Pontiac, MI: 2008-07-10

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Pontiac, MI


Set list

Paul and Storm's Set:

  • Dancing and lip-synching to "Hat with Feet" and "ABC," and then playing part of "Hat with Feet"
  • We Are the Opening Band
  • Count to Ten
  • Nugget Man (featuring J.C. on backing vocals)
  • Mother's Day Song
  • Rejected Commercials (Fresh Step Kitty Litter, etc.)
  • Nun Fight
  • Live (Song-Fu entry in the style of J.C.)
  • A Better Version of You
  • Musical Suppositions (James Taylor on Fire, Bob Dylan in the Bottom of a Well, etc.)
  • The Captain's Wife's Lament

Jonathan Coulton's Set:

  • The Future Soon
  • Ikea
  • Shop Vac
  • Still Alive (the Portal Song)
  • Baby's Got Back (with Paul and Storm)
  • Code Monkey (with Paul and Storm)
  • My Monkey (with Paul and Storm, music on Tenori-on)
  • Birdhouse in Your Soul (with Paul and Storm)
  • Creepy Doll (with Paul and Storm)
  • I Feel Fantastic (with Paul and Storm)
  • Mister Fancypants (music on Zendrum)
  • I Crush Everything
  • Skullcrusher Mountain
  • Mandelbrot Set
  • Re: Your Brains

Encore:

  • First of May (with Paul and Storm)
  • Sweet Caroline (with Paul and Storm)

Notes

Doors opened at 8, but Paul and Storm didn't start until just past 9 p.m. The venue (the Crofoot Ballroom) was quite full, there were not enough chairs for everyone, and it was a hot night. Since most of those attending lived in neighboring cities such as Royal Oak or Ann Arbor, just about everyone had a long drive to get there, and the show did not end until midnight. But the consensus on the forums seems to be that the performance was tremendous.

A panty and a sock monkey were thrown on stage. A running gag started during Paul and Storm's set when Jonathan hung his beer in the panty, hanging from his microphone, and called it a "beer thong." This gag was milked for all it was worth during several different bits of banter. Expect to see a heavy-metal band called "BeerThong" (with some extraneous umlauts) sometime soon.

Jonathan started a programmed sequence on Tenori-on for "My Monkey" and played samples on Zendrum for "Mister Fancypants." He joked that a Zendrum costs fifty dollars (they actually go for over $1,000 depending on the features).