98: Obscure References and Sadness

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2012

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

We tackle the works of Jonathan Coulton as our Geek Music Appreciation series continues. Join guest host Lex Friedman as he and our panelists build a JoCo playlist and discuss why Coulton has so much geek appeal. But just because Lex is guest-hosting doesn't mean that Jason Snell won't make a dramatic appearance at the end, so keep listening!

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0:00.0	I should tell you the title of this episode is going to be obscure references and sadness, because one of the panelists says that's your stock and trade, apparently.
0:11.2	That's absolutely true. That's absolutely true.
0:17.9	The incomparable podcast, number 98, July 2012.
0:25.5	Hi there, I'm Lex Friedman.
0:27.3	I'm joined by three very, very cool people, and they are in no particular order.
0:31.9	John Syracusa.
0:33.1	Hello, Lex.
0:34.4	Scott McNulty.
0:35.8	Hello.
0:37.2	And Greg Noss. Hi there. Hello. And Greg Noss.
0:39.1	Hi there.
0:40.6	Hello. And tonight, we are all talking together about Jonathan Colton, the man, the myth, the internet legend, who I guess in most of the press I see about Jonathan Colton or Joe Coe to his fans these days,
0:55.3	they sort of describe him as a geek rocker.
0:57.5	I don't know if you guys would accept that label or not, but I'm seeing it apply to him more
1:00.9	and more.
1:01.7	But we're going to talk about his music and his uvra and some of our favorite Colton songs
1:06.1	and why we like him so much.
1:08.8	So why don't we just to sort of get things started, kick off by discussing how you first
1:15.1	became aware of Jonathan Colton, what your introduction to him was.
1:19.0	And I pick Scott McNulty to go first.
1:22.7	All right.
1:23.6	I have prepared this because I knew that I had blogged about when I first heard about
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