Friday, April 30

Live at the Long Branch Saloon

San Francisco and its environs have never been hospitable to rock and roll. The fabled acid-rockers were folkies at heart, and so were their fans. John Fogerty-- who had to swallow that truth harder than anyone-- recalls that in 1967 many local freaks were convinced that if the new bands were going to fulfill their destiny and transform the world they had better shed the label "rock," with all its, ah, bad associations; "head music" was one of the substitutes proposed. I see no evidence that the general attitude has changed since then. Still, the Bay Area does have its unregenerate rock-and-roll loyalists, most of whom (in my fantasy, anyway) are teen-age denizens of darkest Oakland who come out at night like the rats near the waterfront. There was a fair-sized contingent at the Long Branch Saloon in Berkeley the night I went to see the Modern Lovers, a neo-Velvet Underground band from Boston. The Lovers (who seem to have acquired the beginnings of a national following; a lot of kids in the audience were shouting out requests) have inevitably been compared to the Dolls, but in some ways they are more like an American version of the pre-Meher-Baba Who with John Entwistle singing lead instead of Roger Daltrey. to be continued

Andrew Porter? from The New Yorker Aug 27 1973

May 2004 Tour

MAY

2 Amsterdam HOLLAND - de Melkweg
3 Dusseldorf GERMANY - ZAKK
4 Munster GERMANY - Gleiss 22
5 Groningen HOLLAND - Vera
7 Hamburg GERMANY - St Paul Tanzhalle
8 Gothenburg SWEDEN - Tradgarn
9 Oslo NORWAY - John Dee
10 Stockholm SWEDEN - Mondo

to get on the snail mail list to find out when Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins are coming near your town, send a letter with your neatly printed or typed address to:

Jonathan Richman Mailing List
PO Box 8024
SANTA CRUZ CA 95061
USA

Wednesday, April 28

What once was a puppy is now a dog

What once was a piglet is now a hog.

Tuesday, April 27

well done, gang

Jacques is organizing the weed stash (no not that) and Bob is measuring the bar for the magic bar stools so maybe we'll hear from them when they take a break.

Monday, April 26

jojoatrix

Welcome everyone! We're the first on the block, so let's get down. Imagine accepting an invitation to a blog-raising and being asked to work! Yes, I'm cracking the whip. Get this place in shape so we can have a clubhouse, a retreat, a tree fort or whatever it needs to become! It's a creation, a work of art and you are the creators! You are the artists!

And pass around the beer! Who was supposed to bring snacks?

just in

Just joined .. thanx for the invitation Rosebud..
jacques

checking in and testing....

Hello Rosebud,

This'll be good if the Jojo list ends, hopefully though, Brians new list will be in operation soon too!

Thanks for the invite and I'll keep checking in.

Bob.

Sunday, April 25

comments

Ooh! Thanks Alan!

April 2004 tour

Nicholas sent the following information to the jojolist last month. As you can see, Spain is happening now.

APRIL
3 Limerick, Ireland
4 Cork, Ireland
5 Dublin, Ireland
7 Sheffield, England
8 Glasgow, Scotland
9 York, England
10 Manchester, England
11 Bristol, England
13 Birmingham, England
14 Portsmouth, England
15 London, England


As per Les's postcard, here's the rest of the tour lineup for April/May
2004

"Always confirm show info locally"

APRIL

16 Paris FRANCE - Cafe de la Danse

*SPAIN*
20 Madrid - Sala El Sol
21 Burgos - Quinta Avenida
22 Salamanca - Teatro Liceo
23 Santiago - Sala Capitol
24 Gijon - Colegiata San Juan
25 Bilbao - Kafe Antzokia
26 - 28 "look for other possible shows in Spain"
29 Toledo - Circulo de Arte

MAY

2 Amsterdam HOLLAND - de Melkweg
3 Dusseldorf GERMANY - ZAKK
4 Munster GERMANY - Gleiss 22
5 Groningen HOLLAND - Vera
7 Hamburg GERMANY - St Paul Tanzhalle
8 Gothenburg SWEDEN - Tradgarn
9 Oslo NORWAY - John Dee
10 Stockholm SWEDEN - Mondo

"Jonathan Richman Mailing list, PO Box 8024, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, USA"
(if you send your details to the above address, you should get a
postcard in the mail when there's a tour in your region)
Comments?
I like this Blog, but I think it would be even better with Comments. I use Haloscan (http://www.haloscan.com) on my own blog. Rosebud, can you do that (if you agree it's a good idea)? I could send you some basic info on how to do it if you want. Sorry about the noise from the power tools, but everyone needs a hobby. Don't they?

have fun and experiment

I didn't know anything about blogs until David W. mentioned it on the Jojolist. I've been playing with this one and once you post a few times, it's not hard at all! Go ahead and make test posts. Play around with editing your post after you publish it, and with deleting. Whatever you do can be undone and redone! Send us an email if you get stuck: jojoblog (at) gmail.com. The only thing to remember is to be kind.

Saturday, April 24

Progress report

Okay! All right!

Alan has found his way to the DJ room and is now stocking the entertainment system. Yes! Sounds good, Alan, over the sounds of the power tools! Sound check?

And dumbbob is testing the cappuccino machine. Smells like today's brew might be strong and pungent...

Jan is tinkering with the wayback machine. I hope he doesn't get stuck! List God is painting the bathrooms and Simes is printing up the building permits (uh oh).

tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis

Jan wants to know what this means. It's a Latin phrase from the ancient world meaning something like this:

The times, they are a changing. We are a changing relative to the times.

But it could mean this:

He gave us the wine to taste.

We can't do anything about the passage of time but we can choose to embrace it. We can look fondly over our shoulder at the time we spent with Gordon and at the same time look ahead with anticipation to what is to come!

what is this?

Welcome to all who stop by! Jojofiles is your friendly neighborhood cafe and beach bar with a laundromat out back and kiosks for flyers, as well as a ball field, a lily garden, and a wayback machine. It's on Route 128, in the Bermuda triangle, between New England, Paris, and Naples, off the astral plane side of the desert. Special amenities include double chocolate martians, Van Gogh lesbian vampire leprechaun buses, and colors of the night. Attire optional- everyday clothes are cerca.

The cardinal rule is this (and it's a biggie): Be kind.

Friday, April 23

i'm so confused

Thursday, April 22

tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis