Appendix E-J

For many years now, musician friends have come up from Denver to play at Everyday Joe’s or friends from Fort Collins have moved to Denver. Now, though, the good people of D-Town may just be talking about this place at 144 S. Mason.

I got a text message yesterday morning from an old vounteer-turned-Denverite. “Everyday Joe’s made the Denver Post,” it read. “Shout out about joes in the A&E section.”

“Whaaaaaaaa?” I replied.

I bought a paper yesterday for the first time in at least 2 years. I turned to the A&E section and read a well-written piece by Mr. Ricardo Baca concerning the music coming out of what he called The Great North Of Fort Collins. Part of the reasoning given for the great music…the great venues. And oh yeah…Everyday Joe’s is a venue.

There are very kind words there from very kind people: Jon Alonzo and Danielle Ate The Sandwich.

“My favorite place to play in Colorado is Everyday Joe’s,” said Danielle Anderson, better known as Danielle Ate the Sandwich, a mostly solo folk act with more than 3.5 million YouTube views and a No. 5 peak on the iTunes singer- songwriter chart. “It’s such a quiet room, and the people — the Fort Collins people, who are my people — are good people.”

If you want to read our dear friend Jon’s kind words, please read the rest of the story over at the Post’s site.

Daneille’s words, though, talk about the good Fort Collins people. You are good people. We could not agree with her more. We’ve been saying this a lot lately, but it is worth repeating: thank you for being our community. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your community. It is an honor we take seriously.

You are so very, very snazzy.

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Oh my oh my are we glad to give this to you.

It almost didn’t happen, you know. We weren’t sure if a Volume 4 should exist. Then, our minds/hearts were changed. We’re beyond pleased to give you Love, Everyday Joe’s | Vol. 4: We Have A Strong City.

In the past, this has been used as a fundraiser to help pay our music licensing fees. This year, donations will be directed back to the musicians who donated songs…all 14 of them. They are: Candy Claws, Aaron Espe, Jessica Sonner, Ask You In Gray, Aaron Strumpel, The Sunshine House, Lifeboat Etiquette, Luke Flowers, The Blackthorn Project, Danielle Ate The Sandwich, Paper Bird, Dan Craig, You Me & Apollo, and Baily Stauffer & The Katy Janes.

It’s a large handful of the musicians who have helped shape this place. Please support them, read a little bit more about this year’s compilation, and download the tunes. You can do all that by clicking on the cover art below. Have a good listen!

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Chalk us up as near-giddy.

We’ve been working for the past year or so on a way to brew coffee other places. A way to take our method of service outside of 144 S. Mason. Well, it’s happening.

The good people of Grant Family Farms have invited us to be the coffee & tea vendor at their 3rd Annual Harvestival this weekend. We accepted with gratefulness and began to plan. Here’s what will go down:

• We’ll be offering one bean brewed your choice of 3 ways: French Press, Hario V60, or Clever Coffee Dripper. The bean is Santa Monica from Concordia Colombia. It’s mighty fine. Read all the tasty deets at Novo’s site.
• We’ll be offering a nice array of hot, loose leaf teas from The Tea Table. Black, Green, Herbal, Rooibos…we’ll have you covered.
• We’ll also have those snazzy new diner mugs and Clever Coffee Drippers for sale.
• The booth will largely be staffed by your fav Everyday Joe’s volunteers, so come say hey.
• There will be killer live music at the festy. We’re most looking forward to Mr. Isakov and Ms. Sandwich.

Methinks that list covers most things important. Check the poster below for all other deets or head to the Harvestival site. See you this weekend!

Oh…and we love you.

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It’s here!

Your digital Santa Claus has arrived. The third installment of our annual compilation CD – Love, Everyday Joe’s - is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Not for a limited time, mind you, but for always. Our gift to you for being the community and family that we love to bits.

Volume 3 – entitled Wake Up, Oh Sleeper – is made up of 18 tracks donated by 18 artists that we love very much who donated tunes to this project just for you. Would you like to know who they are? Here you go:

You & Yourn, You Me & Apollo, Aaron Strumpel, Shadows On A River, Candy Claws, The Changing Colors, The Blackthorn Project, Danielle Ate The Sandwich, Paper Bird, Katie Herzig, Cody Crump, Midwest Dilemma, Paean, ABoyandHisKite, John Common & Blinding Flashes Of Light, Karli Fairbanks, Sara Swenson, and Oh Starling (Dan Craig and Jessica Sonner).

That’s a dandy, eh? A free dandy. Of course, you can always donate to the cause if you see fit. All donations will go to paying our music licensing fees that make it possible to have musicians play at Everyday Joe’s. This is all explained at the download page, which you can get to by clicking here or on the cover art below. Happy listening!

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Much time around Everyday Joe’s is spent contacting bands we’d love to see play here (I mean, really, why wait for someone else to book them?). Probably two years ago, I e-mailed an act called Casados. I don’t remember much about them, just that they were good enough to make me want to watch them play music.

3 months ago, I got an e-mail back.

Casados is now existing under the moniker You & Yourn. They still play fantastic music. I know because they were nice enough to send along an advance copy of their forthcoming album It Would Make Things Worse, out October 27 on Parasol Records. I might actually have 2 copies of the album and I might be looking to give one away, pending approval from the proper authorities. Stay in touch.

In the mean time, please enjoy “Commercial Paper.” You & Yourn will make their Everyday Joe’s debut this coming Saturday (September 26), sharing the stage with our good friend Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Cover is $5 at the door. Showtime is 7 pm.

“Commercial Paper” by You and Yourn

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FURTHER:

• You & Yourn on Myspace
• Danielle Ate The Sandwich on YouTube (hilarity)

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