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31 Days of Brannan – Day 28<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Today’s Playlist – ANYTHING LIVE! (We’re only a few days away from his performance in SAN FRANCISCO!)\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Up first – B\u00e4 B\u00e4 Vita Lamm<\/span><\/em> \u00a0(Live from Stockholm, Sweden)<\/h3>\n

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This is brilliant because it’s Jay being somewhat whimsical. A giddy moment, if you will – and he got the audience involved (always a good thing). Brilliant!<\/p>\n

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Next Up – Arim Roshi<\/span><\/em> (Live From Tel Aviv)<\/h3>\n

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You can tell by the audience in attendance how much they appreciate Jay performing something of their world, of their culture. It’s these little touches (despite how much Jay laments his poor Hebrew pronunciation) – they didn’t care one bit from the sound of it. In fact, it seems they were quite touched by the offering. Just lovely. How many artists these days do this any more – especially Americans when they tour? My guess? Not very many. But Jay’s a classy guy that way.<\/p>\n

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Moving on – \u00a0Molly Malone<\/span><\/em> \u00a0(Live from Dublin, Ireland)<\/h3>\n

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A bunch of happy, (probably tanked) Irish lads and lasses, a great Irish tune – what could possibly go wrong? Under Jay’s spell – not a goddamned thing. This is a lovely interplay between artist and audience.<\/p>\n

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Rounding it out – Femme au Foyer<\/span><\/em> (Live from Paris, France)<\/h3>\n

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The French (as well as most of the countries that he does this with Housewife in various languages) just loved the shit out of this rendition of his own gay boy anthem – Housewife. I never tire of hearing this song, no matter the language, the setting or the time of day. It’s a brilliant and very heart felt piece that every gay boy can relate to on some level.<\/p>\n

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So now he wends his way down the coast from Seattle (and their fanny packs of granola), Portland (visit that killer donut shop, Jay), TO SAN FRANCISCO, BABY! I can’t wait. I am going to Japanese fan girl all over the damned place (it’ll really be pathetic). I’d like to say my granddaughter and daughter (and other friends in attendance) would keep me sane and normal. Yeah, probably not.<\/p>\n

Sorry, Jay – I’ll start apologizing now. It’s heartfelt. You help put me on a journey that I can never repay. Rob Me Blind was life altering for me. It nudged me along a road I kept putting off. For that I will always be grateful and I will sing your praises to anyone who will give me the time of day.<\/p>\n

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The Always, Then & Now Tour…<\/span><\/h2>\n

Please check out his site<\/a> with links for his upcoming shows. I am definitely a late comer to the Brannan bandwagon whenever he pulls through my city. But now that I am going this year, I am making it a goal never to miss when he swings through town. I hope you take advantage of the opportunity as well. Also be sure to check out his web store at the following link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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31 Days of Brannan – Day 28   Today’s Playlist – ANYTHING LIVE! (We’re only a few days away from his performance in SAN FRANCISCO!)\u00a0   Up first – B\u00e4 B\u00e4 Vita Lamm \u00a0(Live from Stockholm, Sweden)   [embedplusvideo height=”329″ width=”400″ editlink=”http:\/\/bit.ly\/UyEK5C” standard=”http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cHBlrLqklow?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=cHBlrLqklow&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep6797″ \/]   This is brilliant because it’s Jay being somewhat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[48,229,216,234,43,7,22,3,145,18],"tags":[235,26,138,220,729,238,27,28],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-back","category-imitation-as-flattery","category-journey","category-language","category-life-inserts-itself","category-my-what-the-fuck-on-the-media","category-music-that-inspires","category-novel-writing","category-words-have-power","category-writing","tag-art-of-language","tag-artist-as-muse","tag-brannan-as-bard","tag-gift-of-song","tag-giving-back","tag-international-flavor","tag-jay-brannan","tag-wordsmithing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75tPU-9F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":590,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=590","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":0},"title":"80 Days of Jay","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 26 \u00a0 [embedplusvideo height=\"329\" width=\"400\" editlink=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1nJqq5B\" standard=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0KeeczV_1Q4?fs=1&vq=hd720\" vars=\"ytid=0KeeczV_1Q4&width=400&height=329&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=0&chapters=¬es=\" id=\"ep4101\" \/] \u00a0 Today's Playlist - Twee Vaders \u00a0- \u00a0in Dutch, no less... \u00a0 I like that Jay takes the time to find a way to connect with his international audiences. 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