New stuff from Seattle's The Not-Its!, who in addition to raiding Heart's unrecorded tracks for a "Green Light/Red Light" song also helpfully give props to the usually-neglected yellow light (though I'm sure the "yellow light - go slow" lyrics will confuse many listeners). I hope this'll be on the follow-up up to We Are The Not-Its!, because it's a great little track.
The Not Its! - "Green Light/Red Light" (Live)
Concert Recap: Todd Baio (Phoenix, July 2009)
I never got a chance to mention the next show in the Children's Museum of Phoenix series I helped put together, a show featuring Phoenix musician Todd Baio, who's a little bit Pete Seeger and Dan Zanes, and a lot ukulele master. Why? Because by the time I was ready to send out an e-mail a day or so after the show hit the CMOP calendar, the free tickets were already sold out.
So you'll just have to make do with a couple videos from the concert. First up, Baio's opening medley, featuring four great renditions of "Down By the Bay," "Skip To My Lou," "Polly Wolly Doodle," and "Ain't Gonna Rain No More."
Todd Baio - Kids Song Medley (Live)
and one more...
Listen To This: "Come Over To My Dollhouse" (Live) - Lunch Money
It has been a long, at times frustrating, day. New music from Lunch Money, a song that features the phrase "fortress of solitude," makes it ever so slightly less long and frustrating. (And I - duh! - forgot to mention that the video is Gwyneth's.)
Lunch Money - "Come Over To My Dollhouse" (Live at Sirius-XM)
Video: "Ants in Your Pants #99" - Eric Herman
I've always liked Eric Herman's animated music videos. They've gradually increased in quality from the viral hit "The Elephant Song" (6.5 million views and counting), but they've always retained a sly sense of humor. Now, you can see what an animated Herman would look like with a bear in his hair in his video for his dance-along song "Ants in Your Pants #99" off his latest album What A Ride!. (It's funny, 'cuz it's true.) And for those of you interested in such a thing, Herman's hosting a contest involving the posting of dance videos -- details are at the YouTube video page.
Eric Herman - "Ants in Your Pants #99"
Video: "No One Likes To Be Left Out" - Mates of State
Yo Gabba Gabba! is pegged at your resident 3-year-old, so the song lyrics lack any subtlety. Of course, when they're as catchy as Mates of State's take on inclusion -- "No One Likes To Be Left Out" -- nobody really minds.
How much do I like this song? I'm willing to link to it, even though embedding is disabled. (Boo!)
Oh, and I totally think they ripped off one of the band's own videos...
Mates of State - "Fraud in the '80s" (kid-safe, I think, and an awesome song)
Did Neil Armstrong Take Kids Music to the Moon?
I'm pretty sure the answer is, "no," but oh well. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, here's the coolest moon landing kids music song ever, Rocknoceros' "Apollo." (If you want to see the band play it at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC, go here and click about 4:20 in.)
Rocknoceros - "Apollo" (Live)
