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Jonathan Coulton
Summary: Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock/folk rock musician. He is best known for such compositions as ", Still Alive ", and ", Code Monkey ", , as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's ", Baby Got Back ", . He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures. Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast, on topics as diverse as vengeful nerds, self-loathing giant squid, partially-imagined historical figures, and devotees of a certain Swedish prefab furniture store.
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