The Colrus

This video never gets old.

(Stratton Tingle’s application video for the Island Reef Job as Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.)

As cool Gordon Lightfoot busts go, this is cooler than most.

I loved this commercial when I was 5, and I still love it now.

I can’t believe nobody’s ever heard of these guys.

“Innacitytears” — by Illdependents

Easily the spookiest (and maybe the best) track from the (awesome) soundtrack to Stacey Peralta’s (awesome) surfing documentary, “Riding Giants.”

The song to settle all “What’s the Worst Song Ever?” arguments.

1973.

Quite possibly the funniest thing to ever grace the television airwaves.

Cliff Edwards — “When You Wish Upon a Star”

From Ben Eshbach’s “Recommendations”:

“Cliff ‘Ukelele Ike’ Edwards (1895-1971) began as a teenager performing in saloons and carnivals eventually becoming a superstar selling over 74 million records and acting in over 100 Hollywood motion pictures before he died broke in 1971. Edwards’ beautiful three-octave vocal range eventually landed him the role of Jimminy Cricket in Walt Disney’s animated feature Pinocchio. His best-known vocal performance is his rendition of “When You Wish Upon a Star”—which some have rightly called one of the great popular vocal performances of the twentieth century

This recording won the Oscar for Best Song in 1940 and became the theme song for the Walt Disney Corporation. Despite its place as a piece of 20th century sound iconography, Edwards’ performance on this recording still never fails to move me deeply. I urge you to listen to it with fresh ears—trying to exorcise images of cricket in waistcoat and top hat.”