Mathowie's Community Blog

This song is called mathowie's community blog, and it's about mathowie, and the community blog, but mathowie's community blog is not the name of the community blog, that's just the name of the song. - lyrical brilliance by It's Raining Florence Henderson, with extra bits of artistic license taken in the studio. - Arlo-esque lead vocals by French Fry, aka Alex Millard, aka my brother.

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posted by cortex (83 comments total)

37 seperate takes comprise the final lead vocal mixdown. I played that whole goddam 22 minute guitar part in one take, and just left the fuckups in.
posted by cortex at 10:42 PM on September 3, 2006

Sweet Mercy Our Sound Baby Is Born!

And it's all sticky
posted by French Fry at 10:44 PM on September 3, 2006

Christ on a popsicle stick. You're a machine. Excellent.
posted by gsteff at 10:48 PM on September 3, 2006

Holy hell! This thing clocks in at almost 22 minutes. I'm at work and can't listen to it yet (my co-workers would be bemused, if not annoyed) but damn cortex... you deserve some kind of award or something for pure dedication to keeping us MeFites happy/amused/distracted. Kudos!
posted by Effigy2000 at 10:49 PM on September 3, 2006

Well, French Fry was the poor sumbitch who had to sing/say it, and listen to me yelling "cut" every two minutes. I just plied him with water and whiskey until he spit the whole thing out.
posted by cortex at 10:50 PM on September 3, 2006

I just plied him with water and whiskey

AND HOW!
posted by French Fry at 10:54 PM on September 3, 2006

Man, the Arlo impersonation is dead-on. Nicely done!
posted by adrian_h at 10:59 PM on September 3, 2006

Awesome... just awesome.
posted by stefanie at 11:01 PM on September 3, 2006

This is very nice, thanks.
posted by marxchivist at 11:01 PM on September 3, 2006

Well done - Thank you both! The "Photoshop... Tee Em" bit brought tears to my eyes.
posted by False Dichotomy at 11:21 PM on September 3, 2006

Thats great, dude. Serious kudos.
posted by cholly at 11:23 PM on September 3, 2006

Very, very cool. Pony request? Can somebody whip up a piece of cover art for the iTunes crowd?
posted by cgc373 at 11:28 PM on September 3, 2006

Ok, "jiff"? Nerd war!

No, seriously, this is great.
posted by amery at 11:36 PM on September 3, 2006

I was so hoping this would happen. It's a beautiful thing. Thank you, all of you.
posted by b33j at 5:39 AM on September 4, 2006

Magnifique! Give that man another bottle of Scotch. And don't water it this time.
posted by languagehat at 6:10 AM on September 4, 2006

Majestic! I really liked the post, and didn't realize until now that the "-IRFL" in the sig stood for "It's Raining Florence Henderson."

Well done, both of you.
posted by planetkyoto at 6:16 AM on September 4, 2006

And don't water it this time.

Oh, give us some credit! Separate glasses, sir.
posted by cortex at 7:09 AM on September 4, 2006

Seven shades of awesome.
posted by slimepuppy at 7:13 AM on September 4, 2006

We know cortex is married, but is brother French Fry available for sexing up?
posted by blasdelf at 7:20 AM on September 4, 2006

Sweet mother of God.
posted by ColdChef at 8:31 AM on September 4, 2006

Nicely executed.
posted by senor biggles at 8:38 AM on September 4, 2006

cgc373: Can somebody whip up a piece of cover art for the iTunes crowd?

I'm no graphic artist, but for what its worth, here's my humble effort:


posted by RichardP at 9:02 AM on September 4, 2006 [2 favorites]

awesome!
posted by Quietgal at 9:50 AM on September 4, 2006

holy jesus.

I bow before you all.
posted by kalimac at 10:01 AM on September 4, 2006

Here at Dialupville, I am going out to haul brush while my phone line grudgingly allows me to download this over the next hour and 45 min. Can't wait to hear it!
posted by Hobgoblin at 10:43 AM on September 4, 2006

"We're not worthy!"
posted by ZachsMind at 10:44 AM on September 4, 2006

Fantastic. This is just great!
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:12 AM on September 4, 2006

RichardP is on the job! Thanks, everybody!
posted by cgc373 at 11:21 AM on September 4, 2006

Awesome!
posted by furtive at 11:28 AM on September 4, 2006

A truly beautiful team effort. Kudos to all!
posted by occhiblu at 12:10 PM on September 4, 2006

remarkable
posted by mr.marx at 1:07 PM on September 4, 2006

HORRIFYING! and by horrifying I mean totally awesome.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 1:38 PM on September 4, 2006

Wow. Just, well, wow.
posted by mygothlaundry at 1:53 PM on September 4, 2006

As a 35-year Arlo fan, I am blown away - absolutely amazing!!!
posted by garypratt at 2:22 PM on September 4, 2006

There.... there are no words. *brushes tear*
posted by jokeefe at 2:36 PM on September 4, 2006

Aw, dood, you left out the Coulter joke (I guess it wouldn't really translate) and "this treason-- it vibrates?" but small and niggling criticisms. This is beyond awesome. I will have ten thousand of your babies.
posted by jokeefe at 2:52 PM on September 4, 2006

Absolutely Amazing! Muchos Kudos!
posted by ktrey at 3:02 PM on September 4, 2006

*standing ovation*
posted by jeversol at 3:10 PM on September 4, 2006

Definitely Best of the Web ("at mathowie's community blog"). The original was wonderful enough, and now the recorded version (plus the album cover) make things even better. Congratulations to all involved.

May you be wired much funds (from Nigeria and elsewhere).
posted by lelilo at 3:12 PM on September 4, 2006

^_^ \m/
posted by casarkos at 3:27 PM on September 4, 2006

I have no idea who Arlo is, but this is fucking fantastic.
posted by jack_mo at 4:20 PM on September 4, 2006

Inspired and brilliant! Kudos!
posted by buriednexttoyou at 5:37 PM on September 4, 2006

BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!! BRA-FREAKIN-VO!!!
This MetaMegaMagnumOpusVegeMin is the absolute
Bestest.
Of.
The.
Web.
Evar!!!11!!@@@22@@
posted by wendell at 7:02 PM on September 4, 2006

I have no idea who Arlo is

Better not let the baby Jesus hear that. You'll make Him cry.

A dead-on impersonation.
posted by kindall at 7:16 PM on September 4, 2006

wow.
posted by mookieproof at 7:20 PM on September 4, 2006

Would you call this "MetaFilker"?
posted by wendell at 8:10 PM on September 4, 2006

I don't want you going to hell happy

Thank you IRFH, thank you cortex.
posted by F Mackenzie at 8:21 PM on September 4, 2006

It's scenarios like this that make me lament the fact I play music for a living and have no time to do it for fun.

Though I suppose that drunken crowds and willing women ten years my junior does qualify as fun, I suppose.
posted by sourwookie at 8:25 PM on September 4, 2006

I believe in the concept of reincarnation, because I believe I *WILL* have a life where I possess actual musical talent. It clearly ain't this one.

Now I remember why I value it so highly. Thanks to all involved.
posted by booksherpa at 8:42 PM on September 4, 2006

awesome.
posted by juv3nal at 10:49 PM on September 4, 2006

Stunning.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 5:38 AM on September 5, 2006

Thanks all.
posted by dame at 6:44 AM on September 5, 2006

BOTW - Yee-haa!
posted by Shave at 6:45 AM on September 5, 2006

!!!!
posted by Quartermass at 6:45 AM on September 5, 2006

This is amazing! Congrats!
posted by MythMaker at 5:34 PM on September 5, 2006

So who'd you recruit for the concluding chorus?

And, need it be said a trillionth time, holy cripes. MeFi filk ...
posted by WCityMike at 6:53 PM on September 5, 2006

It's over (all 22 minutes of it -- sweet jeebus) and I'm still grinning. Fantastic. Nice job, all.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 9:21 PM on September 5, 2006

So who'd you recruit for the concluding chorus?

My wife and French Fry's girlfriend. Anyone else would have thought we were nuts!
posted by cortex at 7:00 AM on September 6, 2006

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posted by cortex at 7:01 AM on September 6, 2006

I love the way he says "d00d". Awesome.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:28 PM on September 6, 2006

I've been looking at metafilter several times a week for almost three years now. This is why i paid my $5.
posted by Kudos at 12:46 AM on September 7, 2006

... I love you guys.
posted by cmyk at 4:55 PM on September 7, 2006

Thank you, metafilter! You all restore my faith in humanity.
posted by tidecat at 6:31 PM on September 7, 2006

Quite awesome.

(also, is it just me, or does Cortex's brother sound kinda like Cleveland from Family Guy?)
posted by Afroblanco at 9:16 AM on September 9, 2006

Sourwookie, whether or not cortex is a professional musician, and I think he is, there's professional musicians doing stuff like this, just as there are professional writers writing stuff for fun. You don't think you have the time. That's fine. Other people do.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 9:22 AM on September 9, 2006

Hoof, ease up, EB. I don't think sourwookie meant anything negative, and there's nothing that odd about the notion of not having the time/energy/will to do something recreationally when you're already doing it as work. It's not a universal, of course, but it's more than plausible. It's all good.

(And I'm not a professional musician, in a meaningful sense—maybe once I make some money, though.)
posted by cortex at 11:39 AM on September 9, 2006

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who had no idea about the whole Arlo thing... this is still damn impressive though guys. Rock on.
posted by ryran at 10:05 AM on September 10, 2006

Among the listeners, I have to say I am most impressed by the endurance of those of you who have no context for Arlo or Alice's Restaurant. What an exceedingly mysterious exercise this thing must have seemed to you on first listen.
posted by cortex at 3:38 PM on September 10, 2006

Indeed. Now i have to find out who this Arlo is :)
posted by dhruva at 9:27 PM on September 14, 2006

Genre: Arlocore.

Haha.
posted by danb at 8:32 AM on September 15, 2006

Amazing work.
posted by tdismukes at 7:24 AM on September 18, 2006

The "group W chatroom". The small touches like this make it great.

This might be the best parody I've heard in a long time. I just opened it, let it play and browsed MeTa, amused as hell.
posted by caution live frogs at 9:59 AM on September 18, 2006

This is freaking genius. Dead on Arlo, gang. Hysterical.
posted by dejah420 at 5:38 PM on September 18, 2006

posted by 29 at 10:43 PM on October 1, 2006 [1 favorite]

There's a fascinating +favorite feedback loop on this tune; it just never dies. I'm not sure whether to be delighted or embarassed.
posted by cortex at 12:05 PM on February 8, 2007

Delighted.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:10 PM on February 9, 2007

De-Barassed?
posted by French Fry at 1:47 PM on February 15, 2007

You mean be-pantsed?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:13 PM on February 15, 2007

Disunenchanted, to be sure.
posted by cortex at 8:55 AM on April 5, 2007

I don't know what to say. Best of the Web? No, this is the Best of the Best of the Web.
posted by RussHy at 8:38 AM on May 22, 2007

[this is good]
posted by dg at 4:05 AM on August 9, 2007

[this is still good]
posted by DMan at 4:34 PM on October 3, 2007

Latest late pass ever, but man that was just nuts! the part about a digital taint, or something to that affect, got me.
posted by cashman at 9:53 AM on November 10, 2007