I was in my first play when I was six. I later did my first school tour when I was eleven. I was a mime. Don't ask.
I went on to tour schools throughout California as an actor/singer with the Imagination Company and with the City of Oakland's Clownmobile, getting to stay at the best Motel 6 motels west of the Mississippi.
I joined my first garage band when I was a sophomore in high school. I played bass and sang off key. (That was before studying voice with Judy Davis. God rest her soul, and God bless her!)
I've had a lot of jobs, from being a singing telegram messenger, to waiting tables. I often think that it would have been easier and cheaper for me to have had a crack habit than to do this singer/songwriter thang.
On the brighter side, I've done lecture/performances at colleges and universities including: Harvard, Columbia, Wellesley, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Barnard, New College of California, Phillips Academy at Andover, and New York University, to name a few, and have been put up at real hotels with room service!
I've been lucky enough to have played various venues including: Borders Books and Music, and the Cosmopolitan Club in Boston, MA; Freight and Salvage, and La Pena in Berkeley, CA; Joe's Pub, Cobi's Place, the Cutting Room, Walker Space, Present Company Theatorium, Bowery Bar, the New York Public Library Theatre in Flushing, the Lower East Side Tenenment Museum Theatre, AIR Gallery, Phoenix Gallery, and the Slipper Room, in New York, NY.
We don't have an official links page, yet, but please check out: Cristina Speligene's kick ass design site: http://www.fearlessdesign.net
Jennifer Estaris' charming site: http://ione.freeshell.org
http://www.ykan.org
http://www.NYRock.com
http://www.rozznash.com
MICHAEL EDO KEANE'S rockin' site:
http://likethesun.net
The Mighty OMAR at http://www.fomartelan.com
and http://www.suburbanfabulous.com
KRON ~
http://www.mykronesia.com
EDWARD GARCIA ~
http://garciapoet.com
EVIE ARONSON~
http://home.att.net/~eviearonson/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
CATIE LAZARUS~
http://www.lazarusrising.com
http://www.anaguigui.com
SUE HADJOPOULOS at
http://sue_hadjopoulos.tripod.com
http://www.sarah-obrien.com
http://www.carlahall.com
http://www.summersquash.net
http://www.frantone.com
http://www.isaac.exploratorium.edu/dozawa/links.html
http://www.aaww.org
http://www.indigosom.com
http://www.aaartsalliance.org
http://www.yellohgirls.com
http://www.aarising.com http://www.blackflamingo.com
http://www.sixfigures.com
http://www.girliemagic.com
http://www.ginayoung.com
http://www.funnymeat.com
Becky Donohue's terrific site -
http://www.girlcomic.net
http://www.eatingit.com
http://www.thecelebritycafe.com
http://www.drummergirl.com
http://www.narhee.com
http://www.lourdsmusic.com
Favorite cds to listen to on the subway: Bare Naked Ladies, Kate Rigg, Sarah O'Brien, Rolling Stones,100 Watt Smile, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones.
So the real reason for all of this is my compact discs of music. The first one is called IN MY MIND I AM 5' 9". It's $13.00. If you see me out and about, please buy one from me!
Or buy the CDs on-line! Just click...
cdbaby.com/florenceyoo03
or cdbaby.com/florenceyoo99
My computer continues to rebel, but, so far, e-mail seems to be working. If you want to be on my e-mailing list, just hit me with a message like, "Sign me up, yo!" or something to that effect, and I'll bug youse with my comings and goings, such as they are. Or send a message to
: florenceloveyoonewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Now go sample my tracks on the next page!
