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so I've been hearing some goofy-ass music lately. First, I heard this really funny band called Quit Your Day Job on WOXY. They're Swedish and write goofy, short electronic rock songs, like "Pissing on a Panda" (choice lyrics: "it's cool/ pissing on a panda/ real cool/ pissing on a panda") and "Look! A Dollar!" There are mp3s on their site, and the site itself is really amusing too.

Then I heard this weird Starbucks song mentioned on Stereogum. Apparently there was a meeting of Starbucks store managers or something and the heads of the company did a version of Jefferson Starship's "We Built This City" called "We Built This Starbucks." Check it out, it's funny and weird. (Scroll down to Feb. 24)

And also from Stereogum, via a Spin magazine writer, is the Kidz Bop version of Modest Mouse's "Float On." You may have seen the Kidz Bop commercials, it's basically little kids singing pop songs, like Justin Timberlake and people like that. But it's pretty odd hearing them sing about backing into cop cars and so on. (Unfortunately, the link to the mp3 isn't working. I'll post it when I can get the chance later tonight. It's bizarre.)