Remember when Homer joined Hullabalooza?

“Who is playing with the London Symphony Orchestra? Come on people, somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra… posssibly while high. Cyprus Hill I’m looking in your direction.”

And as they have so many times before, the Simpsons foresaw the future.

It’s happening tonight in New York as Joanna Newsome is to perform Ys in its entirety along with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. As an ethereal, mellow harpist with a cutting voice, the pairing seems to make sense. (And even though Portland’s music scene is just killing it right now, it’s strange events like these that occasionally make one pine for the Big Apple.)

But this meeting of indie and oldie (ok, classical) shouldn’t be the only one. Apparently the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra has a short list of artists they’d like to collaborate with including The Decemberists, Cat Power and Grizzly Bear. (What!? Grizzly Bear? They’re music is flat as an afternoon nap after weak tea…)

While the Cat Power collaboration sounds interesting, I can’t help wonder what else could be done. Let’s get real wild and pair ‘em with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Or how about mixing the Orchestra with some electronic music… LCD Soundsystem perhaps? Wanna go way out? Try the wailing future weirdness of Apes and Androids.

Any other suggestions?