sequences in schemas

[Joe Maldonado <jmaldonado(at)webehosting(dot)biz>]

Hello,
How come within a create schema block I cannot create a sequence?
I have entered in:

CREATE SCHEMA joe
   CREATE SEQUENCE joe_seq start 1
   CREATE TABLE joe_table (int id, varchar name)
;

and I get a syntax error for SEQUENCE. though if it is just tables I do not

-Joe