Comments on: The Future is Now http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Action Ben http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-239781 Action Ben Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:30:53 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-239781 'Better' is just an awesome song. In my head, it plays over the closing credits of the film they'll never make of Warren Ellis's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek" rel="nofollow">Mek</a> ‘Better’ is just an awesome song. In my head, it plays over the closing credits of the film they’ll never make of Warren Ellis’s Mek

]]> By: Mike O. http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-87749 Mike O. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:17:23 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-87749 JC your music is both funny & great to listen to but your website has hardly changed. Will you be posting anymore new song,albums on your website? -M.P. JC your music is both funny & great to listen to but your website has hardly changed.
Will you be posting anymore new song,albums on your website?

-M.P.

]]> By: isaac http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-23523 isaac Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:06:55 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-23523 WoAH! "skullcrusher mountain", is my recently new favourite song of all time. Well done mr coulton.... I thought nothing could've bettered Jafar's "second rate"... but you managed it. -Isaaaaaaac WoAH! “skullcrusher mountain”, is my recently new favourite song of all time.

Well done mr coulton…. I thought nothing could’ve bettered Jafar’s “second rate”… but you managed it.

-Isaaaaaaac

]]> By: A Midgett Blog » Post-ITS http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-753 A Midgett Blog » Post-ITS Tue, 01 Nov 2005 01:22:05 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-753 [...] At the risk of coming across as a complete Coulton fanboi (after all, I paired another song of his to one of my videos in a previous entry), I’ll trackback to his blog entry about the song, I used, “I Feel Fantastic.” He really does make good music. [...] [...] At the risk of coming across as a complete Coulton fanboi (after all, I paired another song of his to one of my videos in a previous entry), I’ll trackback to his blog entry about the song, I used, “I Feel Fantastic.” He really does make good music. [...]

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-186 JC Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:04:53 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-186 Hey thanks Roy. I don't know how you could have missed it - maybe because I don't play live and never promote myself, something like that. But now that the Boston Globe is onto me, it's only a matter of time before this thing busts WIDE OPEN. Hey thanks Roy. I don’t know how you could have missed it - maybe because I don’t play live and never promote myself, something like that. But now that the Boston Globe is onto me, it’s only a matter of time before this thing busts WIDE OPEN.

]]> By: Roy E http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-184 Roy E Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:03:40 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-184 Congrats on the article about your songs in today's (8/21) Boston Globe! How did I (a software nerd and music lover) not know about this stuff before? Just listened to "That Spells DNA" and it's better than I could have imagined it could be. Great stuff ... count me as a new fan! Congrats on the article about your songs in today’s (8/21) Boston Globe! How did I (a software nerd and music lover) not know about this stuff before? Just listened to “That Spells DNA” and it’s better than I could have imagined it could be. Great stuff … count me as a new fan!

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-169 JC Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:52:02 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-169 Patrick: what a coincidence, that is exactly how I think of it now. And there is ALWAYS a wacky neighbor. Patrick: what a coincidence, that is exactly how I think of it now. And there is ALWAYS a wacky neighbor.

]]> By: Patrick Mortensen http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-168 Patrick Mortensen Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:37:31 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-168 I like the new songs, but when I am old and my brain is blurring and compressing my memories, I will remember "I Feel Fantastic" as a Bare Naked Ladies video where all the performers are replaced by "Spitting Image" puppets of Tom Cruise. There may also be a wacky neighbor. No disrespect. I like the new songs, but when I am old and my brain is blurring and compressing my memories, I will remember “I Feel Fantastic” as a Bare Naked Ladies video where all the performers are replaced by “Spitting Image” puppets of Tom Cruise. There may also be a wacky neighbor.

No disrespect.

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-167 JC Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:16:49 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-167 Chemo: thanks, and good point. I will try to get the lyrics up here on this site today. Josh: nice work! And remember, nobody finds anything except by looking for themselves. Dude. Chemo: thanks, and good point. I will try to get the lyrics up here on this site today.

Josh: nice work! And remember, nobody finds anything except by looking for themselves. Dude.

]]> By: Josh http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-166 Josh Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:57:24 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-166 wow, funny stuff, really good. Actually I did the illustrations to go along with the mental doping story. Of course I found your stuff only because I was obssesively checking my own dissemination into the interwebs. wow, funny stuff, really good.

Actually I did the illustrations to go along with the mental doping story.

Of course I found your stuff only because I was obssesively checking my own dissemination into the interwebs.

]]> By: Geek News Central http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-165 Geek News Central Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:47:38 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-165 <strong>GNC-2005-08-16 #91</strong> I lead todays podcast off with another real Ghost story from my home lots of listener e-mail. Prizes for show... GNC-2005-08-16 #91

I lead todays podcast off with another real Ghost story from my home lots of listener e-mail. Prizes for show…

]]> By: Chemo http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-164 Chemo Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:46:03 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-164 downloaded the ones from pop sci out of curiousity, definetly good, i'm moving them to my Pocket PC (most exclusive place for any of my music), just a question, do you have the lyrics online anywhere? -Chemo Austin, TX downloaded the ones from pop sci out of curiousity, definetly good, i’m moving them to my Pocket PC (most exclusive place for any of my music), just a question, do you have the lyrics online anywhere?

-Chemo
Austin, TX

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-160 JC Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:58:27 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-160 gv: I would say on the order of 10^0 or perhaps the extreme lower end of 10^1, but that might be pushing it. Next time I'm going to be in CA, I'll let you know. I actually might be making a trip out to the west coast sometime this fall on some other unrelated business... gv: I would say on the order of 10^0 or perhaps the extreme lower end of 10^1, but that might be pushing it. Next time I’m going to be in CA, I’ll let you know. I actually might be making a trip out to the west coast sometime this fall on some other unrelated business…

]]> By: El Chupacabra http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-158 El Chupacabra Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:51:02 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-158 Well, because. I kinda subscribe to that old myth that eating parts of things gives you superpowers related to said things. And I'm trying to learn to samba. Also to grow four legs and chew on flora. Good work again. Well, because.

I kinda subscribe to that old myth that eating parts of things gives you superpowers related to said things. And I’m trying to learn to samba. Also to grow four legs and chew on flora.

Good work again.

]]> By: gv http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-157 gv Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:02:36 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-157 As the unofficial vice president of the unofficial Caltech chapter of the Jonathan Coulton fan club, I'd like to congratulate you on another job well done. Can you give us an order-of-magnitude estimate on what it would take (in units of free beer) for you to come play here? As the unofficial vice president of the unofficial Caltech chapter of the Jonathan Coulton fan club, I’d like to congratulate you on another job well done. Can you give us an order-of-magnitude estimate on what it would take (in units of free beer) for you to come play here?

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-155 JC Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:48:40 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-155 Ah yes, both Gordy and JonF have uncovered the secret (even to me) influences that spawned my robot characters. I had forgotten that there is actually already a fictional robot called the T1000 (oops), and I was certainly riffing on Rosie the maid when I thought of poor worn-down Jane. See how we steal when we create? Or technically, see how I steal when I create? Hopefully, someone will sue me. Bring it on counselor! Senor Chup: no word from the professor yet. Could be a bad email address, or could be he doesn't like jokes about him dying. P.S. Why do you drink the blood of Mexican livestock? Ah yes, both Gordy and JonF have uncovered the secret (even to me) influences that spawned my robot characters. I had forgotten that there is actually already a fictional robot called the T1000 (oops), and I was certainly riffing on Rosie the maid when I thought of poor worn-down Jane. See how we steal when we create? Or technically, see how I steal when I create? Hopefully, someone will sue me. Bring it on counselor!

Senor Chup: no word from the professor yet. Could be a bad email address, or could be he doesn’t like jokes about him dying. P.S. Why do you drink the blood of Mexican livestock?

]]> By: El Chupacabra http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-154 El Chupacabra Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:55:16 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-154 Hey. Way to show that Todd bastard who's the boss. By the way, did the good professor ever get back to you on the song? Hey. Way to show that Todd bastard who’s the boss. By the way, did the good professor ever get back to you on the song?

]]> By: JonF http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-153 JonF Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:27:26 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-153 ...wait, wasn't that robot's name Rosie? never mind... …wait, wasn’t that robot’s name Rosie? never mind…

]]> By: JonF http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-152 JonF Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:26:08 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-152 Awesome job, Jonathan; I especially enjoyed the "Jetsons" reference Awesome job, Jonathan; I especially enjoyed the “Jetsons” reference

]]> By: Gordy http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-151 Gordy Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:28:56 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/08/09/the-future-is-now/#comment-151 Not to nitpick, but wasn't it the T800 that was all muscular and had the glowing red eye, and the T1000 that was all liquid-metallic? Still great songs, and I'm pointing everyone I know to them. "Better" might be one of my favorite songs at this point. Not to nitpick, but wasn’t it the T800 that was all muscular and had the glowing red eye, and the T1000 that was all liquid-metallic?

Still great songs, and I’m pointing everyone I know to them. “Better” might be one of my favorite songs at this point.

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