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Which is what this will be for many of you today – traffic on the First of May is always a little heavy for some reason, but my poor server is doing its best to keep up. I wish you all a happy Spring, even if you don’t know it.
This song is free even when it is not this day of the year, but it is especially free today (if you know what I mean):
First of May (<–Not At All Safe For Work)
May 1st, 2009 at 11:31 am
Nice. Ive been plugging a live version of first of may on FB and Twitter.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:42 am
I went to a friend and fellow fan’s house the other day and sang First of May into a mic. She put it together with her and another friend’s voice and sent it to this guy. He had others sing and send it to him and put them all together.
http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/05/01/first-of-may-by-the-mind-on-fire-choir/
May 1st, 2009 at 11:50 am
It’s raining here today. Hope there’s still plenty of people around when I go to the park.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am
It’s still a little chilly here for any “first of may-ing”, but some cats were taking advantage of it in the wee hours of the morning.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:29 pm
The First of May is a big day: Nothing like starting your First of May visiting the JoCo website followed by some screwing round, if you know what I mean.
FYI, for whatever reason all song info pages have the title “Page not found” even though they otherwise properly display content.
May 1st, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Kinda makes sense, even your website got borked on first of may
May 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
First of May kind of loses its meaning when you live in San Diego the land of year round spring, but any excuse for extreme outdoor cardio activities is fine by me!!! In my opinion we need far more extreme JoCo holidays with other deviant behaviors. Preferably involving heart attack foods, promiscuous women/men/transgenders and copious amounts of alcohol! (and if we could have one holiday that included all of them Christmas and other lesser holidays would soon be forgotten!)
May 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
There’s something I’ve always wondered.
From what I understand, amongst many different flavors of pagan religions, May 1st is Beltane, which is a holiday that among other things focuses on fertility. Dancing around the Maypole on 5/1, for instance, is a big honkin’ fertility ritual.
Is this just a huge coincidence, or was it an influence behind JoCo writing the song?
May 1st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I live in Florida: if I followed the advice of this song, I’d be arrested and put on a sex offender list. (sigh)
May 1st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I vote this unofficial Jonathan Coulton day.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I woke up singing this song today. God bless you, J.C.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:55 pm
It just came up on my iTunes, which made me laugh. Thank you!
May 1st, 2009 at 8:07 pm
A couple of JoCo fans at work…
Couple Arrested After Drunken Tryst on Queen’s Lawn
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050102322.html?hpid=moreheadlines
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 am
It’s a little late now(had to work) but I hope JoCo and everyone had a rockin’ First of May. I know it made me feel better today several times. Thanks again Mr. Coulton.
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 am
http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm
May 2nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
Someone took your advice: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050102322.html
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Joco.. Not joking. Had that song up a bit too loud in the car (with the windows open) and was getting dirty looks at a red light. Aw hell, I was enjoying it at least
-Adam
May 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I suppose you folks have seen this? First of May — in American Sign Language, with “backup” signers/singers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjRHFom1Kk
I think it’s outstanding!!
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:03 am
Well, it’s actually the start of Autumn (what you call “Fall”) on this side of the planet – getting a bit too cool for the outdoors…
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
@ Bob: It’s a common dirty rhyme from England.
Basically, it’s getting warmer, so why not?
May 4th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
i love this song alot but i can’t listen to it right now… *is in computer lab at school* XD
May 4th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I’d be up for it (hehehe) under the right circumstances, but I’m the parent of four children, three of them under five. Sex life is unfortunately one of the things that tends to get “ruined!” (And not in the nicest way.)
May 5th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Wow, thank you so much for tweeting my First of May video! A bunch of fans are calling for a collaboration. I’ll be attending the May 13th show in Dallas. What do you think?
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