Tonight I had my first performance as a member of the Gay Gotham Chorus.

It wasn’t exactly singing, though. We performed this avant-garde piece of music that involved wearing headsets attached to Discmans, and we had to follow the instructions we heard on our discs, most of which consisted of repeating certain lines or phrases. The text of the piece was a transcript of a portion of the McCarthy hearings from the 1950s. There was also weird eerie taped background music. We performed the piece at a venue in Greenwich Village.

And, surprisingly to me, the room was packed.

I felt so New Yorkish, doing this weird avant-garde piece in Greenwich Village. As part of a gay men’s chorus, even.

In other news, I got a new toy yesterday. Hooray! I can finally print things — particularly, lately, crossword puzzles, such as these triple stacks. But presumably other things as well. Anyway, given various discounts, I’m getting it for under $100, which made the purchase even more worthwhile.

Also, tonight I went to the Strand and bought two books: Pafko at the Wall, by Don DeLillo, which was originally published as the prologue to his novel Underworld, and which I’m slightly in the mood for, because it’s World Series season and I just saw “Take Me Out”; and Not Since Carrie, which I bought because I know that Mike has raved about it and because I’ve been in a theater mood lately. (Plus I’m one of the few people who actually saw “Carrie.”) Total for two books, both in hardcover, plus tax: 13 bucks. I love the Strand.

In more news, tomorrow morning I’m going away to Providence, Rhode Island for the weekend. It should be lots of fun.

I’ll write when I get back!