Minivan Blues

    King Creosote and Jon Hopkins will make you shudder. They are that good. Don’t believe me?  

Laurie Berkner, how do I love thee? I love your energy, your bouncy rhythm, and the magical way that you engage children and their parents. Your newest DVD, Party Day, is ridiculously awesome. The songs are all super fun, like a marvelously delicious cupcake with just the right amount of frosting. The DVD is divided [...]

Almost all public places are filled with really bad muzak. I suppose most folks are really busy with their surroundings to stop and smell the Fleet Foxes. Not me. Nothing soothes a whiny child more than a happy mom digging rock awesome tunes inside and outside of the minivan. I really have to give big [...]

(fab pic from Instyle.com) As hip as my minivan tries to be, it has a hard time in the evenings. We relegate it to the driveway, because it has served its purpose for the day. Once the kids are asleep, date night calls for a stick shift sports car. But, tonight, as I found myself [...]

a rowdy and glorious game of trampoline jumping, foam pit moshing, freeze dance cheating goodness. You end up having so much fun, despite your system being in complete sensory overload… But, you’re four. You fall down and you get right back up. WATCH THIS.

I think of this song, EVERY TIME. Blue Spotted Tail, Fleet Foxes The truth is, kids look up to their parents for answers….but frankly, there is a hell of a lot that we don’t know. Just because I don’t always let this on (little kids need stability, after all), I play this song for myself [...]

I love this: “And sometimes human beans is very overcome when they is hearing wonderous music. They is getting shivers down their spindels. Right or left? ‘Right,’ Sophie said. ‘So the music is saying something to them. It is sending a message. I do not think the human beans is knowing what that message is. [...]

Rolling Stone is running a ridiculously cool power to the people contest. RS readers are choosing the next Rolling Stone cover, and this band will get a lucrative record deal, amongst other awesome things (fame, Bonnaroo guest spot….) I checked out the elite eight and we are now down to the final four:   I [...]