All of Chris Ballew’s Caspar Babypants kindie rock music vids are superb in their low-fi glee, wit and humor. The video for “$9.99” (from “More Please!”) may just be the best of the bunch. The deconstructionist ending is brilliant. This one is dedicated to all the old, forgotten toys in the […]
Can’t be in Brooklyn today? No worries. Just be sure to tune in to XM Radio’s Kids Place Live channel today between Noon and 4pm for live coverage of the 2010 Kindiefest music festival featuring Ralph’s World, Recess Monkey, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Bill Harley, Clementown and the Royal Order […]
Billy Kelly has released the first single from “Is This Some Kind of Joke?”, his forthcoming sophomore all-ages album. The song, “I Say I’m Trying To Decide”, is now available for download from CDBaby.com for pennies (99 of them, to be precise). It sounds fantastic and features Billy’s offbeat silliness. […]
Sure, The New York Times can dedicate 300 words to you, but you haven’t really arrived until Michael Rachap gives you a minute. Enjoy this new Readee about Kindiefest:
Ween isn’t making kid’s music, thankfully. Instead, we happily have Ratboy Jr who have just delivered the 2nd video from their album “Smorgasbord”. On behalf of the band, I’m dedicating the video for “Worms” to all the non-squeamish kids, like my two, who rescue earthworms stranded helplessly on driveways and […]
When the New York Times hits doormats, driveways and iPads tomorrow morning, a good many folks are going to be introduced to Justin Roberts, the glorious world of kindie rock, and Bill Childs of the Spare the Rock Spoil the Child kid’s radio show. All good things for a family […]
Not kid’s music, per se, but music made by a kid that other kids could definitely enjoy. Close enough. Check out this stylish b&w video for the song “Love is a Drum” by 14-year old Jack Skuller, which will likely conjuring up images of Buddy Holly and, maybe, Michael Buble […]
Love ’em or hate ’em, if there is one positive (to me at least) thing that sites like Facebook and Twitter provide is an immediate, aggregated collection of news/info/data from those you wish to received such updates from. To that end, Chris Ballew aka Caspar Babypants just posted about posting […]
