Thanks so much for writing. You are my FAVORITE breakdancer! Your dancing on stage at the show in Reno was AMAZING. Please come to my next show in Reno too, and we’ll get you up onstage to dance again.

I am SO GLAD you are gonna take piano lessons. Before you know it, you’ll be playing keyboard solos onstage with me as well.

See you next time in Reno!

Thanks so much for the birthday song! You four blokes are really very talented — you should think of making a career out of this music thing. Also, there’s a guy I know named Phineas who you should really meet — you have a lot of similarities in musicality and temperament. And hair.

It was great seeing you too! You still got it, baby. My next show in Northern CA is at the grand opening of the amazing new state-of-the-art Lafayette Library in Lafayette, CA on November 14th. If you wanna go, contact me so we make sure to get ya on the list. I can’t wait to see Julie again!

I will search the world for James on my tours. Sorry for the late reply — I was on the road.

I remember talking to you after the show! It’s great to hear from you. Sorry it took a few days to respond — I was on vacation in the mountains after playing the Dr. Noize show at Keystone. Yes, I’m sorry I forgot to bring the shirts up to the show on Sunday. You have two options. It’s come to my attention that one Doctor Noize shirt design (featuring Backbone The Octopus from the book and CD) is on sale for $9 this week at the online retailer Cafe Press. Here’s the link:

http://shop.cafepress.com/music

If that’s not the shirt you want, then email me at doctornoize@pictoriacreations.com and I will personally make sure you get the shirt design you want at the show price, since I’m the bonehead who forgot to get the T-Shirts out at the show!

Thanks Addi!

Wow, what a great question! Well, I would have to say right off the bat that my greatest influence as a kazooist is the renowned yet reclusive kazoomaster Kazooki Joe Hog. As everybuddy knows, KJH is a warthog who resides with the monkeys on the Island Of Thelonious. He practices new virtuosic kazoo repertoire all year in complete solitude, only to emerge and grace the concert hall stage to premiere the new works on the island a mere once per year. Needless to say, tickets are almost impossible to come by. I try to make it when I can.

It goes without saying that Kazooki Joe is the great master of the “trio kazoo” technique, in which he blows one kazoo through each of his gigantamongous nostrils and a third through his mouth. He thus alternates sections of blissful three part harmonies with his “extreme soloing” technique, which features blistering leads through his mouthtacular kazoo as he harmonizes underneath with the dual kazoos stuck in his nostrils. Breathtaking indeed.

Thanks for asking!