Jess Klein – Backstage

I woke up this morning with a complete song in my head.  It was a song I started 3 months ago and got too frustrated to finish.  Today it was fully formed, like a baby, or pillsbury dinner buns.  It’s called, ironically, ‘Am I Making This Hard on Myself?’

After that, I tiptoed into my living room where my friends MC Frontalot and his bassist Bl4k Lotus (he insists I spell his name this way – for those of you who don’t know, it’s pronounced ‘Black’) were sprawled out on my futon and floor after their film screening and show last night here in Austin.  The film is a documentary about them called Nerdcore Rising.  MC Frontalot is a founding father of Nerdcore hip-hop.  Maybe you’ve heard of it!  www.frontalot.com  And if the film is playing in your town, go see it – it’s fantastic.

Sleeping they looked like little babies!  Very cute.  I know them from when we all lived together in Brooklyn and took part in a musical Frontalot and Gaby Alter (their keyboard player) wrote called Young Zombies in Love.  I played a Zombie doo-wop girl.  Shake that booty.  Hope it doesn’t fall off.  Also, you can hear a live version of a collaboration Front and I did where he rapped on my song Soda Water here: http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=38

After they woke up, Front insisted I join Twitter, so they hooked me up with that while I made them some tea.  You can ‘follow’ me on there: MsJessKlein is my Twitter name.  Then, incredibly (or not), he also fixed the long-broken playback function on my computer, so I have sound.  I should hang out with nerdcore artists more often.

Life is good.  Off to give Walter, my neighbor, his oven gauge back.  Then I’m hopping on my bike to get the lead out while the sun is still high.  Love!  Jess