Saw Jonathan Coulton at the Tractor last night, and holy crap I haven’t enjoyed a show that much in years. We walked in just as he was starting up his acoustic version of “Baby Got Back,” ordered a couple of beers, and couldn’t drink them for laughing too hard. I tried, though. My new favorite beer to spew through my nose is Mac and Jack’s IPA.
I’d first heard of Jonathan Coulton when Dallas sent me a copy of “First of May” to help bring on the good weather last spring. Later, I saw him as a virtual zombie guest starring on the I’ll Clan’s Machinima show, “Tra5h Ta1k with Ill Will.” The zombie avatar being a reference to the extremely popular zombie-pop tune “Re Your Brains.”
Highlights of the show:
Code Monkey
Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you.
Millionaire Girlfriend
I will wait a lifetime if it takes that long
I know she’s out there for I have heard her song
In dreams she sings to me
Her angel’s voice a symphony
Is she in a garden or a meadow fair
Does the dappled sunlight shine ribbons in her hair?
Does she sit patiently smiling as she waits for me?
She’s my millionaire girlfriend and she’s my life
Once I finally find her I’ll get permission from the wife
We will all live in our castle high
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I.
Mandelbrot Set
Mandelbrot Set you’re a Rorschach Test on fire
You’re a day-glo pterodactyl
You’re a heart-shaped box of springs and wire
You’re one badass fucking fractal
And you’re just in time to save the day
Sweeping all our fears away
You can change the world in a tiny way.
Looks like he’s playing some shows around Philly this month, for you easterners out there. Highly recommended.
