The other Day Four KidVid Tournament 2010 Woody Guthrie Region matchup. Brian Vogan's "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from Little Songs, against "Superhero" from Tim and the Space Cadets and their The Greatest Party Ever EP.
KidVid Tournament 2010: Robbert Bobbert vs. Readeez
It's the final first-round day of KidVid Tournament 2010, featuring the Woody Guthrie Region. The first matchup pits the top seed, Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine's "We R Super Heroes" from the self-titled debut disk, against "Counting for Pleasure" from Readeez and the Readeez Volume 2 DVD (and Songeez disk).
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 (Thursday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice!
Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine - "We R Super Heroes" [YouTube]
Readeez - "Counting for Pleasure" [YouTube]
KidVid Tournament 2010: Billy Kelly vs. The Not-Its
The other Day Three KidVid Tournament 2010 Leadbelly Region matchup. Billy Kelly's "People Really Like Milk" from Thank You for Joining the Happy Club, against "Come Play at Our House" from The Not-Its! and their We Are the Not-Its! album.
KidVid Tournament 2010: Recess Monkey vs. The Hipwaders
If it's Day Three of KidVid Tournament 2010, it must be the Leadbelly Region. The first matchup pits the top seed, Recess Monkey's "Marshmallow Farm" from Field Trip, against (ironically enough) "Field Trip" from The Hipwaders from their Marshmallow Farm album. (Just kidding -- it's from their Goodie Bag EP.
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 (Thursday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice!
Recess Monkey - "Marshmallow Farm" [YouTube]
The Hipwaders - "Field Trip" [YouTube]
SXSW 2010 (Music) Report: Day 2
You might be wondering... uh, what happened to my Day 1 report of SXSW 2010 Music? The answer is that the conference started Wednesday and I didn't get into town 'til Thursday. Hence, Day 2.
Anyway, I thought I'd give you a day-by-day report of my SXSW experiences. Not because it's relevant to kids' music (it's not, for the most part), but because I figure a lot of you readers (fans and musicians alike) are big music geeks and would find impressions of a weekend entirely focused on music of no small interest. But I'll give you some kids music equivalents for a few of the folks. Oh, and there are details on a contest giving away a kids' music CD. So here we go...
Our flight arrived in Austin about 1 or so, and after getting the rental car, we (that is, myself and Miss Mary Mack and Little Boy Blue, both on spring break) drove up to my mom's house. Because we were having dinner with friends and family, I decided to go pick up my badge and headed downtown in the meantime.
Badge pickup was easy (far easier than parking at 4 pm on a SXSW Thursday -- I found the last $10 spot at a surface lot about 8 blocks away from the Convention Center), so having already spent the $10 on parking, I decided to explore a bit. After visiting the trade show (which was kinda small, actually), I got my first taste of SXSW music at the Day Stage/"Blogger's Lounge," which despite being dimly lit and furnished with large beanbags, was still in a cavernous convention center. It was like being in your friend's basement, if your friend lived in an airplane hangar.KidVid Tournament 2010: Caspar Babypants vs. Eric Herman
The other Day Two KidVid Tournament 2010 matchup in the Pete Seeger Region features Caspar Babypants' "Itsy Bitsy Spider" from his More Please! album going up against "Ants in your Pants #99" from Eric Herman's What A Ride! album. It's a very Washington bug-oriented matchup.
