JoCo Concert DVD
January 9th, 2008
On February 22 I’ll be doing a show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. I’ll be accompanied by a crew of video production people who will capture whatever magic happens there, and later, re-assemble it on a DVD that hopefully the entire world will purchase. With any luck, this will also lead to a proper live CD.
I’m telling you all this because it’s important that the show be fun and special and generally awesome. Mostly this means I need a big enthusiastic crowd, which is usually not a problem in SF, you folks are always very large and generous. It also means that fun things should happen – I’ve got a couple of ideas, some guests and gimmicks (Paul and Storm: yes please), nothing too crazy. But if someone out there has the power to, say, get Steve Jobs to dance around on a Segway while I sing “A Laptop Like You,” or maybe to get Sir Mix-a-Lot to fly in on a zip line and sing “Baby Got Back” with me, I’d like to hear about it. I could also use a marching band, a robot that breathes fire, a swimming pool and a team of synchronized swimmers – that sort of thing. I also hope you’ll bring your own video cameras and send me whatever you get from them.
This will be fun! And expensive and terrifying!
Buy your tickets here: www.gamhtickets.com
I believe a battle of the marching bands would result in booty-shakin’ bedlam and leave naught but charred ruins in its wake. Do it!
Oh. My. God.
(buys tickets)
See you there!
And people, let’s dial back the pirate business during JoCo’s set this time, m’kay?
Agrees w/Luke. Pirates was fun… for a while.
Also, I agree with other commenters that your act has gotten to a good place and you don’t need to tart it up too much with less-rehearsed stunts. Plugging in the Strat might be cool, though. But trust what has gotten you to this point — the material is solid and your performance of it delights your audience. That’s the important bit.
Would this be a good time to play “Vienna” again?
Robot guitar! Maybe Gibson would lend one for publicity.
Well, it’s not a marching band, but could you use a flying, screaming slingshot monkey?
I just visited a friend in Roswell (a town that embraces its freakishness with glee, I must say), and she had one of these in her office (which is more amusing when you know she’s a minister and she shoots this thing across her church office). I found them in the spectacular tourist crap shop on the road to Santa Fe. The craphound brain took over (it’s just a milimeter from the lizard brain, after all) and I bought two.
Can it be possible that you don’t have a flying screaming monkey already? And if you do, you could have a synchronized flying screaming monkey effect! (Okay, that’s a lie. I don’t think these would synchronize well. They’re random monkeys.) Say the word, and there’s a flying screaming monkey with your name on it.
Tickets are sold out, according to the Great American Music Hall website.
DANG.
This was going to be my first time seeing JC! I shall go slit my wrists now. Remember kids, down the block, not across the street!
Hold on with the razor blades Heather, I don’t think that’s right – it may just be that they hadn’t allotted enough for their website. Check back because there should still be plenty more tickets.
Dude, you are going to have enough on your plate without a marching band. Just play an extra-good show, go long so you have room to edit, and make sure the crew has room to move around. And, although Satan’s tempters may whisper in your ear, DO NOT give the whole audience kazoos. I have seen it and it ain’t pretty. Random kazoo bleats all night. Eck.
I appreciate everyone’s concern about me screwing up the DVD by trying to do too much – rest assured, I am far too afraid to attempt anything very interesting. There will a couple of fun things, but it’s going to be 95% standard show.
What’s that??
You’re gonna have a contest to design the sleeve for the DVD packaging?
That’s awesome!
I’m gonna work on my submission now!
I still have not seen an email alert about this.
I just got the email alert (oddly enough I got an email alert from Paul and Storm a couple days ago). Fortunately I got my tickets yesterday since the nice lady on the phone told me they were the last of the dinner tickets available.
Sounds like the place will be pretty packed, no pressure or anything.
OKAY, THIS IS BULLSHIT!
What about SEATTLE?
Why do the audiences in San Fran-Freakin’-Cisco get the nod?
You know Seattle will give you what you need including, perhaps, Comrade Mix-A-Lot. We have eccentric cyber-billionaires here too, ya know.
Okay, nice weather, Silicon Valley, beaches, fancy city, sure, San Francisco rocks but you know Seattle would come through for you.
Come see us if California decides to go all LAME on you. We’re not the type of people to hold a grudge.
Tickets aren’t sold out yet!
I’m so there.
San Francisco rocks but you know Seattle would come through for you.
No argument. We cannot help it that we rock. It’s just this thing we do.
Some of us would still be happy to buy the flawed lived CDs you were talking about releasing a few moons back, by the way…
Some of us would still be happy to buy the flawed live CDs you were talking about releasing a few moons back, by the way…
But, if he plays in Seattle then he doesn’t get the uncomfortable feeling of playing “I Hate California” in front of Californians.
But, if he plays in Seattle then he doesn’t get the uncomfortable feeling of playing “I Hate California” in front of Californians.
Actually he’s fine on that score in S.F.; as he said at the last GAMH show, “it’s about Southern California and has nothing to do with you,” which got a big cheer. Many people from out-of-state do not realize that Norcal despises So. Cal and bashing Hell A. is sure to be met with hearty approval ’round these parts. They steal our water, fuck up our state politics, embrace one dumb-ass fad after another and are generally an embarrassment. (No offense to JoCo’s L.A. fans! I kid because I love!)
Also that song has a killer hook.
I just bought two tickets for the show! It’s perfect… Wondercon is also that night (weekend actually) so I was going to be in S.F. anyway.
I’ll be wearing my zombie Spider-Man t-shirt is seat #404 (file not found!).
I can’t wait!
Argh! With GDC ending, Wondercon starting and the Video Games Live concert that night, I’m going to miss this. Why do so many things have to happen on that specific day?
http://comic-con.org/wc
http://videogameslive.com
http://www.gdconf.com/
The robots-flambe and marching bands might show up with tickets in hand, you know. I know I will. But swimming pools are strictly L.A.
SO,
I have a suggestion, though it be without robots or monkeys, or marching bands, or other things you’re unlikely to actually do, because it was unlikely that you were speaking literally when you mentioned them.
This time,
John Hodgman introduces you.
(It’ll be just like Soviet Russia.)
This is a good idea, and you will act on it.
(that is all)
Just went by the GAMH box office to pick up my tickets after work. Got the last three tickets. Totally sold out now. The gal at the box office window looked kind of surprised.
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