Missing the Boat -- a thread for JoCo fans who can't cruise.
Am I the only diehard JoCo fan who ISN'T going to be on the boat? Is there anybody else who because of financial or scheduling or seasickness reasons is going to be sitting at home the first week of January? Is JoCo going to tour at all this fall/winter, or is cruising the only way to catch a JoCo show?
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I hope it's wildly successful, so he will reconsider the Alaskan option for "JoCoCruiseCrazy 2, Alaskan Boogaloo".
A while ago, when I posted on facebook that I'd be going, the following conversation took place between a friend from another forum (whom I'll call and me (A)
B: You better have some extra fun on behalf of those of us who cannot go! That means no less than 4 party hats on your person at any time.
A: I'll put four party hats in my suitcase as soon as I get home tonight.
A: Omgomgomg I am in the first 250. Should I wear four party hats for the exclusive cocktail? My gown and lambag/catbag (I haven't decided which to use) are neutral colours so they should go.
B: Of *course* you should wear 4 party hats to the exclusive cocktail party! Dead serious, that would be awesome ^_^
A: I think I'll take pictures of four party hats enjoying all of the entertainment and cruise facilities, and then the people who didn't go on the cruise can show them to people as their cruise vacation album. Maybe I should get waterproof party hats though.
A: "...and then there was that time I sat on Jonathan Coulton's head. We had a ball."
B: Haha!
If you can't find waterproof ones you can always buy cheap ones and brush a thin layer of white glue over them (which dries clear). It will give your hats an added shine!
Zomg you will have so much fun
A: No, *you* will have so much fun, in your representation as a party hat.
...and then Jutze promised to build a statue made out of candy in my honour if I got JoCo to play Big Dick Farts a Polka, and I promised to eat it all in one sitting with sponsorship from a toothpaste company to raise money for children who can't afford candy.
So anyway, I thought about this some more, and planned to post a thread about it. I plan to make some party hats made of laminated (so waterproof) A4 paper printed with photos, doodles, and whatever from all the people who want to be on the cruise but couldn't. And then I (and hopefully other people on the cruise) will take photos and videos of the hats doing interesting things, and you'll all be able to show them to people as 'your' holiday snaps from the cruise. I'd try to make sure each person's representation on the hats would get in at least one photo. I even thought of an idea for the intro of the video which I can't remember the details right now, but it involved somebody acting like the Old Spice guy responding to the above request on facebook. Oh, but that's a secret.
Basically, I would need everyone who is interested in this to send me a picture of themselves or some other image that they'd want to be put on the hat in some kind of collage, and any specific requests of what they'd like to do on the cruise. Remember that as a virtual hat-person, you might be able to get away with more than a real person could. For example, you could probably throw yourself at Paul and Storm during Opening Band, or hop on board Paul during Frogger without causing a scandal.
Does anyone think this is a good idea, or have any suggestions to improve it?
At my new job I get to see all the Alaskan cruise ships as they pass through this port, and every. single. one. has a hideously tacky top deck with a fake rock wall, metal or plastic palm trees, and "grass" painted on the glass deck rail. No matter how nice the cruise ship, this deck looks the same. I am still mystified.
@Chicazul - Cruises in general mystify me, beause they no longer are the experience they once were. It used to be a mode of transportation transformed into a social event to stave off the boredom... black tie dances and late evenings at the bar, with the vast ocean sliding by as backdrop. Romantic, ya know?
Now you can't go on a cruise unless you're having FUN!! And we certainly can't leave home without taking all of it with us, can we?
Back to the actual topic: I haven't heard any rumours of further touring, but I have PAX blindness and won't be paying attention to much else until it's over.
Add +4 to the Alaska cruise request list.
You have fun now though, you hear?
So, no, you won't get anything near "within hours", except in the form of tweets or facebook updates from the relatively wealthy, perhaps.
Tweeted by JoCo, saying goodbye to the bustling multitudes:
http://yfrog.com/h7dsyqj
Wil prepares for the trip:
http://twitpic.com/3mgogk
The Official Badge of Honor:
http://yfrog.com/h3rr2wfj
and this
Don't know if you'll all be able to see it though
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=769383641852
Mid-2001: I'm working on Holland America ships as a chord monkey, spending too much time hanging around at the front desk. Here I discover that the style of back-office admin work required onboard can do with more automation, and dust off some coding skills. This segues into a career change from full-time musician when I realise that people might be willing to pay me money to play with computers.
Mid-2007: In my new career, I'm introduced to the music of Jonathan Coulton by a fellow code monkey.
Jan 2010: I compose an email to said Jonathan Coulton, mentioning some experience with theme cruises and specialist tour operators, stating the belief that he might just get enough people interested to put together a cruise with him as headline act. Specifically point out the Insight Cruises is experienced at working with the geek crowd. Never got a response, but we all know he is a busy man.
You can see why this week is particularly poignant for me ;-)
I had a similar experience. First time JoCo came to Dallas he was at a club in Deep Ellum that totally did not fit to his crowd.
I had just been to my first show at The Granada (Guy Forsyth opening for the Asylum Street Spankers) and was blown away by that venue.
I emailed JoCo and said THIS is the place you need to play at. No reply but months later he finally came back to Dallas playing at the Granada.
So far there's been two JoCo shows there as well as a w00tstock.
I pat myself on the back every time. ;-)
Let's award ourselves special lapel buttons anyway ;-)