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"

That Was Great. Tons of Fun. Can I Sleep Now?

Well, on Friday night I was on NPR. Then on Saturday I saw Gustafer Yellowgold in concert, something I helped put on. And I just got back from being Justin Roberts' roadie. (Seriously, unloading and setting up, then taking down and loading, the sound system.) It's been a blast, and a great weekend of family music -- pictures and video to come -- but I'd like to rest now. I probably didn't need to have all that beer last night, either, but it went great with all that Iranian food I ate.

NPR Loves Lunch Money

Or, to be more specific, I love Lunch Money, and NPR is running my review of their album Dizzy on All Things Considered tonight. If you're wondering how I could gush over the album and not, you know, actually review it, well, now you know. (At some point, I'll expand on it just a little bit more.) And, for those listeners who might've stumbled here, I hope you'll stick around a bit here before visiting the band's website, Myspace page, or Facebook page. Order Dizzy here, here, or here (soon), among other places. (And their first album, Silly Reflection, is just as winning.)

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"