Contest: Win Ralph's World / House of Blues Tour Tickets

Sure, you've had your chance to win tickets for the upcoming Ralph's World tour of House of Blues venues across the United States.

But you haven't had a chance to provide Ralph suggestions as to what he should play during this, the first tour of a kids music artist in House of Blues venues (including San Francisco's Fillmore and Portland's Aladdin Theatre). Kinda cool, no?

So, here are the rules. By 8 PM MST Thursday, January 25, in the comments below list which city you'd like to see Ralph's World in and the three songs your family would like to see the band play. (If you want to explain why, go ahead!)

The winner will be picked at random and notified at the e-mail address you provide when you make the comment. The winner will receive 4 tickets to the concert of his or her choice on the tour below. Four tickets! Sweet!

If you don't win (or even if you do), you can get more info on the tour and order tickets by clicking on the link below.

2/3/2007 House of Blues Anaheim, CA
2/4/2007 Fillmore San Francisco,CA
2/10/2007 House of Blues San Diego, CA
2/11/2007 Aladdin Theatre Portland,OR
2/17/2007 House of Blues West Hollywood,CA
2/18/2007 Moore Theatre Seattle,WA
2/24/2007 House of Blues Las Vegas,NV
2/25/2007 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
3/3/2007 House of Blues Chicago, IL
3/4/2007 Somerville Theatre Somerville,MA
3/10/2007 House of Blues Cleveland,OH
3/11/2007 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia,PA
3/17/2007 House of Blues - Orlando Lake Buena Vista, FL
3/18/2007 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
3/24/2007 House of Blues - Music Hall New Orleans,LA
3/25/2007 The Pageant St. Louis, MO

Contest: The Top 50 Kids Songs of All Time

It's time for the first-ever Zooglobble contest.

Later this week, I'll start counting down my (highly subjective) list of the top 50 kids songs of all time.

And I have a bright, shiny new CD for the person who can most closely guess my Top 5.
I'm talking about classics here, not an idiosyncratic list of songs. I'll be listing songs that kids and artists have sung over and over, mostly songs that many American kids have heard at least a few times in their lives. In other words, I might think the Jellydots' "Bicycle" is an awesome song (because it is), but it's fairly new and hasn't had a chance to make its way into the kids music culture. Having said that, my list won't solely be composed of public-domain classics -- look for some newer songs to be on the list, too.

The rules:
1. List your guesses in order from 1 to 5 in the comments of this post.
2. You get one guess -- your first one and that's all.
3. You will need to include your e-mail in your guess.
4. The winner will be the person who guesses the #1 song.
5. Assuming there's a tie in #4, the winner will be the person who guesses the most songs in my top 5.
6. Assuming there's a tie in #5, the winner will be the person who guesses the right placement in #2, then #3, etc.
7. If there's still a tie, well, we'll see what we can do.
8. All entries are due before I post songs #20 and above. (I expect to post roughly 10 per week.)

No, I don't know yet what CD the winner will receive, but it'll be a CD of high-quality kids' music, of that I can guarantee.

If you have questions, post 'em here, too. Have fun!