Musiktipset

Det blev tyst här, och fasligt dystert. Lånar lite gott humör från Jonathan Coulton, en amerikansk musiker som bjuder ut sin musik i princip gratis och uppmanar lyssnarna att göra vad de vill med musiken. Resultatet (mest diverse mer eller mindre bra hemmagjorda videos) kallas då JOCO Project och valsar runt på internet, på så sätt får han reklam och kan ta in pengar på live-framträdanden. "Creative commons" heter konceptet som är ett försök att se hela fildelningsfrågan från ett nytt perspektiv. Han skriver kul sånger om zoombies som jobbar på kontor, olyckligt kära monster och blyga programmerare som sitter i sina cubicles och spanar på receptionisten.

Som alla utlandssvenskar identiferar jag mig sjukligt med IKEA så jag kunde inte motstå den här sången. Kolla in fler alster här.



Long ago in days of yore
It all began with a god named Thor
There were Vikings and boats
And some plans for a furniture store
It’s not a bodega, it’s not a mall
And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine
As if there were apartments smaller than mine

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don’t have a home you can buy one there

So rent a car or take the bus
Lay your cash down and put your trust
In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size
Billy the bookcase says hello
And so does a table whose name is Ingo
And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don’t have a home you can buy one there

Ikea: plywood, brushed steel
Ikea: meatballs, tasty
Ikea: Allen wrenches
All of them for free
All of them for me

I’m sorry I said Ikea sucks
I just bought a table for 60 bucks
And a chair and a lamp
And a shelf and some candles for you
I was a doubter just like you
Till I saw the American dream come true
In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don’t have a home you can buy one there