11/27/09 - Jonathan Coulton

Well, to kick off the Christmas season, I thought I would start with my favorite demented Christmas song. The stuff of Jonathan Coulton just tickles me funny. He takes very mundane ideas and creates epic songs about them. He takes ludicrous situations and makes them seem like normal. There is just a ting of humor in his stuff that hits you wrong and then hits you right. I enjoy his stuff a lot -- as apparently a lot of people do as he is one of the most popular dementia artist around.

I mentioned it earlier that Paul and Storm were on tour in the UK with Jonathan Coulton and they are now back. There were some really cool things that JoCo put up on his Twitter account (@JonathanCoulton) that made me wish I was visiting the UK. One of these days I'll go to one of his concerts when he makes it out to California.

Anyway, this song is called, "Chiron Beta Prime". Like I said it, I love his stuff.



(Again with Spiffworld. He does good Jonathan Coulton videos.)

Visit Jonathan Coulton's website at JonathanCoulton.com.

Lyrics
This year has been a little crazy for the Andersons.
You may recall we had some trouble last year.
The robot council had us banished to an asteroid. That hasn't undermined our holiday cheer.
And we know it's almost Christmas from the marks we make on the wall. And that's our favorite time of year.

Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.

On every corner there’s a giant metal
Santa Claus who watches over us with glowing red eyes.
They carry weapons and they know if you’ve been bad or good. Not everybody’s good but everyone tries.
And the rocks outside the airlock exude ammonia-scented snow.
It's like a Winter wonderland.

Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.

That's all the family news that we're allowed to talk about. We really hope you'll come and visit us soon.
I mean we're literally begging you to visit us.
And make it quick before they
Now it's time for Christmas dinner.
I think the robots sent us a pie!
You know I love my soylent green.

Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.
Did I say overlords?
I meant protectors.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.