I Totally Forgot

I can't decide if the "Ernie Wade" allegations are funny or pathetically sad.

I'm also quite concerned that there's not much left on the tapes for JoCo to steal. What happens now?? Is this the end for our favorite Internet Superstar?

It's only 8:03 EDT and I have already fallen victim to an April fool's joke. Well played JoCo - er - I mean Wade.

Fractal *Magic*

I laughed 'til I peed.

That was awesome, especially "Warrior Robot Revenge." That's not Hodgman singing, is it?

I'll learn dolphin speech.

@motown: Well that would probably be because the "april fools joke" was up already yesterday... *sigh*

Nice laugh!
There's even Blue Sunny Day (Bonus!)

I do believe the legal and proper term for a citizen of the state of Arkansas is an Arkansawyer, Mr. Coulton. Being a native of the Northwestern corner, I thought it best to inform you now before the dozens of fans which didn't travel 3 hours from Springfield set upon you with tooth and nail.

I mean, I'm just sayin'...

People are actually discussing whether that is real or not. "We Are the Chimpions" ... 'nuff said

Argh, bandwidth limit exceeded. Dumb sites. Are the MP3s mirrored elsewhere?

Oh man that was my "Wooo!" I was sitting right behind the guy with the camera.
I gotta say, JoCo, I know I'd buy versions of your sounds done the way you did them in concert. Or is that the concept behind the elusive DvD?
Without any spoilers for those yet to see your strange ways live (its better as a suprise) I'm referring especially to songs like Mr. Fancy Pants, Presidents day with the Band, Code Monkey with the ukalaili, some of the songs where Paul and Storm put harmony where it might not have previously been...

Set list or no, let me just say that the concert last night was *awesome*. It was fun hearing songs in a slightly different style, and I got to turn my girlfriend into a JoCo fan. :D I join those in eager anticipation of a concert DVD!

Personally, I like "Arkansonians" just as much as "Arkansawyers". I still prefer "Arkansans" over both.

JoCo, you scared the living piss out of me for a second lol

unless Erine Wade is telling the truth

@Nick:

For the meantime, look around here. Many shows have links to audio or video files.

Awesome, as usual. I would love to buy a copy of "The Presidents" with the updated lyrics!

Mr. Coulton, you sir would have won some serious internets if you didn't already own them all. Quite a good April Fool's Day prank. :p

Allwewannadois ernie wades.
We're not unreasonable
I mean, no'one's gonna link your sites.

Don't be embarrassed about the sound check....it worked, cuz the Arkansas show sounded great. The Fancy Pants machine could've been louder though ;o . That B string sure liked to go flat though, but don't worry, we're probably the only two that noticed!

Oh, and I must say, that was the best 3 hours spent driving down from Springfield, Missouri. All 4 of us loved it, including the guy who drove, who had never heard of JoCo before Sunday when I insisted he drive us.

Mr. Coulton, you are a CAD sir. I was good friends with Ernie Wade, God rest his soul, and your obvious plagiarism shall not be overlooked!

I can't believe I've been a fan for over 3 years and now I find out you're just a god-damn thief! From now on when I download "your" music I'm not going to send you any money, I'm going to send it to Ernie Wade's family instead!

~Sharon, your FORMER Minneapolis Merch Minion

FREE ERNIE!

ERNIE LIVES!

Now there's an equally crappy knockoff of "The Future Soon" on that site.

I don't actually get the point of this. It isn't funny, and it's weirdly mean spirited for such obvious bullshit (as has been noted, "Moons Go Round" is apparently supposed to be the 1997 "original" of "I'm Your Moon," which was written in response to Pluto's reclassification in 2006, so the hoax doesn't even make sense on its own terms). Whoever this person is, he has too much free time.

Domain Name.......... hubersgarage.com
Creation Date........ 2009-03-01
Registration Date.... 2009-03-01
Expiry Date.......... 2010-03-01
Organisation Name.... Bruce Huber
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
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Actually, that's my own "Whoa!" at the beginning of the video, since I know the history of the Hungry March Band (who played with Jonathan on the very FIRST "The Presidents", back in Little Gray Book Lecture days), and was shocked.

For the record, I'm also the guy who threw the Jaffa Panties. Recognize! :)

That was a mighty fine show, JoCo.

You ought to play New York more often. After all, you do kind of, how you say, live here.

MitchO: You rocked. Hard.

@Luke M: You didn't think JoCo's April Fool's joke was funny? I thought it was pretty good! You have to at least credit him for the effort at recording those alternate versions. I wonder who it is singing? I'd love it if it was Hodgman.

@Cambiata:

I'm not convinced it was JoCo who did it.

That lifted my spirits up. One of my favorite teachers from High School died yesterday and I have been feeling kind of crappy. I did not know why I decided to jump onto the JoCo site, but I am glad I did. I liked the alternate verisons. It doesn't really sound like Hodgeman to me but I may be wrong.

JC ripping off a dead loser? Best. April. First. Joke. Ever.

"JC ripping off a dead loser? Best. April. First. Joke. Ever."

That's messed up. They prefer to be called posthumous peper-medalists.

The last line of each verse of The Presidents has the same tune as that of "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer". It was driving me crazy what it sounded like and finally I remembered. Anyone who grew up in NY in the 80's and listened to the radio at all had it drummed into our heads every Xmas season. Good times.

Jonathan, I was so thrilled to see you were coming to our little corner of the world in Northwest Ark! I talked a buddy of mine into coming with and he's now a fan. I think you had him at 'BRAINS'! Truly fine show and excellent soundcheck, hope those of us in the audience didn't freak you out too much during that. I totally didn't expect Mr. Fancypants & was quite pleased to hear it.

BTW, if you ever come back this way, I'll be happy to do a 'royale with cheese' introduction for you, sir! Your humble minion, TomR.

The NYC show was outstanding. As usual. My Life Goal is to see 100 JoCoShows and NYC was my 5th. (Next up: Alexandria.) The marching band was awesome. I've now seen JoCo perform with a marching band AND with a ukulele orchestra. How cool is that?

WARNING: This is completely off-topic.

I just heard someone on TV singing the beginning of Soft Rocked by Me. It's some matchmaking show on Bravo called "The Millionaire Matchmaker." In the video one of the millionaires sent in, he was singing "Have you ever been in love with a man who's sensitive."

I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure he's going to sing it later in a karaoke setting.

This is the episode if anyone cares.
http://www.locatetv.com/tv/millionaire-matchmaker/season-2/6190799

(NOTE: I was going to post this on the forum, but I've neglected signing up for an account, and now I need to wait for an administrator to verify it).

Haha, I came on here for the very same reason Tsujiku. My wife watches the show and last week on one of the previews I saw him start into "Soft Rocked" and I thought there was no way he was actually singing JoCO so I waited all week to watch tonights show to see if it would be true. To my great pleasure it was true, he sang it. Twice! Very cool, despite the fact that JoCo was never given credit! Isn't that part of the Creative Common License agreement?

Forget this Bernie Wade guy, and contact your lawyers to sue Bravo! =P

(Also, I hope I don't have to turn in my "Man" card for anxiously awaiting a matchmaking show on Bravo)

Regarding that show on Bravo, all has been made clear in the forum, on this thread (appropriately titled "Soft Rocked By Me sung on Bravo!!!"):

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=1146

I can't believe you stole all that poor dead guys music!

Kidding of course... very funny.

Please. Release an awesome song within the next couple days. My ears are ready to bleed from these horrid Ernie songs, and I needs me a new JoCo to fix it...

I think I'm the only dork who realized this article was fake because of the following thought process:

one of the songs on the cassette tape "Moons Go Round", the alternate name for "I'm Your Moon" could not have been originally written by Ernie Wade, who, according to the article, died 3 years before Pluto's planetary status was revoked.

Making connections like these is most likely unhealthy, but it was good for a laugh.

Ernie was a visionary. He knew about Pluto beforehand :D

so is it only me who wants now to hear an ode to Ernie Wade? I think that would be a good way to wrap this joke up :)

@HellZiggy: JC is an *exceptional* thief! ;-)

Joke? This is super cereal.

Well, that certainly explains why he is still figuring out how to play some of "his" songs....

So JoCo, I'm assuming the reason you haven't posted to own up to your great April Fool's joke here is the apartment sale and subsequent move? Unless Ernie Wade's family really did silence you...

~Sharon, still your Mpls merch minion, but minioning for Ernie Wade now too

Skymall & Fractal "Magic"?
So, a man who could not keep a job had numerous experiences traveling by airplane and had a working knowledge of a boundary of points on the complex plane, which were determined by the father of fractal geometry?

bbbrraaiiiiIIIiiiinzzzZZZZzzz...

The term for those from the state of Arkansas is Arkansan. Why the last syllable completely changes sound, I don't know. I don't make the crazy redneck rules.

OK, I feel better knowing Jonathan was accusing *himself* of being a total douche. If someone else did a hoax where he had ripped off some sad dead dude it would be a pretty mean prank.

Consider it a joke against his younger self.

that was a really fun show, the band was awesome, and the uke playing was also very special even though i thought you were gonna play somewhere over the rainbow i gotta admit i got kind of excited but baby got back was a very pleasant surprise