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Note: The videos in this post are from other shows, because my friend who was filming decided to get really drunk and sing very loudly while recording
Just got home a little bit ago from watching JoCo perform a very entertaining set. The show was at The Brickhouse, a decent little joint in downtown Phoenix that I've seen a couple of acts at.
Travelling with him on a brief, three show trip out west, are a surprisingly good band called Paul and Storm. They perform comedy songs and have appeared many times on the Bob & Tom show, a nationally syndicated morning radio show. They played a very loose and entertaining set with a fair bit of chaos between songs as they tossed jokes back and forth as if they were playing at Wimbledon.
The main attraction, however, was amazing. After seeing Coulton perform at PAX, it was really cool to watch him in a more intimate atmosphere. He did, of course, play those songs that are expected of him. Still Alive, RE: Your Brains and Code Monkeys are practically requirements for his shows.
He also performed songs that would have been pushed to the side at a show like PAX in lieu of geekier tunes. Stuff like First of May and Mr. Fancypants (in a brilliant extended version that really needs to be seen live). Paul and Storm were brought to the stage for about half the set to provide some backing vocals and instrumentation and they did a really spontaneous-seeming medley at the end of Soft Rocked By Me that was highly entertaining.
This mini-tour continues into California Friday night in San Diego and hits Los Angeles on Saturday night. The LA Dtoiders are having a NARP on Saturday, but they should really all truck the party over to West Hollywood and check out Coulton.
Hahaha thats amazing. Anything like that in Houston would be met with torches and pitchforks. I'd love to come out there, and soak up some nerd culture.
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I would love to go to a Coulton live sometime too.