Folks, you know that I wouldn't link to a non-embeddable video if it weren't really, really cool.
So when I link to Noggin's video page and tell you to watch the video for Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" (right now, it's the first one in the video player) I hope you realize that it's really, really cool. It is sweet and cute in all the best ways -- that's, like, the cheeriest sun ever.
The song itself is a slightly truncated version of the version on Ziggy Marley's B Is For Bob collection of Bob Marley tracks Ziggy remixed and re-imagined. More details here.
Dan Zanes Plays Wedding Music
OK, that's a totally misleading title, or at least a 90% misleading title. But I thought the typical Zooglobble reader would probably enjoy this clip of Dan Zanes' brother-in-law Donald Saaf playing with his Little Hope String Band. The notes on the video below indicate that the band is working on a CD of wedding music, and if you just watch the video, I think you'll find Saaf's band is probably as close as you'd get to having DZ play your wedding.
Little Hope String Band - "Exekiel Saw De Wheel" [YouTube]
Oh, what the hey, here's a Dan Zanes wedding mix...
One Last Mike Seeger Thing...
Well, I can't guarantee that, but the Smithsonian Folkways just posted a clip of Mike Seeger talking about his childhood and his early musical training (Charlie Byrd, following Earl Scruggs around).
I love the way Seeger says that his parents would get them to hurry up to get ready for bed by "Get Along Home, Cindy" because if they didn't get to bed quickly, the music would stop. I do that with reading with Little Boy Blue with sporadic success -- I should totally try music instead.
More comments on Seeger from Folkways here.
Video: "We R Super Heroes" - Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine
I have two words for this, the video for "We R Super Heroes," from Robert Schneider's debut Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine album.
TOTALLY. AWESOME.
No, scratch that -- it challenged "totally awesome" to a 100-yard dash and crossed the finish line before "totally awesome" got out of the blocks.
Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine - "We R Super Heroes" [Spinner]
Video: "The Land of I Don't Know" - Readeez
I really dig this new Readee from the, er, Readeez people. Or person.
Anyway, it's a mellow tune plucked out of the '70s with a little bit of the Beatles thrown in for good measure and, taken what appears to be out of context, some cryptic lyrics. Still, as a guide for life, you could do worse than "Welcome / Relax / Enjoy the show."
Readeez - "The Land of I Don't Know"
Video: "Superteen" (Live @ Kidzapalooza) - Care Bears on Fire
You know what I like about this video of the teenaged trio Care Bears on Fire from Lollapalooza's Kidzapalooza stage?
The fact that the audience is a group of roughly-five-feet tall tweens and teens rather than a group of roughly-six-feet-tall adults and therefore the videographer has a clear view of the stage as opposed to a lot of the other stuff I've posted here.
Oh, and the song rocks quite a bit, too.
Care Bears on Fire - "Superteen" (Live from Lollapalooza 2009's Kidzapalooza stage)
