Singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton will be calling in at 6:00PM tonight to talk to the Desert Bus crew. Jonathan Coulton routinely headlines the PAX Saturday night concerts, and of course, the JoCo cruise bears his name. He often appears with acts including Molly Lewis, Paul & Storm, and John Hodgeman. His work has been featured on TV and in video games, most notably “Code Monkey” was used as the theme for G4’s Code Monkeys, and his songs “Still Alive” and “Want You Gone” were featured as the end themes of Valve’s Portal and Portal 2 respectively.
Get your questions ready, and tune in this evening.
What is your stance on erotic Star Trek fan fiction?
What is your favorite modal scale? I’ve always been a Phrigian fan.
Do you think that when you made your album alongside They Might be Giants that not only did some of their star power work its way into your work, but that some of your indie cred got into theirs?
P.S. Rochester Concert was AWESOME, thank you for stopping by!
How much creative control did you have over “Want You Gone,” and how much about the game did you know when you sat down to write it?
Are there any games you wish you could do a song for?
Have you ever been taken aback by any requests from an important individual or group or perhaps greatly humbled?
Not a question, just a compliment. I think “When You Go” is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.
Dear Doctor Jonathan Coulton,
What was “RE: Your Brains” in reply to?
Will we ever find out the complete text of “Your Brains”?
What was your wierdest fan moment?
Dear Dr. Jonathan Troubadour, Esquire
When will we see the companion piece, “Good Morning Vegas”?
This isn’t a bad thing, but was Sucker Punch intended to sound like something from Simple Plan? It’s just so beautiful.
Dear Dr. Jonathan Coulton,
Today is the 47th anniversary of Doctor Who, the 13th anniversary of Ocarina of Time, and the 22nd birthday of me and my twin brother. We wondered if you could sing “Happy Birthday” to everyone with a birthday today (or more specifically the Doctor).
What is the ultimate plan for your awesome facial hair?
Dear Professor Coulton, is “Erotic Startrek Fanfiction” your Wil Wheaton coverband?
How did you first get involved with John Hodgman?
How did you get involved with doing the ending songs for Portal and Portal 2?
Dear Dr. JoCo,
Are the Symbols on the album of ‘Artifical Heart’ designed in any particular code? Is there a message Im not seeing?
Huge fan, Come to Vancouver more.
Thank you.
If you had a time machine and knew that you would not effect history, where would be the FIRST time you would visit? As in, right when you step into the time machine, what date would you enter into the thing? Or would you be overwhelmed by the choices?
Also, I saw you and TMBG in Spokane a few weeks ago. You were awesome!
Because I haven’t kept track, how many Scarfaces have there been?
Dear Dr. JoCo,
You and Valve, what’s The Whole Story?
Cheers dude
Dear Dr. JoCo;
Your sound have evolved over the years. What is best about your new album? Is there anything about your earlier work you wish you could recapture?
Cheers,
Sean.
Dear Supreme Master Professor and Genious Dr. Coulton, how long did it actually take you to make “Still Alive” and how much control did you have over the song?
P.S. I love you’re songs
Oh: What on earth is “Now I am an arsonist” about?
Dear Doctor Joco,
What is your favorite time signature and what is the most “unusual” one you’ve ever used?
Dear Dr Coulton, Pie or Cake?
Dear Dr. JoCo:
SING US A SONG!
Can you show him my Desert Bus themed rewrite of Want You Gone that you guys sang as a challenge?
http://pastebin.com/aVP4AK5v
You should sing a song for us.
This is not a question.
How did you first get involved with Valve on many of their games!?
What is your favorite song to preform live?
Joco… seriously… what is “Nobody Loves You Like Me” about?
Will you write a desert bus theme song?
well here we are again its always such a pleasure, did you ever expect the prtal songs to get a cult following when you wrote them?
Can Fritos and Mountain Dew truly be a part of my balanced diet? Can I balance it out with Skittles? Fun fact: Skittles are a good source of Vitamin C.
Dr. Coulton, would you endorse a LRR Music video of your Creepy Doll song using the LRR Creepy Doll?
JoCo,
What’s the meaning behind Brookline? It’s a great song, and I love listening to it, but damned if I can figure out what it actually means.
Dear Dr.Coulton,If you had the ability to do a duet with anyone alive or dead, who would you pick?
Are you working on a song for Portal 3 in advance?
Mr Coulton, what is your favorite song you’ve wrote?
How in the world did you write Creepy Doll? Is that based on real life…?
What was the funniest line you thought of for Still Alive or Want You Gone that was simply too inappropriate to include?
How would you feel to know that one of your songs indirectly prevented suicide? (‘Want You Gone’ spurred me into action to save my girlfriend.)
What’s the name of YOUR Nickelback cover band?
Did you ever beat Portal and/or Portal 2?
Are you working on something for half life 2 ep 3
Did you get a chance to hang out with Vi Hart when she was on JoCoCruiseCrazy? What was that like?
Dear JoCo.
Can you explain a bit about the song creepy doll. What was going through your mind while you were writing it? Love you :).
Are you still a Code Monkey (of sorts), do you know a language?
Dr. Coulton, was there any particular event that inspired your song “When You Go”?
Dear Dr. JoCo, how were you approached to do that diss rap with Danimal Cannon?
Dear Dr. JoCo,
You did the French Language version of “Re: Your Brains”. Are there any world/foreign languages that you actually speak? If not, what language would you like to record “Re:Your Brains” in?
Dear Dr. Coulton Do you sometimes find it hard to bounce between your more pop culture songs and more personal songs? What helps you to switch gears?
Do your know your song (Re: your brans) has been viewed over 4 million times in a World of Warcraft footage video? (thats also where they show “Re” as an email reply)
Are you happy or upset that most of the internet has quoted and milked “Still Alive” like an aroused cow over the past 4 years?
Dear Doctor Coulton Carter,
How fancy ARE your pants?
Dear Dr. JoCo: What do you think about the Cake Meme?
Dear Dr. JoCo,
This code monkey no like fritos, tab or mountain dew. And no, receptionist isn’t worth dating, she’s mid 50s.
That is all.
Dear Dr. JoCo:
1. What’s your favourite song from Artificial Heart?
2. Have you ever heard of a Chicago band called “I Fight Dragons”? They’ve done multiple covers of your songs, and really deserve a mention
3. Any chance you’ll be doing a Canada tour in the near future? Montreal perhaps?
Sir Doctor Joco:
What do you think of the audiophile wars? Do your CDs sound perceptibly better than, say, the iTunes version? Do you have a format in which you think people *should* be listening to your stuff/music in general?
-mcgorgomagan
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