Just In Case You Think The Muppets Are Bummed About the Lack of a Grammy Nomination

Kermit the Frog won't win the Grammy this year, but he's moved into covering some more recent, adult tunes. This will be amusing only if you're familiar with the song (and only of marginal interest to your kids), but I swear that if you are familiar with it, you must must must watch this all the way through. (Hat tip: Idolator.) I'm not a huge fan of this song , but the album it closes, Sound of Silver, is pretty awesome. And if you're not familiar with that song, you can always go back and watch this more familiar cover. Ed: It's up on YouTube!

Fresh Biscuit (Brothers) for Christmas

It's always good news when Austin's Biscuit Brothers have new stuff for public consumption -- and the Volume 3 of Go Make Music! I told you about a few weeks back, is so-close-you-can-taste-it available. (It's gonna be here any day now, they swear.) But that's not all -- the Christmas/holiday episode I mentioned before is now available for PBS stations across the land to pick up for free to airing this holiday season. And in case you (or your local PBS affiliate) need some convincing, they've kindly gone ahead and posted some clips on YouTube. Here's one of my favorite Biscuit Brothers Christmas tunes (they have a whole Christmas CD) featuring, of course, Tiny Scarecrow: Biscuit Brothers - "The Best Christmas Ever" And some more...

A Low-Schmaltz Thanksgiving Song from Rock Daddy Rock

If you like your Thanksgiving songs with even less schmaltz than Cathy & Marcy, you can try this brief song from Rock Daddy Rock on for size. Though, I'd add, if you're a vegetarian you might want to stay away. (I just finished assembling a seafood lasagna for Thanksgiving. We're kinda agnostic in that regard.) Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

One Last Reminder (Plus Bonus Video and Song): Win Dan Zanes Tickets

I've told you before -- you have until tonight to enter the contest to win a 4-pack of tickets to Dan Zanes Holiday House Party shows in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City. The show's gonna be a blast, methinks. Enter now!... But Dan hasn't forgotten people who won't be near those fine cities, too -- if you go here you can download "Colas" from Dan's fine Nueva York! CD. He's offering it as a celebration of Heifer International, an organization our family has supported in the past (particularly around this time of year). And to get you in the holiday mood a little bit more, here's an old (but related) video...

Hullabaloo-Tube

It's taken me a little while to mention this, but Southern California band Hullabaloo has been on a video-making (and posting) kick over the past 2-3 months. Most of the videos at their YouTube channel are for tracks off their first two CDs Sing Along With Sam and Hey, Everybody!, but Steve Denyes has also posted a video for the second-best ode to parental coffee ever written, "Sippy Cup," off their latest album Tall as a Tree. Hullabaloo - "Sippy Cup" As for my very favorite, you'll have to go back to their first CD...