The hard rock was world was saddened, though not surprised, as the news got out this weekend that Steven Tyler, longtime lead singer for Aerosmith, has left the band after 40 years, one previous break-up, a comeback, and more sex and drugs than all the collective readers of this blog can ever freakin' dream of.

I'm in a pretty good mood today, so here are a few songs that I hope will put a smile on your face, too. The first is one of my favorite moments from the last season of Flight Of The Conchords that didn't involve Art Garfunkel or Australians, their Roxanne tribute when Jemaine decided to become a male prostitute (Fred Garvin!

First Les Paul, then Jim Dickinson. Larry Knechtel makes three. Knechtel was the pianist (and occasional bassist) in The Wrecking Crew, the name given to the LA studio musicians who played on countless hits. He was also a member of Bread, but let's not talk about that. He was 69.

Unfortunately, there's no video clip available for Elvis Costello's The Other Side Of Summer (stupid Warner Music Group).