Saturday at Tradewinds
Tradewinds Night Club, 5859 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

My friend Sean told me he would be coming out. When I got there, he was waiting at the front. I introduced him to a few of the band members. We discussed women and how cockblocking should be illegal.

Ebony came over and said hello. I told her that Donnell had asked where she was last night.

Los was there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
Charlie was there from the start
Packy played the tambourine
1) Instrumental prelude / Mike-led Anthony Hamilton's Since I Seen't You
The crank started with
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
Donnell said, "I think they're ready y'all".
3) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
4) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - Halima and Mike posed at the appropriate times
5) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva - she changed the line to "This is how I look with make up", Donnell touched her stomach, she used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, moved around, and bounced, Mike, Halima, DP, and Packy danced
6) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U - Donnell played his horn onstage, Donnell and DP danced and later, Halima, Donnell, and DP danced, Mike had a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
7) Donnell-led Brown & White - Halima and Donnell switched places, Halima danced and later the whole frontline danced / Ride Out - the frontline danced the Ride Out dance / Northeast Groovers' The Water
8) Mike-led Parliament's Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) (tease)
9) Alternating Halima-led Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl - women shouted "That's my sh*t", Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and moved around, Donnell sang backup onstage, Halima, DP, and Donnell danced / Donnell-led Rare Essence's Hook Me Upa - Halima did heavy breathing / Donnell-led Kanye West's Gold Digger (tease) "Go down baby, go down"
10) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Donnell and Halima switched places, Halima conducted the women during their part
11) Donnell-led Hold the Note - the frontline danced
12) Donnell-led "Tired yet, ready to quit?"
They had technical difficulties - a tone coming out of the speakers.
13) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - there was much less dancing in the audience for this slow song, Mike held the hand of a woman in the audience, Mike moved around and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell went onstage
Mike did a shout out to Donny Ray in the audience. He said of him, "He thought I was older than I am."
Donnell said, "I don't know if should let him have the mic. Fifteen yard penalty, too many men on the field."
Donnell then talked about the Redskins-Cowboys game, "As soon as the game is over, I need my money."
Some women in the audience said, "Dallas!"
Donnell said, "You know you're f*cked up. Did y'all get those men off the pipe? Irvin and the whores? Aikman said, 'I'm Batman!' after that hit by LaVar Arrington."

Crankindrumma, Tracy Smoot, Yolanda, Sanisse, 6'9, and Tijuana were there.

During the break, I went into the kitchen with my friend Sean and the band.

At one point, Donnell said he was going to increase his score. Mike responded, "Your score doesn't matter if you take everything." Doc laughed so hard he spat out his drink.

Packy made fun of E of L!ssen's sandals.

Nephew teased Mike about his necklace. He said, "You and Biggie have the same choker."

They laughed about me being the first guy on the dance floor. I talked about Tiffany. Packy said, "You're on a first name basis?" I told him she gave me her number before she told me her name.

Doc, DP, and Mike talked about working and overtime.

Mike asked DP about the new methods of faster internet, especially fiber optics.

Donny Ray said EU was supposed to play with Backyard at Club Levels tonight but it was closed.

Doc and Dwayne talked about the possibility of going to see PFunk on October 2nd. We discussed who would be there in the band.

The DJ played James Brown's Gonna Have a Funky Good Time (Doing It to Death). Dwayne said that was a great sound check song. This lead into a discussion: Doc said drummers today don't match horn hits with drum hits. DP said, "They don't know, that's old school." Doc said, "That's real school."

Doc, DP and Dwayne discussed the possibility of Godfather playing his horn.

Slick Rick, Nita, and JoJo were there.

Second Set
1) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - they initially had technical difficulties, Donnell danced, Halima bounced and using a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell also used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, there was nice percussion, Donnell said, "Hey Smoke, ain't it funkin' now, DJ Mixx exclusive", the frontline danced
2) Alternating Donnell-led Djayz's It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (tease) - Donnell said, "All the pimps, put your hands in the air" / Kanye West's Gold Digger - Halima danced onstage / Slim Thug's I Ain't Heard of That (Remix), Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
3) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Tijuana danced on the floor in the performance area, Mike said, "Tijuana had to dance", Donnell said, "Tijuana is the new Halima" (I have no idea what he meant), Donnell went onstage, Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, there was nice percussion, Donnell said, "Turn the lights down low", and it went dark on the dance floor / Notorious BIG's Warning - the lights came on a little more / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) - Donnell went back on the floor / "Wait a minute" echoes - Halima went back on the floor
4) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - very energetic singing, Donnell went onstage, Donnell and Halima bounced
5) Donnell-led DIP - the frontline danced
6) Donnell-led "25, 25, 25" / Mike-led Rare Essence's Work the Walls
7) Mike-led Rare Essence's Lock It - the crowd held their hands in the air
8) Donnell-led Rick James' Mary Jane (tease)
9) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Spotlight / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon?
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine - initially Donnell did the keyboard sounds vocally, Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's What Would You Do for the Money?
12) Donnell-led "My man Chucky, it's alright" (repeated with Footz, Little Footz, and Fat Rodney)
Donnell said, "Just 'cause you made me mad".
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin'
14) Lorenzo played something
Donnell said, (to whom I don't know) "I swear to God, I would have fired you..."
Donnell said, "It's hard out here on a pimp."
I grinded with a woman during the set.

The other Tracy was there.

Donnell said, "Nita has lost forty pounds. She's wearing a bathing suit to the GoGo. She's wearing a bikini to the GoGo. If she loses ten more pounds, she can come naked on a skateboard."
He was about to jone on Vincent, but Vincent was already gathering the mic cords, so it was too late - the mic was off. Vincent said, "You have to get me early."

I walked in the 7-11 behind Doc. I talked about reading a book on Jazz improvisation that talks about how the parts interlock. He said he really didn’t care that much who wins the Redskins – Cowboys game.