JoCo goodness today. For the unwashed, that's geek musician Jonathan Coulton. All of his songs are released in Creative Commons which lets us, the barely talented, remix, reuse and re-imagine his works. The RIAA would like you to think that this would destroy the system. Seems to be working pretty darn well for Coulton.
Why is he a geek? Well, how many songs do you know about Benoit Mandelbrot? Warning, he drops the f-bomb but in an ultra cool way.
Also, the trend on the Interwebtubes is for college girls to get a webcam and dance. Why? I don't know. I suppose it's alluring to watch someone move in bizarre stilted way in a very limited space. In a way it's like an awkward Twyla Tharpe dance performed by a doped up Britney Spears in a small cell.
How does this apply to Coulton? Well, this is how a geeky girl does the dance. Which I like better. So did NPR and the New York Times Magazine:
And, finally, by allowing his fans to make their own videos for the song, Coulton doesn't have to do it. It's really a brilliant path for a lazy artist to allow his own fans to promote his music. I respect him for that.
Dragoncon took the world's greatest indictment of the office place/zombie song and made a very funny video that highlights zombies' abilities to clap:
And, two live versions. One by JoCo and the other by Willa. You pick the best.
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