On June 3rd, my newest nephew, Ian (formerly known as TBA Planchak) was born.  Unfortunately, he was born really far away (wrong Portland) and I don’t have enough vacation time in the bank to make the trip just yet.  As a means of consoling myself, I put together a music sampler for the infant years.  Want to know what I included?  How well do you know your whitewashed infant-friendly kindie album covers?

This Thursday, June 11th, 2009, two amazing things are happening:  I am turning 28 (okay, maybe that’s not amazing) and my library is hosting a birthday-themed storytime party.  Well, I think it’s amazing.

After the large-scale game of Hullabaloo and the cupcakes, we’re going to have a balloon-covered dance floor that will call for some pretty spectacular music.  So.  I cooked up this playlist, with it’s-my-birthday songs, not-my-birthday songs, and getting-older laments:

• The Jimmies – “Somebody’s Birthday”
• Recess Monkey – “Bithday Bite”
• Candy Band – “It’s Your Birthday”
• Charity and the JAMband – “Happy Birthday Baby”
• Daddy a Go Go – “Birthday Song”
• Justin Roberts – “It’s Your Birthday”
• The Hipwaders – “Birthday Ruckus”
• Dog on Fleas – “Unbirthday”
• Ralph’s World – “Happy Not My Birthday”
• Ham and Burger – “Happy Birthday to the World”
• Brady Rymer – “Every Day Is a Birthday”
• Uncle Rock – “Gettin’ Big Blues”
• The Terrible Twos – “When I Get to Eleven”
• Asylum Street Spankers – “Be Like You”
• Pencilhead and the Playground Punks – “The Birthday Song”
• ScribbleMonster – “The Half-Hearted Birthday Song”