Play List: Again with the Little Boy Blue Birthday Playlist

We had a birthday party recently for Little Boy Blue and while it wasn't necessarily close to his actual birthday, we didn't worry much about that. 

But the mix CD for guests, yeah, that we (OK, I) sweated over a bit.  And so for something like the fifth consecutive year (although I guess the most recent mix here is from a couple years ago) , guests got a mix CD of mostly -- but not entirely -- kids music.

Here's the playlist and, for those of you on Spotify, you too can enjoy the home experience via the Spotify playlist or direct link or widget below.

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They Might Be Giants – Figure Eight
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
Dean Jones – Snail Mail
Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke – Bigga Bagga
The Board of Education – I'm Not Here Right Now
Psy – Gangnam Style (강남스타일)
Lesley & the Flying Foxes – I Love To...
Ratboy Jr. – High 5 Your Shadow
Shine and the Moonbeams – High Five
Play Date – Anyone Can Sing
They Might Be Giants – Tubthumping - feat. the Onion AV Club Choir
Caspar Babypants – Too Dirty To Love
Boxtop Jenkins – Wag More (feat. Indigo Girls)
Recess Monkey – Fish Sticks
Paul Spring – Home of Song
Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Billy Kelly – Don't Tell Me That I Don't Know What I Know (When You Know That You Don't Know What I Know That I Know)

Bill Harley & Keith Munslow – It's Not Fair to Me
Cat Doorman – Peaceful
The Not-Its! – Let's Skateboard
Counting Crows – Accidentally In Love
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – A Bailar
Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke – Take Ten
Justin Roberts – All For You
Renee & Jeremy – Give It Away

Duplex – Figure 8

Weekly Summary (5/6/13 - 5/12/13)

TO: You

FROM: Zooglobble

SUBJECT: Items Posted on the Website Last Week

Blog:  Video: "Tambourine Submarine" - Recess Monkey, Introducing Bake Sale, Interview: Korum Bischoff (Recess Monkey), Share: "Railroad Medley" - Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke

Videos: "High 5 Your Shadow" - Ratboy Jr.

Listen to Music: The Cat Doorman Songbook - Cat Doorman, "Ohio" - Rocknoceros

Free Music:  Lullaby & Lovesong Sampler - Mae Robertson

Kids Music Reviews: ​None this week...

Upcoming Releases: Lots of new stuff coming...

Podcasts​

Kindie Week in Review: Episode 15: As If To Further Depress Me

My Other Other Gig: None this week...

Bake Sale​: Hello, iTunes!, Episode 2: Kaitlin McGaw, Alphabet Rockers TV Pilot

Kindiefest: All Things Kindie (and Pizza)

Details on the annual kindie confabulation known as Kindiefest are coming together and for those of us "in the biz," as none of us "in the biz" actually say, it looks like another great weekend of gabbing, listening, and eating.  (The pizza is not a joke.)

The full set of panels and panelists have been announced, and I think for the musicians making a living (or hoping to) who attend, you're bound to find a panel or four worth your time.  While some panels appeal to the creative entrepreneur in me ("Managing Self-Management Kindie Style"), as a non-kindie musician, I'm most looking forward to the broader items -- the "KindieTalks," for example, featuring Laurie Berkner, Dean Jones, and WXPN's Robert Drake doing TED-talks-style presentations.

Plus, I have three words for you: Ella Jenkins keynote.​  I am seriously geeked for that.

​So, yes, I am attending once again.  I'll be curating/presenting a video session currently titled $9.99: Kindie Music Videos in the Age of YouTube​.  It'll feature, well, kindie music videos of both recent and, er, vintage vintage.  I'm really looking forward to putting that together and showing it at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where the conference is moving to this year -- the better to hold its 2 expanded days of panels and workshops.

I'm also looking forward to the Saturday night artists' showcase, which features a lot of artists I've never seen perform live. ​I'm particularly eager to see Stephen Cohen, Ratboy Jr., and Dan Zanes performing with Elizabeth Mitchell, and I'm always curious to see whose performance ends up surprising me.  And while they haven't yet announced the Sunday public concert lineup, based on which artists have been announced as attending the conference whose names haven't appeared on a panel or Saturday night, I think that's going to be out of sight.

Most of all, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in the kindie field.  There are friends, of course, like Jeff and Mindy, and all the Kindiefest braintrust, whom I look forward to talking with.  And while as a reviewer, I tend to consider my relationships with musicians as different from "friends," it's hard not to get jazzed by being in the presence of so many creative (and, usually, funny) people.  And music.

​So if you are involved in making, presenting, or selling music for kids, I encourage you to register.  And say hello.  And come to my presentation.

Radio Playlist: New Music January 2013

Onward into 2013, and time for a Spotify update for new music (see December playlist here).  As always, it's limited in that if an artist hasn't chosen to post a song on Spotify, I can't put it on the list, nor can I feature songs from as-yet-unreleased albums.  But next month's playlist is only, er, a month away.

Check out the list here or go right here if you're in Spotify.

**** New Music January 2013 (January Kindie Playlist) ****

Ratboy Jr. – High 5 Your Shadow
Channing Banks – Rock My ABCs
Papa Crow – All the Things That Fart
Oh! Ogopogo! – Pirate Boy's Lament
Breed Street Rookies – In This Together
The Hipwaders – Just Not Me
Rissi Palmer – Best Day Ever
The Bramble Jam – A Dirty Kid's a Happy Kid
Bruce Barnes – Humps, Hooves, and Horns