Ah freezing rain, how I love thee.
Due to the horrible weather last night, I was not able to make it to Madison to catch the Jonathan Coulton concert – a show I was anticipating since his last gig here nearly a year ago. I keep hearing about the concert from friends that were there, and really wish I could have seen it. Since I could not be there in person, I am now trying the next best thing.
This is a bit of a social experiment to see if I can find the concert in its entirety on the Internet. Mr. Coulton is quite wonderful about letting patrons record his show and toss it up on the web. I’ve already got two friends that have told me they recorded part of the show (“Mr. Fancy Pants” and “Famous Blue Raincoat” – which was one of my twitter requests).
So this leaves me with two dilemmas – determining the rest of the set list, and finding videos of these songs online. I think it can be done. If you know where I can find either, please post in the comments or hit me up on twitter (The_Dean) with links.
As for Mr. Coulton, he will be compensated in this endeavor. If I can pull this off, I will make a donation to him via his website and pick up BEST.CONCERT.EVER. on DVD once it is released. Any help in this experiment would be awesome and greatly appreciated.
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You have picked the right musician to attempt this with…. I recorded most of the concert but not all… have only uploaded 2 songs so far and will do the rest later tonight and over the weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEyRQrNNsEs
I also have the set list in my possession… signed. I will scan it in for the wiki and put it on his website and here is the link to the shows page
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Shows
…. I am horrible at entering stuff into the wiki –so maybe you can help me with that part????? I will post information on the forums under Madison Barrymore show and you can feed into the wiki?????
http://www.youtube.com/user/ErindeWI
That’s the youtube channel of someone who was at the show, and has a couple videos up with hopefully more to come. So far, Pressure and Not About You.
You are both AWESOME! Erin, if you need any assistance with the wiki stuff, please let me know. I tossed my article from last time he was in town up there, and it was fairly easy.
Sweet, I was hoping someone would get a video of Pressure. My video of Fancypants will be up 7:00 ish tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8S3KiEFgqc
Mr. Fancy Pants