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]
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.
KidVid Tournament 2010: Rocknoceros vs. Dan Zanes
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]
KidVid 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)