I’ve not yet been the father of girls ages 7 and 10, or daughters 12 and 15. And I cannot pretend to know how stressful and/or fulfilling having college-aged kids will be. I can only know what I have known, and what I know leads me to declare 5 and […]
Download, listen, and enjoy this special Grammy Awards edition of the OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Podcast, featuring all four of the kindie acts nominated for Best Children’s Album this year. I play a cut from each nominated album, as well as an older one, to give you taste of where […]
It isn’t sweaty 2nd-anniversary sex, broken condoms, or failing to pull out in time. It’s iPhoto, it’s the hundreds upon hundreds of goddamn Kodak moments in folders with names like “Jimmy’s 1st Birthday Party” and “Olivia At Disneyworld – 2008”. That is where babies come from. We parents are suckers. […]
Fool us once, fool us a million times. Our modern-day heroes, the pearly-white toothed smiling faces lifting trophies, getting the girls, selling us razors, and making millions on the backs of their televised accomplishments are nothing more than a 42nd Street card trick, a slight of hand mirage to make […]
We had no idea there was one. And no idea she was interested in it. After the dust settled and the votes were counted, the Bear came up a bit short in her bid to win her first ever Student Council seat. I took that information in, I did, and […]
THE BAZILLIONS HEAD OR TALES It’s difficult, I know. It can be difficult to read some of my words about kid’s musicians here on OWTK and really get a feel for what the music sounds like, and most importantly, to determine whether you and your kids will dig it. I […]
It started accidentally. And as a result of wicked procrastination by all of us. Ain’t that always the way? The Bear had a 3rd grade matter-based science project due on Monday. We got to work, starting with the brainstorming-stage, on Sunday morning. Hey, we’d only just wrapped up the holiday […]
Lost in the hectic run-up to the holiday season was Todd McHatton’s audio/visual follow-up to his smash hit “I Think I’m A Bunny.” The new song, found on his, er Marvy Monstone’s, new album is more, well, more everything than Bunny was. There is a storyline of mystery and international […]
