Comments on: Show News

By: Ceridwyn/Percephene

Ceridwyn/Percephene — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:38:33 +0000

Thanks Bry I think the blog doesn’t trust me!

By: Bry

Bry — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:09:38 +0000

Maybe this’ll work?

http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pad08001100.html

By: Ceridwyn/Percephene

Ceridwyn/Percephene — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:41:35 +0000

Speaking of PAX, did everyone see the PAX 2007 DVD is now available over at the Penny Arcade store?

I tried linking this twice already, for some reason the blog is eating my comments =S

By: swtkaroline

swtkaroline — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:38:45 +0000

So I bought tickets (ordered online since we’re about 40 minutes from the venue) for the Phoenix show and was SO excited about it. I had my calendar marked, and my boyfriend and I were all set to sing and dance our little hearts out.

Funny thing tho, the first time I checked the Brickhouse calendar, it said the show was on Tuesday the 20th. I’m sure it did. I *know* it did. That’s my story and I’m stickin to it. My etix confirmation didn’t show a date and I didn’t check back with JC’s site or The Brickhouse until today.

Imagine my horror when I found that we’d missed it! I felt physically ill. I still do. At least we’ll get to see you at PAX in August. It just seems too long to wait.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:31:11 +0000

Allow me to pile on the love for the Phoenix show. The "technical difficulties," and how you handled them with such comic aplomb, helped elivate the whole experience to greatness IMHO. I hope to see you back in the desert soon, and this time stay a while longer [here's a thought: two shows, an afternoon matinee whose set excludes "First of May" etc. for the youg 'uns, and an evening show for the F-bomb lovers. I'd be at both, and drag along everyone I possibly could.]

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:17:28 +0000

The Phoenix show was amazing, I have not laughed so much or had such a good time in WAY too long. And thanks JoCo and also to Paul and Storm for signing stuff and letting us get photos with y’all after the show. I’ve rarely met such nice and genuinely approachable “internet-famous” folks (well, maybe Wil Wheaton…but such coolness is still rare.) You rock!

By: yowz

yowz — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:51:43 +0000

Hey Ryon: I was the Mom with the kid (14) and my husband. Actually, we were not embarassed. Just laughing our heads off. We all loved the whole concert.

By: campbelltron

campbelltron — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:46:04 +0000

the house of blues is a jerk about taping. afaik they have some kind of exorbitantly expensive waiver/rider/contract/clause/thing for open taping, but i think that mostly exists for hippie jam bands with hardcore taper followings.

By: jmonkee9

jmonkee9 — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:40:35 +0000

Hey Kevin, thanks a lot for posting those videos…. they’re excellent!

By: Ryon

Ryon — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:27:11 +0000

AWESOME show. Thanks for braving the heat (which might have had something to do with your strings…?)

Funny thing you might have missed. There was a kid there with his mom and dad right in front of my friend and I. I watched the palpable embarrassment grow by shades of red as you went into the chorus of “First of May”.

Shame about the venue being a little… shabby. Us Phoenicians pretty much treat the whole valley as one big city; for instance Tempe has a bunch of small to mid-sized venues that are a little nicer, so when you come back you might want to check some of those out.

By: Colleenky

Colleenky — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:34:47 +0000

@elle: Yes, dinner guests get preferential seating. Which is why I’ll be paying through the nose for dinner at HOB. :-p

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:28:42 +0000

Bummer about the recording… I was able to record part of your show in Phoenix. I recorded less than I wanted to because I only had .5 an hour of tape… You can find it here if you want to see it: http://www.transmatrix.net/archives/000160.php

By: Bry

Bry — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:38:50 +0000

SD and LA folks, we at JoCopedia (the official JoCo wiki!) hope you’ll tell us what happened at the shows! We want setlists, we want videos (we promise not to report them to HOB), we want pictures, we want, I dunno, press clippings?

If you have any of this stuff, help us and help posterity by adding it to the show pages, findable from http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Shows_calendar .

By: Gina

Gina — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:13:01 +0000

You broke a string on the last song (Sweet Caroline, I believe) in Sellersville, PA, (10/19/07, I think). It was a chaotic and funny moment – you were also playing the harmonica and looked quite earnest.

By: elle

elle — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:45:02 +0000

It’s all in how the staff working that night interprets “NO CAMERAS ALLOWED.” It could be camera checks, it could be turning people with cameras away, it could be “just don’t take it out during the show.”

Do they still do that thing where you get into the show first if you buy dinner at the HoB?

By: Jen Z

Jen Z — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:01:45 +0000

Last time I was at House of Blues, not only did I have to check my camera, I had to pay $3 for the privilege of checking my camera. Not to mention the hassle of checking it before the show and then getting it back at the end of the show. Should’ve just left it in the car, of course — but by the time I found out about the policy, it was too late to do that. I didn’t even want to photo/video the performer that night anyway. Just happened to have the thing in my purse, as always. So watch out, y’all!

Break a leg at the show, JoCo / Paul and Storm! Looking forward to your next trip to the Bay Area (and the much-anticipated concert DVD!).

By: Rob (not the boring manager one)

Rob (not the boring manager one) — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:19:42 +0000

totally unrelated to the show…but
CONGRATS ON GETTING A MENTION IN “BLENDER” magazine.

It’s the June 2008 issue, the ‘Blender’s Heat-Seeking, Sweat-Dripping, Pool-Hopping Summer Music Blowout section.

They list 3 songs that should have been Beach Boys Recordings and ‘Stroller Town’ made #2