House of Kids: Blah Name, Decent Series

In the second piece of news from today regarding corporate behemoths trying to cash in (more) on kids music, word this morning that LiveNation is starting the "House of Kids" music series at he Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza this fall and winter.

Forget the press release text that says "House Of Kids is aimed at bringing parents and kids together through a shared appreciation of live music, as well as fun and educationally enriching activities." House of Kids is about figuring out what to do with a large venue that sits empty for a good 16 hours or more each and every day. The first 4 artists -- Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For Naptime Trio (October 17), Father Goose (November 14), The Sippy Cups (December 5) and Gustafer Yellowgold (January 9) -- are definitely promising, though $20 per ticket ($70 for the series) is a price range that could only work in New York City. (And, to be fair, each show will also feature performers from the Big Apple Circus, guest storytellers, child performers, fire safety education from FDNY, and more.)

Now if only we could get Justin Roberts to record a live album so that the Irving Plaza location could join all the other Fillmores that have been graced with a Live at the Fillmore designation.

Video: "Superteen" (Live @ Kidzapalooza) - Care Bears on Fire

You know what I like about this video of the teenaged trio Care Bears on Fire from Lollapalooza's Kidzapalooza stage?

The fact that the audience is a group of roughly-five-feet tall tweens and teens rather than a group of roughly-six-feet-tall adults and therefore the videographer has a clear view of the stage as opposed to a lot of the other stuff I've posted here.

Oh, and the song rocks quite a bit, too.

Care Bears on Fire - "Superteen" (Live from Lollapalooza 2009's Kidzapalooza stage)

Video: "Nature" (Live @ Kidzapalooza) - Band of Horses

I know, I already posted one Band of Horses live video from the Kidzapalooza stage from this Saturday's Lollapalooza. But this might be my favorite song from the video uploaded thus far. Not only that, but the band says that this song, "Nature," will be on Yo Gabba Gabba!'s upcoming Season 3. Not sure humidity in a Chicago summer is awesome, but this song might be.

Band of Horses - "Nature" (Live at Lollapalooza 2009's Kidzapalooza stage)

Video: Yuto Miyazawa and Band of Horses (Live @ Kidzapalooza)

Not at the same time. OK, so it's a 9-year-old playing a 40-year-old song, but at least we're getting a little closer to seeing a family music act on video from Kidzapalooza 2009.

Yuto Miyazawa - "Purple Haze" (Live at Lollapalooza Kidzapalooza stage 2009)

OK, here's the Band of Horses song from Saturday. No word if they started 20 minutes late because Care Bears on Fire ran long (inside joke)...
Band of Horses - "Is There A Ghost" (Live at Lollapalooza Kidzapalooza stage 2009)

Video: Joshua James Live @ Kidzapalooza 2009

Y'know, those iPhones have video cameras now and the Flips are easy to use (I should know). I'm with Tito, it shouldn't be this difficult to have any of the other folks who make music on a more regular basis for kids (or the kids themselves) captured on camera. This sounds like a nice cut (I'm unable to figure out which one specifically) from Joshua James, Sunday's special guest at Lolla's Kidzapalooza stage. But I know there was a lot more that brought down this house this weekend...

Joshua James live at Kidzapalooza stage, Lollapalooza 2009.