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Exciting New Book Reading Videos
Sunday, October 11, 2009
For all who were not able to attend, here is the impromptu performance of "Billie Jean" that I did at the Happy Ending Reading Series at the Brooklyn Book Festival on 9/13. Jonathan Ames, David Cross, and I all had to perform one public risk onstage, and mine was to recreate in dance one of Michael Jackson's most famous performances of all time. I told a story, read a bit, and then prepared to dance (at about the 6:00 mark). However, when the CD failed to work, the best audience ever and I did what we had to do. Yes, the song is too high for me; yes, I sure know how to garble some lyrics; and yes, I sing much better in my cabaret shows (god, I hope so); but something out of the ordinary sure happened that fateful afternoon in Brooklyn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=janQ_oyNl7c
(Thank you to Adam Rathe and Nicole Brydson for taping and uploading.)
Also, for all you LITTLE MERMAID fans out there, here's footage of my best Ariel impersonation at the Slipper Room in May:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/regal_literary/videos/42
(Thank you to Markus Hoffman for taping and uploading.)
If you are entertained, please forward on to others!
RIP, MJ, and long live Ariel.
Rakesh
posted by Rakesh Satyal at 12:03 PM
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