Smoke's Birthday
Safari Steakhouse, 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

DP wasn't present tonight, he's on vacation. There was a large group of people in the lounge. At one point, one of the women complained that one of the men had grabbed her nipple. All of the women proceeded to grab each others nipples. Then they took pictures of each other with cell phones. Next the women dry humped each other - including one of the women giving another a lap dance. One of the other guys not in their group sitting by me said, "I want whatever they are drinking." One women locked tongues with one of the men.

YC was there. I asked Halima if she was cultivating a new image as she was more formally dressed all three nights this week than in weeks before. She said, "You think this is formal?" Halima asked why the girls I freaked with weren't there with me tonight. She also asked me again why I wasn't married. She said I should have a section on the blog for it. I told her I had not found the right woman. She asked me why I came alone all the time, I said most of my friends don't like GoGo, besides a lot of them are married with kids. She said I should make them like GoGo. (For the record, my friend Sean has come out and wants to again, but is really busy).

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Mike-led Ruff Endz' Someone to Love You - at the very start someone else played congas, I later got his name, Day Day. After about a minute, Smoke took over.
2) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know
3) Mike-led John Legend's Ordinary People - it begins with a drum beat, Donnell said, "it's not a solo stomp"
Mike said, "Strut baby strut" to a woman
I approached Day Day during this song and asked him his name.
4) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy
5) Halima-led Erykah Badu's On & On - it had a seemingly sudden ending
Donnell said, "Now you know why I didn't want to stop the last song, Halima's feeling something tonight"
6) Mike-led The Stylistics' People Make the World (Go Round)
7) Halima-led Jill Scott's Golden
Donnell said, "Fantasia didn't perform at the after party due to contractual restrictions. She gave Halima props. She gave Halima respect as we disrespected her by singing her song."
Halima said, "She's sweet."
8) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - excellent as usual
Donnell said, "I am trying to think of something else for her to sing. Lorenzo, play one of those gospel songs. He's the minister of music". A number of band members laughed.
9) Mike-led "Didn't get a chance to say last night"
10) Mike-led Glenn Lewis' Don't You Forget It

Los, Kato, and DeeDee were there. I believe I saw Benjiy there. Mike told DeeDee what 6'9 (or Big Dave as DeeDee called him) did with/to me last night. I said the worst part was when he had my foot off the ground.

Teago was there. He, Kato, Mike and I had a discussion together. I asked Teago about him saying Potomac was cool, asked him if he went to Churchill. He said no, he went to Potomac High School. Mike said he always had trouble finding Potomac High School; that only those who went there know where it is. Teago and Kato said you must have had such a great time. Mike said that Body Moves was used in the Alec Baldwin movie Thick as Thieves. They laughed when they saw me write it down. Teago remembered the scene it is in. Tyrell was there.

Second Set
I believe Donnell said, "Fantasia was a little bigger than the picture, she could add forty pounds. She can sing."
Mike Smith, Blue of Y2K, and Love of Raw Image were there.
Donnell did shout outs. He said it was Smoke's birthday - "He is seventy-two years old."
1) Mike-led Anthony Hamilton's Since I Seen't You
2) Donnell did announcements - the percussion section kept playing
3) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - James was on backup vocals
4) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down
5) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U
Mike said, "I told ya" with an accent for Kato
6) Donnell-led Ludacris' Number One Spot
7) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You
8) Donnell-led Hold the Note
9) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
10) A long percussion solo - Smoke waved while playing the congas
11) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda (tease)

China was there. Suga Wuga, who is promoting next Thursday's Familiar Faces show which is being recorded for a DVD. Suga Wuga asked me my name. Then we had a short discussion with Donnell. He said to me, he (Donnell) doesn't return my phone calls. Donnell said tell me your real name and I'll call you back. He said Ralph. Tracy, Angie, and Sixx were there.

Third Set
Donnell did announcements. He said they would be playing with Chuck Brown tomorrow of the Taste of DC, but he didn't know when or exactly where. Doc said 3:30 PM, that it was in the Washington Post.
Mike said the line from Airplane 2: "It's a damn shame what they did to that dog."
Love played congas at the start of the set
1) Halima-led Faith Evans' Again
2) Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
3) Donnell-led Tupac's Hail Mary
4) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Geraldine - "Got to get away"
5) Donnell-led "___ got not drawers on"
6) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - Smoke took over for Love as they had a technical problem; they had to re-tighten the congas and Smoke switched them from left to right
7) Donnell-led Rare Essence's What N*gga What?
8) Donnell-led Rare Essence's All Da Time
9) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Uh Oh (Heads Up)
10) Donnell-led Miss Keta Will You Dance for Me - "Od ba ba ba"
Kay Kay was on stage (I didn't recognize her without her glassess until Donnell mentioned her name, she is really gorgeous without her glasses), and Donnell pulled Tyrrell on stage as well
11) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club(tease)
12) Kay Kay rapped
13) Don Choo rapped

02 and Delano were there. Donnell and a woman teased Blue about her real name, Miriam Boston. Doc said, there you go writing her name. I said I already knew her name, that Nephew had thanked me for revealing her name to him via the caption to the picture when I interviewed her and other members of Y2K. Lorenzo found a condom on the guitar amp. Dwayne said it wasn't his, but fell out of the amp. Doc joked that I needed it after freaking the girls last night. He thought I was going to pass out - I don't know why he would think that.