Thank You Portland and Seattle

What's the nifty rhythm-pad-thing you're using there?

Great job, Molly! Love the hats!

Wow. That was EXCELLENT, folks! Bravura performance. You all deserve many bananas!!

A wonderful performance that has got me salivating for your return to a NY stage in June that much more....

Awesome performance but We had to drive all the way from Vancouver to see it, well i guess it's not that far. Hope your planing on visiting your fans to the north soon.

The Portland show was awesome. I'll be telling people for a long time about how I got to see Jonathan Coulton drink water out of a pitcher. Can't wait until you're back in Oregon.

Also you should totally hype the comedic timing of the thing you use to play Mr Fancy Pants. "Pants"

JoCo,

In YouTube, you can create a playlist, add whatever videos you want to the playlist, then instead of embedding two separate videos, you can embed the playlist on your blog and the videos will play sequentially. FYI

It's awesome that you let Molly sing on stage. That is just soooo cool. How many artists would do that for a fan?

This is a PRIME example of how JoCo is different from any other artist out there. Emily's been on stage for Code Monkey, Molly's been on stage... JoCo isn't just performing up there. He's letting the people who love him be involved in a wholly immersive way.

His music doesn't stop when he records it. It evolves with his fans, and can become something even more than it was.

Thanks JoCo, for making music so good that inspires the rest of us to want to be a part of it!

Alec:
"What’s the nifty rhythm-pad-thing you’re using there?"
That's a Tenori-On, a somewhat complex little device that JoCo bought when he was over in London. Looks like he's improved on it since then.

Great to see the 4-part harmony going on there as well!

For what it's worth, I've always loved Curl. You guys do it justice live too, so keep playing it!

That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I hope I get to see the other two songs.

Also, this is a good example of why JoCo rose the ranks to become world emperor in 2018.

Splitting hairs: We all kinda had a fifth song.

I can't wait until Thursday when you come to Minneapolis! It's also the First of May that day!

Next time you come to Seattle, 21+ shows will be outlawed. You will have to allow us over 16 to see it.

Nice job throwing her off of the lyrics on "Tom Cruise Crazy".
Very nice performance.

Hey! You have no idea how much joy I brought into the lives of my Aunt and her husband (they live in the 'burbs of Chicago, with the shop vac on, natch) when I played "Curl" for them at the family Christmas party. They totally curl for beer.

Those were both brilliant!

Good to see you're improving on the tenori-on as well, although I don't think anything will match up for the first time you used it for code monkey ;)

Excellent show! Molly was a fantastic surprise. It was so great I had to stop lurking (after almost a year!) and actually post. I wanted to share footage with others who are at least as obsessed as I am.

Check out: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7BD31CC687DEA53B

PS – I echo Exiton: Please come to Vancouver! Please…

That Tenori-on is even more awesome now you have had time to master it.

Those videos were amazing, good to see the return of the tenori-on on stage. I still think having it tied around your neck would look cooler though, go darth vader look. I echo what everyone else has said above, great stuff.

Thank you for playing "When you go" and "I'm your moon" in Portland. They are well-crafted and beautiful songs. Put a smile on my face.

However, I was disappointed with (and frankly, embarassed by) some people in the Portland crowd. One of the things I like about your performances is your comedic banter and interacting with the audiences. This time, it just seemed to fuel these folks. Maybe it was the beer? Maybe it was the first time some of these people turned off their computers and emerged from their mom's basements to go to a concert? Anyway, please don't hold it against us here in Portland. Most of us are polite, self-aware, and considerate of others...and are also proud to call ourselves geeks!

That was straight up AMAZING. Molly's got a hell of a lot of talent to hold her own alongside JoCo+Paul+Storm -- and you guys harmonize like nobody's business.

Well done, all. :D

Everybody Mangoes!

Thank YOU for coming to Portland! I had a great time on Friday night. I'd definitely work the merch table for you again. And bring you fancy glasses of water. :)

I managed to film the whole show on saturday night, and I should be getting the good footage on the 'tubes within a week... The first set of footage will be the songs Molly performed in, because she actually seemed interested in getting a copy of my amateur camerawork (she might not have felt so sure about that if she'd seen my previous work, but this time wasn't bad).

Great show, everyone!

I've always really liked "My Monkey." When I started seeing video of Paul and Storm accompanying you I immediately thought you can pull of "My Monkey," but I feat mistaken.... Until now.

"......a lot of that general calm and pleasant feeling I get when I’m there (do you all have industrial pumps filling the air with Ativan mist or something?)....'

No, it's just the west coast laid back life. Still, I guess it is pretty amazing given that Seattle is the home of Starbucks, an espresso stand on every corner and lots of sleep deprived Microsofties running around in their Birkenstocks and socks....

Glad you had a good time....wish I could have made it to the show. Maybe next time tho...

Great to hear My Monkey live!

Molly has her own performance page on eventful now. DEMAND IT!
It's under Sweet Afton 23

Brilliant! But what, you didn't lure her into your van and bring her with you to the Midwest so I could see all this brilliance for myself? I guess those Seattle types like to hog all the Molly to themselves.

Woot for Paul S and Jon C together!

I sang with Paul in college. I am glad to see he's still doing what he loves and is great at. OASAASLLS!

My appreciation for "Curl" is undiminished. Undiminished, do you hear? UNDIMINISHED.

:)

I love your songs and performance *thumbs up* greetings from germany :)

I was at the Sunday Seattle show, it was most excellent! One of the best live shows of any kind I've been to.

Paul and Storm were tremendously awesome as well.

Well... I was at the Portland show... and it was awesome... but now I feel ripped off that Molly somehow magically appeared in Seattle... but not good ol' PDX. What's so special about Seattle that Molly had to fly OVER Portland from LA to do a show there? NOTHING! NOTHING, I SAY! I demand Molly's presence in Portland immediately! (JoCo and company can come too).

# Molly Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Splitting hairs: We all kinda had a fifth song.

I just saw the video (I'd link to it but YouTube is down at the moment--right after I watched the video, go figure) so now I know what you're talking about. ;-)

The show was awesome! I don't think I've laughed so hard in years. I brought my parents who only knew a few of your songs to the show and they LOVED it! (and so did I) Thanks for the fun time!

I knew the first time I saw the Tenori-On that JoCo NEEDED it... I am overjoyed to discover that need has been filled. :)

:)

Alex

Sweet use of the TENORI-ON! I finally see it in non-electro/club music. It does make sense to use it as the primary instrument, replacing the guitar for that. It does seem to require extensive use of your digits with all those buttons...