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JUSTIN ROBERTS-“Pop Fly” (2008).
This is a wonderful pop song from Justin Roberts. Roberts is regarded as a top-notch children’s song writer. I hadn’t heard him before, but i was totally sold by this one.
It’s a poppy almost dancey song–it certainly makes you want to move around, anyway. There’s a catchy acoustic guitar and a fast beat and Roberts’ voice is really solid and warm. Interestingly I didn’t even realize this song was about baseball when I heard it on the radio (I missed the song title). I was totally hooked by the pa pa pa pa pa pa chorus.
And there’s a great third section of the song that changes the mood but not the tempo. This reminds me a bit of Ralph’s World, but a bit…more full, perhaps? Or maybe like something from Phineas and Ferb. I’m going to have to check out more from him.
Oh, and the video, while cheaply made, is quite funny when the chorus kicks in.
[READ: April 8, 2014] Stickman Odyssey, Book 2
I enjoyed Book 2 of this series more than Book 1. It felt like it had a little more plot and was a little less slavish to the original myths. or maybe I just like quests.
The story starts in the middle, with Nestor having captured Zozimos and having tied him up for failing to avenge Sticatha (which was Nestor’s plan all along). He says that Zozimos has been doing nothing all this time. But Zozimos says no, he has been on an epic adventure.
Which brings us to where book one left off.
Praxis (the strongest man in the world) Atrukos (a guy who looks like a frog) and Zozimos set off to find a piece of the sky. In book one, Praxis had knocked a piece of the sky out when he hurled a cyclops at it. He wanted to retrieve it to prove to his love that he was actually a worthwhile person. This story is left all of a sudden (in a very funny way) so they can help Atrukos with the witch who cursed him before Book 1 even started. That’s when Nestor captured Zozimos, as he was on his way to help Atrukos. (more…)
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