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 [...]

Download “Jacqueline Susann” from Goodbye, Killer, out June 15.

Cover painting by Jeffrey Valluzzi with assistance by Tom Pappalardo.

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 [...]