The Beets - DeadTurning this around from another place mostly so I can ask this question: how is it possible that, in all the promo materials for this band, no one mentioned the fact that the Beets is also the name of the fictional band featured prominently in "Doug," the Nickelodeon cartoon? I hypothesized that some of this may have to do with the fact that Doug was not as popular as some of the other Nicktoons, and so not as well remembered, though even cursory investigation shows that that's not true. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the founding member of the Beets is from Uruguay, and thus maybe not familiar with late 90s cable TV cartoons? My knowledge of the scientific method is exhausted at this point, so I'll just conjecture that the reason the Beets (from Doug) aren't mentioned in relation to the real Beets is that PR people and kowtowing bloggers are too lazy (or too nice?) to do so.In my efforts to write a soft-hitting and mildly investigative post, I also stumbled across this amazing little trailer for Doug: the Movie. The short film was made by a comedy group called Dr. Coolsex, whose members belong to Upright Citizen's Brigade, apparently. The trailer is funny and weirdly intense, sort of like if Spike Jonze kept going on his Arcade Fire adrenaline high and decided to adapt Doug with all the gravitas and emotional power he could muster.Beat Radio - SleepwalkingMore importantly though, the Doug trailer has a great song playing from the midpoint onwards, by the band Beat Radio. "Sleepwalking" is charming, catchy, funny, and dramatic, with at least one really great line, "16-bit troubles for my 8-bit heart." One of those songs where the singer is essentially delivering a heartfelt but elliptical memoir between musical outbursts from the rest of the band. This is the kind of song that, if I'd heard it when I was 18, probably would've hypnotized me into a repeat-play dementia. It's good.[Buy Stay Home by the Beets][Buy Beat Radio's music (they have a new album out)]