Link Roundup
Some of these are pretty late. What do you want from me, I’ve got a lot on my plate! I didn’t ASK to be born! Anyway.
Chris sends in this picture of the greatest Jonathan Coulton costume I have ever seen. Yeah, it’s from Halloween, that’s how behind I am (also it’s technically not a link).
Colleen’s lead sheet for “Still Alive.”
TheRidGE’s best attempt at making a JoCo character in Rock Band.
Paul and Storm and I are elves who like to dance.
An acoustic “Still Alive” that I recorded as part of an interview for The Hugh Thompson Show.
In response to my recent self-deprecating remarks about there not being much interesting guitar playing in “Code Monkey,” Fred thoughtfully adds one.
An interview with me on thecheappop.com, written just like I said it (which is always terrifying).
Wil Wheaton drops a “Brains” reference in his review of Datalore, an old TNG episode.
Not to be outdone, Neil Gaiman claims to actually SING “Skullcrusher Mountain” while walking through the snow.
Greenpeace is having a name-that-humpback-whale poll, and most likely to their dismay the current leader with 76% of the vote is Mr. Splashy Pants. Chances are your pants are not as splashy as the pair…
Le Len
Even with a RECENT NEW CHILD, Len still has the time to lovingly render this french fried zombie to go with Re: Vox Cerveaux:
Thanks Len!
Midwest Shows This Week
In case you missed the mailing list email AND the previous post about this, I’m doing a few shows in the midwest end of this week with Paul and Storm. This will be the last bit of touring before the new year, so I promise to kick out all the jams.
Thursday December 6 at 8 PM
Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN
Venue: http://www.varsitytheater.org/
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/33ez3s
Friday December 7 at 7:30 PM
Majestic Theater in Madison, WI
Venue: http://majesticmadison.com/
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/2lzhlm
*****TWO SHOWS*******
Saturday December 8 at 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM
Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago, IL
Venue: http://www.schubas.com/
Tickets: http://www.schubas.com/tickets.aspx (scroll down)
Sunday December 9 at 8 PM
Blueberry Hill in St. Louis, MO
Venue: http://www.blueberryhill.com/
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/2n854r
See you in the audience…
Birthday!
On Saturday I turned 37 and boy do I feel terrific! 37 is the new 36!
I want to thank all the people who sent me nice messages, bought bananas, and paid tribute in various ways. Special thanks go out to those particularly dedicated minions who participated in this grass roots campaign to punch all media in the nuts with the fist of me. We didn’t make it to the Today Show this year, but I bet we made Ann Curry nervous, and I count that as an enormous victory.
Here are a couple of links to things that to me look suspiciously like bday tributes:
Molly of previous uke fame sent in this video of her struggling through Mr. Fancy Pants. I feel the same way when I play it, believe me.
And it wouldn’t be a birthday without a video from Spiff, this one for Chiron Beta Prime. I’m a huge fan of the “Yoink!” sound effect and have just now decided that I’m going to use it a lot more often in daily life. One bunny was harmed during the making of this film.
Even in France they celebrate my birthday, usually by making cards that have a picture of me dressed up like a French zombie mime. Here’s one of those from Jeremsoft, the translator of Re: Vos Cerveaux.
Many thanks to one and all. Onward.
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