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Dear Sean:
Have you thought about growing your hair long in the back again? I thought
you looked really nice when you were on Carmen Sandiego. You just
don't seem like the same Sean as then.
Thanks, Beth
Dear Beth:
I'm not the same Sean, Beth; I'm a sleeker, sassier model with twitchier
pecs, veinier biceps and walnut-crushing butt cheeks. For details on why I
became the shorn Sean you should still crave, see my Seanecdote entitled "Now It Can Be Told!
Why I Cut My Braids." The Official Rock'n'Roll Handbook does dictate,
however, that I change my hairstyle periodically. Therefore, to
simultaneously honor the good book's dictates and your respectful
request, I have decided to grow my hair long in the back. Not the back of my
head, though; I refer to my ass hair. I've stopped shaving back there; soon
the hairs will be long enough to braid and for for any madcap fun-lover to
whirl me 'round like a tether ball. Wheeeee... I'm flying!
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean:
You are one of the best singer/songwriters that I've EVER heard!
There should be some kind of compensation for having a voice from the
gods.
Love, Erica
Dear Erica:
I agree wholeheartedly. What kind a screwed-up world is this that doesn't
make folks of my rare ilk famous and wealthy beyond our wildest Dreams?
I don't know about you, but I, for one, don't plan to take this egregious
slight lying down. Following is my irate letter to the dude whom I belive
is the mastermind behind this hooliganism: God Almighty.
Dear Lord:
What gives, old man? You saw fit to bless me with an angelic voice, a
way with words, an ear for tunes, remarkable height, prominent
cheekbones and a taste for fame. Why then, have you denied me, thus
far, the seemingly obvious rewards of such attributes: fame, fortune,
power, a jumbo-sized penis and the wanton attention of Miss Christy
Turlington? Have you been dozing for the last 20 years? Are you oblivious
to your own injustices, or are you just anti-Semitic? Consider this letter
proper notice that your failure to heal the above-mentioned ills will result
in swift legal action. Should you wish to avoid litigation and the
expense and damage to your reputation that such action would entail,
I would be amenable to an out-of-court settlement as follows: I'm willing
to forego fame, power and Ms. Turlington's attention, provided that the
wealth and the jumbo penis are forthcoming. The jumbo penis -- length
as well as girth -- is a non-negotiable point. I thank you for your
prompt attention to these matters.
Yours, Sean Altman (Hebrew name: Srool Moishe)
PS - Hurricane Floyd ruined my recent Knitting Factory gig. Can't you control
that Mother Nature
bitch?
Yours, Sean
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Hey Sean:
I've had your seanDEMOnium CD for
about a year, and it is so great — an aural adventure. How many of the
musicians
you work with use drugs — from marijuana to 'shrooms to whatever? I've been
curious since I noticed a reference or two on your CD.
A lone fan in Ohio,
Ben
Dear Ben:
Busted! It's true;
seanDEMOnium was written
and recorded
under the influence of the most sinister "old skool" drug — roast pork egg foo
young with extra gravy. That shit gets me stoopid-mad fucked up, bitch!
Hello... my name is Sean, and I'm a chicken-shit "drug pussy." There goes my
street cred. I've tried to enjoy pot several times in my life, but I always end
up coughing hysterically, looking like a loser and alienating every crack whore
in the hot tub. In the decadent '80s I experimented with cocaine, but only on my
nipples. Heroin can be cool, especially if you're a Viet Nam vet trying to kick
methadone or a street bum hell bent on achieving incontinence. A lot of my
friends do ecstasy, but I'm terrified of losing my anger and feeling all lovey-
dovey; it might fuck up my songwriting. My vices are more subtle: getting (as
Elton John says) about as oiled as a diesel train, the occasional lap dance from
a bored chick in a thong, singing barbershop with other middle-aged male-
pattern-baldness sufferers, and nightly self abuse followed by the
uncontrollable ingestion of baked goods. With addictions like these, who needs
recovery?
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean,
I was in a very mature and intimate relationship with someone of another race.
It was the kind of relationship in which you hope you’ll end up marrying the
person. Everything was going great until one night he told me that his mother
and her family didn’t approve of me, because of my race. He said he wants to
have a future with someone where they can spend the holidays with his family
and, obviously, that wouldn’t be possible. We miss each other terribly. What do
you think of interracial relationships? Would you ever be in one if you really
cared about the person?
Constance
Dear Constance:
I think that your ex-boyfriend is a pussy and that his mom and family are
narrow-minded racists. In fact, I believe you dodged a bullet; if your ex was
so quick to drop you to appease his loser family, then he’s probably got deep-
seeded prejudices himself. Put a smile back on your face and go find a more
evolved guy who loves every part of you.
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean,
I love you very, very much, I’m horny, and I don’t care if I get
pregnant having sex with you. Sean,
sweetie, can I have your baby?
Love, Con4cyn
Dear Con4cyn,
Don't tempt me, sweetheart. It has not escaped me that my advancing
years assure that I won’t enjoy fatherly bliss until I’m at least
solidly middle-aged. As my drummer Bob is wont to exclaim: "Don’t talk
to me about your biological clock, sister. My biological COCK is ticking
even louder!"
To make matters worse, I may even be shooting blanks. In high school, a
bunch of us perpetually bonerific studlets tried to earn extra cash at
the local sperm bank. My count didn’t make the cut and I was denied my
rightful 25 bucks. Granted, the bank’s "count maximization" pre-
instructions were to not ejaculate for at least seven days prior, a
physical impossibility for any normal hairy-palmed, blind teenage boy.
In any case, I plainly wasn’t sporting a full teenage load that morning,
and the cruel sperm bankers sent me and my sorry-ass gonads packing. The
rejection didn’t sit well with me; I threw a violent hissy fit when they
refused to "GIVE ME BACK MY LOUSY SPOOGE, DAMN IT!"
To this day I’ve never impregnated any chick, no matter how unsafe my
methods. For all I know, I may own a pair of seminally-challenged
nuts, a.k.a. "huevos rancidos."
So, Con4cyn, if you are truly hell-bent on spawning a rock star’s child,
I suggest you turn your lusty attention elsewhere...perhaps to Rockapella’s Jeff Thacher.
Yours, Sean
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Sean,
I don't know the politics of why you left Rockapella, but your website
makes me think you left because of ego. What is it with this Seanworld
trip? I'm disappointed...
Used-to-be fan, Unsigned
Dear Unsigned,
You are a coward for your anonymity...and humorless to boot.
I hereby decree that you are forever banned from the Seanosphere. As I
write this, I’m sticking pins in a wee effigy of you. Prepare to
suffer,
fair-weather scum.
All The Best, Sean
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Hey Sean!
Hanukah is upon us, and I can find no wish list of presents for you.
So whaddaya want, oh King of Pop?
Wanda
Dear Wanda:
That's POWER-pop, Wanda. If I didn't already own a thousand copies, I
would
surely want a CD of "Hanukah With
Monica" & "(It's Good To Be) A Jew at Christmas." If you or anyone
you know doesn't have a copy, order now! As
for my own selfish needs, I would be thrilled to receive any of these
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Any percussion instruments (shakers, bells, drums, rattles, etc.)
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Any pedal effects for guitar
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Flannel pajamas (size L)
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Any loud, hippie, pimpish, shiny or otherwise wacky shoes (size 11.5)
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An umbrella
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A subscription to Billboard (this is expensive, though)
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CDs of classic vocalists (Frank, Ella, Billie, Mel, etc.)
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Anything to do with the Beatles
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Thanks, Wanda!
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean:
All the talented musicians I love seem to all know each other.
I hear that you are opening for Moxy Fruvous and that Jian is
going to be on your new CD! That is soooo cool! And at the same
time, it sucks because I can't afford to trek down to NYC and skip
classes. Do you think you'll be performing with Fruvous again soon?
Love, Lexi
Dear Lexi:
I'll be opening for Moxy Fruvous on Wednesday 12/1/99 @ The Westbeth
Theater in NYC (info:212/741-0391). Your hasty decision to miss this gig
and subordinate spiritual enlightenment to academic pursuits sets a
dangerous, puritanical precedent. What's next, Miss Goody-2-Shoes: no boys
in the dorm after dark? No heavy petting until the third date? No
penetration without a proposal? An exclusive musical diet of Neil Sedaka?
Get with it, girl! Who the hell knows when I might get to play with Moxy
Fruvous again? Cut your wussy classes and join the power-pop party! And
bring some drugs.
Yours, Sean
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Sean,
When I read that Shannon was "unsubscribing" from your site, I wondered
why it would take so little to make her jump ship. Unless she's been
living in a cave, she’s had to have heard myriad "alternatives" to gosh
darnit, shoot, golly-gosh-darn, and heck. By now, shouldn't just about
everyone be desensitized to choice cuss words? (Although I do suppose
it's refreshing to find someone, who isn't a child, to not be numbed by
it.) I don't claim to swear like a sailor, but I'm not above it either.
It cannot be denied that, in certain situations, situations that leave
you full of a scad of emotions and yet curiously mute, there's nothing
like a good swear word to sum it all up. Like the word "no," "fuck" is
universal, not needing any explanation. You drop a vial of
nitroglycerin, blowing half the neighborhood to kingdom come, and the
first word that springs to mind and out of your lips is "Fuck," while
your friends nod their heads in sympathy. Seemingly, you use bad
language as a means of eliciting a response, good or bad but a response
nontheless. Hey, it worked on Shannon, she whom you deemed a prude.
You displayed your child-like glee for all words naughty as you relayed
your story from yesteryear, and, seemingly, this glee has stayed with
you. Which is fine. And I have to admit that sometimes I just can't
tell if you write that way because it's truly how you are, or, as
mentioned, for kicks, which is where Shannon got tripped up. I,
however, have a different sort of problem with you. I can look past all
your potty-mouthed rants, and leave the things you speak of from the
past in the past — to a point. I have to say that I was somewhat
disturbed and more than a little disappointed when you mentioned some
time ago that you wrote the tune to "Daisy Simone" whilst on your
honeymoon. That saddened me. Of all times to be thinking of an exotic
dancer, you chose your honeymoon. It was almost as if you had a
premonition that the marriage was doomed from the start. Of course, that
is not to insinuate that you should be held entirely responsible,
because neither I nor anyone else knows the story. But there are
different, serious character flaws that are really difficult to look
past. Yes, I understand that people can change, for who's the same
person now that they were at 18, or 21? On the other hand, certain
characteristics stay with a person, unless he or she works extremely
hard at changing it. It is, however, naive to think that a person can
be changed by someone else. And it is most likely a waste of time and
energy. You are who you are. And you seem like such a catch! Truly,
you have a voice that is unlike anyone's before and probably after you.
Heavenly, it is; smooth, full, rich, perfect. As a bonus, it comes
wrapped in an exquisite package of tallness, great bone structure, and
for good measure, a sense of humor. If only you could expand your taste
in women to include those who are not of extreme beauty or bounty, as it
seems you have a distince preference for them. I am not suggesting
myself as a candidate — don't get me wrong! Just to develop a
relationship based on respect, friendship, and love, not beauty, lust,
and hormones. I'm sure some girls you’ve dated had
a great mix of the aforementioned qualities, but probably with larger
doses of the latter category. I'm not sure if that's what you want out
of life, maybe somewhere deep inside you do. I sincerely hope you can
find it and hold on tight.
Love, Rebecca
Dear Rebecca:
Your letter, albeit long, touches on some important issues and is nicely
written. Feel free to psychoanalyze me at your convenience; you just
saved me a hundred bucks and the annoyance of having to bear my shrink's
foul mug, acrid breath and undertaker's monotone. Heck, I'll even send
you a stool sample if you think it's worth scrutiny. In the future,
though, I'd appreciate it if you'd devote at least as much time singing
my praises as denouncing me. This makes for a more enjoyable toilet
read. In my defense, I only wrote the melody to "Daisy Simone" on my honeymoon; the lyric concept came
later, probably while some sweaty, gyrating vixen tried to disarm me of
my last twenty with her butt cheeks at 4 am. And don't be so quick to
knock "lust and hormones"; these mischievous buggers perpetuate the
human race, dagnamit, and enable men and women to tolerate each other’s
unspeakable idiosyncrasies. A "relationship based on respect,
friendship, and love?" Damn... sounds like a real snoozer, and a bona
fide boner-killer to boot. Sometimes, Rebecca, the sperm's just got to
fly! Plainly, chicks don’t get this concept. I guess it's comparable
to when a woman passes a store window displaying the new lipstick shade
she's dreamed of. Does she want to hear any blather about sensible
spending and comparison shopping? Fuck, no! The bitch needs her damned
lipstick and no amount of logic will assuage her clawing need. This
brouhaha occurs in a man's scrotum hourly, except during certain
sporting events and discussions about the Holocaust. The sooner you and
the rest of womankind come to understand, respect, embrace and, yes,
enforce the tenets of "Testicular Law," the sooner the sexes can co-
exist peacefully and get down to some good old-fashioned bumping of
uglies. Hey, Rebecca, slap on some heels and fetch me a beer with
these chips!
Yours, Sean
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Hey Sean:
I think it's terrible how all these desperate females shamelessly
throw themselves at your large feet (back of CD). Have they no respect?!
Do they have nothing better to do with their time than to drool and wag
their tongues at you?
Your 45th Biggest Fan, Kenny
Dear Kenny:
Listen, Buster Brown... I and every other self-respecting rocker got
into this business for one reason: to be the object of female desire
(except, perhaps, George Michael). If not for music-loving sluts,
there'd have been no Sinatra, Elvis, Beatles, Hendrix, Prince, New Kids,
Rockapella or Sean Altman. We may have existed as flesh and blood, but
we'd have been lawyers...or worse. Eliminate the drooling, tongue-
wagging babes and you'll have another "day the music died" on your
bloody hands, pal. So quit being a spoil-sport and help bolster the
cause of musical genius: get your sis, your mom and your granny out onto
the concert front lines, tongues a-wagging. Yeah, that's it! I feel
another hit song emerging! Come on... lemme see those sluts drool!
Yours, Sean
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Hey Sean:
I got seanDEMOnium and it
has
been one of my favorite CDs since... Not kissing butt, its just the
truth. So anyway, it was recorded on a Tascam 688, correct? Being a
Tech-geek-audio-freak, I’m curious about what mics you used, how you had
your home studio set up and other pertinent info....I love the whole
feel of the album sonically...just trying to pick your brain. Thanks
man,
? B
Dear B:
Occasionally I flatter myself by thinking that seanDEMOnium is an
advertisement
for
Beatles’ engineer Geoff Emerick’s pearl of wisdom: "Great albums are
made by
great performances, not great equipment." I recorded everything with
the work-
horse live mic of all time: the Shure SM-58. I eschewed the recording
rule book
by recording everything "wet" and then adding more reverb on mix-down.
My
somewhat pathetic effects arsenal included: Alesis microverb, Alesis
micro
limiter, Boss digital delay pitch shifter, Boss Distortion,
Electroharmonix
Small Stone phase shifter and BBE Sonic Maximizer, none of which cost
more than
$100. On the a cappella tunes, I added a low octave to my vocal bass
parts with
the aforementioned Boss pitch shifter and Boss Octaver pedal (the best
examples
of the great extra low octave are on "Pretty
Baby" and "You’re
Mine").
"Are You a Man" and "My Parents’ Son" were recorded several years
earlier on a
Tascam 4-track; everything else was recorded onto the 8-track Tascam
688. I
mixed down everything to the cheapest Sony DAT player available.
Mastering was
a bitch — piecing together almost 40 elements scattered over numerous
DAT
tapes... yikes! I give enormous credit to the mastering engineers, Andy
Heermans and Phil Klum, for making the entire sonic potpourri sound like
an
album. Almost all the guitar work was done on my acoustic/electric
Ovation
Celebrity, the same instrument on which I wrote many of the songs and
with which
I’ve done many gigs. I intend to sell this remarkable instrument soon,
so start
saving up.
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean,
I have some questions for you:
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What is your personal definition of a cappella?
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How do you feel about other forms of a cappella, such as Gregorian chant
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barbershop?
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What is the best purely vocal effect you’ve done or heard done? Who did
it and
from what group?
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musical form,
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Dear Elizabeth,
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During early Rockapella performances (1988), I was fond of defining
"a
cappella" as "without clothes," or tracing its derivation to the Latin
"aca," meaning "life," and "pella," meaning "party"; thus, "the life of
the
party." In my present capacity as an elder statesman of the community,
though,
I am obliged to treat the term with the utmost respect; so now I would
say that
"a cappella" means "without garnish... not even a damned sprig of
parsley."
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The monks’ state of celibacy so warped their minds that they took to
singing
in spooky octaves and creepy parallel fifths. This is evidence that
tuneful
music is dependant on an active sex life. When my own songwriting
occasionally
stagnates, I treat myself to a rash
of anonymous sex, just to get back on melodic track. I learned how to
harmonize
in various barbershop groups, including the earliest incarnation of
Rockapella,
so this strain of a cappella will always be dear to me. My current
foursome, The
GrooveBarbers (three ex-Rockapellas and another guy) sings lots of
barbershop.
In spite of all this, I believe that barbershop is great fun to sing,
less fun
to watch, and very little fun to hear on record. In truth, it all sounds
the
same. If it weren’t for the obligatory cutesy hand gestures and manic
grins,
all barbershoppers would be assassinated and no one would miss us. It
is with
great pride mixed with profound fear, then, that I announce the
GrooveBarbers’
forthcoming barbershop album, due some time around the New Year.
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Rockapella’s Jeff Thacher consistently delivers the most sonically
powerful
vocal percussion of anyone I’ve ever heard. His work on my
solo CD seanDEMOnium is
especially
impressive, given that he learned my songs on the spot and recorded most
of them
in one take on a cheap mic. M-
Pact’s vocal
percussionist does a wicked house-music-style lip-sputter, combining a
kick drum
sound with an impossibly low bass note. Rockapella does some remarkable
vocal
horn stabs on
"Kingdom of Shy"
(Vocobeat), and great vocal horns on
"Secret Santa" (Out
Cold). Rockapella’s Scott Leonard can recite the entire alphabet
in one
belch. Once I saw a mouse in my kitchen
and I shreiked a full-voice high E, shattering the little fucker. Dig
it.
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The biggest misconception about a cappella is that one needs to be a
schooled
musician to excel. I wouldn’t know a music theory guide if it bit me in
the tuchas. I would guess
that my favorite vocal groups of all time — The Mills Brothers, The
Golden Gate Quartet and the
Persuasions — were similarly theory-challenged. Screw the technicians;
Take 6 notwithstanding, this
medium is for people with big voices, big hearts and good ears.
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I hope that people (and this goes for folks within the wee pond of a
cappella, too) recognize that a cappella is not a music "style"; it is
simply an instrumentation. Thus, just as you would never compare Jewel
to
Metallica, it is absurd to compare rock a cappella groups with
jazz groups or barbershoppers.
Oh yeah, and people should know that my album,
seanDEMOnium, has eight
pioneering
original a cappella cuts. Oh yeah, and that Rockapella is still the
best vocal
band on the planet, although not as collectively tall as in my day.
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Sean -
How can a scrawny yet endearingly hormonal, pasty-faced white boy from
NJ like
me gain the appreciation of the fairer and more mammarian sex, enough to
have them embellish me with
gluttonous praise and smear my lanky frame with gobs of fluffernutter? I
defer to you, oh
Sperminator.
Thanks!
Duane
Dear Duane -
Save the dirty talk for your intended targets; chicks love that shit,
but it
makes me want to hurt you. Don’t let the fact that you were born
scrawny deter you from morphing into a beefcake. I, too, was
genetically
challenged, but after five years of casual weight training, my inner
muscle-man has blossomed handsomely. Beware, though; as my producer
Billy Straus
notes: the bigger you get, the smaller your dick looks. I’ve thus
concentrated on upper-body
training while intentionally allowing my thighs to atrophy.
You are wise to crave gluttonous praise and attention. Toward that end,
I
recommend your local strip joint where, with a fistful of dollars,
you’ll
get more love than a plump turd in a fly factory. The fluffernutter-
smearing
routine is another story; it’s fun in the moment but there’s hell to pay
later at the dermatologist’s
office.
I wish you luck in elevating yourself above loserdom, friend, but
please...never
call me Sperminator again, lest I exterminate you.
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean,
On my foray into cyberspace and everything Sean, I was not disappointed
to discover that beneath the surface of the magnetic and gifted
performer that you are lies a brilliant, tortured and miserable soul.
Intrigued, I popped the crappy copy I made years ago of Spike Lee’s PBS
special into the VCR so that I could watch your performance with
Rockapella in a new light. This is what I noticed: throughout the entire
song "Flat Tire," you held the mic with the middle finger of your left
hand. What I'm wondering now is... was that a subconscious expression of
your feeling for the song, the audience, the performance, your state of
mind at the time?
Love, Terry
P.S. I ordered seanDEMOnium
this
morning via telephone and am thrilled at the opportunity to be reunited
with your incredible voice.
Dear Terry:
Good theory, but not on target. Early Rockapella developed "The Claw" —
our
method of gripping the mic with just the middle finger — to allow us to
clap along while singing. This ingenious technique leaves the palm
perfectly unencumbered and thus available for whacking by the other.
The band still employs "The Claw" whenever simultaneous hand-holding of
the mics and clapping along becomes necessary.
"Flat Tire," the great '50s song I arranged for Rockapella in
1989, will likely make a comeback with The GrooveBarbers, my current
for-fun-and-profit group of ex-
Rockapellas.
I’m glad you enjoy seanDEMOnium. My forthcoming power-
pop
effort, alt.mania, will surely slap you even sillier.
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean:
I am going to be in a band and I am the singer, but I have
trouble singing in front of people. When you first started singing with
Rockapella, were you nervous singing in front of people too? And if you
were, how did you get over it? Please help.
Thanks, Meghan
Dear Meghan:
Congrats on your new gig. I still get pre-gig jitters, but I use that
nervous
energy to deliver a better performance. Try to think of that case of
near-puking butterflies as your
friend; harness its awesome power and zap it back at your audience.
Some deep breathing before you
hit the stage will also help. If that fails, then nothing beats a shot
of Jaegermeister. Then there’s
always the trusty, ever-dependable orgasm, but those are sometimes hard
to come by in the critical
pre-show minutes.
Good luck, Rock Star!
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean,
As a discriminating male hooked on physical appearances, would you
recommend
plastic surgery to
augment an already comely female
body? I’m considering it, but my husband doesn’t want to spend the
money.
Sincerely,
A 5’7”, green-eyed valkyrie with waist-long auburn hair and a navel ring
Dear valkyrie:
That fact that I had to look up "valkyrie" makes me feel stupid and,
thus,
predisposed to dislike
you. That's lesson number one: never emasculate your man, lest he spurn
you.
OK... I’ve forgiven
you. Although I’m no stranger to the cosmetic surgeon’s knife (LASIK
eye
surgery to correct
nearsightedness), I consider such manufactured enhancement to be the
last
resort. I'd rather do
bench presses 'til I puke than get metal pectoral implants. I'd rather
play
basketball 'til my heart
implodes than get stomach liposuction. I'd rather masturbate with a
pneumatic
drill than take Viagra.
While most super-glamourous women of note have had boob jobs, I’m a firm
believer in natural, god-
given
sweater meat. If your cheapskate husband were smarter, he'd have said
"Buttercup, you're perfect just
the way you are; don't change a thing.
Oh, and pop me a cold brewsky on your way back from the kitchen."
Yours, Sean
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Dear Sean:
Any news on a release date for your new album? What tracks are going to
be
on it? I'm hoping for: "Dick About Me," "Mindy's Mine," "Unhappy
Anniversary"
and "Come My Way"...
all of which sound AMAZING with the full band treatment. Any chance of
the
above being included?
Yours, bjacob
Dear bjacob:
You're in luck, friend. alt.mania will contain those songs and many more
soon-to-be hits dredged from the fetid bowels of my angsty-yet-cheery
soul.
The late '99 release looks like this, in no particular order:
"Dick About Me,"
"Mindy's Mine,"
"Unhappy Anniversary,
"Come My Way,"
"Daisy Simone,"
"Follow Me To Heaven,"
"Your Town No More" (duet with Jian
Ghomeshi
of Moxy Früvous),
"If I Knew Then,"
"Tryin' To Forget You,"
"More In Hate With You,"
"Dandelion," and new band versions
of
"Person,"
"Are You A Man?," and
"Presto Change-o."
Two other possibilities are
"Unworthy" (a co-write with Andrew
Chaiken,
ex-vocal drummer for the House Jacks) and a new one I'm hoping to finish
in
time -- a Steve Miller-type rocker called "Too Old & Too Ugly." Like
seanDEMOnium,
alt.mania
will be peppered with between-song palate-cleansers (musical and
otherwise), and some not-so-hidden
tracks. Prepare yourself for the new millenium's most gem-encrusted pop
jewel.
Yours, Sean
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Hey Sean:
I promised my children one of two things before I die: 1) that I would
win
The Power Ball lotto, and 2) that Sean would do a memory/victory tour
concert
series with his old cronies, Rockapella, in which everyone would end up
getting naked. Anything you can to do facilitate either of these
requests
before the inevitable I would deeply appreciate.
Yours, bb
Dear bb:
Sadly, your kids will remember you as a bald-faced liar unless you
win Lotto. It's not that a Rockapella reunion tour is an impossibility;
it's just that I won't strip for anyone not committed to satisfying my
hideous
male needs. My body is a sacred semitic temple, not to be viewed
cavalierly by
just any old ogler-come-lately. Heck, I won't even do "shirts and skins"
on the
hoops court. Once, though, Elliott, Barry, Scott and I conducted a nude,
impromptu business meeting in a Tokyo bath house. It was steamy, but
through the
mist it was still
abundantly clear that Barry is not like other men. It's like he has his
very own "mini-me," but maxi-sized. Can I win one of those in Lotto?
Yours, Sean
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