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Joe Yoga is an incorrigible force of nature based in NYC. Book him: joe@goyogago.com

Scratch video teaser!

really want to pimp this video hard – here is the first seven minutes of act 2 of Scratch as filmed by Nick Courage, opening night.
i finally got the full video (filmed in HD by Tim Warner), all 9.9 gigs of it, and have it, after nearly crashing my computer twice, snugly nestled on my [...]

no poetry

it’s done, i tell you.
tonight i fought about
eight zillion
different battles
after scribbling out some
stream-of-consciousness bullshit
on my way to what I knew
was a war
no war
how am i supposed to survive another?
i would rather proxy that shit out the ass.
please.
no more calls.
let that shit go to voicemail.
i want toys. i want the nothingness of childhood.
it’s three a.m. but [...]

call to action!

Woke up today (Thanksgiving) to some good news in the form of an email from www.thesixtyone.com saying that my song “Life as a Movie” had hit the front page of their website.
“the sixty one” is a music site for artists to post songs and for listeners to find new shit to listen to. much like [...]

SONGWRITERS FROM HELL XIII

So this past Sunday, I celebrated the end of the Longest Week Ever by playing Paul Alves’ showcase, Songwriters From Hell… this was the thirteenth edition of it, and man, it was a fun time.
Setlist:
Panic Attack
The World Without Us
Burning Yr Bridges
The Breakup Song
Cody, You’re Breaking My Heart
Urban Planning
Think to Knock
Gone
Small Hands
Shoulda Coulda Woulda
Yes, you’re [...]

scratch de-briefing

http://amutualrespect.org/words/2009/11/20/scratch-clip/trackback
So… Scratch is done. For now, anyway. I’ve still got to get the full video, there’s a review I hear is coming, and I have yet to fully decompress. But people keep asking me: How do you feel about it?
Well the short answer is I feel incredible. I’m thrilled with my performance, and with the [...]

Black Star – Radiohead cover

Hey ya’ll
Here’s a video of me covering Radiohead’s “Black Star” at the October Grudge Match. Thanks to Dustin Edge for the video!

Grudge Match is every third Wednesday of the month (except December) … featuring the best in NYC’s underground music and comedy. produced by (a)muse collective. Next show is Jan 20! WITH HUGE GUEST STARS!!! [...]

“holy shit” post of the year

Coach is confirmed to do a reunion set on Dec. 23rd at A Very Yoga Christmas, my annual Christmas show @ UNDER St Mark’s Theater…
For those who don’t know, Coach is me on bass and Andrea Dangerously (who plays in Stewart under her “real” name) on drums. We are the greatest drum and bass outfit [...]

2:44 a.m.

god damn pattern-seeking higher primates
fools, all, we
the whole thing makes me fucking sick.

Grudge Match! Music vs. Comedy

Grudge Match – Music vs. Comedy!!
@ Marfa Music at Lucky Cheng’s (SAME VENUE NEW NAME)
24 1st Ave @ 2nd Street
NYC
Wednesday November 18th, 2009
8pm – 10pm
FREE
comedy by: John Murdock, John Knefel, Adam Wilson
music by: Cutlery, Joe Yoga, Evangeline Reilly
hosted by Mo Diggs
an (a)muse collective production
this is going to be a good one folks… knefel wilson and [...]

my one man show! one night only!

Scratch – a play in verse and song by Joe Yoga
RESERVE TICKETS: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=SCR10&GUID=5790e1a2-f0ee-4fc4-a6ca-10296bfca633
see the Facebook event herehttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189738140165

**ONE NIGHT ONLY**
Sun Nov 15 2009 – 8pm
@ Theater Under St. Mark’s
$12
SCRATCH is a play in verse and song, written and performed by Joe Yoga.
Direction and Lighting Design by Penny Pollak
Produced by (a)muse collective and Horse Trade Theater
Part of [...]

  • about me

    Joe Yoga is an artist, facilitator, and incorrigible force of nature based in New York City. He is working these days mainly in black and white, guitar, cassette tape, hand claps, acrylic, and the burdens of rage, love, and exhaustion towards "a sort of land-where-blues-began attentiveness to the half-broken heartbeat of a sound" (Nick Courage, A Mutual Respect Books and Music).

    As a musician he appears at venues all over NYC and his first album "The Dreamless Sea" is available for free download at www.goyogago.com, His new album "Life Out East" will be available in Spring 2010.

    As a stage performer he was recently featured in Kill the Band (Audience Choice Award Winner, 2010 Frigid Festival) and Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag (Imperial Award / Donor's Choice, 2010 Frigid Festival). He is also half of the house band at Penny's Open Mic, a massively popular Tuesday mic in the East Village (www.pennysopenmic.com), and produces a monthly show "Grudge Match: Music vs. Comedy" on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, featuring the best up and coming musicians and comedians in the city.

    "Towering; baby-faced." - The Village Voice

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