Comments on: The Long-Awaited DVD

By: Jenn Hahn

Jenn Hahn — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:59:22 +0000

Squee! More of JoCo is always a good thing.

By: Chad Eudy

Chad Eudy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:49:03 +0000

It’s Eudy god damn it… I hate typos. -_-

Now if you’d excuse me, it’s time to go fuck’n outside.

By: Chad Eduy

Chad Eduy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:47:38 +0000

I can’t wait for this! I’ve yet to see JoCo in concert and this will hold me over until I get a chance to see him closer to North Carolina!

By: Jason C. Brand

Jason C. Brand — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:33:31 +0000

Bah! It says tomorrow’s date in the proceeding post. Whatever.

By: Jason C. Brand

Jason C. Brand — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:31:46 +0000

Just wanted to point out that exactly one year ago today I was enjoying the hell out of the concert that I am looking forward to owning on DVD and CD soon.

Thanks again, JoCo, for a most excellent evening.

By: Super Friends With Benefits

Super Friends With Benefits — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:03:41 +0000

How much are we looking at for preorders? Also, I voted for you and not Whedon. Maybe I sould have voted Whedon, thoguh, because all of my votes have been a failure this time around. If it makes you feel better, I actually bought your CDs.

By: Derek D.

Derek D. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:20:39 +0000

Great write-up in the Feb. 2009 issue of Wired in the “Play” section – congrats!

By: Roman V.

Roman V. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:43:10 +0000

@Mindy I guess we have to wait and see something that he did – the point of the song is you take one random thing from the Presidency and put it in. Similarly, Obama can’t get added to Washy Ad Jeffy until we know how many terms he served.

By: jmonkee

jmonkee — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:44:30 +0000

Another link, this one for Mindy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6GKka9fB3o

That’s the updated version, from last month in Portland.

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:53:08 +0000

Mindy: he already has, see the “Epic Fail” blog post.

Speaking of, I really want to see him record the updated version for The Aftermath.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:39:03 +0000

not relevant to post but:

are you going to update “the presidents” to include obama?

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:49:08 +0000

Can’t wait!

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:24:11 +0000

That setlist is fucking amazing! I wish it had also included covers of “Birdhouse in Your Soul” and “Sweet Caroline” but *shrugs* it’s still pretty much a “Greatest Hits” list.

By: jmonkee

jmonkee — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:44:11 +0000

Here’s a link to the wiki page, with the setlist & other stuff..

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/San_Francisco%2C_CA:_2008-02-22

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:12:08 +0000

Just curious: what’s the setlist for the DVD, and the (presumably shortened) tracklist for the CD?

By: Mark B

Mark B — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:29:48 +0000

BTW, Jonathan, your friend Hodgman is going to be on Battlestar Galactica tonight, so give it a look if you’re not playing a show tonight at 10, and your hotel room has the scifi channel.

By: Jason C. Brand

Jason C. Brand — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:15:17 +0000

I will be buying two copies… one for me and one for my ex who went with me to this show. I can’t wait to get my copy!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:33:44 +0000

I’m not sure if I was indeed the first to suggest this (Jan 8 2008) on the forums,, but I am absolutely thrilled that it is finally coming to pass! Great Job JoCo!

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:24:37 +0000

Maybe some of those t-shirts that came out since last year’s Birchmere show will be available at this year’s show? So Ann and I can spend our money?

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:37:06 +0000

So Alexandria, VA doesn’t get first crack buying the DVD now, eh? Fine. Be that way. I think you now owe us another concert just to make up for the trail of broken hearts you leave in your wake…

However, when it IS available: by all means, spam way my good man.

By: Joran

Joran — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:16:04 +0000

Sounds awesome. Now, I get to choose whenever or not I buy it online or in person to get it signed…

By: Blair

Blair — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:08:01 +0000

@Bryce — if you can get him to Maine, I’ll travel from VT/NH to watch.

My wife and I signed up on Eventful to get JoCo to play the Dartmouth College area (Hanover, NH), and I’ve been really let down by a school which seems like they’d be down with JoCo — after signing up, my wife and I were the only two people in the area that demanded him.

Come anyway? I’ll buy you an alcoholic (or bubbly) beverage of your choice!

…nuts.

By: CupcakeAndTea

CupcakeAndTea — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:38:02 +0000

ok full of awesome can’t wait

By: Roman V.

Roman V. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:32:06 +0000

@Bryce That’s what I used to think about Cleveland, but we started demanding… like crazy, on the Eventful.com. Now Coulton and Paul and Storm have been here TWO, count ‘em, TWO times. w00t.

By: M_pony

M_pony — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:03:01 +0000

‘Bout dang time

By: kerrin

kerrin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:14:46 +0000

Whoo! DVD!
Now I just need you to make a last minute tour of the UK at the time of release, so I don’t have to wait a month to get a copy.

By: Mr.Nobody

Mr.Nobody — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:55:35 +0000

Oh, this is awesome. I can’t wait!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:37:18 +0000

Yay!!! Is the Code Monkey dance one of the extras? My friends and I sent in video for that, and I would be excited if we actually got our 2 seconds of fame.

I will probably buy one anyway, though.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:58:02 +0000

I will be picking this up for sure, since you’ll probably never play a real show in Maine. Thanks for making this available for all of your fans who live in BFE-ish areas!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:22:07 +0000

YES! I’ve been waiting for the DVD of your show for what feels like forever now… can’t wait to see it released!

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:10:23 +0000

WHAT!? You cut down on the “blah blah”?!

I LOVE the “blah blah”!!

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:57:01 +0000

Like Paul R. Potts, I REALLY hope to be able to buy one at the Ann Arbor show!!!

By: Andrew T. Coleman

Andrew T. Coleman — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:07:54 +0000

I want it even more than Covenant and Potts combined… oh wait, that isn’t even possible.

The rootkit is cool. I will probably only play it on my trashy laptop anyways.

By: TomR

TomR — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:45:58 +0000

W00T! Glad to hear that a DVD is coming soon for those of us in the boonies that have no possible chance of seeing JoCo live unless we’re in NY, SF or Europe. Yesss!!

By: Roman V.

Roman V. — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:59:32 +0000

@Scarface, and @Coulton Word? Interesting. Now what if you cover the song and were to give it away for free? What if it’s a video with it? If you’re not making money, does the record company legally have to? It’s interesting to consider…

Also, just to make sure, there’s no CSS encryption or other kinds of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), right? I guess if you distribute through iTunes you have no choice. True, the music is DRM-free but they put a user ID into the file, so they can always trace and track. Lame-os.

By: Colleenky

Colleenky — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:26:14 +0000

@Percephene: Oh, dear.

By: Tony Fabris

Tony Fabris — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:21:50 +0000

Very glad to hear it’s region-free. Thinking back on your open approach to self-publishing, this makes complete sense, but it’s still good to hear.

The price tag is great. Hope it sells a bunch of copies. I’m certainly getting my copy as soon as it’s available.

One question you didn’t answer in the blog post: The show in question, did it have a Paul & Storm opening act, and did that opening act get included on the DVD?

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:50:34 +0000

You can see the cute little Sam Potts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz67L5Kb10s

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:48:08 +0000

Sam Potts: it is only going to get worse, I’m afraid — my 2-year-old son is named Sam Potts. So when he is famous, watch out!

By: Percephene

Percephene — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:45:24 +0000

Now I want it even more Colleen

By: sevinPackage

sevinPackage — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:08:08 +0000

I had no idea Seattle was first. I feel honored.
I figured your first performance was in Brookline of something.

I can’t wait to see the DVD!

By: mace

mace — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:32:57 +0000

Ah, another reason to send you money. I can’t wait!

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:53:58 +0000

Sam Potts: did you intend that to be rude? I’m sure if you got to know me, you’d _love_ to be able to call me one of your relatives!

I suspect that all the Potts-es in the U.S. are at least distantly related. Although I know a lot more about my mother’s side of the family than my father’s. There are also black Pottses, apparently, and my father tells me that in the Air Force he met one who was related to him by — well, no pleasant way to put it — slavery. Awkward!

By: Colleenky

Colleenky — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:09:04 +0000

Yay! I am so happy to have been a part of that audience. Possibly the most fun I’ve had in my life, especially taking into account hanging out with other JoCo fans before and after. And the cake, of course.

P.S. I yelled something a little bit obnoxious during the show, about which I’m now suitably embarrassed, and I’m hoping that it can’t be heard in the final cut.

By: ironymaiden

ironymaiden — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:43:03 +0000

i’m having a moment here, because i didn’t realize that “hey can someone find me a venue since i’m in Seattle” night at the Rendezvous was the very first show. i loved the way you turned your head away and smiled every time we clapped.

By: TheFifthSister

TheFifthSister — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:31:58 +0000

Region free! Oh, you are good to us JoCo!! I’m totally stoked and will be asking for this for my birthday
Added bonus, it was filmed in San Fran, my favourite place in the world (even though I’ve never been )

By: JoCo

JoCo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:53 +0000

@Roman: Scarface is right. Though there are additional rights when you have video along with music – it’s called a sync license. Audio covers involve a compulsory license, which means you don’t require someone’s permission to do it, you just have to inform and pay them. Sync licenses are not compulsory, so you need to get permission AND pay.

By: JoCo

JoCo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:22:04 +0000

@Psycho: lately I’ve been rocking the American Apparel.

By: three08

three08 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:09:20 +0000

pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease have this at your new york show! *begbegbeg*

also, pleaseplease blah blah etc actually HAVE the new york show!
*pleadblahblah*

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:39:50 +0000

Will you ship overseas? I know of at least one geek in Brazil who wants this DVD… (that would be me)

By: Sam Potts

Sam Potts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:28:24 +0000

Paul Potts and I are not related!

By: Brie

Brie — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:21:20 +0000

Hooray! I can’t wait until the DVD comes out.