Very Weird
That’s how I would describe the show in Annapolis last night. In a good way (I think). The show was mostly a digression from itself, and it was one of those audiences that seemed to delight in watching me go off the rails and careen into the forest. But at least we got to play a Dan Fogelberg song. Thanks to everyone who came out and brought monkeys.
Your Videos and Things
Perhaps you remember this now semi-famous video for Code Monkey from JoCo fan Emily – I say semi-famous because it’s quite true. I personally have seen people doing this dance in the audience at shows. There is also this homage performed by a toddler, and this other one performed by a toddler, and you know it’s just a crazy thing. I do this thing and then Emily does a thing based on it, and then THAT becomes a thing, and other people do more things (OK, other toddlers do, but you see my point).
Anyway I mention all this because the video recently passed the 200,000 views mark, and Emily posted this video thanking the internet. She also sent me a new video she made for The Big Boom, which I’m sure I will see people doing at shows if I ever learn how to play it on the guitar. And it would be a crime not to mention here that Spiff’s Code Monkey video has recently passed the one million mark on YouTube. And now of course I need to mention all the video makers by name which I cannot possibly do because there are too many of them, and Len with the VTAW pictures, and Kristen with the uke remix, and everybody else – thank you so much, all of you.
Anybody who thinks amateur content is damaging our culture needs to keep thinking for a little while. I for one welcome our new amateur overlords…
That’s What I’m Talking About
Joel’s second me-related Hijinks Ensue comic is up, in which I am some kind of zombie killing superhero. Me likey.
http://hijinksensue.com/2007/09/24/jonathan-coulton-zombie-fighting-troubadour-pt-2-extinction/
A Perfect Ending
I’m in SEA-TAC now waiting for my flight – it’s been an amazing couple of weeks though, and last night’s show was the perfect one to finish with. Triple Door’s a really swank venue, not a bad seat in the house, and of course the room was packed with that particular brand of hippie-geek you find in large groups out here in the Pacific Northwest (whassup Pax!?). I’m grateful for that sublimely strange and lucky moment when an actual human baby made a scary baby noise in the middle of Creepy Doll – that kind of theater doesn’t just happen, unless it just happens. And the lights – the lights!
Thanks to everyone who made this last round of shows so much fun. I’m going home to rest, beat back the inbox, and get ready for the next few shows as this year winds down. See you all soon…
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