The best thing about the short-lived 2000 Bruce Campbell TV series Jack of All Trades is the main title theme song. Really! It was nominated for an Emmy and only lost because it was up against The West Wing. (But…
Category: music
The Time Has Come to Celebrate My Birthday
Take it away, Jonathan Coulton: I’ll be having a grand day out in lovely PDX today, but feel free to join the virtual party by leaving a comment here (or on Facebook, or by e-mail, or via passenger pigeon) which…
All the Joe You Need
G.I. Joe, that is. Why spend money on a crappy movie when you can see the music video for free? Especially when the music video has, arguably, bigger stars* and better writing than the feature film? The Ballad of G.I….
Even Klingon Warriors Mourn His Passing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvuWcnZF_8A May he moonwalk forever in Stovokor. Michael Jackson (1958-2009) ~CKL
Apropos of Nothing
It’s not entirely literal, but snarkiness trumps consistency any day: Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version ADDENDUM: The earlier–and, arguably, much superior–“Take On Me” Literal Video: ~CKL
And Speaking of Flu Pandemics…
The excellent podcast This Week in Science used this song as a bumper all the time: It’s by The Flying Fish Sailors of Houston, Texas. I imagine they’re getting some mileage out of it these days. Also, I seem to…
How’m I Doing?
Short answer: Pretty well. Long answer: Remember all those commitments I made at the beginning of the year? I haven’t managed to meet all of them, but I’m making the effort and accomplishing a decent majority of everything I set…
Last Night, in Portland
Yes, we won the on-site lottery for $25 tickets to see Wicked, and that is what we saw from our “limited view” seats. That’s the good news. The bad news is, I seem to have caught the throat cold…
Quote of the Day
“This is the thing about the new landscape that drives everyone crazy: you can’t see inside the cow; you can only build one, feed it music, and wait for it to poop.”— Jonathan Coulton The good news? When it does…