Author Archives: JoCo

More Shows – Philly and Pittsburgh

I feel a little like Mickey Mouse in Fantasia (google it, youngs). All of these shows have been very fun though, and I have no doubt that trend will continue. It’s good to see all of you!

City Winery in NYC is next, and I’ve added shows in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, also City Wineries. So much wine. Got another one non-wine-related show cooking too, so stay tuned for ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL CONTENT.

If this keeps up, I’m going to run out of good Billy Joel covers.

New York, NY – City Winery
October 26
Me just me
Tickets

Philadelphia, PA – City Winery
November 29
Me just me
Tickets

Pittsburgh, PA – City Winery
December 1
Me just me
Tickets

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The Mistakes Are Part of the Show

Thank you to everyone who came out to see my sell-out (!) show at Boston City Winery. Now you understand why I carefully configure each night of music to include a number of egregious errors, usually right up top. It helps to humanize me so that I can better connect with the audience. See?

My tiny juggernaut rolls on, buckety-buck. I’ve added a second Boston show October 2 for those of you who didn’t get tix before the sell out, and I’ll also be playing NYC City Winery on October 26. Oh and Birchmere is this Wednesday, are you even ready? This is what the schedule looks like now:

Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
September 13
With Paul and Storm
Tickets

Amherst, MA – The Drake
September 29
Me just me
Tickets

Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
October 1
Me just me
Tickets

Boston, MA – City Winery
October 2
Me just me
Tickets

New York, NY – City Winery
October 26
Me just me
Tickets

You know what they say about the schedule of Jonathan Coulton shows in New England: if you don’t like the schedule of Jonathan Coulton shows in New England, wait a minute. Mark Twain.

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Shows, Actual Shows

This is one of those situations where I go to a place with a guitar and stand on the stage and play it and sing, and then other people hopefully buy tickets so they can sit in the audience and watch. Trying it out!

Boston, MA – City Winery
September 9
An evening with me just me
Tickets

Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
September 13
With Paul and Storm
Tickets

Amherst, MA – The Drake
September 29
Me just me
Tickets

Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
October 1
Me just me
Tickets

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Where I Been

I’m not even sure this thing still works. WHAT YEAR IS IT. I have some shows to announce, but first I have to say a thing (scroll down if you get bored).

I’ve been very quiet lately, and it’s been nice. Somewhere in the middle of one of the various dumpster fires we’ve been living through these last few years, I started to become uncomfortable with my compulsive behavior around social media use. It started with me deciding to post less, because I was aware of how much I craved likes and replies, and I didn’t like being controlled by some algorithm that was an expert at making me feel that way. But I was still reading, reading EVERYTHING, like it was my job. I followed a lot of reporters and politicians, which I maybe thought was going to help me solve all the world’s problems? Or at least guarantee that when a problem was solved, I would hear about it right away. This only resulted in me hearing every bit of bad news very quickly, multiple times per day, flavored with all of the arguments and bad feelings everyone else in the world was having. On top of all that, some family health issues cropped up that made it feel important to shrink my horizon down, in order to focus on a much smaller bubble of time and space that surrounds me and the people I love. (Everyone is OK now, don’t worry.) So I stopped using the sosh meeds entirely. Sorry I didn’t tell you!

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Some Guys Is Charting

“You mean Some Guys ARE Charting.” No, I do not!

The week of April 6, 2019, Some Guys is #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #6 on Independent Albums, #9 on Digital Albums, #19 on Americana/Folk, and #29 on Top Album Sales. This is more than a little surprising to me! I expect I will drop off all the charts completely next week, as is my custom. Also, I’m not sure why my oldest, most nerd-pander-y photo is the one they’re using all over Billboard, but I wish I had gotten that T-shirt one size larger.

The Kickstarter was an amazing success, topping out at just over $150,000. At the time of this writing, I think that most if not all orders have been sent out including digital copies as well as the top tier Super Powered Mystery Boxes. It’s been officially released on all the digital music stores, and physical copies are still available through BackerKit for a limited time. Eventually this will transition to a physical merch store on my site, which I am busy setting up just as soon as I start doing it WHICH IS SOON. The vinyl LP edition is on Amazon as well, and the CD will be ALSO SOON. More links:

iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify, and right here on this site

I really can’t thank everyone enough for the overwhelming number of positive comments about this album. I’m very proud of it, and…

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