Holy crap, I've never seen a Janathan Richman recommendation on the Internet ever ;) I listened to him like crazy in college (1988ish) and saw him play once. My favorite still remains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR6Ns3AcDco

I know two other people that know of Richman, four if you count my wife and son who I made listen to him!

edit: had to add Richman was a big influence on the Talking Heads :)