Random Articles

• Tuesday’s Triple Play - Let’s Go Shopping  The day after Thanksgiving (or Halloween, or Arbor Day, or St. Patrick’s Day) marks the start of the holiday shopping season. This week’s Tuesday Triple Play is dedicated to the entertainment of retail. High at Home Depot from Minneapolis’ Diesel Jenny IKEA from Jonathan Coulton’s Smoking Monkey Sandbox [real] from Too Much Joy’s Cereal Killers Money from Michael Koppelman
• Tim Quirk Blogging Pop-Ed One of the best songwriters in the world is finally blogging. Tim Quirk (Too Much Joy, Wonderlick, The Its) and his cohorts at Rhapsody have kicked off Pop-Ed: The Rhapsody Staff Blog. Though I’d prefer his writing put to music, I’ll take what I can get at this point.
• Tuesday’s Triple Play - Road Trip Songs  I’ve always found road trip songs energizing and refreshing - even if I’m just at my desk working. This week’s Tuesday Triple Play is a trio of classics: Song for a Girl that Has One [real] from Too Much Joy’s Son of Sam I Am MO 63 - from All’s Percolater Movin’ Right Along - from the Muppet
• Reliving My Past Lives So, rewind a week or so Jen asks; “What’s this $40 charge for Susy Q Hat Co?” Me: “Susy Q? Huh? I have no idea….Oh, I ordered some Too Much Joy bootlegs and their tour/video DVD.” Three discs, 2 from 1993 and the third from 1991 loaded into the iTunes a few days ago. I’ve been rocking out
• May 4th: Too Much Joy’s First Show in 10 Years True to their word, Too Much Joy never broke up - they just stopped having gigs. Until now. Friday, May 4th The Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street New York, NY “It’s all ages. TMJ will be playing as a 5-piece, as both Sandy Smallens and William Wittman will be joining the celebration of drummer Tommy Vinton’s retirement from the NYPD