We caught up with Jonathan Coulton after he participated in a live taping of the Heather Gold show, an experience he blogged as well, without noting the more relevant details -- he sang a duet of Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" with Gold reading the lyrics from an iPhone and then sang Billy Joel's "Don't Ask Me Why" with Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson. We had a couple minutes (before running out of hard drive space)......

John Stewart recently called John Hodgman "very funny." That would be enough to keep us home playing the Daily Show video over and over, but it's not enough for Hodgman. He was center stage at the McSweeney's thing at REDCAT on Saturday and will be at Book Soup tonight. Because it's all about his book, The Areas of My Expertise, which includes the heretofore unknown Hobo Rebellion. Stewart says the book should not be......

MONDAY • Order of the Wand, Josh Haden, The Cloud Room and Helen Stellar play for free tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. [21+] • The Willowz, Wolfmother, Driveblind and The Binges are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM and admission is free. • Author John Hodgman and his guitar-playing accompanist, Jonathan Coulton, will be at Book Soup tonight to present and sign Hodgson's The Areas of My Expertise at 7......