Weekly Artist Spotlight: Jonathon Coulton & The Real Life Super Hero Project

Welcome to another happy go-lucky Monday edition of Weekly Artist Spotlight! And today we feature a guy that you more than likely have heard on the majority of comedy videos done by SpiffWorld, and yes we’re talking about legendary and uber geeky singer-songwriter Jonathon Coulton. Following up the lighthearted music of Jonathon, we delve into the world of real life Superheroes; taking fiction and making it reality as people really do wear costumes and go forth to help their fellow citizens!

 

Jonathon Coulton

 

 

Jonathon’s song The Big Boom as featured in the SpiffWorld video by Mike Spiff Booth.

From his Facebook page:

Jonathan Coulton (born December 1, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are “Code Monkey”, “Re: Your Brains” and “Still Alive“.

A former computer programmer and self-described geek, Coulton tends to write quirky, witty lyrics about science fiction and technology: a man who thinks in simian terms, a mad scientist who falls in love with one of his captives, and the dangers of bacteria. Rare topical songs include 2005′s “W’s Duty”, which sampled President George W. Bush, and 2006′s “Tom Cruise Crazy”. Most of Coulton’s recordings feature his singing over guitar, bass, and drums; some also feature the various other instruments Coulton plays, including accordion, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and glockenspiel.

Coulton graduated in 1993 from Yale, where he was a member of the Yale Whiffenpoofs and the Yale Spizzwinks(?). He is now the Contributing Troubadour at Popular Science magazine, whose September 2005 issue was accompanied by a five-song set by him called Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms. He was also the Musical Director for The Little Gray Book Lectures.

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/

 

The Real Life Super Hero Project

 

You may think they’re crazy or deluded, you may laugh and criticize them. But it wont stop them from doing what they do best, and that’s helping people. The Real Life Super Hero Project is the visual documentation of the efforts of the many people and groups, who put on costumes and go out into their respective communities to help real people. As you’ll see on their website, these very real people who may not be able to punch through walls, or leap tall buildings in a single bound – instead, they use the most powerful of superhero abilities, and that is to spread Hope.

http://www.reallifesuperheroes.com/

 

 Weekly Artist Spotlight, is Krypton Radio’s bi-weekly feature, to help raise awareness of the artists who you may not have heard about through mainstream media. All content used in Weekly Artist Spotlight, is used from publicly available sources, and is used solely to promote the artists we spotlight.