A photograph from my night singing
So darlings, a friend sent me an image of my singing at Birdland the other night, they have an open mike there for all musicians no matter if you are a celebrity or an aspiring performer, that is amazing! Sometimes Liza Minelli sings, sometimes my friend Michael Feinstein, The range is amazing I really love New York for its diversity. If you are ever there and see me come say hello. (image by Mark Rupp, MHRDGL@aol.com)
posted by malan breton at 8:09 PM
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You look wonderful and so happy :)
awww, you're precious.
That is such a perfect picture of you! With that great smiling laugh of yours!
Adding that to my list of places to go...
and it's official, every girl in here thinks your cute. just would like to point that out.
i wish i could sing. open mic nights would be such a blast. i'm not tone deaf, i actually have a pretty good ear (i played clarinet for almost a decade). and i can sing relatively well if its along with someone. but to carry a tune by myself, well that is much more difficult. it would be fun though.
aww what a cute picture! I wish I lived in New York and then I could go see you sing . . alas, it was not ment to be.
Good for you, honey. You look really, really happy in that pic!!
Ahhh how refreshing -
after 48 hours of sifting through evil computer code (if only dancing paid the bills), your blog was a much needed dose of fabulous refreshment :)
What a great photo of you Malan! I love the joy that is emanating from your face! I'm hoping for such good things for you. Just read (belatedly) your interview with Andy on Bravo. Fantastic. I wish I could hear your singing voice...raow! :)
Dear Malan, I adored you on PR, and was so happy to find your website so I can follow your career (or careers, as it seems you are truly the uomo universale). Your blog entries are so refreshingly open and sweet.
Your face in this picture is glowing with happiness! To see you so driven by beauty and the desire to actualize your vision is incredibly inspiring, yet at the same time chastising to the neglect of my own creativity. I am a scientist/academic by trade (partly due to parental expectations), but I have always felt so much more intellectually and emotionally engaged when in more non-linear processes of thought, as when I write poetry.
I thank you for giving so much of yourself and for being someone to emulate; I hope to continue to hear about you. As for me, hopefully I have the moxie to follow your example, and will soon give my own open mic peformance here in Chicago, as I have wanted to do for some time…
Gosh, I just LOVE your smile!
I live in NY, so I could go there, but being I'm at such a young age, my parents forbid me to take the LIRR to the city. I would be very happy to see you though IF I'm ever there! :)
- Hiromi
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Malan,
I cannot decide if you are an extraordinarily unique and special soul or merely an incredible actor (perhaps both, my brother Gemini?). I fancy myself a pretty accurate "seer" of individuals' true selves, but my dear, you have me stumped!!
I'm afraid I must admit I am an avid Project Runway viewer, and in three short episodes my emotions with regard to you did a complete about face! In "Road to the Runway" I didn't like you at all (I'm sorry), but by the time you were sent away I was broken hearted!
According to what I read, you seem to be amazingly multi-faceted (somewhat like our birthstone Alexandrite), prolific, and enjoy a life that is full and satisfying. Could you possibly feel about yourself the way you expressed in your exit comments?
With regard to the travesty of your being removed from the show--the more I reflect on your very interesting design (it was more a work of art than a mere dress) vs. the rag Jeffrey created, I really do not understand what happened. I don't claim to understand couture, but please...
And yes, Malan, you are spot on about why New York is one of the most wonderful places on the planet! The five years I spent there were perhaps the happiest of my life.
What did you sing? I usually start with Cole Porter, then I move onto Judy, and then maybe something Ella did. All the women in my family sing, they call us "The Sirens", hee hee. No one does karaoke anymore, we usually hog the mic. (and get free drinks, which is FAB!)
=^..^= kashiwena
OH MY GOD, you've seen Liza Minelli in person?!?!!? I'm so jealous!!! Not to mention knowing Michael Feinstein, of whom the words 'divine talent' aren't an overstatement...
Love the photo, that deliciously creamy jacket, and the big smile on your face! NYC is my favorite city of all time, for exactly the reason you mentioned. Just stroll around the city for an hour and you'll encounter someone from every walk of life, hear 11 different languages, and be able to get any kind of food you're craving! I'm a west-coaster, but L.A. and San Francisco just don't compare, culture-wise (although for sheer beauty, S.F. is hard to beat). I'll most certainly say hello if I see you over there, and if you're ever in the S.F. area, let me know--we'll go sing at Cafe International in the Haight-Ashbury! Cafe International Hootenanny!
Hi Malan -
I was in NYC yesterday (auditioning for the Radio City Rockettes) and I thought of you!
Happy fashioning.
L
That is absolutely adorable, darling!
What did you sing??
I hope it was Gershwin or Cole Porter or something very witty!
I am so envious of you getting to hear Liza & Michael Feinstein live. I practically worship both of them. Their talents are so warm, so personal, so extraordinary and so natural, I find them both to be damn neat magical. I am so glad you are there to support them. They just don't make them like those two anymore and it's a damn, damn shame.
You look darling, darling! I love this picture! You look SO genuinely at home and happy on the stage..
I echo the need for a Cafe International sing-along! Please drop us a line if you ever swing by San Francisco.
=)
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