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I’ll be honest with you. I really don’t know what Leslie Hall is all about. Here’s the story of one man’s discovery.

I was made aware Leslie and the Lys are going to be performing at DC9‘s 4th Anniversary party, and it only made sense to post it here on TNG. However, I didn’t know what type of performance to expect, therefore I didn’t know what to write. I emailed a friend who I know likes her asking him to write a blurb for my post on TNG. I got in return a paragraph that was bordering on unintelligible and had few references to music or performance. Confused, but not wanting to hurt his feelings, I forwarded that blurb to someone else I know who also is a big fan, trying to see if she could help translate the original blurb. She replied that my friend’s original blurb was “dead on”. Further confused, I did my own research, and here’s what I learned…

Leslie Hall is a “satirical rap artist” who enjoys displaying herself in “strangely glamorous and unflattering ways“. She has a mammoth collection of bedazzled/bejeweled sweaters that she has taken pictures of herself wearing. She makes music and videos that are pretty funny and slightly hypnotic. She’s physically large, and she likes to dance while wearing stretchy reflective fabrics. She’s kinda like a younger, larger, less sex-oriented Peaches. And that, my friends, is enough to drag me out on Saturday February 16th to go check her out.

The original blurb from my friend:

“Stomp once for Britney…

Now twice for Beyonce…

Now three times if you wanna hear me get naahhaaastaaayyy!!!”

Complain ye not of the blinding sun as you rise up and tread beyond the walls of the cave, for Leslie Hall is calling you, trumpeting the truthness of the wondrous nature of the world in its magnificitudeness of which you are about to be electroknighted! Rise up, hit the thrifts, find the gem sweater that is you and find the you that is that same gem sweater and then get ye to the magical hall of awesomeness that is DC9 for the club’s 4th anniversary with a performance by her gem sweater hip hop majesty, Leslie Hall. Both wave and particle, Leslie Hall is the electron in two different places at the same time. She is the irony of art school and the innocence of Iowa. Blasting mad beats and rotating mid-air harnessed to a two-by-four, she is the consummate entertainer and the envy of every performer I’ve ever met, including David Hasselhoff.

Can you see why I was scratching my head?

Now, the second friend’s reply:

hmm, to be perfectly honest, i think _____ basically summed up the splendor that is leslie hall perfectly. the first sentence is a little strange, to be sure, but after that it’s pure leslie hall gold. i mean, this is a woman who signed a photograph to me saying “sarah!! dribble me into ur mind. let my ladyness feast on your crumble touch” while wearing a jumpsuit christened the jezebell lightning that was inspired by kristi yamaguchi & elvis presley (seriously, i can show you). she’s a 200+ pound beat box machine who sings with great conviction about zombie killers. she has a periodic table of gem sweaters. i don’t think ____ was being too hip, i think he’s being honest. i would write something very similar, i guess is what i’m saying.

Are you sold?

Leslie Hall and the LYs are performing at DC9′s 4th Anniversary Party, February 16, 2008. DC9, 1940 9th St NW @ U St

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