Today I’m releasing a live album called THE QUESTION JAR SHOW. It’s collected from shows I did in 2009 and 2010–myself and the inimitable bassist/cellist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston answering a lot of extremely weird questions, between stripped down renditions of songs.

Here’s where you can buy it on Amazon:

http://amzn.to/question-jar-show-mp3

Here’s where you can buy it on Barnes & Noble:

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/The-Question-Jar-Show/Mike-Doughty/e/20286166832

Here’s where you can buy it on iTunes:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-question-jar-show/id493518535

It’s very good. The questions are really, really bizarre. I hope you listen to it while driving, cooking food, and making sweet sweet love.

Also, Tuesday February 7 at 3pm EST, I’ll do a live Q&A and reading from “The Book of Drugs” on UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mike-doughty-live. It’s completely free; click the link on the 7th at 3PM and you will see me staring back at you.

Yours,

Mike Doughty

2012 “THE BOOK OF DRUGS” TOUR DATES:

2/2 – New York, NY* – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-nyc-store
2/3 – Charlotte, NC – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-charlotte
2/4 – Atlanta, GA – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-atlanta
2/6 – Savannah, GA* – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-savannah-store
2/7 – Orlando, FL – http://ticketf.ly/book-of-drugs-orlando
2/8 – Tampa, FL* – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-tampa-store
2/8 – Tampa, FL – http://ticketf.ly/book-of-drugs-tampa
2/10 – Birmingham, AL – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-birmingham
2/11 – New Orleans, LA – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-new-orleans
2/14 – Austin, TX – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-austin
2/15 – Dallas, TX – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-dallas
2/17 – Nashville, TN – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-nashville
2/18 – Lexington, KY – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-lexington
2/19 – Cincinnati, OH – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-cincinnati
2/21 – Ann Arbor, MI – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-ann-arbor
2/22 – Cleveland, OH*
2/22 – Cleveland, OH – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-cleveland
2/23 – Toronto, ON – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-toronto
2/24 – Rochester, NY – http://ticketf.ly/book-of-drugs-rochester
2/24 – Buffalo, NY*
2/25 – Albany, NY – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-albany
3/3 – New York, NY – http://bit.ly/doughty-city-winery1
3/22 – Evanston, IL – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-chicago
3/23 – Rosemont, IL – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-rosemont
3/24 – Minneapolis, MN
3/25 – Milwaukee, WI – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-milwaukee
3/27 – Omaha, NE
3/28 – Ames, IA
3/29 – Iowa City, IA
3/30 – Springfield, IL – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-springfield
3/31 – Kansas City, MO – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-kansas-city
4/1 – Boulder, CO – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-boulder
4/5 – Vancouver, BC – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-vancouver
4/6 – Portland, OR – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-portland
4/7 – Seattle, WA
4/10 – San Francisco, CA – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-san-francisco
4/11 – Los Angeles, CA
4/12 – San Juan Capistrano, CA
4/13 – San Diego, CA
4/14 – Cave Creek, AZ
4/21 – New York, NY – http://bit.ly/doughty-city-winery2

* denotes Bookstore Event

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So, I wrote a book called “The Book of Drugs.” It’s largely about drugs. There’s also a lot about the weirdness, and messed-up-ness, of life in Soul Coughing.

It would make a lovely Christmas or Hanukkah gift! Except, it’s not coming out until January 2012. Sorry bout that. I tried.

However! It can be pre-ordered on Amazon:

http://amzn.to/book-of-drugs

I’ll be touring solo in 2012, reading from the book, as well as playing songs–and doing a Q&A with the audience, which should be interesting. Tour dates below.

Hope you read! Hope you dig! And, hope to see you soon.

Mike Doughty

PS, If you click through all the customers-who-bought-this-item-also-bought stuff, several pages in, you’ll find the only thing on the list that’s not a book or an album: a stainless steel funnel meant for pouring liquor into a flask. Not a flask–a funnel to fill the flask. Awesome.

PPS, If you’re looking to get something that’s available now, I’m running a Holiday Sale on my merch store: http://merchdirect.com/mikedoughty. Use the promo code “doughty15″ at checkout, and save 15% on anything in the store.

2012 TOUR DATES:

2/2 – New York, NY* – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-nyc-store
2/3 – Charlotte, NC
2/4 – Atlanta, GA – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-atlanta
2/6 – Savannah, GA*
2/7 – Orlando, FL – http://ticketf.ly/book-of-drugs-orlando
2/8 – Tampa, FL* – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-tampa-store
2/8 – Tampa, FL
2/10 – Birmingham, AL – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-birmingham
2/11 – New Orleans, LA – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-new-orleans
2/14 – Austin, TX
2/15 – Dallas, TX – http://bit.ly/book-of-drugs-dallas
2/17 – Nashville, TN – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-nashville
2/18 – Lexington, KY
2/19 – Cincinnati, OH – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-cincinnati
2/21 – Ann Arbor, MI
2/22 – Cleveland, OH*
2/22 – Cleveland, OH – http://tktwb.tw/book-of-drugs-cleveland
2/23 – Toronto, ON
2/24 – Buffalo, NY*
2/25 – Albany, NY

* denotes Bookstore Event

Our long national nightmare is over. By this I mean our U.S. tour, which a) isn’t really over, as there’s two gigs in New York, tonight, and tomorrow, and b) actually was such a fun tour that we’re all bummed it’s done.

Band sounds great! Supatight, Supagroovy! There has been much raucous, dancey motion and singalonging.

Tonight! The Brooklyn Bowl.
Tomorrow! The Bowery Ballroom.

Info below. Please enjoy.

Also, ps, here’s a kind of “trailer” for the tour–shot in Denver–that we have completed just as the tour ends. Yeah.

http://bit.ly/doughty-tour-trailer

Yours,

Mike Doughty

Nov. 18 – Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Bowl)

http://ticketf.ly/doughty-brooklyn-bowl

Nov. 19 – New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-nyc

Did you hear the thing about me playing a capsule of an antidepressant on YES AND ALSO YES? It happens to be true. Here’s a video of me holding the little tiny capsule up to a mic and shaking it percussively on some tunes:

Now, the tour curves into the Mighty Midwest, and I’m stoked. The band sounds RIDICULOUSLY tight. I kind of used James Brown’s “Love Power Peace” 1972 live album as a model for this show–it’s like a fully realized, cohesive, propulsive set sequence of songs–like a truck with wings and a rocket engine.

Upcoming!

Minneapolis tonight!
Chicago on Saturday!
Cleveland on Sunday!

Midwesterners have made for fantastic crowds, for me, for a long time, so I have very high hopes for fun-ness. Hope to see you thar.

Signed, Your Man on I-94,

Mike Doughty

Nov. 11 – Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue) http://bit.ly/yes-minneapolis
Nov. 12 – Chicago, IL (House of Blues) http://bit.ly/yes-chicago
Nov. 13 – Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-cleveland
Nov. 15 – Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) http://bit.ly/yes-boston
Nov. 16 – Philadelphia, PA (Theatre of Living Arts) http://bit.ly/yes-philadelphia
Nov. 17 – Washington, DC (9:30 Club) http://bit.ly/yes-washington-dc
Nov. 18 – Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Bowl) http://ticketf.ly/doughty-brooklyn-bowl
Nov. 19 – New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-nyc

OK, that’s maybe optimistic. Some things aren’t coming up roses and daffodils. For instance, the obesity rate is still lamentable.

But! I’m still touring with my Band Fantastic. It’s been kinda great thus far. Very tight band. Rather funky.

This week! We’re in:

Denver on Tuesday!
SLC on Wednesday!
Los Angeles on Friday!
San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday!

It’s my ardent hope that you’ll attend. Detailed information is below.

We bought our merch-seller Jessie a red superhero cape, and she’s been wearing it. (unrelated to Halloween–having a superhero selling one’s shirts is clearly a winning sales strategy) She’s got buttons that say YES AND ALSO YES on them. Just that, not my name–that way, friends and coworkers will be confused about what you’re affirming. Go up and ask, she’ll give you one.

We’re also making recordings of every show; you can buy a CD on your way out, right after.

Hope to see you!

Mike

Nov. 1 – Denver, CO (Twist & Shout In-store Performance & Signing)

http://bit.ly/yes-denver

Nov. 2 – Salt Lake City, UT (The State Room)

http://bit.ly/yes-salt-lake-city

Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theatre) http://bit.ly/yes-los-angeles
Nov. 5 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent) http://bit.ly/yes-sanfran5th
Nov. 6 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent) http://bit.ly/yes-sanfran6th
Nov. 7 – Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-portland
Nov. 8 – Seattle, WA (Neumo’s Crystal Reading Room)

http://bit.ly/yes-seattle

Nov. 11 – Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue) http://bit.ly/yes-minneapolis
Nov. 12 – Chicago, IL (House of Blues) http://bit.ly/yes-chicago
Nov. 13 – Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-cleveland
Nov. 15 – Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) http://bit.ly/yes-boston
Nov. 16 – Philadelphia, PA (Theatre of Living Arts)

http://bit.ly/yes-philadelphia

Nov. 17 – Washington, DC (9:30 Club) http://bit.ly/yes-washington-dc
Nov. 18 – Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Bowl)

http://ticketf.ly/doughty-brooklyn-bowl

Nov. 19 – New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-nyc

Audio

Pre-ordering for Mike Doughty’s new album Yes and Also Yes has begun! The album is out August 30, but you can get in on the action early by pre-ordering from Amazon now: http://amzn.to/yes_and_also_yes.

Here’s the tracklist for Yes and Also Yes:

1. Na Na Nothing
2. Into the Un
3. Day By Day
4. Holiday (What Do You Want) with Rosanne Cash
5. Russell
6. Strike the Motion
7. Have At It
8. Makelloser Mann
9. The Huffer and the Cutter
10. Rational Man
11. Telegenic Exes, #1 (Hapless Dancers)
12. Weird Summer
13. Vegetable
14. Telegenic Exes, #2 (Astoria)

Get Mike’s New Album, Yes And Also Yes

Oct. 25 – Carrboro, NC (Cat’s Cradle) http://bit.ly/yes-carrboro
Oct. 26 – Charleston, SC (Music Farm) http://bit.ly/yes-charleston
Oct. 27 – Atlanta, GA (The Loft) http://bit.ly/yes-atlanta
Oct. 28 – Louisville, KY (Headliners) http://bit.ly/yes-louisville
Oct. 29 – St. Louis, MO (Euclid Records In-Store) http://bit.ly/yes-euclid-records
Oct. 29 – St. Louis, MO (The Old Rock House) http://bit.ly/yes-st-louis
Oct. 30 – Lawrence, KS (The Bottleneck) http://bit.ly/yes-lawrence
Nov. 1 – Denver, CO (Twist & Shout In-store Performance & Signing)
http://bit.ly/yes-denver
Nov. 2 – Salt Lake City, UT (The State Room)
http://bit.ly/yes-salt-lake-city
Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA (El Rey Theatre) http://bit.ly/yes-los-angeles
Nov. 5 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent) http://bit.ly/yes-sanfran5th
Nov. 6 – San Francisco, CA (The Independent) http://bit.ly/yes-sanfran6th
Nov. 7 – Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-portland
Nov. 8 – Seattle, WA (Neumo’s Crystal Reading Room)
http://bit.ly/yes-seattle
Nov. 11 – Minneapolis, MN (First Avenue) http://bit.ly/yes-minneapolis
Nov. 12 – Chicago, IL (House of Blues) http://bit.ly/yes-chicago
Nov. 13 – Cleveland, OH (Beachland Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-cleveland
Nov. 15 – Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) http://bit.ly/yes-boston
Nov. 16 – Philadelphia, PA (Theatre of Living Arts)
http://bit.ly/yes-philadelphia
Nov. 17 – Washington, DC (9:30 Club) http://bit.ly/yes-washington-dc
Nov. 18 – Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Bowl)
http://ticketf.ly/doughty-brooklyn-bowl
Nov. 19 – New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom) http://bit.ly/yes-nyc