"half hours on earth, what are they worth? i don't know"

The one and only D C Berman and his group the Silver Jews. If you listen to his lyrics you will come to the conclusion that there hasn't been a better American songwriter since he started the band with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich in 1989 ( The Jews called it quits in 2009, so that's 20 years, if you haven't been paying attention to alternative music much).