-Hello, Silver Lake.
It's Open Mic Night here at Moon Jumped the Cow,
the Los Angeles performance space and laptop garden.
I'm Dia, and this is Jessica Coke-Brothers.
-My mom is the Coke, and my dad is a Wayans Brother.
Get ready to see some performances
from the stars of tomorrow and the Lyft drivers of today.
-Mm-hmm.
I'd like to exercise my brave and start off
with a song I wrote about something I really fear.
Hit it, Jessica. ♪♪
♪ Turning 30 ♪
♪ It's just around the bend ♪
♪ Soon, I'll be 29 ♪
♪ And then I'll be 30 ♪
♪ Turning 30 ♪
♪ Why does it have to end? ♪
♪ Soon, I'll be 29 ♪
♪ And then I'll be dead ♪
[ Applause ] Thank you. Thank you.
Powerful. Powerful.
-You're saying that about yourself?
-Yes. Next up is sister duo Chastity and Prudence.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Alright. Yeah, we just moved here
from Persecution, Pennsylvania.
-We grew up on a farm, where our "dad" convinced us
it was the 1800s.
-But I guess, here, you call that a cult.
Now Ryan Murphy owns our life story.
-This song is about our past. [ Rock music playing ]
-♪ Something bad happened, and now we're famous ♪
♪ Something bad happened, so we moved to L.A. ♪
♪ Told us airplanes were angels ♪
♪ The fence is the boundary ♪
♪ Don't touch the fence ♪
♪ Or you'll turn gay ♪
♪ Tune in to "The Fence" every Sunday ♪
-On FX, FFX, and FXNOW.
-Alright! Great!
Yeah, so, that happened. Anything you would like to plug?
-Oh, yeah.
Actually, we manage a bunch of sketchy Airbnb properties
here if you're ever looking to feel unsafe
in the loneliest city in the world.
-Wow. -That's us.
-Okay, I will check that out.
Looks like Rachel Thompson is next.
-I go by Reyna de la Casa now. More castable.
I had a bad year. I mean, really bad.
My grandma's friend died.
This is a song I wrote about that, called "My 9/11."
♪ Oh, Betty ♪
♪ With candy in your purse ♪
♪ You're dead ♪
♪ But I'm sad ♪
♪ Tell me which is worse ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
Betty, I made your death about me.
-Nice! Epic, Reyna. Have you booked any gigs lately?
-Actually, I am making my TV debut next week.
-Amazing.
-Me and my dumb mom are going to be on "Dr. Phil."
-Wow! Do you have any lines?
-No, but I kick her really hard. -Okay, cool.
His bio says he's got
John Mayer's face and Carrot Top's "gutters."
It's Johnny Butter.
-Oh, man, I can't believe this song
was just my dumb little idea two years ago.
Oh, what the hell. ♪♪
♪ These days, everything is so messed up ♪
♪ So let's get together ♪
♪ And do it like in porn ♪
♪ Uptown funk you up ♪ ♪ Uptown funk you up ♪
-Nice! -Okay.
I'm going to stop you 'cause you're hot.
So you don't have to try.
-Johnny, who are your influences?
-Well, black-and-white photography, for sure,
and staying in and watching Pixar stuff.
I guess I'm weird like that. -Yeah. That's fire.
-Okay, we are so lucky to have this next guy.
He's a Vegas mu-gician who would like
to get better at parkour.
Please welcome Missile to the stage.
[ Dance music playing ]
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Who am I, who am I? ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Where am I, where am I? ♪
♪ Life is dope ♪
-Okay.
Alright, we've heard enough, and you've got it.
-I know. -Tell us what you're working on.
-Well, I'm writing a book based on the "Harry Potter" movies.
-Mm. So happy for you, Missile.
You worked so hard. Okay.
And -- Oh, the sisters are back for an encore performance.
-Because they threatened us. -Alright.
-L.A. is so overwhelming.
-A lot has changed for us.
We used to have hair down to our holes.
But then we cut it, and now we're models with a story.
-This song is about our new life in Los Angeles.
♪♪
-♪ Tacos, Bird scooters ♪
-♪ Words at the fence ♪
-♪ Old milk and leggings ♪
-♪ I miss the fence ♪
-♪ Thin moms and jacked dads ♪
-♪ I'm overwhelmed, and the devil will trick me ♪
-♪ Take me back to the fence ♪
-Nice! Thank you.
Okay. Jessica, your turn.
-Oh, actually, I'm on vocal rest.
I have a phone call tomorrow. -Okay.
Well, then, I'll sing us out.
This is a new song I wrote about being abandoned
at the ArcLight Movie Theater.
♪♪
♪ Why can't you get here? ♪
♪ You're already supposed to be here ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ You stood my fat ass for the last time ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]