Paul: His name was Chris, and I thanked him again at the end of the night as well.

Everyone: The entire show (including the Paul & Storm set) will be online and linked tomorrow evening as long as I don’t run into any unforseen difficulties. I know I’m tempting Murphy’s Law by saying that, but…

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=jonathan+coulton+ann+arbor&m=text

You could ask if you could use those.

Paul: Thanks again for helping me get in early and for clarifying who among the Ark’s staff helped as well.

Also, if anyone has a good pic from Paul and Storm’s set, none of mine turned out well, thanks in advance.

The shows should be posted tomorrow.

This was only the second time I have actually made it myself without my mom’s help, and I was happy to hear so many people liked it.

Zach: glad I could help. I had been thinking about recording this show myself but _also_ wanted to volunteer and just would not have been able to do both at once. So I’m really glad you did it!

I think the person to thank at the Ark is Allison, for letting you jump the line.

Before everyone starts asking me for posters let me clarify that I _made_ the posters. The Ark did not have a promotional poster for their window display so I got the artwork file from Scarface and put the text on it in Photoshop, and printed out 3 copies at Staples. (I guess that does make it an extremely limited edition poster). However, quite a few people asked if they could buy one, so JoCo, if you are reading — you could probably sell posters at your gigs!

At least 2 of the people who tried the cake after the show asked for the recipe, so I will post that soon after I have had some sleep.

My group had a fabulous time, and we are all looking forward to seeing you again.

The entire show, including the fantastic opening set from Paul & Storm will be online by Monday at the latest, and I will link to it in the comments section of whatever the newest blog post is at the time (and probably reminders in the next few as well).

Thanks again to JoCo, Paul, and Storm for an amazing night, the staff of the Ark for helping me get set up, letting me in early, and letting me record in the first place, and last but not least to Paul R. Potts for letting me borrow his recorder and teaching me how to use it so that I could even make this. Also, he got me a free poster for the gig, which is awesome and was signed by Paul, Storm and JoCo.

I’ll probably also post a review of my night as a whole to go with the mp3s, and maybe the pictures I took, but they turned out dark and kinda blurry because my camera’s flash is a bitch and doesen’t work half the time.

Yeah. We really do like the mellow, sad ones. Keep ‘em comin’!

On your next tour, could you stop in Indianapolis? You could pack the Vogue theater. I would be there, gin and tonic in one hand, sock monkey in the other, wearing my blue mumu.

And please keep taking risks, even if you fall on your face. We especially enjoy that. Speaking on behalf of those who agree with me, it adds to the intimacy and enjoyment of the show when it’s not all polished and perfect.

Just don’t fake it. We’ll know.

@Brad, I agree with you, I forgot to request The Future Soon but I should have!

p.s. It really *is* going to be the future soon! – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7919645.stm

~Sharon

By the way, you had me crying towards the end of “Space Doggity” (as you mentioned its an unfortunate title). I get why you play it, but damn its sad. Its really a hard one to climb up out of. Using “Tom Cruise Crazy” was a good idea, but I think “Shop Vac” or “Soft Rocked by Me” might have been an easier transition.

Anyway, I can’t wait to get the DVD and see you the next time you come to the Midwest. I hope that next time you come through I can see you in a larger venue… or at least one where they dim the lights!

If I had Twitter I would request that you play “The Future Soon” at every show. That one warms the servos in my heart.

I’ve just moved to the St. Paul area, so it was very exciting to see you here instead of Madison (not like it would be -not- exciting to see you there, of course). Maybe next time I can plan a road trip and go to all of your concerts!

Thanks for signing my coloring book! I will need a second one now, because I think that this one needs to be framed, and yet I also have an urge to color…

Also, thanks for “You Ruined Everything” – my wife and I leaned against each other and smiled. The same way we did on “Skullcrusher,” come to think of it. Enjoy getting back to Diaper Duty, and we’ll see you again the next time you’re in the midwest! Anxiously awaiting the Best DVD Ever!

Great show! Definitely a memory I’ll never forget.

Oh..and while the Chinese place next to the Barrymore is good, I was serious when I said to check out Monty’s across the street.

Well…’till next time you’re in Madison!

-Adam

Marcy

~Sharon

Using the Twitter search function you can see them in everyone’s public messages. For example, this link will search for all tweets that have the “#jocorequests” hash tag:

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23jocorequests

These are called “hash tags” because of the pound sign, also known as an octothorpe, in front of them. Go figure.

Hmm, realized I forgot to tag my request for “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John for the Ann Arbor show!

PLEASE play a show in Milwaukee if it’s winter again the next time you’re in the midwest. I’d drive way farther than Milwaukee to Madison to see you again, but not if it’s next winter…

So glad the weather gods didn’t stop you from entering the snow-laden state of Minnesota!

Thank you SO much for playing the St. Paul show. It was one of the coolest concerts of my life – mere words can’t express how much I geeked out that night. The “Mr. Fancypants” drum machine/remix, the stumbling through “The Presidents”, the sweet rendition of “A Talk With George”, the “Pressure” cover, the fact that you played my Twitter request (!!!- I laughed, I cried, it moved me.

Oh, and I was the one that shyly asked you to sign my messenger bag after the show. I’m terribly sorry if I didn’t thank you afterwards (as I suspect I didn’t) – I was definitely in a starstruck kinda’ daze (and I’m super shy to boot), so accept a belated “thank you, thank you, thank you”. You made my week/month/year.

I’m glad you kept warm in our freezing tundra. Please come back soon!

The new song was fantastic! Can’t wait to hear the studio version.

Oh, and the Mr. Fancy Pants drum machine / remix thing was ridiculous. I approve.

I liked the change up in set list, though it was a bit awkward because I brought 3 JoCo virgins along. I had to reassure them that not all your songs were sad, just some of the best ones

I was hoping you’d play First of May, though, just to give us some hope that spring will eventually get here. Brrrr.

I wish I could have made it. Instead I was playing insipid pop music with my cover band 25 miles away while my girlfriend and another friend of ours (who would otherwise have been me) used your monitor speaker as a footrest in front row center.

She bought me a Mandelbrot T-Shirt though.