There was a time when I considered myself a bit of a sophisticate when it came to sport. I’d wax poetic about the nuances of the games, expressing to any and all that my enjoyment was derived not from the splashy play the networks would replay ad nauseum, but from the […]
Happy New Year, y’all! Great new music has been landing in my mailbox and inbox over the past few weeks. I play a lot of it this month, with new cuts from OWTK faves Tim and the Space Cadets, SteveSongs, Ratboy Jr, Bill Harley, Bazillions, and new artists Cat Doorman, […]
Porn! No, no, not porn, or porn music, but surely the term adult music is chuckle-worthy, right? I didn’t dive into too much new adult music this year, a fact that disturbs me greatly. I’m not going to dwell on it because it makes me feel old, cranky, and old […]
There’s an understanding. There needs to be for all of this to work. Before the shells crack, they sit still in a safe room, protected from the big loud world and from eager little hands.. Their roof is clear plastic so the anxious foster moms and dads-to-be can easily keep […]
ASTROGRASS “THE COLORED PENCIL FACTORY” After all these years, I still have a serious soft spot for The Jayhawks’ albums Tomorrow The Green Grass and Hollywood Town Hall. As such, I have a tendency to gravitate positively to any song or album — kindie or otherwise — that manages to […]
Grow it, yank it out of the ground, clean it, cook it. That’s a simple enough lesson; no solving for X, no periodic table, no “Columbus sailed the ocean blue” memorization techniques. Just some dirt, a hole, some seeds, a sink, and a saute pan. It’s the kind of lesson […]
As a freelance writer, I take work where I can get it, and recently I’ve been getting the chance to dish on some of the finest modern kid’s music for Red Tricycle. This has tended to manifest itself as Top Concert Picks stories in the NYC and LA markets, but […]
We’ve never had this dilemma. I never considered NOT getting everything on the kid’s Christmas wish lists to Santa. After all, at most, each child asked for five things every December. Well, technically three things PLUS two surprises. It was easy. They got 100% of their wishes plus the 2 […]
