JoCo is Everywhere
I’m going to break with tradition here and give you at least some advanced notice on a few gigs I’ve got coming up (with the exception of the ones that are coming up right away, which will receive the standard last-minute treatment).
First, the book tour. For the rest of October I’m traveling around with John Hodgman on his paperback tour, playing songs about hoboes and lobsters, wearing a funny hat. Up through and including the 27th, we’ll be joined by our friend David Rees, author of the comics Get Your War On and My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable – he is not to be missed.
10/25 7 PM: Chop Suey Books in Richmond, VA. With David Rees.
10/26 3:30 PM: Bull’s Head Bookshop in Chapel Hill, NC. With David Rees.
And here we sneak in a little Coulton show:
10/26 8 PM: The Pour House in Raleigh, NC. With Paul and Storm.
10/27 7 PM: The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC. Unfortunately, I won’t be at this one, I’ve got to fly back to Baltimore to play at the National Association of Science Writers convention. But David Rees will be.
10/28 4 PM: Square Books in Oxford, MS
10/30 7 PM: Book People in Austin, TX
And then the book tour is over. At this point Coulton Craziness begins. Here’s a Novemberish schedule:
11/4 9 PM: Milkboy Coffee in Ardmore, PA. I open for Derek Chafin.
11/10 10 PM: The People’s Improv Theater in NYC. I’ll be doing a couple of songs as part of The Sound of Young America’s live shows. These will be star studded nights of studly stars.
11/27 8 PM: Birdy’s Bar and Grill in Indianapolis, IN. With Paul and Storm.
11/28 8 PM: Schubas Tavern in Chicago, IL. With Paul and Storm.
11/29 8 PM: Intersection in Grand Rapids, MI. With Paul and Storm.
11/30 8 PM: Wilbert’s in Cleveland, OH. With Paul and Storm.
12/1: Maybe something in Columbus? Working on it…
12/2 9:30 PM: Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, OH. With Paul and Storm.
And there’s more to come in December, but I will save that for another posting. Details about all these shows (all ages, ticket prices, etc.) can be got from the shows page.
Raleigh Show
I’m putting together a more complete list of what’s coming up, but since this show is TOMORROW I thought I’d mention it here first. I’m playing at The Pour House in Raleigh, NC Thursday at 8 PM, followed by Paul and Storm at 9. Tickets are $8 purchased in advance and $10 at the door. It will be a good show, provided there is some kind of an “audience.”
I’m also looking for a merchandise helper, so if you want some free stuff and eternal gratitude, email me.
This Morning
I’m on this AM, probably about 10ish. I’ll be following Ask A Ninja and Chris Anderson. One bad thing about going on late in the program is that you get the chance to see how brilliant everyone else is, and then you start to think that maybe songs about zombies aren’t enough anymore. But hey, everybody likes a singalong, right?
Spore Demo
Will Wright just did a demo of Spore, which I’d seen before online, but seeing it again reminded me how much I want to play that game. He also talked a little about the philosophy behind it, generative systems, the idea of finding the right balance between power and simplicity when you’re allowing players to create game content. All of which dovetails very nicely with Brian Eno’s work – he showed some of 77 Million Paintings behind him as he spoke. Kickass!
I should mention, if you’d like to check any of this stuff out, they’re streaming the whole thing live. There’s a schedule on that page. I’m playing sometime on Saturday, but there are a lot of big names between now and then.
Did I mention that I really want to play Spore?
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