Without a TV I miss some important cultural milestones; one which I stumbled upon with some amazement tonight is a nifty habit of Showtime’s Weeds.

Their theme song is a pithy bit of suburban satire from the 1960s by San Franciscan folk singer Malvina Reynolds called “Little Boxes,” and after the first season they started inviting a litany of mainstream and independent artists to record it for each episode’s fifty-one second opening.

The list includes the absurdly diverse likes of Regina Spektor, Angelique Kidjo, Death Cab for Cutie, Randy Newman, and Linkin Park (obviously not linking to Linkin Park). But here, of course, I’ll feature Jenny Lewis:

[EDIT: Also great versions from The Decemberists, The Shins, and Joan Baez]