Breaking: Bob Pernice (a.k.a. Other Pernice) will be accompanying us on three of the four US dates next week. He’ll play with Joe everywhere except Arlington, VA. (You know who you are, and you know why.) This morning, he sent me the following private email which I now share with you.
“Let’s bring some games for [...]

My dearest friend:
Gather ‘round children and I will do my best not to give you the Pernice update you yearn for, in all of its grey-area glory, rife with indecision and insecurity, informed by family obligations, gainful employment, prescription meds, ennui and the weather. It can’t take too long, because I’m busy packing for the [...]

Joe asked me to post this, from Frank Padellaro, about a project to honor the memory of Ray Neades, a friend of his.
From Frank:
Hi Everyone,
Most of you already know about the passing of our friend Ray Neades, but if this is the first you’ve heard it, I’m really sorry to report that Ray died in [...]

My dearest friend:
I bring news from the frigid north (Dorchester) and the frigid further north (Toronto). When last we corresponded, we had just canceled a bunch of November dates, and the band was making plans for some November/December recording in Charlie’s house. The November dates are still canceled, and the recording plans seem to have [...]

My dearest friend:
So, THIS is why I don’t like to tell you about tours until we’re actually in the car and on our way, and new releases until they’re manufactured and ready to be shipped from the distributor (or, more appropriately, until they’re uploaded to the internet for less-than-legal downloading). Those east coast dates we [...]

My Dearest Friend:
Oh what fun we had. For those of you who weren’t following my live tweeting of the Pernice family circus drive from Chicago to Minneapolis on Saturday, here’s where we stand. I was fired, then re-hired. I resigned after filing ethnic and sexual discrimination charges, after which I was subpoenaed. Then I re-upped, [...]