Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. AMERICA. Are you ready for the Hopper Brother’s Totally Tasteful Tribute to Those We’ve Lost in 2009?
No? Well, you know what they say- there’s nothing better than a little music to grease the wheels of uncertainty. Check out this cover of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.”. We like to call it “Musicalube”.
See you on the 30th!
Life is imitating art. Philly-based joke maestro and N Crowd member Mike Connor is spending 30 consecutive days traveling across the country on an open-ended plane ticket. Connor is the co-creator of 2008 Fringe hit The Hoppers Hit the Road, a tale of two brothers that leave the creature comforts of their Glenside safe haven to pursue their dream of music stardom. So it’s sort of familiar territory for him to pack his things and skip out of this one-horse town.
We’re currently in Phase 1 of the project, which involves reposting Mike’s text messages to Producing Artistic Director/Superman Alexis Simpson. Alexis will be reposting Mike’s updates here on the PJI blog, word for word and character for character, for better or worse. Now, Mike has never been one to mince words, or refrain from using … “colorful expressions”. We don’t muzzle artists, so just be prepared that there might be some content inappropriate for the faint of heart.
So hang on tight, folks. Hats Off! to Phase 1 of the Mike Connor Travelogues.
9/08/2009
[11:42:58 PM] 1st day of my trip & 1st weirdness. Ya know when ya think someones a bum cause its dark but then ya take a picture w a flash & realize they r dressed nice?
[11:55:21] Just had a pleasant interaction with someone who identified hinself as a dallas cowboys fan. Must have filed down the horns. Damn jews– er i mean cowboys fans.
9/09/2009
[1:02:31 AM] Got to the juke joint with stevie & louie. Stevie found me initially. Louie has the pot leaf tatoo on his neck. Smoked a joint in public. Now checkin a band.
[4:18:45 AM] You’d never guess but the people still awake at a hostel at 3am are unapologetic hippies. “false preacher man”? Ooh. How subtle. Jesus fuck
[4:21:43 AM] Oh wait he just went in a medley from john fogerty’s bad moon rising to neil young’s old man. Jesus fuckin cock all bastard shit
[4:24:57 AM] Now the medley has medleyed to no woman no cry. And my wrists have medleyed to slittable. Thanks random hippie dude
[9:52:10 PM] Today, for the first time in my life, someone said “have you seen the bats?” without it leading to rabies.
[9:53:50 PM] Also, i smell exactly like the colorado river. Exactly. Like, i’ll bet i could fool a dog. A dog would be like “thats not a person, its an ecosystem.”
[11:22:31 PM] Today i saw a hot chix boobs then immediately saw an old man in a thong. It was like seeing birth & death in one moment. Terrifying yet hopeful
That’s round one! Kepe come back for more updates from Mike as he belittles hippies all across the country!