While I'm a fan of many things, a pair of Jons (no, not Johns Linnell & Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants) inspired my idea for this blog.
First is Jon Lajoie, who raps about being an Everyday Normal Guy and is the inspiration for the name of the blog. He's arguably a comedy genius - while his videos are on the surface pretty low-brow in their delivery, his deadpan intelligent satire appeals to me very much. Also dick jokes. He's pretty much a self-made success who became popular over the internet. Check out the rest of his stuff on his Youtube channel.
And then there's Jonathan Coulton, another self-made successful musician, whose geeky songs also gained popularity over the internet through his embrace of a Creative Commons copyright license, allowing people to use his songs in their own projects without requiring permission or charging royalties. He ran his project Thing-a-Week for a year straight, recording a song every week. This model sort of serves as the basis for the structure of Everyday Better Guy, doing something specific every day. I love his music, and if you like awesome geeky things you will too. Some of his more well-known hits are Still Alive, Code Monkey, and Skullcrusher Mountain. You can listen to all of his music (and download some of it) for free in the music section of his website. Here's one of my favorite fan-made videos:
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