There ain’t a lot of kiddie hardcore. So if you grew up with Damnation A.D. or Biohazard or some such band and look for something similar for your kids, well, you probably aren’t going to have much luck. At the very least, you’ve now got this thrashing one minute video […]
[press release] Big Blue Marble Bookstore Announces Author Events and Workshops with a special Children’s Reading on 1/28/2012. PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 6, 2012) – Celebrating its sixth year in business, Northwest Philadelphia’s independent bookstore, Big Blue Marble Bookstore continues to offer a variety of opportunities for writers and book lovers of […]
THE BISCUIT BROTHERS “GET UP & GO” The album starts out, it would have seemed, as the funniest stuff my girls have ever heard in all their lives. The Bear & Mouse were both bonkers as my jumbled up “Get Up & Go” iTunes playlist began, confusingly, with a rousing […]
I turned 36 years of age today. As her present to me, the Mrs. will disappear into the moist grey sky this evening. Not a magic trick, unless air travel still fascinates you in that way. She’s ditching the girls and I for a business trip, her first, to Charlotte […]
Bill (Harley) & Keith (Munslow) Announce Their Excellent Song Title Contest in conjunction with XM/Sirius Radio’s Kid’s Place Live. I’m guessing you have to be over 32 years of age to get the “Bill & Keith’s Excellent…” reference. The instructions are pretty straightforward. Have your kid(s) think of a killer […]
LORI HENRIQUES “OUTSIDE MY DOOR” Way way back in time, in 2004, when we had our first child, the Mrs. and I didn’t know of Dan Zanes, of They Might Be Giants (children’s division), or of any acts in the since-coined micro-genre of kindie music. I also didn’t know, at […]
*This article has also appeared on The Huffington Post, with slightly more commentary from others I reckon. A few housekeeping things right off the bat: The below stance has nothing at all to do with the validity of college savings plans themselves; the investments, management fees, etc. The opinions expressed […]
MAX AND THE MAGIC MARKER for Nintendo DS by Cooper McHatton Max and this Magic Marker is already a brilliant game on the iPhone and on the Wii. How does the new DS version stack up? The Story Begins: Max and the Magic Marker is the story of Max, a […]
