I know, the whole shadow thing's already been done today. I don't even care what happened (which is what happens when you live in Arizona).
You just need this. It's awesome on February 2nd and October 2nd. And all dates in between.
(Yes, I wrote essentially the same thing last year. Kinda meta, eh?)
Video: "Infinity" - Gustafer Yellowgold (World Premiere)
Yay, it's here! What's that, you say? Why, the Gustafer Yellowgold Infinity Sock World Premiere Video Week. Hopefully you caught yesterday's world premiere of "Slim Gets In 'Em" at the Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl, but even if you didn't, you can still enjoy today's world premiere right here for "Infinity." It's a mellow horn-accented song that sets up the central plot question of the whole video quite nicely. Tomorrow's track, "Beehive," will be premiered at Out With the Kids. (Also, make sure to catch Jeff Giles' interview with Morgan Taylor, which I liked even more than my interview with Taylor.)
Gustafer Yellowgold's Infinity Sock is out March 1, but you can pre-order it at a discount here or also order it from Amazon.
The window has closed... you'll have to wait for the release to see it again... but here's a 1-minute taste...
Gustafer Yellowgold - "Infinity" (excerpt) [YouTube]
Video: "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur" - Four Tet (Dir. by Carolina Melis)
Remember how much I liked the video for "What a Big Wide World" from Essie Jain? Well, the director of Jain's video -- Carolina Melis -- was also responsible for a video for "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur," the Four Tet track from the Belle & Sebastian-curated kid-comp Colours Are Brighter (review). Very, very cool. Somebody please get Melis a contract to do a video game or permanent residency on Yo Gabba Gabba!, please.
Four Tet - "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur" [Vimeo]
Monday Morning Smile: "Waters of March" - Jamie Broza
I think the world would be a better place if there were more Antonio Carlos Jobim on family music stations. This version of "Waters of March," featuring Jamie Broza and his daughter Carmen, makes me smile. The fact that the song is often thought of as being about the passing of time lends a poignancy to the intermixed shots of Carmen when she's younger. But I think it's just a fun little song. (And it's probably a better choice for kids' radio than, say, "The Girl from Ipanema.") Broza's new CD, I Want a Dog!, is out March 15.
Jamie Broza - "Waters of March" [YouTube]
Video: "I Eat Kids" (Barry Louis Polisar) - The Radioactive Chicken Heads
Nothing like a little Barry Louis Polisar to scrape the warm and fuzzy edges off kind and gentle kids music. This is a reasonably straightforward telling of Polisar's "I Eat Kids," as performed by the Radioactive Chicken Heads from the 2-CD tribute album We're Not Kidding!. Well, except for the actual eating of kids. Right?
The Radioactive Chicken Heads - "I Eat Kids" (Barry Louis Polisar cover) [YouTube]
Video: "What a Big Wide World" - Essie Jain
My favorite lullaby album of 2010 now has a video to accompany it. That's right, Essie Jain's released a video for "What a Big Wide World" from Until the Light of Morning, and the result is a gorgeous piece of animation from Carolina Melis. We try not to watch TV or other screens before bedtime, but I think we might make an exception for this.
Essie Jain - "What a Big Wide World" [Vimeo]
