Last night's Colbert vs. the Decemberists episode of the Colbert Report, aka the "Rock and Awe Countdown to Guitarmaggedon" aka "Mourning Becomes Eclectic" aka some other pun I can't remember was predictably insane and hilarious, featuring all sorts of music-related inside jokes and totally random guests (the Apples in Stereo singer doing a tribute to Stephen? Peter Frampton pinch hitting for Colbert at the last second? Henry Kissinger directing Stephen to start shredding? Poor telemprompter reader Eliot Spitzer as a guest judge?). The actual shred-off wasn't as funny as the first 10 minutes leading up to the shred-off (mostly because I was hoping Stephen would actually have some guitar skills). I wonder who the indie rock-loving writer/producer was that orchestrated this whole thing. I also wonder if any Colbert footage will actually make it into the Decemberist's "O, Valencia" video. Only time will tell!