Thing a Week 51 – Summer’s Over
Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing – this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week).
It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be – you’ll see. It just feels right to me.
Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD.
And now, without any further adieu (hee hee):
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My Monkey, Our President
Another video for My Monkey from “Dave’s girlfriend” (I don’t know her name). This one has a subtle political message, see if you can catch it.
More Second Life Coverage
PopSci.com’s got a page with some highlights from the Second Life concert – photos, complete audio, and the individual songs as broken up by the ever helpful Spiff. Also, at CreativeCommons.org they’re running a contest for best photo and machinima from the event, and you can see a bunch more photos on that page. You might even catch a glimpse of John Hodgman’s naked avatar…
Boston Show
Having the largest number of demanders (as well as the longest freedom trail in the US), Boston is the winner! Of something. Of this: when I come into town next week on the 27th to do a John Hodgman reading at the Brookline Booksmith, I’m totally going to kick it up a notch by doing a solo show later on that night. Much later. 10:30 PM – I really hope I can stay up. This will be at the Paradise Lounge in the front room, and it will cost $10.
And if this goes well, I will try to do something similar in some of the cities that John and I visit in October. Not all of them, because I’m not a complete masochist, but certainly in the ones where the demand is large and the timing works out. So if you’ve always been meaning to add to the eventful demand in your city but haven’t gotten around to it yet, now’s the time…
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