It only sounds like a commercial

Well it's about time to be burning your Halloween party CD and I thought I'd help you out a little bit. After all, how many times do you need to hear the Monster Mash in one night? (Answer: 3) And when I say, "a little bit" I mean I have one more song to offer. '

The singer is Jonathan Coulton and his song is called "Re Your Brains." I first saw him at the RiffTrax live event I went to a couple months ago and it's one of the songs he sang. You can find the song at http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/. Scroll down to Thing a Week Two. Best part is, you can listen to the whole song on the site, in case you don't feel like passing out your credit card information for a buck.

I got a bunch of his stuff with my Zune Pass and I'm loving it. I listened to his Best. Concert. Ever. live album and my first thought when it was over, was to start it again. Been a long time since I wanted to listen to any album twice in a row. And while the live album isn't listed on his site, for some reason, a lot of the songs from it are there for your sampling pleasure. Allow me to recommend a few personal favorites. Just be warned, while the music is normally good and catchy, it's really a disguise for a bunch of nerdy inside jokes. And sometimes bad words.

• Code Monkey - Yeah, from the TV show. It's about being a computer programmer in love. My first exposure to him before I knew who he was.
• Talk with George - Reminds me of Steve Martin's song about his grandmother's advice. Fairly serious, but not bad advice really. AND it's a free download. A musician giving his art away. Didn't think they actually existed.
• Re Your Brains - The whole point of this blog. Nice little zombie sing-a-long mixed in with Office Space type references.
• Baby Got Back - One of his few cover songs. As an acoustic ballad, just like you'd expect.
• When I'm 25 or 64 - Just a mash up, but well done. And since neither songs are his, it's another freebie!
• The Future Soon - Another song he sang at the live event. It's hard to squeeze in ANY reference about the robot uprising in a love song. Even harder making it a turning point in the song.
• Kenisaw Mountain Landis - A folk song. A good song. A free song.
• First of May - Enjoy the beauty of nature. NSFW.

Now go grab the live CD. It has all of these on it plus more!