The Ralph's World folks have started using their YouTube channel, posting three animated videos from the pre-Disney Giselle Potter days, including one for "Fee Fi Fo Fum," a near-perfect 150-second pop song. Kick back, relax, watch, then get back to work.
Ralph's World - "Fee Fi Fo Fum"
Andre 3000 Takes The Stage
One of the better kids music albums of 2007 was the soundtrack to the Cartoon Network series Class of 3000, created by Outkast's Andre Benjamin.
Well, if you're in the Atlanta area, you're in for a treat -- I think -- because the cartoon series has been developed into Class of 3000 LIVE, a new live-action musical, by Atlanta's Alliance Children's Theatre. From the sounds of this chat with Benjamin, it's going to be a pretty cool show. It runs from March 6th through the 29th.
Amy, if you're going, do let us know how it is.I Will Take This Lunch: Recess Monkey's "Field Trip" Almost Ready
Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.
Take a look at that cover.
It's the cover for Recess Monkey's next album, Field Trip, set for release on June 9th. Sweet, no?
The artwork is by Seattle cartoonist Matt Hawk who, judging from his homepage does a lot of myth and fantasy stuff too (though I gotta say, there's a picture there on the homepage that looks a looooot like Captain Bogg & Salty). Anyway, Hawk does the interior art work for the album as well.
But you're probably even more interested in the track listing. And that's after the jump, with a few comments from the band...Reminder: Win Robbert Bobbert and His Own Bubble Machine
Well, not his bubble machine specifically, but after (or before) you enter the contest to win a couple of Putumayo Playground CDs, go here to win a copy of the self-titled Robbert Bobbert debut album along with an actual bubble machine. Entries (for the Robbert Bobbert package) are due by 8 PM West Coast / 11 PM Snow Coast East Coast tonight. Go now!
Contest: Win A Putumayo Kids Playground Selection!
I've already given you a list of recess-friendly disks, but what if you're not near a playground? Well, thanks to the folks at Putumayo Kids, you now have a chance for a little monkey bar time of your own -- we're hosting a contest to win a couple disks from Putumayo.
Putumayo's Playground is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, as World Playground was released ten years ago. It's now a dozen albums strong, and there's more on its way -- European Playground will be released in May and Picnic Playground - featuring Johnny Bregar, Asheba and others - will be released in July, accompanied by a summer concert tour.
Putumayo will give copies World Playground and Folk Playground to a lucky reader. Just list your (and/or your kids') favorite playground activities in the comments below. I'll pick one reader at random. One comment per family, please; all entries due by Thursday 11 PM East Coast / 8 PM West Coast time. Thanks and good luck!Caspar Babypants Sings! (And Talks! And Records!)
I really liked this 6-minute look at Caspar Babypants mastermind Chris Ballew, mostly because there's some cool re-visioning of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Worth the time, if only for the songs (though the rest is perfectly fine, too).
