Lisa Loeb's Back in Town to Sing That Awesome Song from Meatballs

Surely I’ve mentioned that Lisa Loeb and I were cast mates in a Hockaday School production of The Pajama Game back in, oh, 1984, I think it was. (The school was low on public-school boys, I guess, and I had the only non-singing role, courtesy my sweet-talking Hockadaisy girlfriend, Amy Sanders.) Also, maybe I’ve noted in the past that Lisa’s dad, Pete, is my mom’s gastroenterologist -- name of my first book, nailed it. So, yeah, I’ve always had a soft spot for Lisa -- hence, this posting concerning her homecoming tomorrow and Saturday to promote her new kids’ album, Camp Lisa , featuring the likes of Jill Sobule, Veruca Salt’s Nina Gordon and (yes, that) Steve Martin and currently available solely through Barnes & Noble . Oddly enough, that’s just where she’s performing Saturday at 2 p.m. -- at the Lincoln Park location across Northwest Highway from NorthPark Center. Later that night, when the kiddies are asleep, she’ll be at Bend Studio. (Not cheap at $35, but you pay for the intimacy.) But not before she makes the local-TV rounds tomorrow in the a.m. on both Good Day Dallas and Good Morning Texas . After the jump, a video from the making of Camp Lisa -- included, really, because you can’t get enough of the late, great Elmer Bernstein’s contribution to Meatballs, “Are You Ready for the Summer?” Damn right I am. --Robert Wilonsky Source: The Dallas Observer