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I haven't watched the JoCo in a Bubble vids, but would it be more accurate to say "the first song for which Jonathan streamed his recording sessions live over the Internet" rather than "the first song to be streamed live over the Internet"? The latter just suggests a streamed performance, but it's more than that, isn't it? --Thomast 13:39, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
- You need more faith in yourself, Thomast. I agree, I'll go ahead and edit with your sentence. --MitchO 14:33, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
- I'd be fine with that wording -- what I wrote originally was the following:
The video of Jonathan Coulton's recording sessions for this song was streamed live over the Internet to inaugurate the JoCo in a Bubble project (archive: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]). (He has since repeated this process with other songs from The Aftermath; see My Beige Bear and Lady Aberlin's Muumuu.)
- --Bry 14:36, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
I would just like to say that the version I watched on youtube was by the official National Geographic Channel, so JoCo would be wrong if he was referring the that specific video. Should this be mentioned anywhere? Also, the video I'm referring to has almost a million views. Theclinger 18:50, 3 January 2009 (EST)
