Alright, so I’m kinda cheating with that headline because this isn’t a proper OWTK interview, seeing as how it appears on Time Out New York Kids website and not here. I did ask him my standard ‘how important is music inside the family home in an era of technological distractions’ […]
The brainchild of a mother-daughter team, Little Librarian makes playing pretend library in your own home a little less like pretend thanks to realistic library cards, late notices, and those old school book pockets and cards from the pre-computer era when your name and due date would be written on […]
Silly Bandz have entered my home. The Bear’s life, from an entertainment and culture standpoint, is decidedly outside of the mainstream. This isn’t an accident. She probably wasn’t able to participate in some conversations with her kindergarten classmates, if said discussions were trapped inside the pop culture frame of a […]
I could wax poetic about the vibrancy, creativity and energy that exists in the kindie rock world. Really, I could go on all day. It’s just better down here in the kid’s music underground; more diverse, better music, legitimately cool concerts. There are so many new acts making fun, provocative […]
TODD WEES “MY NEXT BIRTHDAY” The Sound: Rootsy folk with a heartbeat. In the Cafeteria, He Sits With: David Tobocman, Johnny Bregar, Jack Johnson & Curious George Best Moments: “Dancing Shoes” is a favorite of my girls. They like the subject matter, I love the song’s deep groove and mood […]
In 8 weeks the Bear enters 1st Grade. Our summer is very short. To make sure we have a splendid time of it, we four put our heads together and came up with a list of 25-30 things to see, do, experience and enjoy between now and August 15th. Three […]
Are you a fan of the OWTK Facebook page? There’s a ton of stuff that I may not want to turn into an entire post here, but is still worth sharing. As such, I’ve been posted lots of kid’s music news, links and other fun nuggets over on the Out […]
It was almost two years ago that my father turned 70-years old. In celebration of Father’s Day 2008 and of reaching that lofty number, I took him up to New York to see the final game ever played between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in ‘The House that […]
