More Shop Vac Solos
Two more came in this weekend. Get ready. Here are:
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Anyone else want to submit, you have until I post the poll tomorrow. I think we’ll vote until Friday and I’ll announce the winner when I post next week’s thing. Thanks to everyone who’s sent something in, I love them all and I’m glad it’s not me who has to choose.
Update: I have screwed up the placement of Vincent’s solo – he sent me an mp3 with it in the correct context and it’s much better. I will fix it first thing in the morning, and then I will hang my head in shame until at least lunch.
Boyoyoing
Someone done got me boing boinged (thanks Brian!). So hello internet, and welcome! Be sure to check out the songs page, and feel free to donate to keep Thing a Week going, or even buy a CD (CD Baby) or a song (iTunes or MP3Tunes). I will also warn all of you that my comment spam filter is sometimes a little overeager, so if you post a comment and it doesn’t appear right away it’s because it’s waiting for me to moderate it. Which I will do when I am done watching “The Village” by M. Night Shamalamadingdong. Do NOT tell me the ending.
Thing a Week 5 – Baby Got Back
This week is a cover of Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot (note: he is not an actual knight). Had to activate the whole team for this one – guitar, mandolin, banjo and even some shakers and tambourines and other things lying around the house. I’ve wanted to cover this song for a long time, because it is excellent – there’s a wonderful message in there for those of you who have big butts. In the proud tradition of many white Americans who came before me I hereby steal and white-ify this thick and juicy piece of black culture. Watch for my album “Jonathan Coulton Sings Songs by Black People.”
Here is the song: Baby Got Back
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Oh, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite Shop Vac solo over there on the right. UPDATE: New plan! New plan! I forgot I said you could submit through this weekend. So we’ll stop the voting and continue on Monday once I have all the entries.
MySpace Worm
MySpace user Samy built a worm into his MySpace profile that got him a million friends in 24 hours. I should have thought of that. Here’s his kind of contrite/kind of braggy confession and a description of how he did it: link (via Waxy).
This week’s thing coming soon. Still mixing. Hope you like covers…
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