Basically, though, I’m hoping for something lighthearted and fun that tells a story like those themes do and sounds reasonably close in musical terms to that style.

Taco
aka: Buddy, Buddycat, “Vicious” Taco
info: Male. Born in Bremerton, WA. Adopted. About 2 years old.
favorite toys:
- Feather Toy
- Leather Toy
- Juice Ring (or just “Ring”)
- Spinner
traits/hobbies:
- Sleeping
- Getting hair on everything
- Chasing Isabelle
- Flopping (i.e. falling over in the middle of the floor)
- Loves to eat, steals Isabelle’s food when he gets the chance.
- A little afraid of new people.
- Really nice blue eyes.

Isabelle
aka: Fuzzy, Izzy, Crazy Fuzz
info: Female. Born in Forks, WA. Adopted. About 2 years old.
favorite toys:
- “Crazel” Nut
- Fur Ball
- “Tree of Love”
traits/hobbies:
- Likes to climb on our backs/shoulders and go for a “tour”
- Climbing on her tree
- Bopping Taco in the head
- Sitting on the laptop
- Likes exploring and meeting new people.
- Huge, fuzzy tail.

[SHORT INSTRUMENTAL LEAD-IN - 20 seconds or so of mournful tin whistles with synthesized bagpipes playing very quietly in the background and military sounding drums (similar to what you had at the beginning of "MC Underwear vs. MC Pantz") - a good reference for the sound for the intro and the ballad following might be the song "Going Home" by Mary Fahl from the "Gods and Generals" soundtrack, the Irish theme about 40 seconds into the "These Brave Irishmen" track from the same sountrack, or the song "Mo Ghile Mear" on the album "The Long Black Veil" by The Chieftains]

[INTRO: Celtic ballad style, with tin flute or recorder and whatever background instruments you feel appropriate]

He came alone to our fair town,
Our tower by the lake.
Katana at his side, in ghillie brogues
Left sorrow in his wake.

A kilt, a brush, a flying scarf
‘Twas strange for the eye to see.
An artist and a warrior both
With the blood of two countries

But now the lad has found true love
by the cliffs of Scarborough-town
Now the fire of a life full-lived
Burns in his eyes so brown

[throughout the second and third verses, the sampled sound of an aircraft in a screaming dive (a kamikaze pilot reference) grows louder and louder – at the moment when you’d think the plane would hit, there is no crashing explosion, instead, the sample cuts off abruptly and you hear:]

One, two, three, four!

[MAIN SONG: tin whistle with acoustic guitar played like a mandolin and catchy drums - sort of like the sound you had for "Celtic Techno Burrito". I'm not sure how you did it with the instruments you have, but it sounded good. Mix in whatever combination of instruments and styles to give it a "Japanese" touch. Whether that's modern Japanese or traditional Japanese, I'll leave to you, but I love juxtaposition and hybridization of cultural styles. I’m happy with the chorus, but you can change it if you wish. The rest of the lyric fragments below I like, but you can toss, rearrange or reword them as you see fit.

[Chorus:]
He’s the Kamikaze Highlander
He’s a half-breed samurai
He’s living in this floating world
Drinking scotch and flying high

[lyric unresolved]
When he fights he fights to win
Yellow skin and a red beard
He’s an almond-eyed gaijin

[Chorus]

With his fair lass at his side
[lyric unresolved]
Japanese resolve, Scottish pride
Don’t even talk about retreat

[Chorus]

He’s a proud Canadian
He can draw up some real mean plans.
He loves montreal smoked meat
Too bad he can’t skate worth a damn!

[guitar solo – I love delta blues slide guitar – if you can somehow make a slide guitar solo fit with the sound of the rest of the song in the context of this solo – Ry Cooder-esque, I would be very, very happy]

[shouted individual words, followed by electric guitar riffs]
Sporran!
Hachimaki!
Sgian Dubh![pronounced: skin doo]
Katana!

[dischordant guitar + cymbals - general noise + haiku by Basho in spoken word a la Rage Against the Machine's "Know your enemy" finale. Repeat haiku if desired.]

Summer grasses -
All that remains
of soldiers’ dreams.

Could you write a theme song for a superhero my friends and I came up with named “Captain Obvious?”

One day, billion dollar industrialist Mark Klingler was walking down the street, talking on his cell phone. Suddenly Mark looked up to see a satellite plummeting toward him. Mark uttered the blatantly obvious statement “That satellite is about to hit my head!” And it did. The combine force of satellite and the radiation from the cell phone and the baltantly obvious statement transformed Mark into CAPTAIN OBVIOUS.

It’s Killroy and Tina. A tag-team indentured.
Together they might save the day.
Cause she’s just a demon girl, And he’s just been censured.
Adventure is not far away

So now they have to work together if they want to survive.
While the Fulcrum of the Universe watches over their lives.
And that’s about all you need to know that fits in this song.
There’s Brandon, Wraith, and others too, but that would get too long

It’s Killroy and Tina. A tag-team indentured.
Together they might save the day.
Cause she’s just a demon girl, And he’s just been censured.
Adventure is not far away

SLOGAN: POP MUSIC AS PORNOGRAPHY

I would like the song to be very much in the Power Pop vein.

Thematically, the only part of the song that should reference the show and talk about it is the chorus. Otherwise, the verses should be about how the show is on entirely too early in the day and the listeners should hit snooze or call in sick and sleep in, instead of go about their lives or even listen to our show.

Start with simple piano, with a verse about how the alarm went off and it is entirely too early to get up, that the listener was out late or something and should really hit the snooze because it’s really early in the morning but would another few minutes of sleep really do it?

The second verse should essentially be the same piano as the first verse, but with the addition of a bass and high-hat cymbal. This verse should continue to convince the listener to just lseep in, perhaps suggesting that they might have some sick days left at work and offer possible illnesses they could use as an excuse.

The chorus should be more along the lines on Redd Kross songs. The show’s name should be mentioned, as should our names. It could also mention how we’re sworn enemies of commercial radio and that we are music geeks. Also, it should be suggested that our show is nearly as satisfying as sleep.