Comments on: Thing a Week 8 - Sibling Rivalry

By: The blog of whall » Internet drama - we all can learn

The blog of whall » Internet drama - we all can learn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:05:54 +0000

[...] but cried out Jane’s name in the bedroom this one time. This is especially awkward because Joan and Jane are sisters. And in watching the conversations between Bob and Jane, he finds out that Bob’s been [...]

By: Splee

Splee — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:23:28 +0000

I know I’m late to the party here, but this tune kinda has a Lemon Jelly feel to it. I like it a lot, especially after reading this post about your constraints when creating it.

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:10:41 +0000

Sorry for double-posting, but I just listened to the voice a bit harder, and it doesn’t sound like Spiner if you pay attention to the timbre. Brent’s voice has a lighter sound to it; this guy’s is too deep. It’s definitely a striking first-listen resemblance, though.

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:07:36 +0000

Rach: I can see where you’re coming from on that. He does. In fact, I can hear in my mind a line where Data from ST:TNG uses the exact same inflection pattern as in “Jane and Joan need a time-out”. I can’t remember his words, though. Weird.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:21:51 +0000

I still haven’t figured out where the VO came from, but I’m pretty sure it’s David Guion’s voice.

By: DTH

DTH — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:34:59 +0000

OK, so I’ve been trying to figure out where the voice over came from… all I can imagine is some reality-type show, about two sisters in some sort of contest - making weird stuff, playing tennis, and… god knows what. So JoCo, I gotta know - just where did the voice over for this come from?!!

By: Chris Radcliff

Chris Radcliff — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:53:30 +0000

Just listened to this for the millionth time, but this time I heard it differently. For some reason I started picturing a video for this where Jane and Joan aren’t just sisters, they’re assassins sent to kill each other. It fits well enough that I’d love to see it on JoCoPro sometime…

Might just be something I ate, too.

By: D

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:09:14 +0000

As in, the lyrics page link from the Songs page is broken.

By: remolon

remolon — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:35:14 +0000

Great song! But please, check out the lyrics page.

By: Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » Joan and Jane and Joan

Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » Joan and Jane and Joan — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:49:16 +0000

[...] Derek sends me these links, thus demonstrating that there is some kind of creepy resonance thing happening with sisters named Joan and Jane - of course you remember Thing a Week 8. Gotta love Google (unless you are Chinese). [...]

By: Noblogofmyown

Noblogofmyown — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:33:05 +0000

This track makes me think of The Apprentice or some other challenging “reality” show.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:45:41 +0000

I’m not hearing some o the lyrics in an entirely new light, particularly “you’re forver married to Brookline”.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:22:56 +0000

Yes, sorry ladies, there’s a wife. You will have to find another unemployed manchild with a beard. Did I mention she is a robot wife?

By: Glenn Peters

Glenn Peters — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:11:39 +0000

jp3z: Did you think the child was a result of parthenogenesis? (Although with Jc, the choices abound — cloning, monkeys, robot child minions…)

By: Brooklyn Bluesman

Brooklyn Bluesman — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:57:07 +0000

I knew it-your wife was the bionically altered character in “Better”, right?

By: jp3z

jp3z — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:24:16 +0000

Married?!

By: JC

JC — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:41:11 +0000

Gabriela: I went to college with a Brookliner and then I married one. I wrote that song for a Little Gray Books lecture about Brookline (which we actually just re-performed in Brookline this last weekend. I have become one of the pod people…

Susan: thanks dude.

By: sue lew

sue lew — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:51:53 +0000

Now here’s a song I can dance to! How very DJ Shadow of you. Hope your Brookline gig went swimmingly.

Susan

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:55:26 +0000

I live in Brookline, and found your song suprisingly accurate, and funny. How do you know of Brookline?

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:55:31 +0000

Fun! Nice work under challenging circumstances. Not as easy to sing along with as the last couple “angry” songs (which were both great) - but there’s the teasing hint of a story there . . .

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:24:19 +0000

First Brookline, now Brooklyn! Will Brookhaven be next?

By: Rach

Rach — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:57:20 +0000

Your friend sounds a bit like Brent Spiner….