After you go all Blues Brothers with your first video, I guess the only option Lunch Money had for their second video was to go small. Their video for "Friends Again," which opens their previous album Original Friend, has the simplest of concepts, matching the reconciliatory theme of the song itself. But it's nicely shot and edited and looks lovely. (Donuts at the end are a nice touch.)
Also: Lucy is a stone-cold comedian. Tina Fey, watch your back.
Lunch Money - "Friends Again" [YouTube]
From the first time I heard Lori Henriques' The World Is a Curious Place To Live, her song "Dinosaur," with its wistful (but hopeful) love song for the long-extinct animals was a favorite of mine. Now it has a video worthy of its delicate, thoughtful nature.
It's courtesy of Henriques' brother Joel of Made By Joel, who drew every line of the story. (You can see just a little bit more about how the video was made here.) Really, very much worth your time...
Lori Henriques - "Dinosaur" [YouTube]
Bilingualism for kids is so 2011, right? It's all about design literacy, amiright?
Wait. Are you telling me that bilingualism is still in for kids? But design literacy is too, I swear.
Thank goodness for Mister G, who lets both types of literacy have their day with his new video for "Cocodrilo." The fun design is courtesy of director Leo Antolini and animator Andrea Cingolani. Kinetic bilingual typography for the win!
Mister G - "Cocodrilo" [YouTube]
I'm geeked about one of my favorite bands, Lunch Money, stretching their wings (or whatever it is bands collectively stretch) and doing new things.
Especially if those new things are with puppets.
Next week is the world premiere of the space puppet musical the band has created with Belle et Bête, a South Carolina-based puppetry duo. If you are at all near the Columbia, South Carolina area next weekend (Nov. 15 & 16), please do check out the show and let this poor West Coast(-ish) guy know how it was. 'Cause otherwise I'll just have to rely on this trailer which, while it does feature Lunch Money music and puppets, won't really be like being there.
Another Halloween, and there's a bunch of Halloween-themed music out, most of which I really don't care that much about because I don't care that much about Halloween.
So the Halloween videos and music I feature here are definitely cream of the crop, such as the latest video from Trout Fishing in America. It's for "Boo!," one of the most distinctive tracks off of Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers. The song and the video (directed by Maxwell Sorensen and Louis Sparre for Tweed Video) are spooky in just the right way for your favorite 8-year-old.
Trout Fishing in America - "Boo!" [YouTube]
Justin Roberts has not been one of those artists who've ridden to kids music stardom on the tails of his videos -- he's only made a few, and while they're good, they tend to attract tens of thousands of views because of the quality of the songs.
From a pure video perspective, Roberts' brand new video for "Recess," the title-track from his award-winning album, this is probably my favorite of his. That's mostly because the video -- directed by his sister Staci, name-checked in the song and showing off fancy disco moves of her own as the teacher -- very much captures the playfulness that Roberts and his Not Ready for Naptime Players brings to their live performances. I fully expect to see some disco moves the next time I see them live.
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