Another JoCo show

[colleenky]

Jonathan Coulton played the House of Blues last night. Yessir, our little JoCo is all grown up and playing big-name venues now. Wow. The show was just great. I always enjoy watching him play guitar, even though I don't play myself. And he was really in fine voice. I could listen to him sing for hours (and have!).

Random highlights:
- During "Opening

Comments

[mtgordon]

Good for Rick!

"And there's a 3 in it." That's a reference to Gle3nn, I suppose? I seem to recall him saying he wouldn't be able to make it to this one.

[colleenky]

Could just be a generic Tom Lehrer reference, but could be a shout-out to Gle3nn. :-)Yes, this was a Gle3nn-free LA show. A first.

[colleenky]

1) They have done variations of that medley before, though I don't think it's ever quite the same twice.

2) I'm told by SF locals that all their shows are pretty raucus, and I seem to recall that JoCo's blog posts have reflected that too. Maybe not as rowdy as the DVD show, but the LA audience is generally tame by comparison.

[jhonen_red]

I thought it was a great show, if a little subdued. It sounds like you guys were responsible for a lot of the cool audience participation stuff -- thanks for adding some awesome. :)

I have an audio recording of the full show, which I'll see if I can get uploaded somewhere. I wish I'd known about the elevator trick, as I'd have brought my camera too.

It's a shame you didn't get any pictures of the part where they all got naked. That was awesome.

[colleenky]

I'm glad you thought that our participation was awesome and not a horrible distraction from the main event. I didn't know about the elevator trick beforehand. It just sorta happened that way. And the naked part - total coolness.

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

[donaithnen]

"I thought it was just the venue last time, but this confirms it - the LA JoCo crowd is pretty mellow. Mostly, folks sat in their seats and listened and appreciated. Not too much singing along except on "Skullcrusher Mountain" and "Still Alive.""

Yeah, WTH was up with that?? First i was disappointed because there were actually _chairs_ there filling up what should have been the standing/dancing/going wild area, and then except for the cheering between acts and the specifically requested audience participation segments practically everyone sat in said chairs stiffly and silently, staring up at the stage the entire time like they'd all been hypnotized into immobility! Not to malign Coulton's magical powers, but i don't think "turning people into stone" is supposed to be one of them =P

I sung along to most of the songs myself when i could remember the lyrics, but i tried to keep it quiet because i didn't want to be the only loud person in my entire section =P

[colleenky]

Trust me, it's not the chairs. The DVD show was a seated show (most JoCo shows are) and the folks there went nucking futs (myself included).

At this show, I brought a bag of goodies (chocolate thong, creepy dolls, boxing nun) and sang along with all the songs, usually in harmony. Of course, many of us in the group I was with have been to all four of JoCo's LA shows. We're kinda hard-core, which may explain why we got three of the Paul and Storm snack gifts.

All that being said, folks who have been to JoCo shows that were rife with pirate noises and unfunny audience quips might appreciate the opportunity to sit and simply listen to the music. :-)

[randbot]

Hey, your photoset just got namedropped in the Sound of Young America blog! If you saw a very nattily-dressed twentysomething man, you might have seen Public Radio's Jesse Thorn!

How long has JoCo had that Tenori-Oh thing? Betweeen that and the Zendrum, apparently he is using his fame as an excuse to purchase all of his music-geek fantasy toys... a strategy I approve of wholeheartedly, of course.

[colleenky]

[I'm just gonna retype this.]

Wow. I think this may be the closest I'm ever going to get to being hip! Alas, I did not see the young, natty Jesse Thorn at the show. :-(

JoCo picked up the Tenori-On in the UK for his London show in March.