goodbye amp

the Plan for today includes selling (giving away) one of my guitar amps…I’m not too sad, once I got the other one, I stopped using it…the other one may need some work done on it, but that’s a problem for another day…I understand the concept of profit, so I won’t be surprised when the Music […]

mission accomplished

the NYE gig was fairly typical except for all the kissin’ at midnight…I found MY “target” but I don’t really feel a chemistry there…ears are ringing pretty good, nothin’ new about that…we had a guest vocalist for a pair of songs…she’s a good singer IMO, I think she’s gorgeous and hot as well–I guess one inevitably […]

Some Sounds from the 60’s

I’m bored tonight and thought I’d start with the letter “A” and play some tunes.  The Band is “The Association”, and here are videos of a few of their hits from the 1960’s.  Hope you enjoy! “Windy” “Cherish” “Never My Love”

2010: A Joko Odyssey – Year in Review

2010: A Joko Odyssey

This year that’s just ending has brought profound… ah heck.. Why type it out when I’ve said it already in this video?

Are you sitting comfortably? Sound up? Enjoy!

I made 160-something videos in 2010. I couldn’t fit the recap into a single video… so here is PART TWO!!!

Have a safe New Years Eve, everyone…

imagine Stairway to Heaven w/a saxophone…

It was a very innaresting night at the OTWC Thursday night O.M. IMHO…a conga player brought in his gear and joined in, uninvited…*I* don’t think that’s cool, even though there was a time (rather long ago) when *I* did that…and congas don’t fit EVERY song,  unless you are SANTANA, maybe…and congas aren’t usually played with […]

Airport Food, the TSA and Windows 7: Tour d’Joko- Holiday Edition

Usually, food tastes better when you overpay for it.  When you go to a sporting event, for example, those $10 sausages taste  incredible!  Popcorn at the movie theatre taste far better than anything one could make at home, and its not just because of that unknown oily stuff they call butter either.  It’s psychological.  We’re […]

am I being a bastard?

there was an O.M. tonight in my neighborhood…well, fairly close…I went for awhile, didn’t stay…it may seem unimportant to you but the soda refills are no longer free…and I didn’t/don’t feel like being somebody’s Musical savior (“you make me sound good”) which I often feel like…If I was really a bastard I’d ask certain musical […]

Word Infection

 I’m so old school…. I write this shit on papyrus…. You will continually be infected…. Like an incurable poetic virus….. You need a repeated injection …. Of my verbal word infection……. Allow me to clear my throat…… AHEM.. You are infected now too……. There is no lyrical antidote….. You can’t see me…. I blind […]

Wasted Anxiety

went to Laurel, had little trouble finding the venue…knew a couple of folks there, had fun…”snuck” in behind a couple of the acts WITH THE HOST’S PERMISSION…played electric guitar, sang not a single note…ears ringing, like always…glad I went…

out of the comfort zone

tonight I plan to go to an Open Mic I’ve never been to; I know the guy who runs it, but I won’t (or barely) know the Musicians that will be there…it’s NOT a genre-specific o.m., meaning any Musical style is OK…and that’s good, I haven’t done any “twanging” in awhile…but I’m still nervous about […]