The Geeky Blogger
Are you tired of the same old Christmas songs on the radio? I've got you covered! Chiron Beta Prime - Jonathan Coulton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0wjoNmaJEQ This song is a cry for help Christmas letter from a family that is being held against their will protected by evil robots giant metal Santa Claus'. Christmas Is... Continue Reading →
As we are closing in on this year's Halloween, I wanted to share some of my favorite songs with themes fitting for this holiday. Turns out almost all of them were Jonathan Coulton songs! I hope you will enjoy this collection of tunes, and that it can help you if you ever need to make a Halloween party playlist. .... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Coulton was born on the 1st of December 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut. He had hopes of becoming a musician from a young age, so while studying for his Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University, he was part of several bands with fellow students, most notably the collegiate a capella group The Yale Whiffenpoofs. . After he graduated from Yale in 1993,... Continue Reading →
Back in February, I shared my favorite song from each ‘Miracle of Sound’ album. This proved to be very difficult, as there are so many great songs there! So I have decided to make a Top 10 or Top 5 list for each album, depending on how big the album is to begin with. 5.... Continue Reading →
Between September 2005 and September 2006, singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton produced and released one song each week, in an attempt to keep himself occupied after having quit his job as a software programmer to focus on his music career. This lead to 52 tracks released for free on his website, which he distributed onto four albums that he released... Continue Reading →
Back in February, I shared my favorite song from each ‘Miracle of Sound’ album. This proved to be very difficult, as there are so many great songs there! So I have decided to make a Top 10 or Top 5 list for each album, depending on how big the album is to begin with. 5.... Continue Reading →
Starbomb is a musical-comedy group consisting of the two main hosts of the video game let’s play show ‘Game Grumps’, Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, and Brian Wecht. Before the three joined forces in 2013, Dan and Brian were already making music as the comedy band Ninja Sex Party. When Arin started making music with them, they formed a separate... Continue Reading →
Tim Minchin is an Australian musical comedian, usually performing with a grand piano, and sometimes with an entire orchestra. In later years, he has won several awards for his Broadway musicals 'Mathilda' and 'Groundhog Day', but I will always associate him with his stage comedy. Here are ten of my favorite songs of his, in no particular order.... Continue Reading →
Back in February, I shared my favorite song from each ‘Miracle of Sound’ album. This proved to be very difficult, as there are so many great songs there! So I have decided to make a Top 10 or Top 5 list for each album, depending on how big the album is to begin with. 5.... Continue Reading →