While Cooper doesn't seem quite like the kind of artist that would endear himself to performing in downtown rock dives, let alone headlining an anniversary show for a punk-centric club like Emo's, stranger things have happened....

I don’t believe I’m properly equipped to "welcome" myself after yet another year of meeting with you on Tuesdays (sometimes Wednesdays, Thursdays, Whateverdays). And it’s not easy to express my gratitude to people I’ve never met. People who have so many different reasons for being here, for something so irreverently personal. So I’ll defer my copy to the illustrious Mr. Samuel Clemens, as he handed thanks to the Lotus Club in 1908....