Wake Up It’s The Lords Day. Caesar Salads and Saltburn 12/10/23
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Christian and Christian Dueling Pianos
Christian and Christian Dueling Pianos Show is a monthly comedy and dueling piano show I had the pleasure of attending in November. The Christian on the right used to be my roommate! Nikki, who is in the photo singing, is my friend, who is mentioned a lot on this newsletter! I had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Borkey.
How did you decide to start dueling pianos at Lincoln Lodge?
Christian McCann and I both worked at the Lincoln Lodge, but there were only about 4 total bartenders on the staff tasked with working 6 days per week. Consequently, Christian and I worked together at the Lincoln Lodge for over a year but never met. The manager at the time joked that we’re both named Christian and both play the piano, we should do a piano show. One day, we wound up working a shift together, got along well, and then we started the show! That was over a year and a half ago now.
Why did you ignore all the songs I put in?
I remember queueing up your Sheryl Crow request, but Christian started playing something else, and then I forgot about it. The rest were ignored for the same reason we ignore most of them: there are too many to play in an hour and a half.
How are you able to learn all those songs so fast?
A lot of songs use recognizable chord progressions and patterns. A lot of music is just math. If you already know the math, you can kinda fake your way through any song! That’s especially true with soloing: Christian McCann understands it way more than me, but if you know the key+the chords(ish) that a song uses, you can just make up a bunch of notes that sound good. We take the time to learn+rehearse some more complicated ones to whip out of the back pocket, but most of them we just jam it out. He’s a brilliant musician, and im a brilliant improv comedian, so it always seems like we know what we’re doing.
Tell us about your upcoming tour?
The upcoming tour is on the East Coast and started as just an idea with my friend Peter. They asked me if I would play my piano show at the theater they run in Rhode Island. When I talked to Christian about it, we both seriously enjoyed the idea but also wanted to make it financially worth the haul. So he contacted his friend who runs a bar in Buffalo, and we got another gig. I talked to my dad and got a couple more gigs doing his Christmas village company thing. It started as a just-for-fun thing (and financially speaking, we’ll probably just break even or make a TINY profit), but I’ll get to spend the holidays traveling the country and fucking around playing music! The dream!!
Catch Christian and Christian Chicago show on December 30th at Lincoln Lodge https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christian-and-christian-dueling-pianos-tickets-350709189627
Or catch them on tour!
Saltburn
TERRIBLE!! The plot was so unoriginal and not exciting at all! So many things for shock value. The acting and Soundtrack were good, though. The set design could’ve been way better. 2/5 meg stars.
Caeser Kale Chicken Salad and Sweet Green
Caeser Chicken Salads are not talked about enough. They have PERFECTED the salad, yet nobody is ever talking about it enough. The Caesar dressing with parmesan, croutons, and lettuce/kale is the perfect combo (I don’t like tomatoes). I’ve recently discovered Sweetgreen. Their breadcrumbs are FANTASTIC (if you have the recipe for homemade bread crumbs, let me know). The kale addition is a great idea. It really is a mood booster. 5/5 meg stars.
Advice Column
Dear Meg Memes,
I'm in the process of deciding where to move (I live with my mom rn) and I thought I had my heart set on Washington, DC. Then I happened to visit Chicago sometime last year and really enjoyed it. I thought it might even be the city for me. When time came for me to start thinking about where to move this year I looked at a bunch of places in DC on apartments.com. Then I went to Chicago with my prospective roommate, and we thought it might've been for us. But now I'm getting thoughts that maybe DC is for me after all. Should I just decide by flipping a coin?
Warm Regards,
Indecisive Andy
Dear Indecisive Andy,
DC is filled with evil politicians! Do you want your neighbors to be the same people who kicked George Santos out of the office? I know last week I called in a second advice-giver since I was biased for Chicago, but I dont know anyone who lives in DC besides this girl I was friends with in high school who now works for a congressman who’s trying to ban gay marriage. See?? Those are the kind of people in DC. Everyone in Chicago is Awesome. We have awesome bars! We have the Shedd Aquarium. We have a karoke bar that's open till 5am. We have great food. We have an awesome thrift store change called Village Discount. Everybody is nice and friendly. Most importantly, everyone is mid-looking, so it is easy to get laid.
Love,
Meg Memes
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Thoughts on the Culture with Joe
I asked Joe his current thoughts on the culture, and he said, “Dune 2 is coming out sooner than we thought, Scorsese is a God on Twitter, Marvel is dead, and the Minecraft streamer Dream is touring the country with his mid-music and charmingly bad stage persona. Honest to God, things are looking up.”
Seinfeld
I’ve been watching a lot of Seinfeld recently. They don’t use Jerry for clout chasing enough. They should be name-dropping him in every interaction to try to get some pussy or dick.
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