Jonathan Coulton
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 9 2020 - Remedial Viewing
In this episode, I play the traditional Jonathan Coulton song for this time of year; audio editing used to be unbelievably terrible; the I Claudius rewatch project is over; I watched Rounders for the first time; I am working on a Ruby on Rails based crypto trading bot; Michael Butler is weird;...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Jun 3, 2018 - Minor Authority and a Clipboard
In this episode, I play a traditional song of the season by Jonathan Coulton; I discuss the intersection of minor authority and lack of decision making power; I talk about attending Balticon 52, ad hoc family, and how physical space affects the feel of a con; I talk about how the long-standing and...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 5 2016 - The Problems of Others are Easy
In this episode, I play a traditional springtime song from Jonathan Coulton; grieving Prince; kids today should do current kid stuff without shame; I discuss how the problems of others are always easier than your own; I recommend the Alfred app for OS X; I discuss the Alfred app for Mac; I will see...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 10 2015 - DDOP 7
In this episode, I answer three question: 1) What songs did you learn as a child that are horrifying in retrospect? 2) What did I come over here to ask you? 3) Who does all the "evil genius" quotes in the show intro? Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast,...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 1 2015 - Viva Las Vegas
In this episode, I play a song from Jonathan Coulton; I discuss my trip to Las Vegas; am I an extrovert?; how making small talk is like an SSL handshake. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, May 1 2015. Links mentioned in this episode: Support this show on...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 30, 2010 - "Prose and Cons, 2010"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for May 30, 2010. I play (most of) a song by Phil Rossi; I do a recap of my time as an impromptu guitar tech; I recap CREATE South 2010; I play a song by Mudhoney; I talk about my experiences so far with Baltion 2010; I play a song by Jonathan...
read articleJC on the NPR
My boy Coulton was on the Soundcheck program from WNYC. I listened to it and while I thought Johnny Geekrock did just fine, I thought the show in general and the host in specific sucked. It had all that condescending smugness you associate with NPR talk shows coupled with some general...
read articleI Demand Jonathan Coulton
I signed up for Eventful and made my demands clear. I want Jonathan Coulton to play crazy music on the Grand Strand. If you are also of a similar mind and zip code, come join my demand and we shall create a...
read articleEGC Clambake For August 29, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 29, 2006. I decide on the spur of the moment to throw myself a second anniversary bash for this podcast (which began on August 20, 2004 - we start the party early around here, you frigging late-comers). I play the...
read articleEGC Clambake For April 30, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 30, 2006. I play a song from Jonathan Coulton that is ripped from my life; I talk about the tragedies and triumphs of AmigoFish and about the Uplifter meeting in Charleston; I play a song from the Dresden Dolls and...
read articleEGC Clambake For April 13, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 13, 2006. Hurry up offense, I get right to it by playing a Jonathan Coulton song; I discuss Videoblogging Week 2006 and my Converge South video; I talk about seeing David Sedaris in Charleson; I profess my love for...
read articleEGC Clambake For March 11, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for March 11, 2006. This show is all about the Jonathan Coulton - interview, songs, the works. There's a little Skype wonkiness but overall the interview was really good and fun. You can subscribe to this feed via RSS. This...
read articleEGC Clambake for February 9, 2006
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for February 9, 2006. I talk about being wiped out; I play a song from Jonathan Coulton's thing a week; I mentioned Garrick Van Buren's video for "Shop Vac"; I play a clip of Joe Cipriano on Weezy and the Swish and...
read articleShop Vac Music Video
Garrick Van Buren did an amazing job editing together some found video from archive.org and Jonathan Coulton's song Shop Vac into this glorious music video. Behold the mighty power of Creative...
read articleEGC Clambake for October 26, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 26, 2005. I talk about and read from Clayton Cubitt's Operation Eden; I play a song from Steadman; I talk about Dicks and Janes podcast and Getting a Leg Up; I play a song from Jonathan Coulton; I discuss Stephen...
read articleEGC Clambake for October 14, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for October 14, 2005. I talk about being mentioned on Rocketboom; I discuss the "talk radio voice" and why that just turns me off nowadays; I play a prerelease song by Michelle Malone; I talk about feeling emotional...
read articleClambake Episode for August 28, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 28, 2005. I talk about hacking the CVS one-time use camcorder and creating a videoblog about the process; I mention that I have coined a new term for people who can use these hacks but not originate them -...
read articleClambake Episode for August 21, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 21, 2005. This episode is a celebration of the first birthday of this here clambake. I play the opening of the very first episode; I play a song by Ronnie Marler; I thank the audience for hanging with me; I play a...
read articleClambake Episode for August 19, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 19, 2005. This episode is all about Jonathan Coulton featuring an interview with him plus a boatload of his music. Enjoy! This is the first episode with the new Behringer UB802 mixer. My voice is muddled at the...
read articleClambake Episode for June 9, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for June 9, 2005. I talk about being low energy; I have a VOIP box in my house, named "the Batphone"; I play a song from Chub Creek about how poor I am at answering email; I talk about passing on the Spoleto festival;...
read articleDance, Jonathan Coulton, Dance
Correspondent Matt May points me to the Jonathan Coulton webpage after I played one of his songs recently. That page rocks, and he has a bunch of songs online, including the Little Gray Book songs like the one I played. Good stuff. I'm sure I'll be playing others as well in future...
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