I suppose the Sandra Boynton video that would make me happiest would be one that Boynton herself animated with her amusing anthropomorphic animals. But that also wouldn't fit the mood of "End of a Summer Storm," the Alison Krauss-sung tune from Boynton's fine Frog Trouble album. The video, directed by Keith Boynton, features a bunny on a mission -- it's a felt-y, puppet-y action adventure. (Sort of.) Also dig the Swallows and Amazons reference.
Alison Krauss - "End of a Summer Storm" [Vimeo]
It has been a long time since Eric Herman has shared a video for the world. Last week he released a video for "How Big." The song, from his 2009 album What a Ride, is a big existential look at life and our place in the universe.
Herman could not have known how difficult the next few years would be for him; his wife Roseann passed away last year after battling illness. He felt a deep need to finally create a video for this song nearly five years after first talking about creating a video. The result, from animator Mario Marinkovic, is suitably big-picture for the song. Somehow posting this in the wake of Pete Seeger's passing seems apropos.
Eric Herman - "How Big" [Vimeo; YouTube, too, if that's your fancy]
The first video from The Bazillions' Kickstarter project has appeared, and the video from eg design is, of course, very cute.
Not "cut." "Cute."
The Bazillions - "Silent e" [Vimeo]
The show Phineas & Ferb is the secret musical weapon of kids' TV. Oh, sure, Yo Gabba Gabba! and The Wiggles (and others) are musically-oriented, but the Disney Channel show sneaks in musical bits that are as tuneful (and usually funnier) as anything airing on the youngster channels. Creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh write in many different styles, composer Danny Jacob brings it all together production-wise, and the result is, well, something like this.
I've told you about my secret appreciation for all things platypus, right?
Dr. Doofenshmirtz - "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" (from Phineas & Ferb episode "Brain Drain") [YouTube]
Yesterday we posted a video appropriate for the end of the calendar, Lori Henriques' "Another Good Year," so let's continue that trend. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" isn't specifically a new year's song in the way Henriques' is, but in its celebration of endings and beginnings, of yin and yang, the switching from one calendar to another seems an appropriate time for a video of this classic song. This version is from Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower and is the title track from Turn Turn Turn, their fine collaboration from this past summer.
Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell with You Are My Flower - "Turn! Turn! Turn!" [YouTube]
There are always Christmas songs, even in years with scant kindie Christmas music. But kindie new year songs? Few and far between.
So thank you, Lori Henriques, for the fabulous send off to 2013. (You can pick up the song on iTunes here.) And, of course, thanks to Henriques' brother Joel, of Made By Joel, with another simple but effective video. (Love the hands at the end.)
Lori Henriques - "Another Good Year" [YouTube]
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