Continuing the current practice of using YouTube as a proxy for actual content, I present to you the following: More obscure (more or less) songs in advertisements.

1) I'm sure you've seen those creepy Cadillac ads that ask if you and your car are engaged in a sexual relationship. Well, that commercial uses just a few seconds of a song called "Stars" by the band Hum. This song was hot in Chicago in 1995. Here's the video.

2) This Target Ad features a song called "We Just Won't Be Defeated" by The Go! Team. Here's a video of The Go! Team performing that song live.

3) Finally, another ad you're sure to have seen numerous times. The commercial for Apple's iPod nano: "A little video for everyone." Until last week I had never seen the entire video that's displayed on the iPod. So, here is "1234" by Feist.

Do you know how I know Oprah is evil?
She may have killed Kanye's mom.

Rocket Man

I heard the song Rocket Man on the radio last night, so I thought I would share this video with you. If you have never seen it, you are in for a treat. It is far superior to the Family Guy parody because... well, because it's real.

I had assembled a playlist of thirty songs to commemorate the anniversary of my birth. These songs were selected from my personal digital archive and have some sort of relevance to my existence. However, the problem with this sort of thing is: the songs don't necessarily go well together. I've tried to make them fit as best as possible, but I don't know if anyone besides me (since I know and like all the songs) would enjoy listening to it. Here is the list: If anyone wants a copy on compact disc, I will happily produce one for you.

Disc 1:

1. Ballade 4 Part 1
Tosca Tango Orchestra

2. Nature Boy
Kurt Elling

3. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Jimi Hendrix

4. Southside
Common

5. Disarm
Smashing Pumpkins

6. The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
Alison Krauss + Union Station

7. Gun
Uncle Tupelo

8. Cowpoke
Don Walser

9. Subterranean Homesick Alien
Radiohead

10. Grace
Jeff Buckley

11. Daylight
Aesop Rock

12. There Comes a Time
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts

13. Away from the Snakes
Tim Fite

14. Inner City Blues
Marvin Gaye

15. Día A Día
Rubén Blades

Disc 2 (Yeah, it's an Epic):

1. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin
Colin Hay

2. Either Way
Wilco

3. A Shot in the Arm
Wilco

4. Umi Says
Mos Def

5. Babe, I'm On Fire
Nick Cave

6. Too Sick To Pray
A3

7. Desperado
The Eagles

8. Nobody Knows Me At All
The Weepies

9. I Am The Man
Nicolay

10. A.M. 180
Grandaddy

11. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
The Beach Boys

12. Clock With No Hands
The Roots

13. Africa
D'Angelo

14. Videotape
Radiohead

15. My Life
Iris Dement