Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Looking for a Laugh?

Jonathan Coulton. You must listen. Here are the ones that I like so far...

The Presidents - tells a tiny bit about all the US presidents in order. If it weren't for the language, I could use it in my class - "...Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet, Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam, Nixon was a sweating filthy liar..."
Code Monkey - the lament of that elusive creature, the code monkey - "...Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake, Take bath, take nap, This job "fulfilling in creative way", Such a load of crap..."
Re: Your Brains - An office memo put to music - "...All we want to do is eat your brains. We're not unreasonable. I mean, no one's going to eat your eyes..."
Tom Cruise Crazy - We all know it's true - "...Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy, Just be glad it’s him not you..."
Mandelbrot Set - an ode to the great mathematician "...He saw that infinite complexity could be described by simple rules, He used his giant brain to turn the game around..."
Skullcrusher Mountain - yes, he's a crazy maniac, but he just wants you to love him - "...The voices inside my head say I shouldn't kill you yet..."
IKEA - the real story behind this unique chain - "...And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine, As if there were apartments smaller than mine..."

I think these songs all came from an experiment in which he created one song a week for a whole year. They are actually quite good. And highly entertaining.

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