https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=192.150.10.200&feedformat=atomJoCopedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T12:07:42ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.4https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Shop_Vac&diff=6858Shop Vac2008-07-08T16:41:17Z<p>192.150.10.200: added line about JoCo's comments about the news clips in the song</p>
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<div>{{SongDetails<br />
|img=ShopVac.jpg<br />
|albumname=Thing a Week One<br />
|trackno=04<br />
|length=3:31<br />
|release=10-07-2005<br />
|songlink=Shop+Vac<br />
|bloglink=2005/10/07/thing-a-week-4-shop-vac/}}<br />
"'''Shop Vac'''" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s fourth album [[Thing a Week One]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
"Shop Vac" was released as the fourth [[Thing a Week]] on October 7th, 2005. It was originally released without a solo. Jonathan held a contest for fans to submit sample solos and put the winning entry, by Vincent, into the song. <br />
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== Live performance ==<br />
"Shop Vac" is played somewhat regularly at Jonathan Coulton concerts. Depending on the location of the concert, Jonathan will alternatively explain or bemoan the existence of suburbs. The solo is invariably omitted when the song is played live, but is otherwise an acoustic version of the recorded track.<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
* "Shop Vac" is classified as a funny/sad song on the [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/listen Listening Suggestions] page.<br />
* The radio in the background near the end of the song appears to be saying the following (credit for this discovery to [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=168#Item_7 Blimix]):<br />
**"... the case of two men who have come up with an idea for ads reaching a captive audience. The ads can now be seen inside public bathroom stalls. 'It may seem silly,' says..."<br />
**"A forty-nine-year-old, unidentified man went berserk last night, opening fire with a twelve-gauge shotgun in a crowded, downtown..."<br />
* JoCo's comments in his blog about these lines: "The newscast is a segment about ads above urinals, and then another about a guy going nuts with a shotgun. It felt a little goofy to drop that in there, but it also gave me chills, so I kept it."<br />
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== Availability ==<br />
=== Downloads ===<br />
"Shop Vac" is available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an [[joco:songdetails/Shop+Vac|individual track]] or as part of ''[[joco:albums//thing-a-week-i/|Thing a Week I]]''. Of course, this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.<br />
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Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the [[joco:store/flac/|Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store]].<br />
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=== CD ===<br />
"''Thing a Week I''" is available for purchase as a CD [http://cdbaby.com/cd/coulton3 here].<br />
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=== Other versions ===<br />
A karaoke version of "Shop Vac" is available on the [[joco:store/karaoke/|Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store]].<br />
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== Themes ==<br />
(Your themes here)<br />
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{{TAW1nav}}</div>192.150.10.200https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Mandelbrot_Set&diff=5818Mandelbrot Set2008-05-23T17:48:48Z<p>192.150.10.200: added link to Mandelbrot pic</p>
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|img=Jonathan_placeholder.jpg<br />
|albumname=Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow<br />
|trackno=5<br />
|length=4:24<br />
|release=??-??-????<br />
|songlink=Mandelbrot+Set}}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* Written for [[John Hodgman]]'s [[Little Gray Books]] Lecture #16, "How to Pour the Perfect Werthmann", delivered on February 5, 2003 [http://web.archive.org/web/20030208050702/http://www.littlegraybooks.com/].<br />
* [http://bantha.org/~lunetta/pix/mandelbrot.jpg Proof that Benoit Mandelbrot is aware of Jonathan Coulton and this song].<br />
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{{WTMTnav}}</div>192.150.10.200https://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Spiff&diff=1200Spiff2008-04-04T17:18:41Z<p>192.150.10.200: changed "13 videos" to "14 videos"</p>
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<div>Mike "Spiff" Booth began using World of Warcraft to create music videos for [[JoCo]] fans in May 2006. As of this writing, Spiff has created 14 videos. His video for [[Code Monkey]] has been viewed an astounding 2,200,000 times, and [[Re Your Brains]] 1,500,000 times. Spiff's videos are responsible for many fans discovering the full [[Jonathan Coulton]] library.<br />
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See Spiff's website with the full video collection [http://www.spiffworld.com/ here]. So far Spiff has made videos for the following songs, in chronological order:<br />
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* [[Re Your Brains]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM video]<br />
* [[Just as Long as Me]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqAzgmVUKi0 video]<br />
* [[Creepy Doll]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTSkWnKs9rM video]<br />
* [[Skullcrusher Mountain]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ryNJVreiY video]<br />
* [[Code Monkey]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA video]<br />
* [[First of May]] - [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8456995878011926927&hl=en video] (removed from YouTube!)<br />
* [[Podsafe Christmas Song]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50UhOdBHsQg video]<br />
* Speed Monkey (a remix of Code Monkey) - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLLiTkiOaQ video]<br />
* [[Betty and Me]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShPAyOoOGPw video]<br />
* [[I Feel Fantastic]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knzMFC6s4Bw video]<br />
* [[The Future Soon]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiDK_yBCw0 video]<br />
* [[The Big Boom]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PoKpEw5l-Q video]<br />
* [[Chiron Beta Prime]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5M9UTlDb10 video]<br />
* [[Mr. Fancy Pants]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu71EAdnjQ0 video]<br />
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