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28-554: The Webber siblings grew up in Westford and Boston , Massachusetts listening to the Smothers Brothers (particularly their version of " Streets of Laredo "), "Weird Al" Yankovic and Tom Lehrer . They are part of a musical and artistic family; their father, Stephen Webber, is a music professor at Berklee College of Music , and they claim to have been playing music since before they could read; their mother, Susan Webber,

56-589: A Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for their third album, Dimetrodon, produced by Mike Phirman . The campaign raised over $ 80,000 and was the most successful Portland music Kickstarter to date. Laser quit his day job in December 2011, while the success of the Kickstarter campaign allowed Aubrey to quit her job as well, leaving both siblings able to work full-time on being the Doubleclicks. Commonly

84-482: A cover of " Two of Us " by The Beatles as a duet with her mother. Her version of Jonathan Coulton 's "Tom Cruise Crazy" was featured on Episode 226 of the UkeCast. Her song "It All Makes Sense At The End" appeared on the creator album from the first VidCon conference in 2010. She uploads YouTube videos under the name of SweetAfton23, an allusion to a Scottish poet Robert Burns ' lyrical poem Sweet Afton . She

112-476: A real gig at Mississippi Pizza . At first, the band was a part-time endeavour. Laser worked as a freelance writer and journalist, at the Beaverton Valley Times and Portland Mercury , while Aubrey was a home-care provider for seniors. The band started their YouTube channel in 2011 with a 6-month song-a-week project and has since been releasing songs on YouTube and CD and touring throughout

140-502: A regular performer at the event for many years. On February 22, 2011, Lewis performed her song, "An Open Letter to Stephen Fry", to Stephen Fry himself at Harvard University , during an event marking the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard giving its Lifetime Achievement Award to Fry. In fall of 2012, Lewis toured as a solo act for the first time (outside of w00tstock shows) as part of the "Ladies of Ragnarok" tour with

168-457: A suburb for high-tech firms in Burlington , Woburn , and other areas, and later became a center of technology itself. By the 1990s, Westford was home to offices for Cascade Communications (now part of Nokia ), NETSCOUT , Red Hat , Samsung , Sonus Networks, Seagate , Iris Associates and many other technology firms, most located along Massachusetts Route 110 , parallel to I-495 . It

196-416: Is Christopher Chew, who has held that role since 2021. The Assistant Superintendent is Courtney Moran. Nashoba Valley Technical High School enrolls students from Westford, Chelmsford , Ayer , Groton , Littleton , Townsend , Shirley , and Pepperell Established in 1968, Nashoba Valley Technical High School is a public, four-year, vocational high school. Freight travels daily through Westford over

224-557: Is a fiber artist and former Spanish teacher. Both attended Abbot Elementary, where they first learned to use stringed instruments, and Westford Academy , with Aubrey graduating in 2003 and Laser in 2006. They were part of a rock band in high school but had no plans to form a duo. Laser moved to Portland, Oregon to study International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College (with a year at the Anglo-American University in 2008) and Aubrey studied classical cello at

252-573: Is a town in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States. The population was at 24,643 at the time of the 2020 Census . Westford began as 'West Chelmsford,' a village in the town of Chelmsford . The village of West Chelmsford grew large enough to sustain its own governance in 1729, and was officially incorporated as Westford that year on September 23. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Westford primarily produced granite , apples , and worsted yarn. The Abbot Worsted Company

280-623: Is also the former North American headquarters for Puma . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81 km ), of which 30.6 square miles (79 km ) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km ) (2.30%) is water. Regionally, it is on the edge of the Merrimack Valley , Northern Middlesex County, and the Metrowest regions of Massachusetts. Colloquially,

308-480: Is currently signed with DFTBA Records through which she released her first EP I Made You A CD... But I Eated It . Lewis attracted attention by recording ukulele covers of popular songs such as Britney Spears ' " Toxic " and Lady Gaga 's " Poker Face ", then posting videos of her performances on YouTube. She also recorded videos with other Internet-based musicians, such as 'WadeJohnston', 'thedoifter', and 'doctornoise'. For Mother's Day in 2009, Molly recorded

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336-681: The Lowell train station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line . Local routes passing through town are Massachusetts Routes 110 , 40 , 225 , and 27 . Molly Lewis (ukulele player) Molly Lewis (also known as Sweetafton23 ) is an American musician who is known for her ukulele playing and who rose to prominence on the Internet . She plays both covers and original songs. Her original music consists of comedic songs that deal with relevant pop culture topics. She

364-713: The kazoo from "I Pity the Fool", and substitutes other things from her pocket, notably a rape whistle. In an animated music video of "I Pity the Fool", the kazoo solo is shown being played by a cartoon version of Mr. T . Lewis has appeared on NBC's Los Angeles ' show Music LA . She recorded the theme music for Episode 2 of Season 3 of The Legend of Neil . She performed at Jonathan Coulton 's first JoCo Cruise in 2011 with John Hodgman , Wil Wheaton , Paul and Storm, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax , and Mike Phirman , and remained

392-470: The Berklee College of Music before moving to Portland as well. Both siblings married within a year of each other in 2016-2017, resulting in the changes to their respective last names. In 2019, Laser came out as trans and nonbinary; Laser used they/them pronouns at the time, and later started using he/him. Laser's marriage has ended. The siblings performed as a duo on open mic nights before booking

420-636: The Doubleclicks , performing 19 concerts in the Northeast and Midwestern United States. In January 2013, Lewis toured the West Coast for the first time, also with the Doubleclicks, performing nine shows in California, Oregon and Washington. Both tours were sponsored by fans who could buy postcards or T-shirts to help the musicians cover costs. In 2014, Lewis co-wrote a musical with screenwriter Josh A. Cagan titled Thanksgiving vs. Christmas , which

448-550: The US. They write many songs that are funny and emphasize geeky topics. Laser initially wrote most of the songs, but has described their more recent songs as a collaborative effort. They often perform at pop culture conventions, at entertainment events such as w00tstock , and in nontraditional music venues such as comic shops and game stores. Their second album, Lasers and Feelings , debuted at #7 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart. Their fourth album, President Snakes , debuted at #4 on

476-485: The duo believes that the "geek music" distinction may be becoming redundant. The group has toured and performed with other performers of geek-friendly music, including Molly Lewis , Danielle Ate the Sandwich , and Lucia Fasano . They have been featured performers at Jonathan Coulton 's annual JoCo Cruise, and Coulton sang on one track of their 2017 album Love Problems . Westford, Massachusetts Westford

504-432: The earliest notable examples of suburban sprawl . Throughout the 20th century (and with the invention of the automobile ), Westford progressively grew, continuing to serve as residential housing for the industries of Lowell, and later, Boston . In the 1960s, the town was home to one of the research sites supporting Project West Ford . By the 1970s, with the advent of the 128 Technology Belt , Westford began to act as

532-706: The lyrics to their songs are written by Laser while Aubrey creates the music. The Doubleclicks have described themselves as part of the nerd-folk genre; which is similar to geek rock and nerdcore but without either drums or rapping. Their participation in geek music was not originally intended; it grew naturally from their music and allowed them to tap into the nerd community . Laser stated in 2012, "I don't know if we ever really intended to write 'geeky music'—and that's not exclusively what we do. I write songs about things I think about, which are love, depression, and games and movies" and later, in 2014, "Everybody has self-important, sad love songs. We were doing something that

560-529: The population. As of the 2010 census , there were 7,498 households, out of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.5% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female head of household, and 17.8% were other families. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.27. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.8% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

588-491: The same chart and moved to #2 the following week. The following albums, Love Problems and The Book Was Better, each debuted at #1 on that chart. The Doubleclicks made a video for their song " Nothing to Prove " about acceptance of women in geek culture. The video featured appearances from celebrities including Kelly Sue DeConnick , Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage —and was covered in print and online media, gaining over 1 million views on YouTube. In 2014, The Doubleclicks ran

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616-735: The town is divided into different regions based on location, including Forge Village, Nabnasset, Graniteville, Parker Village, and Center of Town. The town was rated as #11 Best Places to live by Money.com in 2013. As of the 2010 census there were 21,951 people, 7,498 households, and 6,165 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 76.1% White , 0.40% African American , 0.1% Native American , 22.6% Asian (10.7% Indian , 8.2% Chinese , 1.6% Korean , 0.3% Cambodian , 0.2% Vietnamese , 0.2% Japanese , 0.1% Filipino , 0.1% Pakistani , 0.1% Bangladeshi ), 0.0% Pacific Islander , 0.30% from other races , and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of

644-595: The tracks of the historic Stony Brook Railroad . The line currently serves as a major corridor of Pan Am Railways ' District 3 which connects New Hampshire and Maine with western Massachusetts , Vermont , and New York . Interstate 495 also passes through the town, linking it to other parts of the state as well as New Hampshire . US-3 passes through the town, although the nearest interchanges are located in neighboring Tyngsborough (exit 88, formerly 34) and Chelmsford (exit 86, formerly 33). The LRTA 15 bus connects Westford along Route 110 with Chelmsford and

672-484: Was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 121,136, and the median income for a family was $ 137,230. The per capita income for the town was $ 48,951. About 1.3% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 1.0% of those age 65 or over. The Superintendent of Westford's Public Schools

700-623: Was inspired by a rendition of Jonathan E. Spilman 's 1837 musical accompaniment to the poem, as played by Chris Thile with Nickel Creek . The 23 refers to her birthday, November 23. She was a regular performer at w00tstock , a traveling variety show that began in 2006, alongside Paul and Storm , Adam Savage , and Wil Wheaton . She has also performed with the Presidents of the United States of America . During live performances, she occasionally forgets to bring key instruments, like

728-569: Was said to be the first company in the nation to use camel hair for worsted yarns. Paul Revere's son attended Westford Academy and a bell cast by Revere graces its lobby today. A weather vane made by Paul Revere sits atop the Abbot Elementary school. By the end of the American Civil War , as roads and transportation improved, Westford began to serve as a residential suburb for the factories of Lowell , becoming one of

756-588: Was staged live on November 19, 2014, at The Triple Door concert venue in Seattle. The show mimics classic holiday television specials, and features appearances by Joseph Scrimshaw , the Doubleclicks , and others, with Kevin Murphy of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax as Santa Claus. It was recorded and released on CD in 2015. Starting in 2019, Lewis hosted "The Panalysts", a YouTube web series produced by LoadingReadyRun . Her cover of Coulton's "Tom Cruise Crazy" earned Ukulele Hunt's "Ukulele Video of

784-417: Was still earnest, but instead of talking about trees or nature or clubbing, we were using World of Warcraft as a metaphor for sadness." Separately in 2014, he further explained "Our songs are essentially about feelings and about our own experiences. It just happens to be that the metaphors we are making are nerdy ones because those are the cultural touchstones we have." With the increase in the geek demographic,

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