An Illustrated Guide...

"He dances like a noodle and does not get self-conscious. He writes straightforward lyrics about exactly what is on his mind, like a goofy teenager with a crush on the world."

--An Illustrated Guide to Jonathan Richman from Emily Nokes of theStranger.com. 

Yoga In His Toga

 

Kate Kingsmill of the Sydney Morning Herald reflects on JR&ML, The Doors, VU, U2 and Venice Beach. I can't tell if the author is literally in Venice Beach, or has been transported there by the music.  

Photo courtesy of salzanophoto.com.

One Kind Of Cheese And One Kind Only

After 8 years of working at San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery Co-op Cheese Department, this guy finally had himself a Jonathan encounter. Apparently, Jonathan frequents the store and is unsurprisingly a creature of habit when it comes to his cheese.


Here is Andreas's breathlessly cute story, courtesy of missionmission.org

Videos From 1998!

Check out these live video's from October 1998: http://www.musicvault.com/jonathan-richman/video/parties-in-the-usa_1007932.html

An interview of Ernie Brooks

For all Modern Lovers fans, you can find a detailed interview of Ernie Brooks by Legs Mc Neil (co-author of the celebrated "Please Kill me" book) by clicking here

Jonathan Richman celebrates Lou Reed’s birthday!

Wax! Crackle! Pop! Show #15: Jonathan Richman celebrates Lou Reed’s birthday!

Listen to that great radio show on Radio Valencia in San Francisco from March 3d, which is available HERE


Jonathan for the first time tells about his meeting with the Velvets, the recording of  "Loaded" and pays tribute to his youth hero, Lou Reed. A real must listening !!

S. E. Rogie and Jonathan

Hello everyone,

In the late 80's Jonathan played a few shows on the same bill as legend S. E. Rogie.
S. E. Rogie is the author of "African Lady", which is on the great "Modern Lovers 88" album.

Here's a recording of Jonathan performing African Lady with S. E. in London, at the Mean Fiddler, on June 28, 1988: AfricanLady_19880628.mp3

And, here's the full show in a zip file if you want to hear a great late 80's show: 1988-06-28_London_MeanFiddler.zip

No Me Quejo De Mi Estr

Check out this new import: http://www.amazon.com/No-Me-Quejo-Mi-Estr/dp/B00HHJDP0O/ref=sr_1_28?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392387968&sr=1-28&keywords=jonathan+richman

Looks like this is a compilation of recordings from his last few albums.

Here's an article with more information: http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/JonathanRichman-NoMeQuejoDeMiEstrella-Munster-94914.html