THE HAPPY RACERS “READY SET GO” An opening guitar lick borrowed from one of John Mayer’s palaces of seduction turns an endearing, no-more-monsters-at-bedtime tune into the most Triple A-commercial-radio ready kindie song to come along in ages. “Lovabye Dragon” is the kind of hit that, had “Ready Set Go” been […]
WAPPY DOG FOR NINTENDO DS by Cooper McHatton In a world where everyone is looking for the next new thing, and you have a runaway hit like Skylanders merging the world of toys and video games, a new genre is clearly developing. The question game developers now must ask themselves […]
We leave for Barcelona in exactly two months from today. In getting the kids ready and excited for our rapidly approaching 10 day journey through Spain, France & Andorra, we dug out the Bear’s scrapbook from our last trip abroad. This is from when she was a toddler some 5 […]
Thank you to who?Comics for sponsoring this post and encouraging my child to read biographies in comic book form! Please click here to learn more about the app. And follow who? Comics on Twitter for updates! It is my conceit, and I am not at all pleased with the strong […]
The Mouse and I are off to see Dr. Dog this afternoon in Phillytown. Figured this would be as good an opportunity as any to share a very kid-friendly video of theirs, for the song “Shadow People” off the band’s 2010 album “Shame, Shame”. Why kid appropriate? Well, ’cause it’s […]
Few kids bands possess a ‘Lucky Diaz quality’ in the visual realm. I’m talking logo/font/website/apparel/album packing/video…all the stuff I’m terribly geeky for. Oh, the music is pretty sweet too 🙂 Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band simply look brilliant on the screen and in your hands (note: I’ve never […]
There are mornings, and then there are mornings when your 4 1/2-year-old daughter climbs into bed beside you just before the sun begins its losing battle against the predicted rain clouds and quietly and emotively says, as she wraps her short arms tightly around your neck, “I love you SOOO […]
As an entertainer and one who allows himself to entertain; I am getting better. It should be obvious, especially to anyone who has had the distinct displeasure of hearing me sing or watching me do something sorta resembles dancing, I am not an entertainer in the Gene Kelly sense of […]
