This song is an ode to suburban angst, which is where people move out to the suburbs to get big houses with big yards and driveways, and everything seems great until they begin to realize that there's nothing to do in the suburbs except go to strip malls and eat at chain restaurants and wait until the kids grow up and leave you. This phenomenon is exemplified in the shop vac, a tool found in many suburban garages for sucking up leaves, dirt, nails, or whatever. When you first use a shop vac, it seems like the most awesome thing ever. But then you realize it's just a vaccum cleaner. Please note: I (Spiff) have no problem with suburbs. I've lived in them all my life, and as near as I can tell, my soul hasn't been drained by the experience. But then, how would I be able to tell if it had... ? The song at the end of the video is "A Talk With George", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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Just in time for "Talk Like A Pirate Day" (Sept. 19, every year) "The Captain's Wife's Lament" is Paul and Storm's closing song for their live act. They get everyone into the action by having the audience call out the "arrrs" at the appropriate (and sometimes inappropriate) times. It's a great show. Think you know about pirates? See if you can answer these piratical riddles you're likely to hear at a Paul and Storm concert: What is a pirate's favorite crime? What kind of socks do pirates wear? What's a pirate's favorite droid? What's a pirate's favorite half of a 1960s folk singing duo? What's a pirate's favorite restaurant? (answers are on my site, www.spiffworld.com)

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This is my first non-Jonathan Coulton video, although it sounds like a Coulton song, right? It's not. Paul and Storm and Jonathan Coulton were finalists in Quick Stop Entertainment's "Masters of Song-Fu" songwriting competition. The challenge was for each finalist to write a song that sounded like it had been written by the other finalist. "Live" was P&S's fabulous Coulton-esque entry. The song was such a good match of Coulton's style in fact, I just had to tie this video in with one of my previous Coulton videos as well (you should have no trouble figuring out which one). I want to give proper credit for some of the most important elements in this video -- I couldn't figure out a proper ending for the video, and it was my mom who suggested that Dr. Skullcrusher (or whatever his name is) die so The Bride could live (thanks Mom). Also, I was just going to have the video end with a big fight scene, but my wife came up with the great idea of The Bride and Igor wanting to bring Dr. Skullcrusher back to life with the dead villager's body parts (loved it). The song at the end of the video is "Opening Band", another great Paul and Storm song.

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The voices in this song are sampled from a Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food training video Jonathan Coulton found online. Something about it struck him, and he turned it into a song. This video was made for a Machinima.com UK video contest. However, since I don't live in the UK, I had to get my buddy Kerrin from the "Jonathan Coulton Project" (http://jocopro.libsyn.com), who does live in the UK, to enter the video in the contest instead. WE WON! Be sure to check out Jonathan Coulton's Web site for lots more clever, creative songs like this one. The song at the end of the video is "Better", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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This video won't make any sense unless you've seen Jonathan Coulton's original Flickr video. You can find it on his website, so go watch it now: www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Flickr In 2005, Jonathan Coulton poked around on Flickr.com, found some photos he liked, and turned them into a song and video. It is purposely random. So this song already had a video and didn't need one from me. But I received an email from a fan named Kytyn encouraging me to make one anyway. She even helped by providing ideas for some of the shots (thanks Kytyn). It was a different kind of video than my others, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

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This is a music video for Jonathan Coulton's song "Mr. Fancy Pants", telling the tragic tale of a popular figure corrupted by fame and fancy pants. Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Visit Jonathan's Web site for lots more clever, creative songs like this one. Mike Spiff Booth is a guy who thought this great song really deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is "My Beige Bear", another great song by Jonathan Coulton.

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This video was posted on Dec. 1st, Jonathan Coulton's birthday. Happy birthday, JC. Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Visit Jonathan's Web site for lots more clever, creative songs like this one. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song really deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is "Christmas Is Interesting", another holiday song by Jonathan Coulton.

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Welcome to my shamelessly self-referential music video. Can you spot the characters from my previous videos? There are even two characters from future videos I'm planning but haven't made yet... Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Visit Jonathan's Web site for lots more clever, creative songs like this one. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song really deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is "Sweet Caroline", a Neil Diamond song that Jonathan and Paul & Storm have been ending their live performances with. "Sweet Caroline" makes for a sweet group sing-along. Jonathan Coulton concerts are a lot of fun. Video for the performance was shot by Gle3nn, and can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcKkXaraJM

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"The Future Soon" is a music video for Jonathan Coulton's anthem for geeks and nerds everywhere. Those people who make fun of you now will be sorry, because in the future, you'll be running the whole show, and it'll be the future soon... Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song really deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is "Furry Old Lobster", another great song by Jonathan Coulton about the tragic disappearance of the nations first true lobster (it's kind of hard to explain).

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As Contributing Troubador for PopSci Magazine, Jonathan Coulton made this song for one of their articles which described how, in the future, people may be able to take a pill to let them feel however they wanted. That may not be such a great thing... This video is an entry in the PopSci Jonathan Coulton/I Feel Fantastic video contest.

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Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song really deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is "The Presidents", another great song by Jonathan Coulton

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This video could have been called "Son of Code Monkey", or "Return to Code Monkey", or "Code Monkey II, the Revenge". It's a sequel to my original "Code Monkey" video, so you may want to watch that one first. Jonathan Coulton and Quick Stop Entertainment held a contest to remix Jonathan Coulton's great "Code Monkey" song. Ken's "Speed Monkey" was one of the winners, and as soon as I heard it, I knew I needed to make a video for it. Ken's "Speed Monkey" tribute page can be found at: http://art.twobrotherssoftware.com/speedmonkey.html Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is another great "Code Monkey" remix by Kristen Shirts.

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This is a music video for Jonathan Coulton's "Podsafe Christmas Song". www.jonathancoulton.com Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song deserved a video. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end is another holiday song by Jonathan Coulton called "Chiron Beta Prime" "Podsafe" means it's OK to play the song on your podcast without being sued. The R.I.A.A. is the Recording Industry Association of America, the guys who think everyone who's ever downloaded a song is a pirate and should be sued.

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This is a music video about the life of the common lowlands code monkey. Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who though this great song really deserved a video. Before you ask, since apes, goblins, and night elf receptionists don't tend to interact much in the wild, I couldn't only use captured game footage to make this video. Every frame of this video was composited together by hand using images captured from the WoW Model Viewer, WoW Map Viewer, and the World of Warcraft game itself. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this film. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is "Big Bad World One", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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This is a music video about an evil genius in love. Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is "So Far So Good", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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This is a music video for Jonathan Coulton's song "Creepy Doll". Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is "Skymall", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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This is a music video for the Jonathan Coulton song "Just As Long As Me". Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is "When You Go", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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This is a music video for the Jonathan Coulton song "re: Your Brains". Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his "Thing A Week" podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about my videos, including info about how I make them. The song at the end of the video is "Mandelbrot Set", another great Jonathan Coulton song.

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