I believe it to be a truism that "children dancing" = good.
Therefore, this video = good, in a pogo-ing sort of way.
Add in a rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," some good stop-go thrown in, and this is a fun little 2-minute video of The Boogers live.
The Boogers - "Mary" (Live at the Wonder Works Children's Museum)
Bunny Clogs Live! Film At 11. Or, Er, On 11.
Local TV morning shows aren't typically a kids' music hotbed, but every now and then it sneaks on between the recipes and weather. Witness the clip below from the Twin Cities' "Showcase Minnesota" show on Channel 11, which features the Bunny Clogs, or at least Adam Levy and his daughters on backup vocals singing the appealing "Midtown Greenway" from the fine More! More! More! disk.
(Hat tip: this nice review of their Cedar Cultural Center record release show, replete with pictures, from the City Pages.)
Video: "The Lonely Tomato" - Central Services Board of Education
I've long, long, long been a fan of Central Services Board of Education and especially their song "The Lonely Tomato."
So now that the band's done a video for the song featuring animation from Seattle animator Galadriel Liceaga, you think there's anyway I'm not going to mention it here? Of course not.
(I dig the mult-spectacled tuber.)
Central Services Board of Education - "The Lonely Tomato"
Hmmm.... What's This, Then?
For those of you tired of searching through your iTunes for They Might Be Giants' Podcast for Kids, have no fear. Some enterprising soul has now put up a TMBG Kids YouTube channel. I have no idea if this is official or not -- is the band preparing for its next batch of podcasts for the upcoming Here Comes Science?
Here is the last podcast from more than 6 months ago, featuring "Can You Find It?," "The Secret Life of Six," and robot jokes.
I miss the puppet Johns.
Concert Recap: Randy Kaplan (Phoenix, December 2008)
I look at the date of my last post, and clearly I've been taking an unofficial vacation from the site. Lots of stuff to do, both pleasant and less so, but before it gets too far in my rear-view mirror, I wanted to be sure to talk about and post some photos and videos from last weekend's concert by Randy Kaplan here at Church of the Beatitudes in Phoenix.
One of the first songs Randy led off with was a cover of Elizabeth Cotten's classic "Frieght Train"...
Happy Holiday Greetings from Ralph's World
Everybody's getting in their Happy Holiday greetings except for me (very soon, I hope), but in the meanwhile, here's one from Ralph Covert, better known to some (though not all) for Ralph's World.
Here he is singing (part of?) "That's What I Want for Christmas" from the musical Hansel and Gretel he co-wrote with G. Riley Mills. It's short, but still fun.
Ralph Covert - "That's What I Want for Christmas"
