Thanks a hundred, cap'm.
I think the theme for this week is going to be "Music that could reasonably be considered 'kids music' that I also really like", and since I've had "The Wizard's Baker Rock Opera" songs stuck in my head for most of the past week, let's talk about Home Movies. For those who don't know, Home Movies was one of the few consistently funny (maybe because it wasn't 15 straight minutes of non-sequitors every week?) shows the Adult Swim folks ever aired, and featured some of the best songs I've ever heard in a cartoon, not counting the music of the original Scooby-Doo show, which I can program in my head on a loop almost on command. All of the songs--including incidental pieces and opening/end credit themes--were written and performed by main writer and voicer Brendon Small (who now does that show Metalocalypse (sp?) which I still haven't checked out), which is pretty insane considering the range of material involved (guitar shredding, folky strumming, showtunes, etc.). Check out the Season 4 DVD collection for both the 52-song Bonus CD featuring nearly every piece of music composed for the show (except "Freaky Out-y", the song that drives even Prurient fans off the deep end) and the episode entitled "Bye Bye, Greasy".

Brendon Small and Jon Benjamin - "The Compliments Song"
Brendon Small - "Duane's Big Solo"
Brendon Small, Jon Benjamin, Melissa Galsky, Janine Ditullio, and Todd Barry - "Psycho-Delicate (Medley)"
Brendon Small - "Brendon's Camera"

Song of the day for last night's drive in upstate New York was Claudine Longet's "Snow", if not Wrangler Brutes' "White Out". I think today's song is "Dirty Fingernails", from the non-suck version of Modest Mouse. Video of the day is the majorly kid-friendly video for Kanye West's "Throw Some D's On That Bitch" or whatever its called.