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Also about 15-16 (?) years. I'll never forget the first time I heard him sing his lunchlady song (not to be confused with Adam Sandler's lunchlady song – Jon's predates and eclipses it) and realizing he had this wry, mellow muse tucked away. With the laid-back charisma and voice, his calling was obvious. At some point I dragged a reluctant Mr. Coulton to a Jonathan Richman show, sort of my way of saying, "If he can do it, you can." We lost touch and later I heard he was writing software. Kinda made me sad. But one day watching The Daily Show, I was stunned to see John Hodgman (he and Jon were joined at the hip when I knew them) doing his Resident Expert bit. Fired up Google to investigate and eventually found my way here. I listened to every one of his songs that day — it was one of those moments when you just crack a big smile and revel in the fact that something is exactly as it should be. And Jon – I still have my copy of your "Greatest Hits" cassette with the lunchlady song on it.