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February 6, 2007

Andrew Bird Is Dr. Stringz

Hey hipster parents: If the recent glut of children's comps have taught you anything, it's that it is never too early to get your kids some indie cred. Here, Andrew makes an appearance as the magical Dr. Stringz on the Noggin Channel's Jack's Big Music Show, whipping violins and mandolins out of those deep, Bird pockets of his. String-da-da-ling-ding-ding string ding. (via P4K)

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Amazing! when he first walked in and looked at the camera i was afraid that he was going to be an awkward/bad actor. but he was great.

Posted by: Lenny at 02/06/07 10:00 AM  | Reply
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this is my kids favorite show - last year they had Buddy Guy come on as "The King of Swing" and this year theyve had Jon Stewart and a video from the original Blues Clues guy that went punk with Steve Drozd of the Flaming Lips

Posted by: ev at 02/06/07 10:46 AM  | Reply
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i fucking love my life

Posted by: Ben at 02/06/07 11:13 AM  | Reply
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that was simply amazing. i wish i was a kid again, getting to watch this kind of beautiful stuff happen all day long.

Posted by: jon at 02/06/07 11:33 AM  | Reply
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this song is actually really good and catchy. Anyone got an mp3?

Posted by: ben at 02/06/07 11:35 AM  | Reply
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amazing.

fuck guitar center- i want andrew bird to fix my shit, plzthx.

Posted by: steve perry at 02/06/07 11:44 AM  | Reply
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! oh god. i love him.

Posted by: cherry at 02/06/07 2:46 PM  | Reply
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Back in the 90's we didn't get awesome indie singers on our kids shows. Hmmph. *shrugs shoulders*

Posted by: msilverfish at 02/06/07 3:01 PM  | Reply
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Iggy Pop on the Adventures of Pete and Pete?

Posted by: David at 02/06/07 3:54 PM  | Reply
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Iggy Pop on the Adventures of Pete and Pete?

Posted by: David at 02/06/07 4:00 PM  | Reply
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nothing short of awesome

Posted by: austin at 02/06/07 4:15 PM  | Reply
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This past Friday Jon Stewart swung by Jack's clubhouse, as well as a performance from Steve Burns (formerly of Blues Clues) backed by Stephen Drozd of the Flaming Lips.

Last week also had an appearance by The Trachtenberg Family Slide Show Players. You could say Jack's is taking a page out of Pancake Mountain's playbook.

Posted by: drake at 02/06/07 5:04 PM  | Reply
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next up, pancake mountain. although this is a little better than pancake mountain cos instead of kids we have fake furry creatures. now i'm gonna have string da ling ding ding in my head. andrew bird can sell me anything.

Posted by: ave at 02/07/07 12:39 AM  | Reply
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That was the best thing ever.

I'm also glad to see Bird was able to fit some of his patent-pending whistling into the song.

Posted by: Devin at 02/07/07 12:56 AM  | Reply
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YouTube's pulled the video - any one know where else to find it?

Posted by: zach at 02/16/07 1:03 AM  | Reply
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OH my god... Viacom... YOU MUST BE KIDDING

Posted by: Sean at 02/16/07 6:14 PM  | Reply
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There be
an mp3

Posted by: Sean at 02/16/07 6:20 PM  | Reply
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I'm not generally this retarded.

http://carlsandburgvisits.blogspot.com/2007/02/andrew-bird-as-dr-stringz.html

Posted by: Sean at 02/16/07 6:23 PM  | Reply
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shit! the video is no longer available! i really want to see this--does anyone know where else i can find it? it would be much appreciated.

Posted by: bree at 02/18/07 5:01 PM  | Reply
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Head on over to: http://carlsandburgvisits.blogspot.com/2007/02/filling-in-missing-links.html
The video is there.

Posted by: Benji at 03/22/07 12:00 PM  | Reply
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Is the tune available anywhere? we love it and my son has his own music player. i'd love to get it on there.

Posted by: Melissa at 07/08/07 12:24 PM  | Reply
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