It’s funny how things happen.  My friend Pinar, ever the Jeremy Enigk connoisseur, brought to my attention an article in which The Man himself references a cover of his song Burn.  He actually says, “Another band covered ‘Burn’ on a tribute record and made it amazing.  It was way cooler than my version, so when I recorded it, I had to rethink it.”  Which tribute was he referring to?  This one.  Whose version of Burn is he referring to?  Mine.  Needless to say, I am now covered in vomit.

I love Jeremy Enigk so much.  I recommend checking out that tribute while you’re at it, for some interesting interpretations of his solo work, re-imagined by hardcore fans.  I know Pinar would be tickled if she knew I encouraged more people to download an MP3 of her singing Chewing Gum, mwa ha ha ha.  Seriously though, I’ve never received such a compliment, so many thanks to Pinar for filling the sails of my egoship with just a little more hot air.  I wonder if there’s any way I can put that on my resumé.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night, and for everyone who didn’t, you’re on my list.  No, not the good list, the bad one.  OK, there are a few exceptions for those of you who had good excuses as to why you couldn’t come, and you will remain on the good list, on the condition that you come to the next show, barring any further good excuses.  Future excuses must be compounded exponentially to equal approximately (excuse)(to the third power), for every show you have missed due to an acceptable excuse, to warrant show missability.  It’s also in direct proportion to how cool you are and what kind of baked goods you can offer as restitution, so it’s really too complex an equasion to put on here.

Moving on … I’ve been updating my band’s myspace dealy a bit, and I’m going to start putting up our setlists, accompanied by little reactions to our performance, assuming we will continue to have shows.  If you’re not our myspace friend yet, go befriend us immediately, or else I will quote another long and complicated quadratic formula explaining how you must make it up to me.  Man, I’m needy(to the third power)(times 9).

I just thought I’d give a little update as to what’s happening in the world of Joe lately. First, Marco Millions opened this weekend and is doing well. It’s a change of pace from my usual progressive rock tendencies, and everyone seems to enjoy those wacky Waterwell kids, so check it out if you’re in the mood for some off-off-Broadway theatre.

Second, my band has a show at the Downstairs Lounge at CBGBs on Saturday (08/12, 12:30 am, $10). It would be great if people would come out and enjoy the rock. It’s going to be our first show with drummer extraordinaire Jeff Palermo, and we’re going to be playing a few songs from God’s Eye for the first time in public. Plus, CBGBs is closing in like a month, so you’ll get a little wedge of the cheese wheel of history. Should be good times.