I went to a trivia night in Richmonds Heights tonight. It was pretty fun, got to meet some interesting characters and such, but most importantly I got to see the amazing “Lord of the Yum Yum”:

http://www.lordoftheyumyum.com/

It’s hard to describe his act expect by words such as boisterous, energetic, and exuberant. His music was pure acapella, except he had a foot activated device that he uses to record sections of his singing and play them back in a loop, allowing himself to provide his own backup vocals and even harmonize with himself in real time.

Pretty neat stuff, and the guy was a total showman, class act all the way. One of his bits was a re-enactment of the heart-removal-human-sacrifice scene from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. He even pantomimed the removal of the heart, mimicking the sound of it beating as he flexed his fingers to show it was still beating.

Here are some of his tracks:

Bizet Carmen Overture.mp3

Habenera.mp3

But just hearing the music doesn’t do it justice, seeing his amazing energy and antics doubles its value. Here are some pictures I took:

Thinking back, I should of taking a video of it. Oh well. I hope I didn’t annoy him with me taking pictures constantly while he was performing; he’s kinda hard to photograph while he’s doing his act.

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