Well, I don’t win any kind of award, because this is only #2 for me seeing JoCo. As always, it was a good show, allbeit, quite depressing song filled. Thanks twitter. Oh well, what can I say, I did request “Famous Blue Raincoat“. Heh. Yeah, I contributed to that. Thankfully, even though requested, he didn’t play Freebird, or one of the longest songs I think is out there (and actually a good, but equally depressing song), the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Though, after the fact, Dave realized he should have requested “Curl“, and I should have requested “Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance.” Oh well. It was still a good show. And honestly, people, why do you request things like “Skullcrusher Mountain“, “Still Alive” (end song from Portal, no link, sorry), or “First of May” (song NSFW)? He’ll play those anyway! It’s like asking Rush to play “Tom Sawyer” at one of their shows.

Paul and Storm were the opening band (insert joke here because that’s also their first song.) They also were, at points, JoCo’s back-up band. They’re funny, and even though I gave them a ton of crap on Twitter, I did enjoy that part of the night. Though guys, a new setlist would be helpful. It was the exact same show that I saw last year. New = Good.

Here’s some pictures and a video, all shot with my BlackBerry, so I apologize for the quality:

Clip of Ikea (It won’t embed for some reason. Oh well.)

But yeah, fun night overall. Oh..and Monty’s pancakes for dinner = yum.

-Adam

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What: Jonathan Coulton w/ Paul & Storm
Where: Majestic Theater – Madison, WI

I saw Jonathan Coulton in concert last night. It was a really good show, though I could have done with-out the idiots who were opening for him. It was a mixed bag of songs I knew, and songs I didn’t, which is good. For those asking, yes, he did play “Still Alive” and I have a feeling that 90% of the crowd only knew him because of that song, despite having several viral videos as well as numerous mentions on the various TWiT podcasts.

A few highlights:

1. He asked “Does anyone in the audience have a power adapter for a 12in. Powerbook?” Normally, there’d be no one who did, but some chick up in the balcony DID have one at the show.
2. In the middle of a song he was performing using a sample machine, he inserted “Never Gonna Give You Up”, there-by “Rick Rolling” the crowd.
3. The openers asked if anyone had a 20 sided dice. I couldn’t count how many people did.

All-in-all, it was a very good show, and I’d highly recommend seeing him in concert.

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