Amusing Music

[the_eggwhite]

Courtesy of either Tangency or Other Media, I have recently discovered the music of Jonathan Coulton.

Several free downloadable mp3s...

For mistress_fran I recommend "Ikea".
For nuuki, filthylucre, charliemouse and the rest of the poker crowd, I recommend "Gambler's Prayer".
For majic13 I suggest "Chiron Beta Prime".
For anyone who might appreciate the label Evil Genius, I suggest Skullcrusher Mountain.

I'm also quite taken with "Bacteria", which doesn't actually feature vocals by the musician. Instead, they are taken from a KFC training video.

Edit: In the "non free, but can listen to online" category, I recommend "Re: Your Brains" to EVERYBODY.

Edit 2: "Code Monkey" is also a good one... Especially for code monkeys...

Comments

[majic13.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, awesome. I think Linette threw some of his mp3s at me a while back, and yes they're quite awesome. "Bacteria" pleases me a lot, as does "Shop Vac" in a bleak soulless middle-American existence kind of way. X)

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

Seriously, listen to some of the bits on the website... Re: Your Brains is fantastic!

[majic13.livejournal.com]

Listening now. XD

[urizen.livejournal.com]

It is indeed!

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

I think you need to give "Skullcrusher Mountain" a listen too...

Anything with lyrics which include:

I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you
But I get the feeling that you don’t like it
What’s with all the screaming?
You like monkeys, you like ponies
Maybe you don’t like monsters so much
Maybe I used too many monkeys
Isn’t it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

[urizen.livejournal.com]

:D

(Damn, I need an evil genius icon)

[cryx]

he is mighty!!!

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Apparently there's a scheme starting to get him doing a UK tour... not much movement on it so far, but if it were to happen I'd consider giving it a go.

[cryx]

I'd love to see him, but it's in november.. and I 'll be in oz. *sniffsniff*

[majic13.livejournal.com]

"Chiron Beta Prime" is also awesome. WTF. XD

[urizen.livejournal.com]

Ah, now this one I do have an icon for...