I HAD NOT QUITE REALIZED just how carefully arranged was our final sing-along at the WITS show on Friday in St. Paul for to tempt the roving eye of the good people of bOING bOING,

BUT bOING bOING SAW RIGHT THROUGH OUR SCHEME this morning.

QUOTH MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER, “All we need is for a unicorn to walk out on stage wearing some steampunk headgear and I’m pretty sure this video would have the BoingBoing demographic in the bag, man.”

WITNESS, and perhaps even SING ALONG

ALTOGETHER, the WITS show was a true joy, and I am terribly grateful to JOHNS MOE and MUNSON, plus my favorite backup feral mountain man JOHN RODERICK, plus the ever delightful and spooky NEIL “JOHN” GAIMAN, the surprising DAMIAN KULASH, and those singing ASCOTS for including me in the show. You can listen to the whole show HERE, or listen to it on the radio on AUGUST 1.*

AND I AGREE WITH MS. KOERTH-BAKER: Roderick has a truly soaring voice, and you should enjoy this video for NOT MOVING TO PORTLAND that she pointed out, which dates back to January, a time when Roderick was still missing a tooth, and I apparently was not using the internet.

FINALLY, A NOTE TO TRAVELERS: while St. Paul is truly a remarkable simulation of an American city, and a lovely place to visit, as I noted on Twitter, if you are playing ukulele and/or professional singers are singing quiet country songs in beautiful two part harmony after midnight in your hotel room, the hotel WILL call security on you. REPEATEDLY.

*THE REASON IT TAKES LONGER FOR RADIO is that it takes the radio engineers a long time to scrub away the DISGUSTING VIDEO from the BEAUTIFUL, UNSULLIED SOUND.

EVERY DAMN LINK IN THIS IMITATION BLOG POST COMES COURTESY: bOING bOING, as usual.

That is all.

IT IS ACCURATE THAT I WILL BE DOING MY IMITATION OF STANDING UP COMEDY this evening, in Prospect Park, at the Bandshell, along with Eugene Mirman and his incredibly talented friends.

THE BANDSHELL is an amazing structure. No one knows who built it, or why. COME AND FIND OUT THE ANSWER TONIGHT.

WAS IT THE WORK OF THE DRUIDS?

THEN TOMORROW, I will be traveling to the TWIN CITIES, specifically, the smaller, withered twin of ST. PAUL, in order to appear on stage at WITS, with many JOHNS, including John Moe and John Roderick and other surprise Johns.

AT THIS EVENT, IT WILL ALL BE BACK TO NORMAL, as I will be reading slowly and awkwardly from a book, THE WAY I LIKE IT.

IT SHALL BE A DELIGHT TO SEE YOU AT EITHER EVENT.

That is all.

HERE IS THE BRILLIANT DAVID MITCHELL talking about something in a foreign language.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE HE IS SPEAKING, please translate for me in the comments.

BUT I DO ENJOY his strange facial expressions and maroon shirt (excuse me, MAROUN).

That is all.

LINK COURTESY: Sullivan.