“The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams“, our submission for the latest round of the Masters of Song Fu songwriting competition is now available. This time around, our task was to write a country ballad called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams”. We went old-timey on this one (there’s more than a little “Amazing Grace” in […]
Author Archives: Paul and Storm
If Dave Taught Guitar – “Live”
September 24, 2008 – 2:55 pm
Super Dave—guitar player, video instructor of Jonathan Coulton songs, and all-around guy-with-too-much-free-time—has recorded another video guitar lesson, this time of our song "Live". Because the song is so phenomenally awesome, it cannot be contained in a single video, so he’s split the lesson into two parts (Part 1 and Part 2). Thanks, Dave—both for liking […]
Poll: The Pajamas Issue
September 23, 2008 – 1:18 pm
In our most recent podcast, we got into a spirited discussion (think Lincoln/Douglas) about our pajama habits. As promised, we’re opening the matter up to everyone else. Because we are incurably curious, please take part in the following polls regarding your own personal jammies habits. Feel free to elaborate on your answers in the comments […]
Show #008: A Pajama Jammy Jam
September 23, 2008 – 9:40 am
The eighth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. In this particularly failure-obsessed episode: the difficulty of adapting songs for live shows; disasters, especially where Jimi Hendrix is concerned; worries, fears and bad dreams; and the subject of pajamas proves more […]
Way-Too-Early Credits
September 19, 2008 – 7:45 pm
Readable version of the scrolling credits from the "The Way-Too-Early Christmas Song" video. Photos in order of appearance. All are Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licensed except for those marked with an asterisk, which are CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licensed. In most cases the actual name of the photo is different from the titles below, to make it […]
Another Spiff Video – “The Captain’s Wife’s Lament”
September 17, 2008 – 9:21 am
Spiff, the guy who makes World of Warcraft music videos for so many Jonathan Coulton songs, has pointed his magical computer screen in our direction again. In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day,Spiff has made this awesome video for "The Captain’s Wife’s Lament". Visual Interpretation Arrr!
Show #007: Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice
September 15, 2008 – 11:29 pm
The seventh episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. In this episode: episode naming conventions; bad song ideas; the best damn food in Indy; the advantages to performing in someone’s living room; the ordering about of minions; Paul argues from a […]
Me Make Fire – Now It’s Art
September 13, 2008 – 7:28 pm
Our friend Len, who apparently has nothing better to do with his Saturdays, has already completed his visual interpretation of our song "Me Make Fire". It America new dance craze! The "Ook Ook pile of ashes" is exactly how we pictured it. Thanks yet again, Len!
Masters of Song Fu 2, Round 2: “Me Make Fire”
September 13, 2008 – 10:18 am
Hey, check it out: new song! “Me Make Fire“, our submission for Round 2 of the latest iteration of the Masters of Song Fu songwriting competition, is now online. Our task was the following: “Choose a famous inventor and craft a song proposing a ‘dance craze’ based on either the inventor or one of his/her […]
UK Tour – The T-Shirt?
September 11, 2008 – 1:06 pm
We (meaning Jonathan Coulton and ourselves) are considering making a "limited edition" commemorative tour shirt for this October’s tour of the UK together. And we’d like to use one of Storm’s UK Tour Photoshop mashups for the design. Below, we have listed our favorites; if you would, please take a moment to answer the poll […]
