By far, the most FA’dQ is “Are there any tour plans?” You are old enough now to understand that life is complicated. I am asked daily about touring, and I do my best to answer without answering the question to which I don’t have an answer. I think you’ve reached a level of maturity that [...]

This is the complete correspondence between Boston Phoenix writer Eugenia Williamson and me on June 13, which was done for a nice piece she wrote about Pernice To Me. EW: How often do you use Twitter? When do tweet most often? Why did you decide to include the date and time of each tweet? JL: [...]

My dearest friend: Happy release day, everyone! Thanks to EVERYONE who ordered the CD. We are VERY grateful for your support. I hope you’re enjoying your CDs and books. Thanks as well to everyone who ordered extra things, especially the Charlie Ashmont t-shirts. As promised $1 from the sale of each of those is donated [...]

My dearest friend: The important stuff I have to tell you (unimportant stuff toward the bottom): PRE-ORDER PERNICE BROTHERS “GOODBYE, KILLER” Many, many, many of you (thank you!) have already pre-ordered the new CD, coming out June 10-15, depending where in this God-forsaken world you live. You may know it comes with a free autographed [...]

My dearest friend: I meant to write sooner, but it’s been CRAZY around here. We’ve all been waiting with bated breath (especially Charlie Ashmont, though his is baited, as in it smells like fish bait) for the President to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court. We knew that Pernice was on the short list, [...]

Oh. My. God. I’ve missed you guys. Well, some of you. Others of you are like voices in my head these days: with me all the time, talking to me about indie rock like I care, telling me what you had for lunch via a status update. But the rest of you, those with actual [...]