Whirly Cupcake

Have you ever heard of the band OXO?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OXO_(band)

Yep. Neither had I. Until one serendipitous night to be mentioned in a moment. Apparently, OXO was a small-time American 'menudo-like' band complete with fluorescent t-shirts, mullets, and over-the-shoulder keyboards. Their name was a 'palindrome' and they made sure everyone knew it. Impressive to say the least.

OXO had one Top 40 hit, "Whirly Girl" more aptly titled "Whirly Cupcake" according to yours truly. However, what make this band of any interest is that on a chilly Los Angeles night way back when (in September) I attended "Mortified!"- 'a comic excavation of adolescent artifacts (journals, letters, etc.) as shared by their original authors to total strangers' over at King King in Hollywood. Now, I had actually been once before, because what is better than laughing along with someone as they relive their most embarrassing, excruciating and mortifying experiences? Not much. Plus, I am the BEST audience. I laugh, a lot.

So, to make the evening even more hilarious, my cousin was performing. Yes, she is THAT fabulous. While I knew that she would own the stage, what I didn't know was that another performer, GJ Echternkamp, would read a terrible poem he wrote as a teen, and then (and more importantly) announce that he had left postcards about a very quirky, very real documentary he had made about his parents, 'Frank & Cindy.'

So I picked up the postcard. And gave it to my VP. And then one day, I looked down to see 'Frank & Cindy' on my desk. And I watched it...

'Frank & Cindy' appears to be a comedy- a humored look at the life of a boy-bander gone south. However, in GJ's words, "After a year of filming, what began as an attempt to mock his one-hit-wonder step-father, instead becomes a candid portrait of the pursuit of happiness."

So the question remains... What happens after? Where are all those one-hit-wonders now? I'm sure VH1 will have a special sooner or later. Just wait.