Voila mon awesome outfit! I am wearing it to perform my rendition of "Santa Baby" at the Weisstronauts' annual Christmas party gig. This year's party was at Toad in Cambridge and it was a particularly good one. Those of you who couldn't make it were missed but those of us who were there had a really good time anyway.Now back to my awesome outfit. It all started with the sneakers which I couldn't resist.
From there I spun off into some 1979 seventh-grade fantasy of what would be great festive attire. Have I mentioned that I'll be forty-two in a few weeks? Thank God I've arranged my life so that I can do stuff like this and not get locked up.
I wasn't 100% sure about the wisdom of the shorts but then I decided that this outfit isn't about wisdom. So I went for it and I was really glad. I'm still glad! I LOVE this outfit. Can you tell? The odd thing is that I can't stand wearing shorts in the summer. Blech.
Back in about 1981 I bought myself some high tops kind of like this from Commander Salamander, the punk rock supply store in Georgetown in Washington, D.C.. The original pair has aged beyond wear-ability. How could I pass up this replacement pair?
As for the rest of it, I believe I'm genetically part clown.
3 comments:
Back in the day shorts with tights was a staple of my wardrobe.
You look awesome. So does Pete.
If I were a man I would fall in love with your stage presence. If I were a clown's mother I would tell my children, "why can't you be more like her?"
Love them! And I remember Commander -- in fact, it was still there the last time I checked. - Marya
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