There have been two of these going around. One is being passed along like a chain letter and seems very successful, requiring people to discuss their personal music collections [size/variety/last CD purchased etc].

The other seems decidedly less popular, but much more fun in my mind. It started with Dave Winer singing Dixie [to horrible MIDI accompaniment] in one of his Morning Coffee Notes, which was then turned into a duet/trio/quartet etc by a bunch of different people recording themselves singing along with it. The most recent version I came across includes [in order] Rogers Cadenhead, Podbat, Amy Bellinger and Rex Hammock.

Needless to say, after five generations the fidelity of the original recording has suffered somewhat, but I don’t know that that really matters anyway– in fact it makes me feel less self-conscious about adding my own voice [nasal baritone in the center] to the mix :)

So please enjoy the delightfully ordinary vocal stylings of this progression of nerds, and of course join in, if you feel so inclined…