Day Two of KidVid Tournament 2010 features the Pete Seeger Region. The first matchups pits the top seed, the title track from Rocknoceros' Pink album, against "Pollito Chicken" from Dan Zanes and Friends featuring La Bruja, from Zanes' Nueva York! album.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. Votes due by midnight tonight (Wednesday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice!
Rocknoceros - "Pink" [YouTube]
Dan Zanes and Friends featuring La Bruja - "Pollito Chicken" [YouTube]
New Recess Monkey World Premiere. Just Like Friday Night Videos. Except It's During the Day. And Doesn't Involve Videos.
But other than that, just like it.
Anyway, for those of you eager to get your first taste of Recess Monkey's upcoming album The Final Funktier, stop by here on Friday when I'll be world premiering one of the tracks from the album, the alliteratively-titled "Constellation Conga." As band manager Mayor Monkey described it last week: "Hey all you planets: Get in line! It’s time to dance!"
Anyway, I'm just kicking off Recess Monkey's takeover of the kids music world -- check out the entire world premiere lineup...
Friday, 3/26: Zooglobble: "Constellation Conga"
Friday, 3/26, 5pm EST/2pm PST Absolutely Mindy: "Jet Pack"
Saturday, 3/27 8-10am EST: Spare the Rock: "How Do You Build a Robot"
Saturday, 3/27 8-10am EST: Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl: "Ukulalien"
Sunday, 3/28: Gooney Bird Kids: "My Brother is a Satellite"
Band photo by Kevin FryKidVid Tournament 2010: Debbie and Friends vs. Randy Kaplan
The other first-day KidVid Tournament 2010 matchup from the Ella Jenkins Region features Debbie and Friends' "Willy Won't" from the forthcoming More Story Songs and Sing-Alongs CD up against "The Ladybug Without Spots" from the Randy Kaplan's Loquat Rooftop album.
KidVid Tournament 2010: TMBG vs. Johnny Bregar
It's the first day of KidVid Tournament 2010 matchups, and it features matchups from the Ella Jenkins Region . In this contest we have the top seed, They Might Be Giants' "Meet The Elements" from their Here Comes Science CD/DVD set matched up against "Shoo Fly Pie" from the Johnny Bregar's Dragonfly album.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. Votes due by midnight tonight (Tuesday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice!
They Might Be Giants - "Meet the Elements" [YouTube]
Johnny Bregar - "Shoo Fly Pie" [YouTube]
KidVid Tournament 2010: The Brackets!
First, I told you about my favorite kids music videos of the year. Then I asked you to vote for some of your favorites.
Now I have the results of the readers' poll to influence my own seedings (note: it was Tim and the Space Cadets' "Superhero" which I gave my tourney director's exemption). With that, it's time to announce the brackets for KidVid Tournament 2010. Mano a mano (except when it's a female artist, or an entire band), it pits 16 of the year's best kids music videos against each other in a single-elimination tournament, with readers picking the winners in each round. The tournament starts tomorrow, but here's the entire bracket. Come back tomorrow for the first 2 matchups...
Ella Jenkins Region
They Might Be Giants - "Meet the Elements" (1) vs. Johnny Bregar - "Shoo Fly Pie" (4)
Debbie and Friends - "Willy Won't (2) vs. Randy Kaplan - "The Ladybug Without Spots" (3)
Pete Seeger Region
Rocknoceros - "Pink" (1) vs. Dan Zanes - "Pollito Chicken" (4)
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (2) vs. Eric Herman - "Ants in Your Pants #99" (3)
Leadbelly Region
Recess Monkey - "Marshmallow Farm" (1) vs. The Hipwaders - "Field Trip" (4)
Billy Kelly - "People Really Like Milk" (2) vs. The Not-Its - "Come Play At Our House" (3)
Woody Guthrie Region
Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine - "We R Super Heroes" (1) vs. Readeez - "Counting For Pleasure" (4)
Brian Vogan - "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" (2) vs. Tim and the Space Cadets - "Superhero" (3)
Kids Music (Not) at SXSW
Well, there's some but you have to look hard. Although there are a number of artists here who have a kids' album under their belt (I'm listening to Tom Freund right now), this isn't a kids
music friendly conference. Which is fine.
I've got my kids music panel with Tor Hyams, Karen Rappaport McHugh, Matt Pryor, and more. 2 PM, don't miss it if you're here.
And if you need a kids music fix and want to brave the crowds at Auditorium Shores, Walter T and the Rated G's, Big Don, and Daddy-A-Go-Go isn't a bad set of music. Starts at noon.
But really, this isn't about the kids. First day in the books - eight artists. I'll have to tell you about it. When it's not 1:30 AM.
