The Geeky Blogger
In December of 2005, after just having discovered Doctor Who, I was watching the show's behind-the-scenes spin-off show, Doctor Who Confidential. One short segment featured shots of The Doctor's main villains, the Daleks, cut together with the Big Brovaz song Nu Flow. Those two elements worked so well together that I was disappointed that the... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGXcJAUljoU This is a video I made for the Jonathan Coulton song 'Just As Long As Me' in December of 2010. It features pictures of the very tall and very funny comedian Stephen Merchant. I became a fan of Stephen Merchant through his work with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington, in programs such as The... Continue Reading →
I first discovered "the 4th most popular folk comedy duo in New Zealand" through listening to their first studio album on repeat with a friend while we were having a long drive to a cabin trip in 2010. I later discovered their HBO Television series, and later still, their earlier BBC radio series. With their... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AEiOS3ZOzc This is a video I made over ten years ago, featuring Jonathan Coulton's folksy soft-rock cover of Queen's 'We Will Rock You', the 52nd and final song he did for his Thing-A-Week project. The video was very easy to make, as I simply edited Coulton's version of the song in over the official Queen... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →