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So, I forced Holly to go with me to see/hear the musical stylings of Mr. Jonathan Coulton at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. For those of you unfamiliar with the JoCo, he created a lot of excitement about his work with a year-long blog called “Thing a Week,” where he posted a newly crafted song every week. He’s a bit of a geek, so if you think you might like a song called, “Code Monkey,” give him a listen.

Anywho, the concert was great, with an opening band (Paul and Storm) who had a song called “Opening Band.” Rock on! I highly recommend checking out the JonathanCoulton.com. Here are a few more songs that I love:

• Re: Your Brains (As if a zombie movie were a song, written as a inner-office memo)
• First of May (NSFW! A great little ditty about outdoor lovemaking. Again, Not Safe For Work!)
• Skullcrusher Mountain (”I’m so into you … but I’m way too smart for you”)
• Ikea (Yep, it’s about self-assembled furniture)
• Baby Got Back (acoustic cover version of the Sir-Mix-A-Lot classic)

For those of you who missed it, here’s a pic taken by Mr. JoCo himself.

Holly and I went to see Ryan Adams and the Cardinals last night at the State Theatre. Both of us were quite excited. It was Holly’s first time seeing Mr. Adams and it was my first time seeing Holly see him. I saw Adams a few years ago in Columbia, MO. That show was his first show back post-breaking his wrist after falling off stage some months before. It was a pretty rockin’ show, but there were the moments of RA earning his rep as a bit of a brat. Songs would start and stop and start again due to his frustrations, but it was a rollicking show and I had a pretty good time.

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