Comments on: Thing a Week 1 – See You All in Hell

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:57:56 +0000

Whoah, trippy. I had winamp set on repeat, and this track loops REALLY well. 3 minutes in, doing other stuff, i thought “wait, wasn’t this supposed to be short?”

Also: blast from the past. muahaha.

By: Torley

Torley — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:25:46 +0000

So this is where it began!

By: Wicked Kisses

Wicked Kisses — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:41:58 +0000

Ok, trying to parse this isn’t working. I played this for my ’sonofamusician’ S.O. and he kept asking what the guy was saying/singing. Got frustrated and walked away.
Purist.

So, in order to reestablish domestic bliss, could you post the text message? *pretty please*?

By: DJJoe

DJJoe — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:23:41 +0000

I may have to include this song in my file under filthy underwear songs. Besides the obvious filth it was absolutely charming.

By: matthewkappenman.net (test) » Blog Archive » Shop Vac…?

matthewkappenman.net (test) » Blog Archive » Shop Vac…? — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:40:21 +0000

[...] I’ve been reading Jonathon Coulton’s weblog for a while after good ol’ Dave Slusher started playing Jon’s tunes on his podcast, Evil Genius Chronicles. While I had usually enjoyed his blog, I didn’t really “get” his music until I head his latest “thing of the week” entitled Shop Vac. This man makes good music and it proves once again that the net is providing an amazingly creative distribution channel for great content. Jon please keep it coming! [...]

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:32:14 +0000

1. Note to self: never let future wife accept gifts of flattering underwear, unless from me.
2. MONKEY!!!!!
3. At first i thought they were going to clone him, but i guess bettey and the scientinst are just fucking , till betty gets pregnant

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:35:32 +0000

Useful info! But is it necessarily the one giving the gift who benefits? This is critically important.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:33:36 +0000

Betty is definitely cheating. Important lesson: if someone gives a lady underwear as a gift, chances are that someone is going to see that underwear on that lady sometime soon.

By: Mythgarr

Mythgarr — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:56:11 +0000

I suppose it all depends on just how strictly you define “cheating” – after all, they just said they were making a baby out of DNA. She never told him that it was HIS DNA.

By: Arlo

Arlo — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:42:37 +0000

Um, Duh.

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:57:37 +0000

i figured it out i was hearing only 1 of the 2 sterio channels, also is it just me or is betty cheating on the peson singing the song , with the lab guy?

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:04:36 +0000

oops, i aslo had 1 thing to say, i was messing around with my mac and somehow all your songs were transmuted into their instrumental versions with occational rhytmic grunts intespersed throughout.

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:03:07 +0000

hmm i wonder ….

By: JC

JC — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:37:03 +0000

rohit: all worthy challenges. The cardboard box is particularly intriguing to me…

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:19:44 +0000

hmm .. that sounds great . exept i don’t have an ipod. … hmm mabye you could create a news post , and let people post song ideas in the comment. Then you post the ones you like and might do , and the ones you are currently working on, heck you could even make your favorites into a cd. and to start it out:

1. a song about a cardborad box (if you can oull this off you will be {arguably} the most creative songwriter ever )

2. A song about monopoly, both the game and the busness concept, in 1 song. (again this should be a hell of a challenge)

3. see if you cant get popsci to pay you for making more songs.

4. a slashdot themed song.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:26:08 +0000

Rohit: no worries, I can’t very well fault anyone for asking that question given the content of that filthy, filthy song.

Pezulator: you read my mind…

By: jp3z

jp3z — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:18:10 +0000

I smell a podcast.

By: rohit507

rohit507 — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:40:41 +0000

sorry about my last comment i juast realized it might be offensive. Hmm i am wondering mabye for one weeks project release instrumental version of your songs, just an idea. Btw nice work

By: kien

kien — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:42:12 +0000

Cool idea. That’s 52 ditties in a year.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:38:44 +0000

gv: If that all happens in the next nine weeks, color me satisfied.

Glenn: well, write, I don’t know, I mixed a bunch of loops together in Apple Soundtrack if you think that counts. But no actual instruments were played by me. Did Fatboy Slim write “Rockefeller Skank?” Did…um…some other guy…write that other thing that’s kind of like that? These are the kinds of thorny questions we’re all going to have to struggle through together during these difficult two or so weeks of “Thing a Week.”

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:49:33 +0000

I like it, in that quirky bizarre way — did you write the music for this, or just grab it from something else?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:23:57 +0000

Lather,
rinse,
repeat

By: gv

gv — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:51:19 +0000

I think I can see where this is going.
Week 1: JC goes crazy.
Week 2: After trying for days to record the sound of one hand clapping, JC achieves enlightment.
Week 3: JC realizes all this enlightenment is bullshit if you’re starving.
Week 4: JC sells out to the RIAA, MPAA, AA, the NBA, and pretty much anyone else you can sell out to.
Week 5: JC buys yacht, retires happy.
Week 9: JC comes out of retirement for one last show.