Coney Island High ...finally Record Release Show 3/4/96

This was the record release show/party for ...finally. It was a great show and everyone was in very high spirits. If I remember correctly it was in the smaller room on the first floor. There was talk of some supposed local TV News being there (I think it was supposed to have been WWOR-TV Channel 9). But there were no such people there. The band played songs from the album ("Skyline", "How To Be Happy", etc) that were to be performed less and less over the coming months. The band had recently been interviewed on WDRE-FM and were enjoying a brief spell of some well-deserved publicity. They played NY about six more times that year.

This was the only time I ever saw the band billed under the "Discovery Records Presents/Recording Artists" banner.

Joybuzzer Subscription Order Form!

This was the subscription order-form for the official TMJ fanclub, Joybuzzer. It was seriously very well-produced, well-written and was actually a good read.
Note: the appropriate section was filled-out and sent to the appropriate party a long time ago.

Map Like Mine

This was sent out in issue # nine of Joybuzzer. So the idea behind this was that there was overlap of multiple maps so that various members would get the same map (i.e. a "map like mine"). Which was a clever and very cool, if cute, idea. Since it's one of my very favorite TMJ songs - and the namesake of this site - I figured I'd include the actual map that I received. This appears to be a map of Tunisia.

Irving Plaza 4/21/95 opening for The Rake's Progress

This was during the band's unsigned period. It was a pretty groovy performance opening for a significantly lesser band. Aside from some dude who hopped on the stage and quickly dry-humped Tim (really), the band didn't get much of reaction. The crowd was largely there to see headliners The Rake's Progress. Who, by the way were very-nearly a forth-rate smirky version of TMJ, but not quite. Better times were just around the corner for TMJ though.

The Mercury Lounge 2/22/95

Probably the only (other) time I ever got a physical ticket for a TMJ show. This was fantastic show, if recall rightly. It was during the band's lean years and they were looking for a contract. I'm fairly certain that this was Tim's birthday.

Son Of Sam I Am Giant Records Promo Photo

Here's the band in New Jersey on the set of their music video for "That's A Lie".

Son Of Sam I Am Alias Records Promo Photo