No, not the entire album, Dan Zanes' latest. Just the title track from it. But don't you think that's enough? It's in support of Heifer International, the well-known charitable group that helps provide income-producing farm animals and training to folks around the world. Just go here and, for the price of an e-mail address, pick up Zanes' lopey rendition.
(And while we're on the subject of Dan Zanes and animals, he's recorded a second Nodcast Podcast for the Land of Nod -- remember the first? -- while strolling through the Central Park Zoo. It's acoustic Dan, with friends from the animal kingdom.)
I'm sorry, baseball doesn't begin under the lights on Sunday night. It begins in the full bloom of the sun on a Monday (or Tuesday). Today is the first full day of Major League Baseball, no matter what the standings say. As is my yearly tradition, I've provided this slightly updated list of baseball songs. (Read last year's list here.) Enjoy, and may all your teams have a great season. Except if you're in the National League West, because, the Diamondbacks rule.
If any of you have more suggestions, leave me a comment.
This isn't really a video per se -- it's Bill Harley staring into the camera telling a story.
That's good enough, though, because although Harley's storytelling needs no visual accompaniment, Harley's facial expressions are a sweet bonus. This is "You're Not the Boss of Me," collected on Harley's Play it Again disk in which lessons are learned (and promptly forgotten).
Bill Harley - "You're Not the Boss of Me" [YouTube]
The time is at hand for the KidVid Tournament 2010 Championship. From the beginning, this has been a very Seattle-focused tournament, like those years when the Big East or ACC gets a bajillion teams into the tournament and 3 teams into the Final Four for the NCAA basketball championships (or the WCHA in the Frozen Four). Except those teams generally don't cheer for or even assist their conference mates, as many of the Seattle bands did when they weren't actually competing against one another. As they are today.
This matchup pits a couple Seattle artists against each other for the right to be called KidVid Tournament 2010 Champion -- Caspar Babypants and his "Itsy Bitsy Spider" video from More Please! against Brian Vogan and "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album. That title and $3.75 will get you coffee at Starbucks, I suppose.
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. One vote per person! (Please note, however, that I've got the IP monitoring cranked up on high so if you vote at a company and someone else there votes first, your IP may be blocked. Sorry for the inconvenience.) Votes due by noon tomorrow (Tuesday) East Coast time (or 9 AM Seattle time).
Finally, I'm happy that so many fans of both artists are voting, but please remember to keep your comments respectful, and, heck, watch both videos. They're both entirely different (simplicity, style, song type), but each quite effective. You might just find a new artist worth following.
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Brian Vogan - "That's How A Pumpkin Grows" [YouTube]
Do you have any favorite sandwiches?
Typically, I like my peanut sandwiches without additions, but perhaps you'd like a PEANUT BUTTER AND FREE sandwich. Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove is offering a download of his song "Peanut Butter" from Mr. Stinky Feet's Road Trip to celebrate "National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day." (Who knew?) Anyway, it's today, April 2, so I think the free download code for the groovy song (there on the page above) Jim's offering won't last for long...
I know... a video in the midst of KidVid Tournament 2010? Just not fair, is it?
Trust me, I wouldn't be posting a video in the midst of all these awesome videos if it wasn't awesome itself. Tell me that this video for "A Counting Error" from John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg (John and Mark's Children's Record) shouldn't get an immediate spot in a Sesame Street video rotation (or a first-round bye in KidVid Tournament 2011).
No, not the entire album, Dan Zanes' latest. Just the title track from it. But don't you think that's enough? It's in support of Heifer International, the well-known charitable group that helps provide income-producing farm animals and training to folks around the world. Just go here and, for the price of an e-mail address, pick up Zanes' lopey rendition.
(And while we're on the subject of Dan Zanes and animals, he's recorded a second Nodcast Podcast for the Land of Nod -- remember the first? -- while strolling through the Central Park Zoo. It's acoustic Dan, with friends from the animal kingdom.)
Do you have any favorite sandwiches?
Typically, I like my peanut sandwiches without additions, but perhaps you'd like a PEANUT BUTTER AND FREE sandwich. 
