Amy Lu's View

I’m sure I have learned this before, but once again, I am surprised that Karen Carpenter’s birthday is so close to mine (just one day before.) Thank you Crooners. The song that Dan Chouinard and Dane Stauffer performed was actually “Yesterday Once More,” which is awesome, but “Rainy Days” is a personal hard-to-beat favorite.

Here are the based-on-texts I sent myself thoughts during the Crooner’s Birthday Club tonight:

• Shout-out to the Key of D (I agree…only 2 sharps)
• Singer Dane Stauffer played the 60 Card (as in I don’t know the lyrics to this song because I’m 60)…I basically did this at our last Pigeons gig (for 50)
• “Playground battlescars”–don’t remember what that references anymore but it sounds awesome
• The Old Fashioned at Crooner’s sucks but the Manhattans are good
• “That’s the Night That Lights Went Out in Georgia”…whoa…what was up with the 70’s?…a pop song about the injustice of the criminal justice system?
• It’s really cool that the bassist has a foot tambourine
• I also have no idea what the lyrics to “Benny and the Jets” are or what they mean…

And a tangent about the menu…Crooner’s, why oh why did you get rid of the vegetarian mushrooom ravioli? I’ve been planning on having that all week! AND the vegetarian sandwich? I was so impressed by your range of vegetarian options and now they are gone. The risotto is fine but not as good as the ravioli…why did you choose that?