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heeding the Marian Call

Chris — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:28:43 +0000

So yeah. You like good music, right? And you likes you some sci-fi*, right? If so, I need you to do three things:

Watch this. Mostly listen, really, because you’ve seen the visuals before**:
Listen to lots more Marian Call music, and contemplate picking some up on iTunes or your favorite music-purchasing outlet.
Wonder where Marian Call has been all your life, and realize she’ll be at Lestat’s next Wednesday night. If that’s too far away for you, there’s always following her on Twitter and asking her to tour a bit closer. (Not the same, I know.)

So there you go. I don’t ask much, do I?

* but not SyFy, because WTF, right?
** and if you haven’t, we need to talk.

Happy Birthday, Frontalot

Chris — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:59:33 +0000

Today is MC Frontalot‘s 35th birthday, which means he’s 6 days older than me. And he always will be! In honor of that, I give you a series of nerdy dances:

“Can you make me a thing? That looks like a thing?”

Deana — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:21:39 +0000

Dr. Horrible: An oral history

Jonathan Coulton in San Diego tomorrow night

Chris — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:31:11 +0000

He’s here, so I’m there! Jonathan Coulton will be performing with Paul and Storm on Saturday, May 17th at Lestat’s in Normal Heights. Details (as per usual) are at Eventful.

The show’s at 9pm, and tickets are being sold at the door for an undisclosed sum somewhere around $10. I’ll probably get there around 8:30, or earlier if I find out that Jonathan is sitting at the bar by himself like the last time. (grumble grumble House of Blues grumble.)

my man-crush on JoCo continues

Chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:52:08 +0000

Geekdad ran a great interview with Jonathan Coulton today, at the end of which he summed up the Geekdad (and Global Spin) philosophy perfectly:

Jonathan Coulton: I have the luxury of being able to say this because things have worked out pretty well for me, and I’m very grateful for that, but I really think this is true: the best example you can set for your kids is to do what you love. People who grow up feeling like geeks soon become very practiced at hiding the parts of themselves that don’t fit in with the rest of the people around them, and that’s a terrible shame. I hope my kid loves math (or robots or elves or aliens), and I hope she doesn’t care who knows it.

For our part, we here at Global Spin will continue to protect our freaks, no matter how old they are.

RPM Challenge

Chris — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:30:20 +0000

(A kind of unicorn chaser, yes.) If you liked the idea of writing a novel in a month, what do you think of writing, recording, and editing an entire album in a month? Better yet, how about doing it in the shortest month of the year?

The RPM Challenge is to record 35 minutes of new music in 28 days, 10 songs you can burn to a CD and ship off before the end date. Sounds like a lot of fun if you have the time, which I don’t, but I wish I did. (I’ve had some fun noodling around with GarageBand before.)

See also: February Album Writing Month. (The difference? Beats me.)

I like big geeks and I cannot lie….

Deana — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:07:08 +0000

For some reason, that was going through my head and I decided to google it, since I can’t be the only girl who likes geeks. And I was right! So here it is: Baby Got Brains. It’s a parody of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s Baby Got Back. Everybody sing along!

JoCo in San Diego!

Chris — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:18:12 +0000

You may have noticed that little demand sticker on the sidebar here. I’ve been hoping to get Jonathan Coulton to visit our little cultural backwater for a while now, and he’s finally agreed! Details:

Who: Jonathan Coulton
When: Tuesday, 20 February at 8:00 pm
Where: House of Blues San Diego

Details at Eventful, of course. So there you have it. If you’re in San Diego that night and you like… stuff… you absolutely have to be there. I will!

Thing a Week One available

Chris — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:11:18 +0000

I implore you to rush out and purchase Jonathan Coulton’s latest CD, Thing a Week One.� Specifically I’d recommend getting it in old-fashioned CD form, because it comes with exciting new artwork and liner notes from John Hodgman.� It’s the first of four soon-to-be-released discs compiling all the Thing a Week songs I’ve raved about, and it can’t help but be a collector’s item.�� Or something.� Besides, it’s only ten bucks.

skullcrusher mountain

Chris — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:47:36 +0000

I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you
But I get the feeling that you don�t like it
What�s with all the screaming?
You like monkeys, you like ponies
Maybe you don�t like monsters so much
Maybe I used too many monkeys
Isn�t it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

–Jonathan Coulton, Skullcrusher Mountain