Last night saw the two-episode series finale of Veronica Mars, a very, very good show that recently took some very, very annoying plot turns (many of which, alas, wound up going unresolved). But one thing remained consistent throughout Mars' three-season run: Even when the show made for frustrating TV, it was always a good listen.
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Last night, Veronica Mars took its music-nerd references to the next level when Veronica's maybe-love-interest Stosh "Piz" Piznarski announced that he'd snagged an internship at the "most highly regarded music publication on the Internet"—and no, he's not talking about the recently revived Crawdaddy (transcription courtesy Save The Robot):
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The legions of Veronica Mars fans out there are apparently among the People Meter-less, so we figured we'd keep the "Internet buzz" for the show humming by posting the other track by the late Austin band Cotton Mather that was featured in last night's episode. Thanks to Idolator commenter Thierry for sending us "Payday"; it appeared on the 1994 album Cotton Is King, and a retooled version of the song was featured in a flashback segment that called up Jellyfish memories for us:
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We haven't figured out which faded alt-rock singer Paul Rudd's character in last night's Veronica Mars may have been based on, but we now know that the music by his formerly famous band, My Pretty Pony, was from the Austin power-pop outfit Cotton Mather, who also had their music appear on the show back in season one. While we're still looking for "Payday," which made a fleeting appearance in the episode's first half, here's "My Before And After," which appeared on the group's 1997 full-length Kon-Tiki (it was the song Rudd's character played while trying out his "solo material" before the crowd of tipsy college kids):
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On last night's episode of Veronica Mars—still on! At least for now—Paul Rudd played Desmond Fellows, a washed-up '90s rocker who's boozing his way through the campus-concert circuit. Because Mars is a show seemingly made by and for music nerds, we're guessing the character was based on someone famous; the only problem is that we can't figure out just who it's supposed to be. Among the character's tell-tale characteristics:
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Now that we're past the CW's foray into the shallow end of the musical pool, our Tuesday nights can (at least for now) be full of the fine program Veronica Mars, and its Mark McGrath-free song selections. Last night's episode—during which our heroine was both sassier and classier than any of those wannabe Dolls—not only came up with a cute "alternate name" for Yo La Tengo, its triangle-cliffhanger closing scene was scored with Phoenix's longingly knotty "Rally," which only added to the tension (seriously, we've been trying to avoid checking SpoilerFix.com since the credits rolled):
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Now that Veronica Mars' time-slot is being taken over by the Pussycat Dolls—whose new talent-search show, Fetch Me A Skank, starts an eight-part run next month—we're guessing the 
We only found the incidental-music chronicling at The Music Of Veronica Mars recently, but it's already proven to be an invaluable resource—for example, the site tipped us off to the fact that the band pumping out "Sweet Caroline" and "Cherry, Cherry" on last night's edge-of-the-couch episode was the Austin-based outfit the Diamond Smugglers. Our only quibble with the site? It doesn't get into the show's constant music-referencing deep enough for our tastes. For example, we noticed the convergence of the Touch and Go shirt worn by the Diamond Smugglers' drummer and the Black Heart Procession poster on one of Hearst College's dorm-room walls. Come on, you guys! After all, what else is the blog world good for if not tiny morsels of trivia that pull us even deeper into Veronica Mars' every frame? Even if it does overuse crummy Fatboy Slim songs in order to make a point now and then?
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Despite the fact that they haven't released an album in nearly a year and a half—and that, for all we know, may not put out another one until the Raconteurs stop racontouring—the White Stripes have somehow become the biggest rock band on television: Last night's Veronica Mars (pictured) featured two characters dressed up as Jack and Meg; an early episode of the always-on-the-cutting-edge Studio 60 had a failed sketch on the siblings, requring poor Nate Corddry to wear a black wig; and Bart Simpson faced off against the band in the Simpsons season premiere.
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Your Idolators adore the teen gumshoe show Veronica Mars, and when its season premiere was posted online earlier this week, we cleared the Killers MP3s off of our desktops and watched. No spoilers, but we do have one question: Why on earth did the powers that be decide to change up the theme song? The opening credits are still scored by the Dandy Warhols' "We Used To Be Friends," but the new version is a hush-hush, sassy-free take. Compare it to the original track and let us know if we're overreacting, or if this change-up could be a harbinger of Very Special Episodes to come.
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