Jonathan Coulton

Another great show, thank you everyone for coming out and bringing friends. We had about 200 people at Jammin Java on Sunday, which is really huge and scary (especially when everyone is making zombie noises). Paul and Storm had a great set too, and we closed the evening out with a 3-part harmony Duran Duran cover. The rock juice was flowing freely that night, and some of it even got my socks wet.

What an incredible week – four huge shows, Box Sets selling like hotcakes, inbox overflowing. You guys rule.

Friday night was Mo Pitkins – sold out show. Dude. This is getting serious. Sorry to everyone who couldn’t get in, next time we’ll have to find a bigger venue. I was a little troubled by the green room situation, which was really more of a bathroom with a drumset in it. The choices were 1) stand next to the toilet, or 2) sit on the toilet. Here’s a picture of Storm enjoying option 2 (if you know what I mean):

And last night was Milkboy in Ardmore, PA – another sold out show. What the hell is going on here? Who are all you people? This was my third time at Milkboy and it’s really an excellent venue, it always sounds good, and the audience vibe is perfect. I had a Cobb salad and a black and white milkshake – what else do you need really?

Tonight Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA. I think this is going to be a big one, the crowds are always good there, and we seem to be having a particularly good run (thanks NPR!). And speaking of good runs, I’m afraid the Thing a Week Box Set has sold out at CDBaby already – more are on the way, and I think should be there by Tuesday. And then I’m out of boxes. Holy cow.

Thing a Week 3 and Thing a Week 4 CDs are now available at CDBaby, and so is the Thing a Week Box Set – all 4 CDs in a signed and numbered tin box, which comes with a little sheet of stickers so you can make your own cover, or decorate your Trapper Keepers. I’m expecting these will go quickly, so I’m going to send back up supplies today. CDBaby will ship Priority Mail (2-3 days) if you order more than one CD, and they also have overnight options if you really want to be sure to save Christmas.
Some of you are going to ask me about getting a box and some stickers, since you’ve already bought the CDs. I’m going to hook you up – I’ll figure out some way to make build-your-own box set kits available at cost. But not by Christmas. Bah, humbug!

Tonight I’m at Mo Pitkins with Paul and Storm, and I’ll have all these CDs with me there too. Bring your money!

Everything is back in stock at CDBaby (except for TAW3, TAW4, and the TAW box set, all of which are so close to being available I can taste them). Amazon I’m not so sure about, they move much more slowly, but I did just send another batch to them – if you want stuff by Christmas, CDBaby’s probably the way to go. Get ‘em while they last though, this NPR thing has brought buckets of new people into the mix – welcome, interlopers!

I just heard that the PopSci Podcast has been chosen as one of the iTunes store Staff Picks for 2006. It’s on the first page, right up there with my heroes Ze Frank and Ask a Ninja. Huzzah!

Wait a sec, didn’t I also do some other podcast in 2006?