TGIF! presents....Keith and "Wicked As It Seems"!

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Brucemore...The Big House.

Songs, monologues....a thoroughly entertained crowd (plus wine, appetizers, champagne and desserts). That's "A Modern Salon" 2012. Hosted by Brucemore Mansion, a Queen-Anne home on 26 acres built between 1884-1886, preserved by the National Trust and listed on the National Register for Historic Places. 3 more shows next weekend. A sold-out, 3-week run. Special thanks to Jane Pini, Janelle Lauer, Doug Elliott and Gerard Estella of SPT Theatre for inviting me to be this year's special guest artist. Also thanks to David Janssen, executive director of Brucemore for allowing us to perform in this unique venue.

The formal gardens.

The stables transformed into offices, museum and gift shop. For more information, check out Brucemore's site here and the wikipedia link.

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TGIF! presents...Happy Birthday, Shelley Fabares & "Johnny Angel"!

One of my all-time favorites (Shelley). Her hit, "Johnny Angel" , was a #1 US Billboard Hot 100 chart topper in 1962, selling over a million copies. AND the ONLY woman to star in three Elvis movies.

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The Really Funny Horny Goat International Short Film Festival.

DRINK FILMS. WATCH BEERS. The Really Funny Horny Goat International Short Film Festival!

Do you like films? Short films? Comedy – do you like to laugh? How about short, comedy films your mother wouldn't even let you see?

Brought to you by The Horny Goat Hideaway, WMSE 91.7 FM Frontier Radio, Three Olives  Vodka and Babbling Bohemian Productions.

13 international award-winning, comedy shorts you can’t see anywhere else! Direct from film festivals around the world…brought to you under the B.F.T.!

Plus…Vee Valentine from Brew City Bombshells Burlesque, The Flaming Hula Hoops, a plethora of giveaways and more!

$10 tickets per night – come either night, March 2 and 3, screenings begin promptly at 8 p.m. (same films shown each night) Private & Confidential. You can purchase at the door OR online here -

The Horny Goat Hideaway is located at 2011 South 1st Street, Milwaukee, WI 53207-1101
(414) 482-4628

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A Modern Salon opening weekend @ Brucemore!

Great opening weekend. Appreciative crowds. And the folks I'm performing with are outstanding. Love it at Brucemore - The Big House. 2 shows down, 5 to go.

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"Sorry, Aaron, it's true."

Finally something Milwaukee's SportsRadio 1250 and I agree on. Packers got their cheese unexpectedly curdled yesterday in the divisional match-up with the New York Giants - NY 37, GB 20. Season over - first time in NFL history a 15-1 team went one and done.

Read Josh Vernier's blog post here.

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Rehearsing for A Modern Salon 2012 @ Brucemore.

Left to right:  Jane Pini, Doug Elliott and Janelle Lauer. Opening night (last night) went well. A few tweeks and we'll be ready for tonight's show. If you're in Cedar Rapids this evening, stop by (although I think we're sold out).

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TGIF! presents...Mary Hopkins' "Those Were the Days"!

For Gerard, Jane, Janelle, Doug and all my friends in Iowa.

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"Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be appearing at the Brucemore Estate..."

...in A Modern Salon! This is my first time performing in Iowa since December 1997 ("Jack and Jill" at Riverside Theater in Iowa City) and the first time performing in Cedar Rapids since "A Chorus Line" in....I think it was the summer of 1997.

In its 9th year, A Modern Salon takes its inspiration from the Parisian salons of the early first half of the 20th century, offering an evening of great music, lively stories, and engaging conversation. Not only will I be performing in the company of such talented theater friends - (left to right in picture above) Jane Pini, Janelle Lauer, Doug Elliott and Gerard Estella  - but I get to perform at Brucemore, the 128-year-old Queen Anne mansion preserved by the National Trust and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Here's an interactive look at Brucemore - feel free to peruse the entire website. We'll be performing in the Great Hall (2nd picture of the Mansion Tour section) Also, here's an article on A Modern Salon, along with an interview Diana Nollen did with me on being chosen as the show's special guest artist.

Three weekends. Six shows - and we're sold out. They've added a 1/26 show but I would give Brucemore a call pronto for availability. CURTAIN UP!

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TGIF! presents....The Chieftains' "Walsh's Hornpip!"

I'm feeling rather Celtic this morning.

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Dear Asshole...

Dear Asshole Who Didn't Clean Up After Their Dog,


I don't know what you've been feeding that pet of yours, but it left a pile of human-sized turds in the middle of the sidewalk. Guess what? This isn't Fido's personal toilet, you asshole! It's a public sidewalk and no one in the neighborhhod wants to walk by, inhale, step in, or otherwise interact with his shit. It's time for you to embrace the responsibilites of pet ownnership. Attach some plastic baggies to your hand. Buy yourself a pooper scooper. Anything. Because the next time you fail to clean up after your dog's dump, I'm going to follow you home and smear it on your pillow. Comprende?


Smooches.


PS Cesar Millan called. He said you were an asshole.

Someone stole my idea. Dang! And, it's written by two women! Nice. Hey assholes, next time your write a book, try including page numbers.

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TCM Remembers....

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"Like warm apple pie."

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3:15 p.m. Silhouette.

Yesterday. Glen Mar.

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Avril Lavigne's just asking for a beating.

Wait - I guess 5 people already did that. Read about it here. See what her face looked like post beating here.

Singer Avril Lavigne graced the November 2010 Maxim cover and the picture above was one of the featured shots of Lavigne inside. The story of Avril's ass being kicked - and this pictorial - are old news. However, someone posted this article from NPR today, discussing the wave of profanity in songs this past year and I thought the article tied in nicely with the Avril-flipping-the-bird-picture + her getting beat up in Hollywood.

Rock and Roll has always had its bad asses. Elvis, The Stones, The Sex Pistols, The Who, Def Leppard, Grace Slick, whatever. That's nothing new.

This flipping the bird shit with celebs. I don't get it. Am I supposed to feel threatened by Lavigne? Am I supposed to respect her more because she's a "bad ass"? Or like her more? Or go buy her albums because she's "cool"? I understand Lavigne's concerts and albums have been in decline. Maybe that's why she's upped the badness.

I'm not impressed. A small child can be taught to flip his or finger up. People who are "bad" don't have to be overt about it. They don't have to flip you off or use profane language. When Avril and her boytoy, Brody Jenner, got their asses kicked earlier this year, maybe Avril flipped the wrong people off and pissed them off. Maybe the "bad ass" got her ass kicked by the real bad asses.

She makes me laugh.

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Merry Christmas from Greendale, Wisconsin!

Seasons Greetings! Click on READ MORE and come in for a visit...

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Christmas Eve. Owner. Green Bay Packers.

My brother and I purchased a one stock ownership in the Green Bay Packers NFL football franchise for my father. He is now an owner of the Green Bay Packers. He was thrilled.

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Christmas has an evil side. Krampus.

Meet Santa's helper here.

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Dickens' "Fred" & "Bess" have nothin' on these two!

Barry MacKay and Lynne Carver portrayed Fred (Scrooge's nephew) and Bess (Fred's betrothed) in the 1938 A Christmas Carol. Definitely the hottest "Fred" and "Bess" of all the Christmas Carol movies.

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