SCRATCH9 #1 by Rob M. Worley Illustrations by Jason T. Kruse I wasn’t a comic book kid. I’m not a comic book guy. Scratch9 may change that. This brand new all-ages comic book series centers around a house cat, a no-good scientist, past lives, and a determined young girl named […]
Have your credit card ready (you’d have already called to have your limit increased), because dates have been set for Kids Night on Broadway 2011! From Sunday February 6th thru Thursday February 10th each full-paying adult can get a child ages 6-18 in for free. Lest you think this offer […]
I get 3 days each and every week to have the Mouse all to myself. We play, we read, we dress up, we cook & bake, we run errands, and we learn. More often than not, it’s fun. The other 2 days during the week, she goes to a preschool […]
The Monster Who Couldn’t Decide by Andi Green As with her previous work, but even more so in The Monster Who Couldn’t Decide, there exists a gentle cadence to Andi Green-penned text. Like canoeing lazily down a river, Green’s prose is extremely comforting because she doesn’t set out to awe […]
MEG RUSSELL “MARCH AND SALUTE” Meg Russell is based just north of my childhood hometown, but that’s not why her track “March and Salute” is today’s ONE TRACK MIND. The song’s Little Drummer Boy cadence is perfect for marching around your living room and the lyrics (“Now raise your right […]
LUCKY DIAZ “FIRE FIGHTER GIRL” What do I love most about Lucky Diaz’ “Fire Fighter Girl”? That it sounds like it was recorded in the late 1950’s? Maybe. That the song’s protagonist is a gal who’s “out to save the world”? Highly probable, seeing as how I have a pair […]
FRANCES ENGLAND “MIND OF MY OWN” The Sound: Blissful pop; sometimes powerful, sometimes tranquil, always adorable. In the Cafeteria, She Sits With: Lunch Money, Bari Koral, Brian Vogan Best Moments: Indie darlings Mates of State lend their harmonious voices to the fuzzy yet fierce, kinda-agitated punk rock-ish chorus “Some people […]
Here are a few of the most clever commercials we’ve seen lately with the kiddos around. They laughed, we laughed, you’ll laugh. Try as I have, I cannot find the brand new Travelers Insurance commercial that featured what appeared to be Playmobil people in a dollhouse. Saw it once and […]
