Justin Roberts enjoyed the 2008 Jiggle Jam so much he came back for the ’09 installment of the nation’s finest family music festival. With his band sporting snazzy new bowling league-styled button up shirts, Justin and The Not Ready For Naptime Players blitzed through a very loose 1 hour set […]
The trio of school teachers from Seattle, Washington known as Recess Monkey played early on Saturday. The crowd was sparse (compared to JR and TMBG later on) – such is the fate of the opening act. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDhWP8Nl2Y&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b] The not-yet-warmed-up audience in front of them didn’t stop Jack, Drew and Daron […]
Way too tired to share stories, music and thoughts on Jiggle Jam Day 1 but I will say this much tonight: It was a beautiful scene with scores of families outside in the sun, smiling, dancing, playing and listening to some of the finest all-ages music being made today. The […]
We’ve arrived in Kansas City. 17 driving hours and 1100 miles in 66 total hours is the tally for the week that was. With no DVD player or handheld video gaming device. It can be done, just like those that came before us. Music, toys, art and a lot of […]
Anytime you have 3 meals in 3 different states in 1 day, you’d have to qualify that as a pretty rad day. Breakfast in Cincy, Lunch in Louisville and dinner a couple blocks from Busch Stadium in St. Louis. That’s how we spent our Thursday. We stopped in Louisville long […]
We’ve made it to Cincinnati. That’s roughly 550 miles and 9 hours in the books.A good day. As good as a day that started at 1:45 A.M. could possibly be I guess. The girls awoke as we scooped them up from a comfy slumber, stayed alert and, knee-slappingly funny, for […]
A week ago today OWTK was in the Rumpus Room at XM Satellite Radio in D.C. for an outstanding live family music event. Industrial percussionist Billy Jonas was in town to record a live show for XM’s Kid’s Place Live. Fresh off his terrific new record “Happy Accidents”, Jonas performed […]
The 2009 rendition of New York’s Children’s Day looks pretty stellar. The 16th annual installment of the Big Apple’s kiddie fun fest will feature the musical stylings of Robbert Bobbert and The Bubble Machine and Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck, followed by fireworks. During the day expect puppet shows, arts […]
