Video: "A Cow Says Moo" (Live) - Alastair Moock

I know you've heard a little bit about Alastair Moock and his first album for kids, A Cow Says Moo, and I think you'll probably hear more as the album gets into more and more hands, but for the moment I just wanted to post this video, which spotlights the benefits of getting a chorus of kids to sing along with you in an appealingly raggedly manner. Can't overdo it, of course, but used sparingly, like crushed red pepper, it adds flavor. Also: I'm hypnotized by the drummer's twirling of the drumstick in the right hand. Alastair Moock - "A Cow Says Moo" (Live) [YouTube]

Video: "Super Friend Vacation" - Todd McHatton

This song from Todd McHatton is a couple years old, and I can't say that I'd probably listen to the song more than a couple times on its own. But the video for "Super Friend Vacation" puts a dorky grin on my face every time. McHatton's note on the very low-budget video -- "We had to give up on the editing process about half-way into it and just let these two knuckleheads do their thing" -- is spot-on. (PS -- download the song here.)

Super Friend Vacation from Todd McHatton on Vimeo.

Video: "Baby In My Pocket" - Dean Jones

If the video for "Isthmus Be The Pirate Waltz" from Dean Jones was raucous and a big party, this video for "Baby In My Pocket" from the same Rock Paper Scissors album is a warm fuzzy of a blanket. (No sign of the Felice Brothers on this track.) It's lo-fi, but a nice little 75-second break. Dean Jones (w/ Earmight) "Baby In My Pocket" [YouTube]

Video: "Sippy TV" - The Sippy Cups

The Bay Area's Sippy Cups have been running a series of video podcasts this fall and winter on their website, iTunes, and YouTube. They're not always music-based, and the one below ("Hair Professor Meets the Flower Tower," #7 of a planned 13) isn't really, either. But the moment at about 2:26 into the podcast made smile a big grin.

Video: "I Can't Get Away From Myself" - Billy Kelly

One Billy Kelly is probably more than enough for this world. But two? Wowzers. And that's not including the best kids music-related doll since the Gustafer Yellowgold plush. Watch the video that interprets "I Can't Get Away From Myself" from Thank You For Joining The Happy Club pretty literally... Billy Kelly - "I Can't Get Away From Myself" [YouTube]