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Jonathan Coulton

Musician, Code Monkey and Portal's Still Alive

u/jonathancoulton ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

Their 2017 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 83 comments from u/jonathancoulton, dated 2012 to 2017, most often in r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “We are the organizers of JoCo Cruise. Ask us anything!”

You've written songs about a corporate zombie and a moody vampire. When are you going to complete the trifecta and write a song about a lovesick werewolf? (Pay no attention to the username of the person asking this question.)

u/jonathancoulton replied

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You know, it is a little strange that I have never found my way to werewolves. I think there might be something about them that I don't find all that compelling. Once a month you turn into a wolf, who cares. Lock yourself in the basement, done. Sure it hurts, your bones elongate and you grow hair very quickly and painfully and stuff, but it just doesn't feel like that big a deal to me. I have a bad day AT LEAST once a month, and I'm not complaining.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “From the Humble Music Bundle: Damian Kulash of OK Go, Jonathan Coulton, Christopher Tin, MC Frontalot, and Humble Bundle! Ask us anything!”

For Jonathan Coulton, How did Valve contact you about writing the ending song for Portal?

u/jonathancoulton replied

Kim Swift (the project lead) came to one of my shows in Seattle and came up to the merch table to say hi and ask if I had ever thought about writing for games.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “From the Humble Music Bundle: Damian Kulash of OK Go, Jonathan Coulton, Christopher Tin, MC Frontalot, and Humble Bundle! Ask us anything!”

Damian_OKGo - I saw you in england last year, and you were talking about a gig that was going to take place in the round house. What happened to that? I didn't hear anything about it afterwards. JoCo - Do you correct your lyrics for Mandlebrot set in gigs now that Benoit died?…

u/jonathancoulton replied

I have taken to leaving out the offending lines, and it sort of functions as a moment of silence for Benoit, which feels right. I don't like the idea of changing lyrics if I can help it. Songs are not wikipedia articles.