Please tell me -- where can I find a branded ViewMaster? Because Secret Agent 23 Skidoo has one of his very own, here in this new video for "Family Tree," which also features a brief hip-hop lesson from 23, lots of rhymes from Saki, and probably the coolest school bus vibe ever.
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - "Family Tree"
Video: "Robots Can't Cry" (Live) - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo's awesome debut kids CD Easy is being re-released this week with three brand new tracks, including "Robots Can't Cry," which Jeff from Out With The Kids captured on video live from Philly this weekend. Great chorus, great end line, great robot-work from Skidoo's kid Saki.
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - "Robots Can't Cry" (Live)
Video: "Shoo Fly Pie" - Johnny Bregar
I think there are about a half-dozen food safety rules violated here, and kids, never get something out of the oven without oven mitts, but, hey, I like the song. Johnny Bregar's "Shoo Fly Pie" is not only on his excellent Dragonfly CD, it's also on the forthcoming Putumayo Picnic Playground compilation.
Johnny Bregar - "Shoo Fly Pie"
Video: "Watch Me Share" (Live) - The Not-Its
The first annual "Timeout To Rock" event in Seattle is now over, but this video of The Not-Its playing "Watch Me Share" from their upcoming debut made me smile. Not so much the opening sax solo as the pogoing kids. I think they all drank their parents' Starbucks.
The Not-Its - "Watch Me Share"
Video: "My Brother's A Monster" - Laura Freeman
I've waited quite a bit for the release of Somersault Season, the latest album from Laura Freeman, the indie Laurie Berkner. (I know, I know, Laurie's technically indie, but you get my point.) The album's predecessor, Color Wheel Cartwheel, is just fantabulous but it's been a few years since its release. Well, Somersault Season is finally getting a release in just a couple weeks - July 11. And there's a video for "My Brother's A Monster." It's a little more low-tech than Berkner's videos are these days, but Berkner's got nothing on those hand-drawn monsters.
Laura Freeman - "My Brother's A Monster"
Video: "Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty" - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marcer with Christylez Bacon
I already mentioned in my review of Banjo to Beatbox, the recently-released EP from Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer that features hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon, that one of my favorite tracks was "Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty." So why not watch a live version on YouTube?
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Christylez Bacon - "Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty"
