With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by Jonathan Coulton to talk about traveling, horn sections, and Jonathan’s new album, Artificial Heart.

Links for this episode:

• Jonathan Coulton - Home Page
  
• JoCo Cruise Crazy II: February 19–26, 2012 | A 7-day Southern Caribbean cruise on Holland America’s ms Westerdam, with Jonathan Coulton and friends | JoCo Cruise Crazy II
  
• Thing a Week Redux
  
• 002: Interview: Jonathan Coulton | The Merlin Show
  
• 007: Interview: Jonathan Coulton, Part 2 | The Merlin Show
  
• abattoir - definition of abattoir by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
  
• Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) - IMDb
  
• Paul and Storm » Original Comedy Music from Professional Singing Persons
  
• Jonathan Coulton - First Track from Artificial Heart
  
• Jonathan Coulton - Store
  
• John Flansburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• John Flansburgh - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base
  
• Jonathan Coulton - Shirts and Stuff
  
• TopatoCo: Skullcrusher Mountain Shirt
  
• Jonathan Coulton - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base
  
• A Conversation With John Flansburgh And Jonathan Coulton | The Awl
  
• Artificial Heart (album) - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki
  
• Sticking It To Myself - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki
  
• Today With Your Wife - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki
  
• Jonathan Coulton - "Mr. Fancy Pants" in SF - YouTube
  
• Zendrum | Catalog
  
• Rick Springfield - Love Is Alright Tonite - YouTube
  
• Put Your Heart In It | This American Life
  
• Stan Harrison- Composer and Saxophone Player
  
• Dan Levine - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base
  
• Brazil (1985)
  
• Thing a Week - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki
  
• Jonathan Coulton & Merlin Mann | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Jackson Browne - The Load Out / Stay - Live 1978 - YouTube
  
• Jonathan Coulton (jonathancoulton) on Twitter
  
• Road to … - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• [SPONSOR] Byword • A Simple Text Editor for Mac
  
• [SPONSOR] Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp
  
• [SPONSOR] TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time!
  
• MP3: Exclusive New Jonathan Coulton Song on Blurt Online
  

Sponsored by Byword, MailChimp, and Smile.