Smoking Monkey

Pop · 2003 · 10 tracks

Smoking Monkey

Jonathan Coulton

Witty, home-recorded folk-pop that finds the profound in the pathetic. Acoustic storytelling about birthday parties, European travel, and office-drone existentialism.

November 5, 2003

A clever and slightly anxious blend of suburban satire and genuine emotional vulnerability.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

01

I’m Having a Party

3:27

02

Bozo’s Lament

2:40

03

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

3:31

05

I Hate California

3:08

06

Christmas Is Interesting

3:54

07

Over There

3:35

08

Millionaire Girlfriend

4:24

10

De‐Evolving

4:39

11

I’m a Mason Now

2:17

12

Overhead

3:22

Moments Worth Listening For

The abrupt cut-off of the 'onion dip' line in the opening track, capturing a perfect moment of domestic awkwardness.

The lush, multi-tracked vocal stack on 'Over There' that makes a joke about Belgian mayonnaise sound like a grand choral anthem.

The shift from playful cynicism to genuine, stinging melancholy during the bridge of 'Overhead'.

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