awesome show. More details here, get your tix in advance, there's a chance it will sell out cause it's that friggin' good.

TTYL birches.

TODAY!!

3^rd Annual HAUNTED PICNIC

Monday, June 21 * 4-7 PM

Come one, come all to the free HAUNTED PICNIC at the NY MARBLE CEMETERY, located at 41 ½ 2^nd Avenue between 2^nd & 3^rd Streets in Manhattan.

Every year, in celebration of the Make Music New York festival -- a city wide day of live music on the streets of all 5 boroughs -- and in honor of the deceased, musician JESSICA DELFINO presents an afternoon of picnic-snacks and performances on the lush green acre tucked down a hidden alley in the NY MARBLE CEMETERY. Oft sealed with a foreboding wrought iron gate, the cemetery is generally closed to the public, so the HAUNTED PICNIC is a great chance to visit this beautiful square of land, untouched by the hands of time (albeit surrounded by signs of it) and located right in the heart of the EAST VILLAGE. This event takes place RAIN or SHINE.

With a variety of musical guests playing guitar, ukulele and more -- acoustic only, to protect the fragile stones from loud vibrations -- home-made snacks, beverages and even flowering and berry bearing trees – all MUST HAVES for any HAUNTED PICNIC!

Attendees often wear white, bring blankets, books, their own snacks or simply a curious mind, lie back and listen to the music.

The NY MARBLE CEMETERY holds ancestors of New York City – ships captains, sea merchants and their families. No person can be lain to rest there unless they are a descendant of those who currently reside there. Our host and caretaker, Carolyn, is one such person, and she will be onsite to answer questions. The MARBLE CEMETERY is also used for events, such as weddings, parties and even movie sets. You can read more about the NY MARBLE CEMETERY here: www.marblecemetery.org.

This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and fun for the whole family. Bring granny and the kids! Admission is FREE, snacks and beverages are on sale for modest prices, or bring your own, but please NO GLASS ALLOWED in the cemetery. We do hope to see you there MONDAY JUNE 21^st from 4-7 PM!

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

JESSICA DELFINO

jessdelfino@yahoo.com

www.jessicadelfino.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

www.makemusicny.com

www.marblecemetery.org

ABOUT THE MUSICAL GUESTS:

Tibbie X and Kenny Young of X-Possibles sing rockin-Zombie-blues

Kyle Thompson sings wily-emo indie songs

The Pride of the Lower East Side recants spooky spoken historical stories, accompanied by Sam from Wombat in Combat/Team Spider

Lady charmer Isaac Gut plays and sings like a young Jackson Browne

Dr. Steamwhipple will amaze you with his classical guitar stylings and his fire fingers

Jessica Delfino presents a rare all-ages set of folk music "gone wrong", including songs about unicorns and what not, played on guitar, ukulele and electronic autoharp (Q-chord)

..and some other special drop-in (living) guests!

STREETVENDOR PRODUCTIONS presents: 

Jessica Delfino & some pals 

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT

8:30 PM

Gershwin Hotel

7 E. 27th St. btw 5th & Broadway

What are you doing this Friday night around 8:30? I have the perfect suggestion...

Dirty & obnoxious, yet irresistibly lovable icky guitar and ukulele jams by Jessica Delfino & Ben Lerman (longish sets), stand up comedy by the devilishly, delightfully demented Jena Friedman and witty, playful Jordan Ferber. Emceed by the handsome and clever Clayton Gumbert. 

It's $15 at the door or if you click THIS LINK RIGHT HERE and confirm (facebook invite) tickets are $10. 

Drinks served by a live human person in the adorable room that looks straight out of Being John Malkovich. 

See you there, rabies and dental dams.

TODAY: Figment Festival on Governor's Island

2:30 - 3:30 at Admiral's House

I will be doing a performance at the Figment Festival today, Friday, 2:30 - 3:30 on Governor's Island at the Admiral's House. If you've never been to Governor's Island, this is the perfect opportunity for you to check it out. There is a free ferry that goes about every half hour, leaving from the boat dock right NEXT to the Staten Island Ferry depot. It's to the LEFT in a quaint building, and there will probably be a line to get on it. You can bring your BIKE (recommended) and explore all the great art which will be all over the island. This festival is completely FREE. Bring a picnic, a friend, a pal you like to kiss, a discreet bottle, some smokey smokey or whatever else you like to bring with you when you venture to boutique islands, and check out the festival. ALL WEEKEND. 

However, my performance will be TODAY, 2:30 - 3:30 PM. But you'll probably be working then -- "get sick" and leave early -- you will really thank me for insisting you head out to Governor's Island on what is guaranteed to be a really lovely afternoon. 

Pick up a map and look for me at THE ADMIRAL'S HOUSE. My project is called, "Love In Absentia" and is about what happens when love takes a trip across the sea for a few months, leaving important things at home. 

PS -- You can bring YOUR art, if it's easy enough to transport, and join in the festival. More information about FIGMENT can be found right HERE.

Skits'N'Tits B-day + "The Room" edition TONITE,

A little press in a zebra dress & NPR's Hidden World of Girls

I did this interview with Nabewise a few weeks ago, I love the idea for the site (it's all about the different neighborhoods in big cities and who / what makes them tick). Check it out HERE.

And tonight is Skits'N'Tits with new sketches, comedy, burlesque, birthday cake (my forever 21 bday was yesterday), a screening of cult hit film The Room at midnight (we will provide spoons), 2 for 1 PBRs (that's 2 PBRs for $3!!), great raffle prizes from Kong Magazine (a free membership), PBR and a hat made by burlesque whiz Little Stormy. 

This is going to be a great show and it's kicking off at 10 PM tonight at 308 Bowery. Don't miss it!

$8 at the door. Get there early for a good seat. See you then and there! Please no presents, JUST BRING YOU.

Finally, NPR's "Hidden World of Girls" is a great show and I'm glad to have been a part of it. Learn more about it and hear my story HERE.

JD on NPR's Morning Edition, 

and I'm quoted on www.MichaelMoore.com

I was quoted on www.MichaelMoore.com today via an interview I did a few days ago with Associated Press at the BP oil protest on Houston Street. 

I never wanted to "be" an activist, an artist, a dirty mouthed folk musician. These were all ideas that chose me. When I was a little girl, I had a dream of driving a white BMW with beige interior -- it was a shared fantasy my wealthier girlfriends had planted into my head. I didn't know how I'd get this BMW, I guess I figured when it came time for me to drive it, it'd just drop out of the sky with a giant bow wrapped around it, like where babies might as well come from in any dumb kid's head. 

I grew up in a cave called the state of Maine, and was sheltered enough to avoid politics, activism and everything else -- bagels, gays, sushi and more. I had no idea that these things even existed until I moved to NYC. Here, the hypocrisy and dealings in regards to politics that I experienced made me physically ill. I vowed to avoid politics and lie low in regards to activism, because it reminded me of everything that was wrong with human beings.

The assault on the ocean has made it impossible for me to do that. I realize I'm blessed with a big mouth, and lucky to have a good enough brain to implement this yap of mine. I was raised near the ocean and spent my life on the water. I'm a dolphin, I value the ocean immensely, and my new dream is to live on a beautiful paradise island, someday -- one that oil doesn't wash up onto the shore of. To me, the ocean holds much magic, and as you may have gathered, magic is something that has much meaning and metaphor in my life. 

Unfortunately, my power isn't that great yet -- but I don't care. If power was measured in iotas and I had one iota of power, I will use every scintilla of that iota to do what I can. I'd also like to hear about what you've done, or what you're doing, and how I can help. 

Oh yeah, and this Thursday, I'll be on NPR's Morning Edition. I forgot what my message sounds like, so let's just hope I didn't say anything too utterly embarrassing. However, when you're me, it's kind of hard to get embarrassed :)

MY PROTEST-IVAL WEEKEND

This past weekend was brimming with movement. Friday kicked off the Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which I was very excited to be an assistant director of, in addition to performing in this year. 

I did sneak out / take a quick break from the festival, though, in the early part of Friday to zip over to the BP station and make a statement with my Shakespearean inspired sign. 

It made me very glad to be the lead photo on the Gothamist coverage of the "flash protest" that ran from 6 - 6:15 pm, and I'm equally as delighted to have my face cut out of the photo, as I did briefly sneak out of work to be there! I am lucky to have had the help of a great staff and crew who barely missed me. 

Here are a few links if you're curious to read about the protest, which demonstrated people's disgust with the handling of the BP oil spill. I am quoted in an Associated Press article, where I simply say, in a nutshell, that I can't believe the world is still going, business as usual, with something this catastrophic going on in the background. It made me stop and speak out, and if you haven't yet, I hope it will inspire you, too.

Michael Moore's website / AP 

Fox News

Gothamist

1010 Wins

USA Today

Friday night, I took 25 of my friends to see "The Room" at Village East Cinema at midnight. I performed an opening intro and song on my electronic autoharp a.k.a. Q-chord (it is like a piano from the future, or something a witch might play in the woods.) In mid song, I ask the audience if they'd like to say hi to Mark, wherein, I called Mark's (Greg Sestero) cell number and asked the entire room on the count of 3 to yell, "Oh, hi Mark!" I then gave away a limited edition tee shirt of Greg naked, covered in spoons and we watched the hell out of "The Room". 

That film and Rocky Horror Picture Show are the only two examples I can think of where white people get to scream at the film being played in the movie theater, and it's a lot of fun. 

If you want to see The Room, you get another chance on Wed June 9th at midnight, when we will screen it after Skits'N'Tits. If you arrive at 10 PM, your $8 ticket to Skits'N'Tits gets you a seat and admission to Skits'N'Tits. Or you can just come at midnight and get your ticket for $8 at the door. Don't forget to bring your plastic spoons -- please get them from McDonald's or home, don't spend money on a box of spoons! It's too wasteful. 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROOM (wiki page)

Yesterday was the outdoor portion of the TNC Festival of the Arts which took place on 10th St. between 1st and 2nd Ave. It was a beautiful day, and my friends Jena Friedman, Kyle Thompson and I all got to enjoy fun and energetic sets in front of a large, enthusiastic audience. 

The festival carried on into the night inside the Theater for the New City, with performances in two theaters by Zero Boy, many great dance troupes, musicians such as Richard West who produced the outdoor street show, Lissa Moira and many others. Tonight, the festival continues with poetry all day, and then a variety of performances including dance, music, theater, cabaret and more from 6 pm until 1 am tonight. It's all free and open to the public. And if that weren't enough, as an added bonus, I'll be performing at 11 PM! 1st Avenue at the corner of 10th St. 

See ya there, come and hang out with me. I'll be there from 5 PM on, helping the ship run smoothly. Bring me a cupcake, a soda, or a hug. 

Theater for the New City 

FESTIVAL of the ARTS

Open Letter To BP

This is a letter I sent to BP's press contact, after I visited their website. I was beyond dismayed to find that there was no apology in plain view on the website. Please feel free to copy this email and send it to BP, yourself. Will it work? Let's see what happens!

***********

To: BPpress@BP.com

BCC: US Senator Charles Schumer, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, Representative Nydia Velazquez, NY Times, NY Magazine, The Lo Down Lower East Side NYC Blog, NY Post, Mara Haseltine, Gothamist.com, Gawker.com, NY Press, Crains NY, Time Out NY, Paste Magazine, Clear Magazine, Downtown Express, NY Post, Daily News,MSNBC, SoHo Journal, FHM Magazine, Art Cat, Flavorpill.net, The Villager, Gay City News, NY Blade, Morgan Spurlock, Fox News, Red Eye With Greg Gutfeld, Pitchfork Media, Grand Street News, Venus Magazine, NY1, The Brooksville Belle and other esteemed members of the press and arts community

Open Letter To BP

To Whom It May Concern: 

I wish the subject were a real headline, and it easily can be. 

Please consider placing a large, permanent apology to the world in a large, bold font at the top of BP's website homepage and on every page of BP's website. Frankly, I'm shocked that there is not one in plain view. If it is because BP is not sure what to write, may I suggest, "We are intensely sorry for the potentially permanent damage and destruction that our carelessness has caused to the planet", or something to that effect.

I would like to recommend that BP own up to this mistake with more gusto. I believe it will help society to be slightly more forgiving of this dire situation.

I personally find the lack of a frank and bold apology in plain view on your website to be a direct insult to the entire planet. 

Sincerely,

Jessica Delfino

NY, NY

NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW MOTIVATIONS, 

CHANGE IS GOOD

A few weeks ago, my mother said to me, "What do you think about the BP oil spill?" She was the first person to ask me that question. "It is bad," I said. Up until then, I hadn't really given it a lot of thought. I mean, it was like I said. It is bad, and no one, not even BP executives, think it's "good". But, she planted a seed in my head that I haven't been able to shake,  like a song that is playing on repeat in my brain. I began to ask others that same question. "What do you think about the BP oil spill?" It's pretty much unanimous, no one likes it. But at a time when people can "like" and "unlike" things so easily and then disassociate themselves with one apathetic click, "unliking" this event is just not nearly enough for me. 

I grew up on, near, in and around water, in a coastal New England town. I spent some of my most important years and recall some of my best memories on the beaches, in the ocean, beside the ocean. "The Ocean" is one of my favorite songs by Led Zeppelin, and I was raised and cared for by the ocean's bounty, as my dad was a lobster middle man for probably close to 20 years. I ate so much lobster as a kid, I begged for pizza. The ocean means something to me. 

I digested those points, then, yesterday I awoke, and I sat up in bed thinking to myself, "I have to do something about the ocean." It was that sentiment which made me drag my sorry, hung over ass out of bed and get dressed, while my warm boyfriend and cat and bed tempted me and made me wish I could just sleep in. But I had to get up, because I was forcing my aloof self to go to the Green Salon, a symposium my brilliant artist activist friend Mara Haseltine brainstormed and brought to life. As we ate a vegetarian brunch, we listened to leaders in their field of research and speakers of all ages, even a few teens, talk about what they are doing to help the oceans. It was inspirational and magical. It was the medicine I needed, and the event was full of the teachers and guidance I was looking for. 

I have so much to say, I want to write so much about it, but it'd probably be about as interesting as me telling you about the dreams I had last night. But in a nut shell, I want to use my art and music and voice to save the ocean, whatever that entails, whatever that means. I am literally sickened by being a shill in this antiquated system and I want to see and encourage changes. I can't sit back any more and do nothing. From now on, I will use the power of my vagina songs for good, and I will start by no longer trivializing them and simply calling them vagina songs. Anyone who knows me and appreciates what I do knows that there is more to me and my work than that. And shame on anyone who has shared that misconception or participated in that lie. But I forgive you, and I'll hear you out if and when you're ever ready to talk about it, and learn and grow as a human being.

So, to start, if you can believe it, I've written this week's dirty folk rock SONG OF THE MONTH in line with this new plan. It's dirty, it's ribald, it is as quirky and silly as ever, and I hope it will plant an idea in some of your heads, as my mother's words did to me. I'm not exactly a hippy, I sort of hate hippies. I'm not going to start behaving in a gross hippy way, and if I do, please call me out on it. My music and art and voice is who I am and what I have to offer, what I can and will offer. I also am able bodied, and have my health and some time, so I have those things to offer, too. 

Listen in tonight at www.nyctalentshow.com or attend 10:30 PM, The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, to hear the new song. If you like it, send it to a friend. 

And if this is something that is of interest to you, let me know the answers to these questions: What are you doing to help the ocean, and how can I help you? I want to hear your ideas. If you don't know what to do or how to help but want to, then get in touch and I'll let you know how you can help.

I'll leave you today with a thinker: If everybody would refrain from using public transportation or driving for ONE DAY ONLY, world wide, what kind of impact would that have on the world? What kind of message would that send? Is that something we could do, realistically? One day only -- a DON'T DRIVE day. Think about it and let me know your feedback.

TONITE: Artists In The Kitchen kicks off

Like Dumbo's open studios but in Hell's Kitchen! With performances, artists, gallery viewings and more, and it's ALL FREE, starting tonight with a free reception, open to all. I'll be performing twice as part of it, as well. Reception and my performances info below. Hope to see ya there! For map of events and more details of the festivities, visit artistsinthekitchen.org or to go straight to the MAP, click HERE

Opening Reception: 

Skyline Hotel Ballroom

725 10th Ave.  

Free

catered, live music DJ all sorts of dancing body painting 

gift bags for early birds

open to the public

I'll be doing full, extended Dirty Folk Rock sets on Sat & Sun: 

Sat, May 22

Artists In The Kitchen Festival

Times Square Arts Center, Theater 2

"Comedy In Song"

669 8th Ave bt 42/43

2-3 PM

*I'll be doing an hour long set!

And again:

Sunday, May 23

Artists In The Kitchen Festival

Times Square Arts Center, Theater 4

"Comedy In Song"

669 8th Ave bt 42/43

7:20 - 8 PM

I'll have CDs on hand to sell and a sharpie for which to sign your spectacular breasts with, so please bring them along. My set guarantees fun for the whole family, except for the kids. 

TONIGHT: 

BESTIES!!! HOORAYYY!!!!

Besties -- They're not just people who water your plants when you're out of town, invite you to pot lucks and clothing swaps and listen to your problems. This comedy show celebrates good friends -- who they are, why we like them and what their deal is. 

Every month, Jessica Delfino will introduce you to some of her favorite home slices who incidentally are mostly comedians, performers and loveable oddballs she's met in the last 8 years of performing all over the world. Join the party as she celebrates them in fun and strange ways. Bring  your own pals and make new ones. 

THIS MONTH: Stone & Stone, Giulia Rozzi, Chesley Calloway and more.

Also featuring house band "PUSS & BOOBS" starring Jessica as "Puss" and Lauren Oppelt as "Boobs", singing hits by Pat Benatar, Heart, Eagles, etc, while dressed in fishnets, sparkly underwear & other miscellaneous & hot what nots!

Come see the ridiculous ways she honors these amazing performers and fall in love with them yourselves. Meet her friends, make new friends, bring your friends and we'll all friend it up.

Next show: 

TONIGHT: May 20, 2010

730 pm doors open

8 pm - 9pm  show

9 pm - 10pm drinks, mingling and friend time

$5 at the door

LAST SHOW BEFORE SLIPPER ROOM CLOSES IT'S DOORS FOR RENOVATION!!!