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.

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

We’re back!! Come witness the madness as Grudge Match returns to Marfa/Lucky Cheng’s! Comedians and musicians battle it out for your hearts! Winners go home with the trophy and the glory while the losers are taken out back and shamed, and somehow have to face themselves in the morning.

NB special comeback show has sick lineup!!

Music by Joe Yoga, Dustin Edge, Bamboo, Mike Milazzo
Comedy by John Murdock, Paulina Princess of Power, Princess Diandra, Molly Knefel

Hosted by Mo Diggs

**SHOW, AS ALWAYS, IS FREE**

an (a)muse collective production
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Facebook event, if that’s how you roll:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238335583756

I play in a band called Chink Floyd, “The world’s worst Pink Floyd cover band”. The band features yrs truly, Ariel Bitran, Mike Milazzo (absent from this particular gig), Killer Kelly Dwyer, and Touching You. The band is fronted, of course, by Master Lee. I work with Master Lee in a couple different improv/spoken word projects (The White Devils, The World’s Worst DOORS cover band, etc…) but this is probably my favorite. Here’s a snippet of what we do, from our Dec 19, 2009 gig at Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village.

comments, etc.? We have a myspace page here and you can friend us to keep up with shows, etc. Check us out, we are definitely a singular experience.

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 reading this right. A few of these songs I hardly ever play. It was my first extended set in quite a while, and I decided to take the opportunity to play some favorite songs of mine. I played my tired heart out and had a good response from the crowd there.

Thanks to Paul Alves again for having me… be sure to check out his band sOUSALVES…

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!!!

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 murdock were the original three Grudge Matchers from our first ever show, Cutlery and Evangeline Reilly are Grudge Match newbies, but they will be bringing it… i am super excited to have them on board!! i highly recommend checking out their respective myspaces and youtube vids to get a piece of the flavor that will be hitting your ears.

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!