A quick shout-out to Bill over at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, who's putting together a sweet little concert series up in Northampton, including Elizabeth Mitchell, Uncle Rock, and Aric Bieganek. (And maybe more.) See? This is why I like co-sponsoring shows with him. (Austin folks! Family Music Meltdown 2 is just 2 1/2 weeks away!)
And Away They Go...
So Daron, Jack, and Drew are off on their million-mile cross-country Recess-Monkey-ish ciruit of the United States, and it turns out that if you head on over to Spare the Rock occasionally you'll get to hear the boys blogging their way around the country. No word if they'll eventually produce Hamlet at random, but at the very least you'll find out about their adventures as they make their way to Phoenix.
That's right! Phoenix, people! Remember? I told you they're playing Phoenix -- Sunday, August 3rd, 3 PM. Modified Arts in downtown Phoenix. Do not miss this show! Don't make me use more exclamation points!
(The Invisible) Band on the Run
How many of you have ever wanted to be a kids' musician? (OK, I'm excluding those of you who actually are kids' musicians.) How many of you ever wanted to go a road trip and see your family's favorite kids' musicians in concert? How many of you ever wanted to blog about it?
Well, if you're Eric Herman, you've answered "yes" to all three questions above. I should have noted this for you sooner, but for nearly a month, Herman's been documenting his travels down the West Coast in his Myspace blog. Herman writes of his days playing at schools, festivals, and libraries, and that's interesting from a "life as a musician" perspective. But he's also got his wife and two kids in tow with in his "What a Ride!" RV (conveniently named for his next album), and so, yeah, it's a blog about travelling with a wife and two small kids. (An RV in San Francisco is apparently not the easiest of vehicles to maneuver in that hilly city -- who knew?)
And, as you might expect from the writer of Cool Tunes For Kids, Herman spends a lot of time running into other kids' artists. Justin Roberts, Gunnar Madsen, David Tobocman, Tito from the Hipwaders, Frances England -- and probably more I've forgotten -- all make appearances in print and photo in Herman's blog.
Anyway, a fun read.
Yet Another Kind of March Madness
For those of you going through (temporary) KidVid Tournament 2008 withdrawals (fear not -- more matchups will follow soon...), Jeff from Out With the Kids is running his own tournament, the OWTK NCAA Kid's Music Tournament, featuring 12 recent releases battling it out for Spring '08 review supremacy. It looks like the Final Four is almost set, but that's when the voting really counts, right?...
I'm My Biggest Fan
Actually, until today I was my only fan.
But, yes, now the Zooglobble Facebook page has two fans -- me and Muddy Girl Productions' honcho Karen Rappaport McHugh.
Wait? What's that? Zooglobble has a Facebook page? But why?
I have no idea. Much like I have no idea why I got a Myspace page. But I've had it for about 3 months now. If you're looking for someone who will tentatively embrace a website a good 18 months after it becomes popular, I'm your guy. Watch for the Zooglobble Flickr page this fall and Twitter site in spring 2009.
Anyway, if you're around, do stop by.
Spare The Rock. Now With Twice the Rock.
I've been late in announcing this (mostly because I figure most people reading this are reading Bill's site, too), but Bill and Ella over at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child have made a big move to a commercial radio station, 93.9 The River in Massachusetts and Vermont. Well, "move" might not be the best verb, because they're still broadcasting on Valley Free Radio, but the fact that they're now also broadcasting on commercial radio puts them in pretty select company -- I'm only aware of Belinda and Hova at Greasy Kid Stuff who are doing rock (or rawk) shows for kids on a commercial station.
Good on them.