George Hrab, of the Geologic podcast has just released a series of mini-songs (less than a minute each) about each element. I'm listening to it as I write, the one for silicon at 6:11 alone is worth downloading it. Though I was a little disappointed with the one for aluminum- it's one of my favorite metals.
(Titanium is also used to color things white, including pills, just thought he left that out)
Tip o' the baseball cap to the Bad Astronomer.