Video: "Brand New Key" - Suzanne Sherman Propp

I am gently entertained by this video for "Brand New Key," a pop hit for Melanie more than 35 years ago. It's a cover from Suzanne Sherman Propp, found on Propp's new album Play!. Propp's voice fits the ear-wormy descending line of the chorus, and the video art (from a 16-year-old out of North Carolina) is an appealingly lo-fi blend of images. And while Wikipedia explains how some of the song is open to interpretation, the key in question is a rollerskate key, meant for tightening the skates. So now you know. I'm all about the learning here. Suzanne Sherman Propp - "Brand New Key"

Video: "Field Trip" - The Hipwaders

I know I already posted a video for this song by The Hipwaders a couple weeks ago. But it's going to be a little while before I can get all the video, etc for this weekend's shows up. So look at it as making an early withdrawal in the great overall YouTube karma. The animations are a little odd, but it sorta fits the song, which, as I said the first time around, is kinda "space-jazzy." The Hipwaders - "Field Trip"

Video: Cat O' Nine Tales - Captain Bogg & Salty

Well, Portland, Oregon's Captain Bogg & Salty have a new album coming out soon (Emphatical Piratical), and while there's no word regarding a new video for the album, the band's posted an animated video for "Cat O' Nine Tales" from their debut album Bedtime Stories For Pirates. Besides a groan-inducing rhyme including "Virgil and Homer," it's a jaunty pop tune that seems to have been preserved in amber for, like 35 years. It's no "Pieces of 8ight", but what is? Captain Bogg & Salty - "Cat O' Nine Tales"

Video: "The Pink Whale" - Shana Berry

I gotta tell you, usually when I hear from an artist with a new album, I have a pretty good idea what to expect, good or bad. There's little mystery. And then there's The Fofers, a project from Maine's Shana Berry. Berry describes her new album thusly:
On A Pink Whale and a Very Tall Tree, I sing (and play guitar and a little bit of uke) about an island called Fof, inhabited by the multi-colored furry Fofers (rhymes with gophers), who climb magical trees into the clouds and ride their bikes on Rollercoaster Road.
And if you watch the video Berry animated for "The Pink Whale" below, I think you'll be intrigued. I am, and I don't even have the album yet. It is, at the least, even if you don't like it at all, one of the more unique projects out there. Shana Berry - "The Pink Whale"