“Flight of the Conchords”

If you haven’t caught up with Jemaine and Bret in their HBO series “Flight of the Conchords,” you should check it out ASAP. In the grand tradition of Spinal Tap and Tenacious D, these two New Zealanders bring song parody to new heights — or lows, depending upon how you react to all things droll, quirky, and silly. The writing on the show is excellent and extremely clever how they build episodes around their original songs, weaving them seamlessly into plots.

I’m spotlighting the TV series because the boys are currently finishing up a month-long tour of the U.S., ending last night at the Orpheum Theater in LA. Here’s an LA Times review of the concert.

The good news is that the series has been re-upped. The bad news is we have to wait until 2009 to catch more episodes. Here’s a video to give you a taste until then:

And their version of Bowie in episode 6 of the TV series: