Friday at Safari Steakhouse
Safari Steakhouse, 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

They again set up in the Bike Week configuration.

Halima had a new hairdo and wore a hat. I wouldn't have recognized her right away if she hadn't walked onstage. Stomp said to her, "You look fly." Her current look reminds me of a celebrity, but I can't put my finger on who.

I asked Dwayne why he doesn't have a wireless setup. He said soon, but his costs twice as much.

There was a very small audience at the start of the first set. Because of this, I watched from dance floor rather than the side of the stage.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Instrumental - Donnell and DP on horns had a false start, Dwayne said, "What the hell was that?" Donnell said they were testing something on the new horn mics. They joked about the union, Smoke and Stomp played nice solos
Donnell said, "The early set is for the music lovers, and the Halima lovers and the Michael Muse lovers"
2) Halima-led Whitney Houston's You Give Good Love - Halima said, "Think back to that best friend you had who is a man and knew all about you", she moved around and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures. Halima said, "Uh huh" at the end.
3) Mike-led I Dreamed You - Mike said, "Something off the Evolution CD, about love that dreams are made of." He sang at the edge of the stage
4) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike said, "If you haven't had an all night love making session in a while..."
Donnell said that Halima "got a brand new look." She smiled.
5) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden - Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell nonverbally (playing "air guitar") made fun of how Dwayne Lee played his guitar, Donnell and DP went on the dance floor playing their horns, Halima moved around
Mike said, "Yeah!"
Donnell said, "Right" to Dwayne
6) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - Halima's singing was excellent, Halima moved around at the edge of the stage, she used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced, Mike again said, "Yeah!"

Kato was there.

I went into the lounge and talked to DP and Kato. I talked about DP and Donnell going onto the dance floor. DP said, "That's just Donnell showing off."

I then went out to the bar to get a Coke. Tiffany F., my so-called "wife" was there, with her friends.

I went back to the lounge, and then later went back to the bar to talk to Tiffany F. & co. again. I asked how often they went out. Tiffany F. said, "How many times have you seen us out?" I said three or four times. She said that's how many times they've been out. They asked why it was so empty, when I told them it was the case for the first set and that the diminishing crowds started when they went down to Myrtle Beach and missed a week.

I went back to the lounge again. I talked with Stacey. She asked me which NFL team I was a fan of. I said Redskins, she was glad. DP said he's a Cowboys fan. I told them what Doc said on Wednesday.

At the end of the break, I talked with Tiffany F. & co. again. Tiffany F. said she wanted to dance with me tonight. So for the second and third sets, I watched from the dance floor again. However, Tiffany F. did not dance with me (but the three of them hung around me), so I "granted her a divorce."

Shawn, Shaun and Tyrell were there.

Second Set
Donnell said, "We are taking all bets" on the Redskins game
1) Instrumental prelude / Toto's Georgy Porgy (instrumental tease) / Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
2) Mike-led Marvin Gaye's I Want You - nice percussion solo
3) Donnell-led "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant
4) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - very energetic singing by Halima, Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced
5) Donnell-led "__ Party" chant
6) Donnell-led "Da na aah, We got __"
7) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
8) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Halima and Mike posed at the appropriate times
9) Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl, the crowd shouted "That's my sh*t!" / Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hook Me Upa - Halima danced
The lights went out at the start of
10) Mike-led Rare Essence's Lock It
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hey Tamika
12) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - there was nice percussion, Halima conducted the women during their part, the frontline danced
13) Donnell-led Hold the Note - Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, there was nice percussion
Donnell said, "Bring me the money as soon as the game is over. If we lose, I'll wear one of those ugly (Cowboys) jerseys."

Nikki, 6'9, SweetAngel27, RE Angie, and Mike Smith were there.

I sat in the lounge. Donnell made fun of RE Angie's pool play. He called her "shawdy".

6'9 told me about hanging out with other Maryland basketball alumni.

A woman who saw me writing asked me what I was doing. When I told her, she asked if I was the one who emailed her about all the shows. I told her that Nephew did that and that my website is different from the band's. When I told her the URL for my website, she said, "You're FunkMasterJ?"

Third Set
1) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U - Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell and Halima danced
2) Donnell-led Ludacris' Number One Spot - during "bounce bounce" the frontline bounced
3) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Donnell said "Get on down, Nikki" - she danced onstage, there was nice percussion, the frontline danced / Notorious BIG's Warning - the frontline danced / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant
4) Alternating Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary - Halima danced, Donnell bounced / Rare Essence's Marinda - Mike danced / Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (tease)
5) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - very energetic singing by Halima, nice long percussion solo by Smoke, Donnell encouraged the crowd by saying "Say what, what y'all say" - crowd shouted GoGo Smok-ay, a security guy lit up the congas with a flashlight, Doc had Smoke wave while playing the congas
6) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin' / Donnell held his mic to a male fan (wearing a yellow Redskins cap) so he could yell "F*ck the Cowboys"
7) Mike-led Lap Dance - Donnell chanted "Swing your body Girl", Mike chanted "Swing"
8) Young Jeezy's Go Crazy (Instrumental) - Donnell did announcements
Donnell said, "Jauhar is furious at the three people left" - there were more than three people left of course

Los and Peg Leg were there. I asked Jacques' cousin his name - Dave. I asked Candall her name - every time I've talked with her, it seems like it has been too loud to hear.

Monica, Ebony's friend, was there.

The woman I spoke with during the second break sat in the back seat of the car next to mine. She said, "Bye, FunkMasterJ."