Come here, stay.

I went and saw Steven Wright last night at the Moore Theater in Seattle. The show was great. He didn't just rehash his old material which I was a little worried about. The stuff was new and fresh and he still hit some of the old notes, but very very few. I had seen him last when I was 16 and I ushered a show with my friend Solomon at the Taft theater in Cincinnati.

He looked like a homeless guy you might see riding the T in Boston. He had on dark clothes and a coat. You don't often see someone on stage with a coat on like that. It didn't look as if he's cut any of his hair since I saw him over twenty years ago. With the mumbling and the signature style which has influenced many more performers, he also sounds like a crazy homeless person on public transit. I guess the only thing between him and being a homeless guy riding the T mumbling funny stuff are those shows...