How to Become a[n aspie?] Rock Star
Jonathan Coulton went from being just another "code monkey" to the Godfather of "Geek Rock." Here’s how he did it.
By KEVIN SITES, SUN FEB 17, 1:12 PM PST
If Jonathan Coulton were to write a song about his own success as a rock star, there would be little mention of the booze, drugs, one-night stands and lonely road laments that typically play out the power chord mix of mythic guitar heroes and music idols.
Instead, Coulton would refer to escaping a life awash in Fritos and Mountain Dew, stuck at his desk writing computer code — "The Office," set to music. It is, by his own admission, a fairly accurate description of his own former life as a software engineer.
"There's very little Elvis in me," Coulton says from his light-filled two-bedroom condo in Brooklyn. "Any rhythm that I have is here in my fingers. It's nowhere else in my body."
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