Chris Ballew has very talented friends and acquaintances. First this, then this, and now he's got a third Caspar Babypants fan-made music video to share. Unlike this morning's video, this new one, for "Got a Little Ghost" off his More Please! disk, is pretty simple (hello, Billy Kelly!) but also darn cute.
Caspar Babypants - "Got a Little Ghost" [YouTube]
Video: "Robin on a Wire" - Caspar Babypants
Step 1 to putting together a nice kids music video: Have a nephew. (Or niece, I suppose, if a nephew is unavailable.)
Step 2: Have that nephew become a teacher.
Step 3: Have that nephew assign your album as an assignment for creating videos.
Step 4: Profit!
OK, there was probably no profit for Chris Ballew, his nephew Marty, or Marty's student Gabe Trainer, but this video for "Robin on a Wire" from Ballew's second Caspar Babypants album More Please!, is pretty sweet. Very much like a children's picture book. (Note: Your ability to follow Ballew's template may vary.)
Caspar Babypants - "Robin on a Wire" [YouTube]
The Caspar Pipe? Verve Babypants? Huh? On NPR?
OK, it's Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew) and The Verve Pipe that get the NPR treatment this afternoon as I review their new albums for All Things Considered. Hear my take on the Verve Pipe's A Family Album and Caspar Babypants' More Please! here; also, stream the Verve Pipe's album here and a bunch of tracks from More Please! here.
Oh, and one more thing...Video: "Itsy Bitsy Spider" - Caspar Babypants
Top 5 Things About Caspar Babypants' Video for "Itsy Bitsy Spider":
1) The hands? "Manny Handypants" and "Randy Handypants" - hah!
2) The harmonicas
3) The tiny Casio keyboard near the end (I loved those things!)
4) The song itself, which turns the traditional melody into 2 minutes of music you'd gladly listen to repeatedly
5) The fact that it looks incredibly simple, and yet would've required not a little bit of thought.
From the album More Please! -- Chris has added tunes from the album to his Babypants music player, so go to his website and check it out...
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
More (Music) Please, Caspar Babypants!
It's been too long since the public has been able to enjoy new music from Chris Ballew alter ego Caspar Babypants. Luckily, your wait is almost over, as the followup to the stellar Here I Am! will be out on November 17. It's called More Please! (indeed) and features 20 new cuts, both original and freshened up versions of classic kids music.
None of the new tracks are up for preview at his website, but there is a new (old) song not from the disk that's posted there. It's called "Shoofly Pie Company," and you won't even notice that it was, er, a fan song written for the actual Shoofly Pie Company in Seattle. If you want to listen, click on the player at the bottom of the page, then click the backward track button (looks like "|<<") once when "Small Black Ant" pops up. Or just go here and download the track. But then you won't bother listening to the rest of the fun tracks from Here I Am!.
Anyway, here's the tracklisting for More Please!:Video: "Poor Dust Bunnies" - Caspar Babypants
When your fans turn out fan videos like these, then you've got it made.
Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew) has got it made. Here's a very simple, but cute, video for "Poor Dust Bunnies" (off of Here I Am!) from a fan by the name of Greg DeLiso.
Caspar Babypants - "Poor Dust Bunnies" (fan video) [YouTube]
