Two Sundays ago the Mrs, the Bear and I built our own raised veggie garden. It’s a 3×6 rectangle and 10 inches deep. This isn’t our first trip down vegetable road. We failed miserably last year, our patch being overtaken by weeds and bugs. We didn’t understand much about how...
April 29th, 2009 | Parenting Blog | Read More
Monsters in My Head has announced an exciting new monthly contest.
All your kid has to do is grab a colored pencil/crayon or two and draw a WorryWoo Monster (either an interpretation of an existing Woo or a unique, brand new Woo) and your little one can win an autographed 1st edition WorryWoo book and...
April 23rd, 2009 | GIVEAWAYS | Read More
On the way into the theater today to see Adventureland I spotted the poster for Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. As soon as I got home I found the trailer.
Wow, this film looks absolutely terrible.
Take everything pleasing about the book – grandfather spinning tall tale of Chewandshallow,...
April 21st, 2009 | MISC | Read More
I’ve been neglecting to write about this for far too long. There is a very important musical competition taking place at this very moment (one that Simon Cowell isn’t involved with, thankfully).
You have until April 27th 2009 to cast your ballot in the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest....
April 20th, 2009 | Kid's Music News | Read More
Shana Barry’s debut album is a quiet, sparse affair. Comprised mostly of a lone acoustic guitar and Barry’s hushed, long-distance-telephone-call vocals, “A Pink Whale and a Very Tall Tree” soothes as it intrigues.
In a world where a yellow dude from the sun is a kiddie rock star...
April 20th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kindie Album Reviews | Read More
There is a most certainly a place for educational music. Hap Palmer is proof positive that an artist can be viable, entertaining AND educational. Palmer’s latest is a musical multiplication table called “Multiplication Mountain”. Your child will literally climb the metaphorical mountain...
April 19th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kindie Album Reviews | Read More
I cannot play the guitar. I’m also inept on the drums, harmonica, kazoo, trumpet, bongos and triangle. I cannot play anything. Got no musical game at all. That’s why I RAN a record label, as opposed to being in a band that’s ON a record label.
While I don’t know how to use...
April 18th, 2009 | OWTK Toy News & Reviews | Read More
There’s nothing quite like a kick-butt opening track. Doesn’t matter if we’re discussing kiddie rock or indie rock. When a band puts a rollicking ditty at the top the audience typically reacts favorably. For a kid’s record it’s even more vital, ’cause you want...
April 17th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kindie Album Reviews | Read More
