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The kid discovered, through her internet connections, a love song written from the point of view of a supervillain toward one of his captives ("Skullcrusher mountain"). The lyrics "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?" are pretty darn charming. A little investigation shows the singer-songwriter to be Jonathan Coulton, who has staked out some musical territory between Flight of the Conchords and They Might Be Giants. It turns out I'd heard him some time ago, with his sweet folk cover of "Baby Got Back." (Even white boys got to shout!) Picking through his long list of songs, which you can listen to in their entirety free before buying them for a dollar, I found a lot of interesting stuff, not the least of which was an unexpectedly spooky tribute to the town I live in. ("For when the darkness finds you, the sun will cease to shine / In the end, your only friend, Brookline")
The problem with Pandora by the way, is that it doesn't know who I was dating when certain songs came out, or where I was working, or what friends of mine were in bands, or how drunk I was when I heard the song for the first time, or any of the other important variables that determine whether I like a song or not. I am, however, currently enjoying the radio station it created based on "Spanish Flea."
I saved this news story mostly for my brother, who is inordinately fond of a certain phrase in the headline: Completely starkers cop nabs would-be thief.
In other, sadder news, another dog-related tragedy happened, this time in Mt. Carmel Illinois. A beloved family pet, apparently without warning, bit a two year old toddler so badly that he needed 200 stitches and had to have his ear reattached. Large dogs and small children are a bad mix, especially when both are unsupervised. It makes you wonder if certain dog breeds should be banned outright. Read about this golden retriever attack here.
The problem with Pandora by the way, is that it doesn't know who I was dating when certain songs came out, or where I was working, or what friends of mine were in bands, or how drunk I was when I heard the song for the first time, or any of the other important variables that determine whether I like a song or not. I am, however, currently enjoying the radio station it created based on "Spanish Flea."
I saved this news story mostly for my brother, who is inordinately fond of a certain phrase in the headline: Completely starkers cop nabs would-be thief.
In other, sadder news, another dog-related tragedy happened, this time in Mt. Carmel Illinois. A beloved family pet, apparently without warning, bit a two year old toddler so badly that he needed 200 stitches and had to have his ear reattached. Large dogs and small children are a bad mix, especially when both are unsupervised. It makes you wonder if certain dog breeds should be banned outright. Read about this golden retriever attack here.