I'm not crazy about the theme song to Mad Men. I wish they had used period music, really knocked the audience back in time with some Les Baxter, Persuasive Percussion, maybe something a little earlier like Les Paul or some groovy hipster R&B.  Though I love it when the music supervisor throws us a soulful nugget from a Numero Group compilation, whenever the theme song plays, all I hear is a conveniently composed DVD menu loop.

This is not hyperbole.  I had *the most* boring dream last night.  I dreamed I was daisy-chaining some audio gear together and couldn't figure out which DIP switch to flip.  I mean, seriously, can you think of a less boring subject to dream about?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmIiB1fDVg&hl=en&fs=1]I stated my position over dinner this weekend:  Of all the blue-eyed soul / garage rock / cusp-of-psych bands that came out of England and Ireland in the 1960s, Them did that best.

It's Van Morrison's broken glass, no-holds-barred, arrow-through-my-heart vocals. They belie his foppish hair.

If Them were easier to search for on YouTube and Google Videos, I'd have tracked down footage of a live performance of "I'm Gonna Dress In Black" or "Little Girl," two of my favorite tracks off The Angry Young Them.