I wrote a protest song in response to US immigration policy: http://micahsommer.bandcamp.com/track/let-them-in It's available for free download but if you buy it, I'll donate my cut to immigration advocacy groups. Last week I got to sing it at a religious conference in front of a few hundred people,...

CoT might be cursed, but I've gotten two pretty good songs out of it, so I would likely participate!

Here's my version of Regina Spektor's song "The Calculation", for Micah. Thanks for picking a bunch of great songs, Micah! I really liked all four of them, and hadn't heard any of them before this. This is great, VV - I love your synthpop take on the song! Glad you liked my entries - it w...

I have a sneaking suspicion there are more than a few TMBG fans around here.

Their new album "I Like Fun" is out, and I think that much of it ranks among the best music of their career. They are in fine form.

Here they are playing "I Left My Body" on Conan:

Just watched the season 2 finale of The Good Place. It offered up... not another twist exactly, but certainly an exciting turn, which bodes well for season 3. Assuming the writing and acting stay at the quality level we've seen (and I don't see why they wouldn't) I'm very very excited for season 3.

Wow, I'm kind of glad I didn't get it together to submit for this one. There are some heavy hitters in this fight.

I thought technically you couldn't actually increase the real loudness beyond a certain amount (e.g. the output of your audio file is 0db the entire time). You can increase the "apparent" loudness up toward that real ceiling though, I thought, which is what has been happening. And the way...

Ah yes, the old “science proves that pop music is garbage” claim. And now five for the price of one! I checked out the BBC link (https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/fb84bf19-29c9-4ed3-b6b6-953e8a083334) and strap in because I have some thoughts (or feel free to ignore this entire post). 1. Slower a...

Here are my picks!
Micah Sommersmith

TEGAN AND SARA - SPEAK SLOW

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DAR WILLIAMS - IOWA

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REGINA SPEKTOR - THE CALCULATION

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VIENNA TENG - NEVER LOOK AWAY

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I have really enjoyed this show through its entire run. I think its recent darker turn is a necessary consequence of taking seriously Rebecca’s unhealthy behavior throughout the show. And the increased focus on secondary characters goes along with her increased awareness that other people have their...

I would participate. A January schedule would work well for me since my November and December were pretty crazy this year.

Congrats to Minty Handy! Welcome back. Congratulations Minty Handy! Good songs all around. Just out of curiosity - do you tabulate the votes immediately before posting the results, or is there a lag in which votes might not get counted if they are too late? I voted just I think a couple hours befor...

Chumpy - Good solid tune although it doesn’t stick very strongly in my head. Nice guitar playing, lead and backing vocals, etc. The snare drum feels a little thin and monotonous, but other than that the production is solid. Some clever lines, especially the one about that damn high note in the nati...

Here's mine: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B12kc ... J1NUIyekww

Micah Sommersmith

Chumpy wrote:sometimes you can be a real jerkatorium

I learned from the best.

Technical difficulties resulted in me sending my entry over a day past the deadline. If it appears in the fight, it is thanks to the gracious and generous Fightmasters. If not, I have no one to blame but myself.

In the Jukebox, I noticed that chronologically, "Flamethrower" is listed first, before the actual first fight, "Golfpunk Drives a Cadillac," even thought the dates are correct. Also, not that I'm complaining, but Jerkatorium feat. Micah Sommersmith are currently listed on the Juk...

The Good Place has just been renewed for a third season!

ARSEnal - I like the MIDI arrangement, having done plenty of this kind of thing myself. It presents the melodies cleanly and lets them be clearly heard against each other. In this case, the overlay of instrumental sounds works pretty well, though after the solo opening I was hoping for some thunder...

We're still enjoying it but to be honest I'm wondering now how long they can stretch this out. I suspect maybe they are leading up to another big twist near the end of the season that recontextualizes everything again. That might work, but doesn't seem like a sustainable strategy for the show over ...

I just finished the first season a couple of days ago. I'm not in love with the show as a whole, but the plot twists have been superb so far (and incredibly audacious, especially for a sitcom) which will definitely keep me watching a little longer. Keep at it! Now that the central twist has been re...

Season 2 is proceeding splendidly. My wife and I love love love this show. It's brilliantly written (both the overall plotting of all the twists and turns, and the dialog and character development) and brilliantly performed (D'Arcy Carden! William Jackson Harper! Manny Jacinto! Obviously, Kristen Be...