The Smashing Notkins


A tribute to the kereoke talents that were discovered at the 2002 ACM BBQ.



Image Scissors Project Details

I was inspired by the fine kereoke performance that Ed Lazowska, Raj Rao, and Martin Dickey gave at the last ACM BBQ.

I used a Smashing Pumpkins album cover
as the background image.
Smashing Pumpkins album
Then I found the professors' pictures online....
(*evil laugh*)
Ed Lazowska          Raj Rao
Martin Dickey            David Notkin
... and made masks using the iScissor program.
Ed Lazowska's mask             Raj Rao's mask
Martin Dickey's mask          David Notkin's mask
The final result...
after some shrinking, cropping, rotating, and color adjusting in Photoshop.








Smashing Notkins
"Who Can It Be Now?"
by The Smashing Notkins

      Who can it be knocking at my door?
Is it an...undergrad CS major?
Can't you see that it's late at night
I'm swamped...I've got lectures to write
All I wish is to get this work done
I'm too tired...to explain recursion
Best off if you hang outside
Don't come in, I'll only run and hide

Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?

Who can it be knocking at my door?
Is it an...undergrad CS major?
Once they're here, they'll stay all day
Asking about...how to get an A
My lectures are fine I keep telling myself
There's nothing wrong with my...presentation style
I've given them all the help that I can
but here they come...those undergrads again!

Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?

And then they wanted me to karaoke
Why do they torture me?
Even though I told them that I can't sing
it was their fantasy...e-yeah

Oh ho ho...Who can it be now?
Who can it be now?
What do they need now?
(high)Who can it be now?

(high)Who can it be now?
ho...ho...
Who can it...Who can it...
ho...ho...
Who can it be now?
ho..Yeah hey yeah...now