This is where you come in. Present your favorites in comments and fill me in on what I’ve missed over the last 16-17 years. YouTube links are welcome (however, you must register for your links to work).

Sanford & Son (composed by Quincy Jones; sampled by Diplo for M.I.A.’s “URAQT”; converted into a Baltimore club joint and remixed at least a few times)

Barney Miller (composed by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson)

Dr. Who (composed by Delia Derbyshire [of White Noise] and Ron Grainer)

Extra credit: The VentriloChoir were at one point Conan O'Brien regulars. Anybody remember?

Below is a segment on Kraftwerk, who are probably the best-known German group that flourished during krautrock's peak era (roughly 1969-1977); other artists featured in the film include Faust, Can, Harmonia, Popol Vuh, and Amon Düül II. If you're like me (or Julian Cope), watching this clip will give you a mentasm.

After he bashes Joss Stone for three minutes ("Joss Stone is for soul music what Chicken McNuggets is to soul food"), Current.com's Peter Grumbine praises Visqueen's new record Message to Garcia by saying "This is a straight-up rock and roll album but it's as good as any soul music I've heard recently... This is one of my top three records of the year."

Read David Schmader's wonderful recent interview with Visqueen frontwoman Rachel Flotard here.

So if you missed it, here's the recap: On last night's episode Kim Gordon officiated a wedding for two people who said the stupidest vows ever, and then Sonic Youth played the reception and no one cared:

(Via Videogum.)

Fallon seems sincerely giddy about their performance.

They play the Paramount on October 16th and it appears tickets are still available here.

Yesterday Jay-Z was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

To see the full episode, go here.

To see only the skin-crawly segment where Jay teaches Oprah to rap, go here.

1) Lady Gaga wore this.

2) Death Cab for Cutie premiered their new song, "Meet Me on the Equinox":

Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift when she won an award for best girl in a video or something:

Kanye has since apologized, saying he's "sooooooo sorry" via his blog. That sounds soooooooo sincere!

(In other stage-crashing news, Lil Mama of America's Best Dance Crew also invited herself onstage during Jay-Z's performance with Alicia Keys. But no one really knew who she was and all she did was stand there and bob her head a little bit and so not that many people cared all that much.)

The show is being filmed at various clubs around the city, and starring different local bands (already on the roster: the Spits, Thee Emergency, Champagne Champagne, the Maldives, and more), and they're looking for people who can come down and be in the crowd and rock out while the bands play live. For more information, e-mail 5dollarcoverseattle@gmail.com.

Congratulations, Sub Pop!

That is so much cooler than Mr. Wizard.

Colbert is hilarious, the band is polite: "Which came first—these sideburns or your interest in the time period?"

It's cute.

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Enjoy.

1. Using "Baby Got Back" in a fast food commercial is kind of genius; fast food is where big, American "backs" come from, after all. Mix-a-Lot is just looking out for the next generation of ample booties.

2. I thought Mix's posse preferred Dick's.

Last night I watched the most recent episode of Tim and Eric with some friends and was completely baffled/impressed that they managed to convince Classical/Adult Contemporary artist Josh Groban to sing their impossibly stupid songs:

My mom LOVES Josh Groban. I think he has a nice voice, but never really appreciated the guy before this. "Wow, I think I like Josh Groban now," I said to my friend Rachelle. "Yeah, well, he's dating Katy Perry you know."

Erw. "Alright, not so much anymore."

This morning I checked up on the gossip, and, according to People Magazine (the world's most trusted source on unimportant crap, also a favorite of my Mom) Groban's PR people insist he is not dating Katy Perry, but they are close friends. Someone with enough time to post about it on whodatedwho.com interpreted the info this way:

They are very close friends, but not a couple = in PR language, they are sleeping together, but not officially boyfriend / girlfriend!!

Katy Perry is a heinous musician, pop cancer really, but her body is desirable. I would like to touch it. I can't fault Groban for getting to touch it, then denying it. I might do the same if I were him. So it's settled now. I still like Groban, as long as his relationship with Perry is limited strictly to her body and not her mind.

ht: Trent Moorman