Huge thanks to Annenberg Center for sponsoring this month’s podcast. The performing arts theater located in University City Philly has the silent madcap adventures of MUMMENSCHANZ on stage from 12/11-12/14. Find out more and buy tickets here. Brrrr. It is December. It is cold. And I am sick. Surprisingly, this […]
Much like Billy Jonas’ clever “Bear to the Left“, Joanie Leeds’ “Happy As A Clam” revels in the animal-centric expressions so common in our shared American English dialect. Every single lyric, strung together quite brilliantly, is comprised of sayings such as “working like a dog” and “proud as a peacock”. […]
Last week I was casually flipping around during a commercial break of some sporting event when I happened upon WHYY (my local PBS station). This is a somewhat common occurrence thanks to it’s proximity to the ESPN suite of channels, that and the TBS/TNT/CW package in between couldn’t be more […]
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 […]
Billy Jonas isn’t Stu Sutcliffe or Pete Best. I didn’t chart the whole family tree, but it’s safe to assume this Billy is not one of Thee Jonas Brothers. (Please excuse me linking The Jonas Brothers to The Beatles in any way.) Mr. Jonas starts his new children’s album off […]
