This is a new song, The Wrecking Crew, that I debuted at Grudge Match this past March 17th. Sorry I haven’t been around, recording mostly, doing shows here and there, trying to whittle away the Stupid and focus on the stuff that really matters.

Did you know you can download my album for free on my last.fm page? I always hear about people having last.fm pages but so far no real luck getting people to “friend” me and such. I guess it’s like flickr, do people really use it for anything other than looking at pictures and/or storing them? I guess it’s a bit much to expect the activity of listening to music on headphones while staring at a computer screen to have any social aspect.

Things are happening fast so we’re going to jump all over this shit. Catch us on our facebook fanpage to keep up with all the joneses! Feel alive baby! Do it!


COINCIDING WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM, this unpredictable, unforgettable, outrageously funny musical experience is both the band’s breakdown and breakthrough…. Part Lucille Ball on her 3rd bottle of 5 Hour Power, part Meatloaf, sexy with a side of silly… KILL THE BAND takes you on a cleverly comedic trip and performs original songs from various musical genres in this balls-to-the-wall, multi-media, performance art piece. Escape the normal, punch average in the face, burn your self help books on tape and catch the thrill that is KILL THE BAND!

gigs marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the FRIGID FESTIVAL. See www.horsetrade.info for more information!!

1/12: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
1/13: w/Kill The Band at Shea Stadium, Brooklyn 9pm
1/19: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
1/20: Grudge Match: Music vs Comedy @ Marfa Music 8pm
1/23: solo acoustic @ BZ’s party @ the Compound, Brooklyn 9pm
1/25: solo acoustic @ The Quay’s, Astoria (AMA Manic Mondays) 8pm
1/26: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
1/31: w/Kill the Band @ Otto’s Shrunken Head 10pm
2/2: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
2/4: God Tastes Like Chicken @ Under St. Mark’s Theater 10:30pm
2/9: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
2/16: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
2/17: Grudge Match: Music vs Comedy @ Marfa Music 8pm
2/23: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
2/24: Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag @ Under St. Mark’s 7:30 pm (*)
2/24: Kill the Band @ Under St. Mark’s 10:30pm (*)
2/26: Kill the Band @ Under St. Mark’s 10:30pm (*)
2/27: Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag @ Under St. Mark’s 8:30 pm (*)
3/2: Kill the Band @ Under St. Mark’s 7:30 (*)
3/2: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
3/4: Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag @ Under St. Mark’s 6:00 pm (*)
3/4: God Tastes Like Chicken @ Under St. Mark’s 10:30 pm
3/5: Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag @ Under St. Mark’s 10:30pm (*)
3/6: Kill the Band @ Under St. Mark’s 10:00pm (*)
3/7: Kill the Band @ Under St. Mark’s 4:00pm (*)
3/7: Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag @ Under St. Mark’s 7:00pm (*)
3/8: solo acoustic @ Alphabet Soup, Niagara, 9pm
3/9: Penny’s Open Mic @ Under St. Mark’s 9pm
3/17: Grudge Match: Music vs. Comedy @ Marfa Music 8pm

but! new yoga album! new yoga album! again, comments on the song, mix, etc encouraged.

[right click and SAVE AS to download]

http://goyogago.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/easy-rider-2.mp3

new Joe Yoga album Life Out East coming Spring 2010!

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http://goyogago.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/paper-thin-walls.mp3

Lyrics

I gotta send what I can’t receive home
I’d have it made were it not for these old

paper thin walls

We understand it could all be breached, though
You would not believe
What could pass through these old

paper thin walls

It’s been a long, hard year. A year of hopes, dreams, triumph, surprises, love, agony, music, theater, partying, new friends, old friends, loss, sleep (well, maybe not sleep)…

WELL FUCK IT. It’s that time of year folks…

The 2nd annual A VERY YOGA CHRISTMAS!!

We are blowing all that shit out the water, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and we are ONCE MORE going to rock like it’s 2009 (cause it is).

Featuring:

House band led by Mike Milazzo! Martin Stroh on drums!
A Coach reunion set!! (that’s Yoga’s old band! Andrea Dangerously on drums!)
Comedy by God Tastes Like Chicken! John Murdock! Tim Warner! Jen Perney!
The Musical stylings of Michelle Leona, Alabaster Rhumb, Beezy Douglas and Bamboo!!
The dark and beautiful weirdness of Penny Pollak and Sara Gaddis!
A Holiday Man-Pain poem by Umberto MacDougal!
and much much more!

Special Guests, Surprises, Raffles!!!

FREE CUPCAKES!!

a double-blind Secret Santa: bring a gift/get a gift… they all go in a big box and then pick one at random later on in the show! This was one of the biggest hit at last year’s Yoga Christmas so be sure to participate!

Drunken, rambling, I-love-you-man intros all night by your host: Joe Yoga!!!

produced by yr friends at (a)muse collective! lights and sound & boothwork by luckydave!

$5 suggested donation OR bring food for our potluck!!!

“the sixty one” is a music site for artists to post songs and for listeners to find new shit to listen to. much like last.fm. except the sixty one seems to have a bigger focus on independent artists and is pushing creative commons hard (haven’t looked into creative commons a lot, it appeals to me but I’m still wary for reasons that are hard to articulate, but have something to do with the fact that if you leave yourself unprotected, people will abuse and exploit you to the extent they’re allowed to).

returning to my song though… it was pretty cool to see that. The song got 320 “hearts” (think facebook “likes”) which is awesome to think that over the last week or so 320 random people heard my song and liked it.

my point being… why not try to get all my songs voted up? so here i am asking you to… well… I’m not going to ask you to sign up for an account just to vote my songs up, but how about this… you go visit the site and peek around for a minute or two, and if it looks like something you might use more than say, five times, then by all means sign up for an account and go to http://www.thesixtyone.com/joeyoga/ and heart my little songs into oblivion. But only if you really like them! I don’t want to cheat. All twelve songs that make up my album The Dreamless Sea are up there and available to stream and download for free.

Here's my song, on the front page!

I’m not sayin… I’m just sayin.

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 (a)muse collective’s Six Deadly Miracles series of solo shows by its members, Scratch tells the story of a man trying to decide whether or not to leave New York City in the wake of his failed engagement. We follow him through what could be his last few hours in New York, sifting through his psychological Lost and Found to try and make sense of what was lost and to stock up on supplies before moving on to what’s next. A dramatization, condensation, and re-imagining of events from the author’s life, Scratch is a meditation on loss, expectations, motivation, and home. A life in the night of a tough call.

produced by (a)muse collective and Horse Trade Theater

a joe yoga primer, thanks marsha for the video!