Video: "Palindrome" - Dog on Fleas (Readeez-Style World Premiere)

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I'm a big fan of Dog on Fleas.  I'm a big fan of Readeez.

Combine the two?  SOLD.

That's right, the merry band of brothers (metaphorically speaking) from upstate New York get help from Michael Rachap on their latest video.  Why wouldn't you when the video's for "Palindrome," one of the tracks of the Fleas' upcoming album Buy One Get One Flea?  This isn't the first time kindie's gone readee -- there are a number of 'em -- but this is the first you get to hear about (and see) the llama mall.  (That's Flea John P. Hughes, by the way, on vocals, giving Dean Jones a break -- perhaps he's thinking of more palindromes.)

Dog on Fleas - "Palindrome" (Readeez-Style) [YouTube]

Video: "Throw Me Something Mista" - Jazzy Ash (feat. Mista Cookie Jar)

Mardi Gras 2014 doesn't start for nearly a month, but Jazzy Ash is making sure you have plenty time to get your beads ready.  Her leadoff single from her brand new album Home (out this week) is "Throw Me Something Mista," a second-line inspired tribute to the New Orleans tradition of Mardi Gras parades and trinkets flung from floats.  The song and video feature fellow Southern California kindie musician Mista Cookie Jar.  Playing the role of the second-line band in the video: a bunch of kids strutting and hamming it up.  Fun.

Jazzy Ash featuring Mista Cookie Jar - "Throw Me Something Mista" [YouTube]

Video: "Cakenstein" - Gustafer Yellowgold

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Nobody would ever deny Morgan Taylor's taste for the absurd in his Gustafer Yellowgold videos.  Shops featuring clothing made of cheese?  Jumping on dessert from on high?  So, yes, Taylor can get into Shel Silverstein territory with the best of 'em.

But this, friends, is by far the oddest video yet, and I mean that as high praise.  Who would think of writing a song called "CAKENSTEIN" using the '70s-iest of soft rock?  And then it all goes horribly (wonderfully) awry.  Pick up the single on iTunes here, but without a doubt, enjoy the video below.

Gustafer Yellowgold - "Cakenstein" [YouTube]

Video: "End of a Summer Storm" - Alison Krauss

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]

Video: "How Big" - Eric Herman

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]