Pocket Universe

It’s been kind of a crazy week since the Jonathan Coulton concert, so I thought I’d post a few links documenting the extent of my little fifteen minutes of internet fame.

Jonathan Coulton posted a nice entry thanking everyone in S.F. for the great show.

Paul and Storm also mentioned the then-upcoming show with Jonathan Coulton, and a few people (including yours truly) commented to thank them for the show. And again, Paul and Storm made an entirely too-generous response thanking me for my participation.

Merlin Mann summarized the recent episode 133 of This Week in Tech, which featured the reunion of the Rock Band band (Merlin, Leo, Veronica, and Jonathan Coulton) from the concert. (I was mentioned by name at around 31 minutes into the podcast, and Jonathan himself said, “God bless Andy Bates!”) I made a comment to correct some errors, and Merlin made a very gracious response.

Jonathan also posted about the episode of TWiT, and I again made the same factual corrections.

Some posts were made to the forums in the aftermath of the DVD show. I now have many new titles, including “Andy Bates (of now-immortal fame),” “the legendary Andy Bates,” and “the inimitable Andy Bates.”

And here is one more title, from Jonathan himself: “The Great Andy Bates,” with a picture of me and two fine-looking young gentlemen from Harmonix. Also read the comments to find out how I have affected people’s lives.

Oh, and here is the original forum thread where I asked for an extra ticket, then won the coin toss against Abby (who ended up getting another extra ticket later, and went to the show too!). I posted on this thread too, and even started one of my own. What can I say? I was desperate!

After the show, I asked on the forums if anyone had a completely set list, and the guy who stole it from onstage (and had it signed!) kindly posted it.

Colleen was in our group, and she posted this lovely summary of the show experience. Rex was the one who got the group of single-ticket-holders together, and he also posted about his thoughts on the show.

Colleen kindly posted a YouTube video of Oded’s recording of the part where I raised my hand and went up on stage. Unfortunately, he didn’t record the song itself, but if you want to see the beginning part, there you go.

There are also a few pictures from the show on Flickr, and even some which feature my smiling face, including (but not limited to) these ones. Some of my favorites are the near-handshake, “It’s THAT guy,” my zombie friend, “Smile!”, duet, pining, and friendship.