Funny to say this, but musicians are people, too. And sometimes they find themselves out of work, just like you and me. But unlike you and me, when they do, they find another artform to ruin. Usually it's film, but sometimes it's fine art, poetry, interpretive dance. But when it's television, it affects us all.

Henry Rollins shouldn't be allowed on television. We know this. But until we can get the laws changed in our favor, we will have to endure the unpleasantness.

But every once in awhile, a musician shows up on our little idiot box and does such a fine job that for a moment you even think about listening to their music. Then you do something more productive.

Here are my five favorite musicians who made the crossover to television history!

Creed Bratton - The Office

Yes, right now, Creed Bratton is riding the hot hand. Once a member of the Grass Roots, one of music's finest achievements, he now lurks in the back corner of an office where he spends more time working on his

In my quest to list the albums of the year that I played more than once and didn't sell to the mailman and that recent studies have shown will make you a better person, I give you another unnumbered five quality collections of songs worth humming in your spare time.

Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge (Mute)

Hawley's one of these British guys who likes Lee Hazlewood and sings like Jim Reeves or Chris Isaak, if you want to be less obscure. He sings like the world is about to end if he doesn't find love by the end of the evening. You pray for his liver, since it sounds like he gets a lot of drinking done on the job.

Patty Griffin - Children Running Through (ATO)

Sometimes she sounds "too religious." She sounds too much like she's trying to "inspire" you by sounding solemn. But at the same time she writes some nice songs that settle on little details that sound incredibly sad. Someone stole her lunch money when she was little and she's never gotten over it. I don't blame her. I'm still

Most predictions are wrong. Just look at those pathetic weatherpeople! But with a little foresight, some psychic power and gobs of superior intelligence, the future can be determined ahead of schedule. I won't bore you with the complicated math used to discover these sureshot trends. But it took a lot of integers to get where we're going. But as sure as people will still be wearing clothes come next December, these five trends are going to be all the rage before 2008 rings out.

Choir Music Will Regain Lost Popularity

Yes, after years of losing sales to Hip-Hop, Nu-Metal and Emo, Choir Music will regain the stunning popularity it once enjoyed in the Middle Ages. Bald people will receive recording contracts and wrinkly, horribly old people will suddenly be seen on television during prime time and it won't be because they've fallen and can't get up. They'll be singing.

The Internet Will Be Over

Every fad must eventually fade and this one's gone on long enough. Sure, it seemed kind of

It's getting to be that time of year when people sit around the fireplace or their TV and put the Yule Log on. That means someone breaks out a guitar. Someone pours the eggnog. Someone considers moving out. And everyone braces themselves for the dreaded family singalong. Yes, you can claim you don't know the words. But you do. Whatever song gets picked will be one you've heard a thousand times. It's not like people change and suddenly start singing "Anarchy in the U.K." by the fire - or even the collected works of the Jam. (And if your family or housemates do, please call me I'd like to bear witness.)

No, here are five songs likely to be sung while you microwave those smores.

James Taylor - "Fire And Rain"

James Taylor's seen fire and James Taylor's seen rain and for some reason everyone starts singing this to make themselves feel like they're part of a community. What community that might be, I hesitate to ask. I'm afraid that if I knew the answer, it would reveal to me something