(SPECIAL DAMN-I-MISS-THE-SQUIRREL-NUT-ZIPPERS EPISODE!) This week we take a look back at the band Squirrel Nut Zippers and some of their member's solo projects. I loved the SNZ and was sad when they petered out in the early part of this millennia. Thus, this episode is devoted to them, and some of their songs, that, as I like to say, you might have missed. First up, only released on their 2003 Best of album, their cover of "Under the Sea" from the Disney animated movie The Little Mermaid. It was recorded back in 1997 but had been shelved by Disney and was never released prior to this collection (Amazon, (the album is in iTunes listed as complete, but, mysteriously, does not contain this or the other unreleased track which should be on it). Next, an ultra-rare remix by the Dust Brothers (most famous for their great soundtrack to the movie Fight Club, not for their embarrassingly bad website) of the SNZ's song "Suits are Picking Up the Bill." This was only released on as single-track radio promo CD (and at $36 it has the enviable status as the most money I've ever spent on 1 song, by the way). Then SNZ auxiliary member Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire did "A Woman's Life and Love" (which, incidentally, features SNZ Katharine Whalen on vocals) from his 1998 album Thrills (iTunes, Amazon). Check out his new album, Mysterious Production of Eggs (Amazon), released last month. Next, we hear Jim Mathus who has his own solo project called Jas Mathus & his Knock-Down Society which has three albums to date. We heard "I Got Mine" from his 1997 album Songs for Rosetta (Amazon). And finally we heard the magnificent Katharine Whalen with her most excellent version of one of my favorite standards "My Baby Just Cares for Me," from her jazzy 1999 solo effort Jazz Squad (Amazon). This week's episode features a snippet of audio from NPR's This American Life episode First Day (which, like many episodes, is excellent and you should listen to) and the segment Squirrel Cop.