When I was a pup of 6 years experience in this world, I made a promise I honestly believed I had the ability to keep. I promised my father that I’d stay 6 forever. Until the end of days, a 6-year-old boy; wide-eyed and pudgy-faced. Now a father myself, I […]
Many parents would say that it’s a difficult task for educational music and media to ingratiate itself to full-family enjoyment. Whereas modern, non-lesson-centric children’s music, videos & books will often pull lovingly on the heartstrings of a parent while simultaneously bringing exuberant joy to a youngster, curriculum-based media tends to […]
We can’t be there. And that sucks eggs. Because SteveSongs was one of the first kindie musicians we discovered 6+ years ago and one of the only we’ve NEVER seen live. Crazy, I know. But you and your kids can be in the crowd for PBS Kids’ Mr. Steve (although […]
A year. 16 episodes. Damn that flew by. I nearly got choked up at the end of this 1st Anniversary Special Podcast. When I was recording my final bit, and when I was thanking you invisible people for coming along for this ride over the past 12 months, I nearly […]
Let me first admit to not always being the fighter my fellow dad bloggers are. With internet dust-ups like the Huggies commercial thing and the Amazon Mom program, I am often not in the ring punching away. I’m more of the cut-me guy, or the hot girl with the round […]
Let’s just face the facts, shall we? OWTK has changed. I will continue to be family music’s toughest critic and most fearless champion (patent pending), but the long form reviews I absolutely do enjoy writing may not be in the cards going forward. At least not as often (often, lately, […]
There have been collaborations before in modern children’s music: SteveSongs and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, the kid-hop king & Lunch Money, Recess Monkey with Sugar Free Allstars, the Peapod choir on the last Dog on Fleas record, and Shawna Kemp upping the class on The Pop Ups’ “Connect the Stars”. […]
18,235 days. Give or take. Stupid leap years. Without a doubt, more than a handful of those days were turds marred by arguments not worthy of remembering. Today though, today is a no doubt, 24 carat solid gold day. ********** I cannot stress enough how all that I am, that […]
