In years past, I covered Kindiefest somewhat extensively upon returning home from Brooklyn. Not this time. I took very few photos, almost no video, and interviewed not a single soul, not formally anyhow (Dave Loftin from the Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl had the great idea of conducting and recording gorilla […]
CHLOE, INSTEAD by MICAH PLAYER Those with younger sibling experience have all been there – getting all fingers-cross-y that the round mound inside mummy’s tummy is a carbon copy to share in all that you yourself find fanciful. But a funny thing happened on the way home from the hospital; […]
THE POP UPS “RADIO JUNGLE” It is awfully tempting to, when hearing a new album from a band you already have an affinity for, and hearing it as both fan and critic, to judge it solely or at least most prominently and immediately on a single, very rudimentary criteria: is […]
We are back from holiday and I am back giving you more of what you may or may not want here on OWTK. Hooray for the internet, for stupidity (I’ll explain), for still-warm baguettes priced under 1 EURO, and for the socialism that makes that last one possible! My hiatus […]
Even during my self-imposed month long sabbatical, I was still working to raise awareness of The Golden Age of Family Music. Proof? How’s about this gigantic Top 25 Kid’s Bands piece for Time Out New York Kids. Let the debate begin! Who did I omit? Who doesn’t belong on the […]
What? You expect a published playlist sooner than 24 days after the podcast is live on iTunes? Phooey! Here’s what you missed or already enjoyed or didn’t care for (impossible) on April 1st: The Pop Ups “Box of Crayons” from “Radio Jungle” Duke Otherwise “Lonely King of the Jungle” from […]
It’s quietly one of the more diverse and exciting annual family events along the Eastern seaboard, and it is about to get underway again. The 2012 iteration of the Philadelphia International Children’s Festival will feature a couple of performances already sporting the coveted [cough, cough] OWTK stamp of approval: Pasta! […]
Baseball, uncontrollable sneezing, and Kindiefest. This is what Spring has come to mean to me over the past several years. The final leg of that seasonal trilogy will take place this month when the most respected bands, artists, players, and voices in the independent kid’s music scene – and, um, […]
