House Party
On Thursday, the girls and I left DC around noon and drove right to the airport in Atlanta to pick up Rob. We got home around midnight. Friday, the girls and spent the day preparing for the big party! We went to the grocery store for food and also managed to get to the car
Two new URLs
A friend suggested that I get some new URLs. Because I don’t have enough online presence (twitter, facebook, myspace, multiple blogs, picasa, 3 flickr accounts, multiple email addresses and so on … ) http://www.gooneybirdkids.comhttp://www.xmkfans.com As of now, they just redirect to Blogger blogs. No plan for them to do anything more at the moment.
Camille on Radio 8 Ball
I already posted this over on our gbk radio blog, but not everyone follows the kindie music scence (though I don’t know why not), so I’m putting it here too. I posted here (Radio 8 Ball) that she had participated, but now that the archive/podcast is available on line, I’ll post again. Radio 8 Ball
Ralph at XMKids
Wow! We got back from Texas on Wednesday night. We didn’t even unpack the car. Thursday, after classes, we headed right up towards DC. (Thankfully gas was to be found along the way.) Why such a turnaround? A couple of months bag, I noticed that Ralph’s World would be playing in MD/VA this weekend and
Weekend Report
The weekend of Austin City Limits is over, and I am starting to catch back up. The girls enjoyed being back at the festival this year and loved the free ice cream from HEB! We saw some great kids’ bands and some cool “grown-up” ones too. One thing we noted is that since the kids’
City Life
We arrived in DC on Friday morning. Thankfully, there is a driveway at the apartment building, since there is no parking on the street during the week. We unloaded the car from there, then moved it. To the Ritz next door. Yes, the car has five star accommodations while we live in grad student quality.
Back To Our DC Trip
The stars aligned, literally. When Disney announced the Disney Music Block Party Tour, I figured we just had to go. With a star ridden lineup of Ralph’s World, Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants, how could we not go? I decided that the easiest show for us to get to (and perhaps one of
Breaking Promises
I promised I would write more about that crazy guy in the last post, but it will have to wait. Today we recovered from our whirlwind trip to DC/MD. Work had piled up, but I plowed through it at a nice clip. There is still more updates to do on the personal side, but it
Home Again
due to construction and accidents blocking our way, it took longer to return than expected. so i’ll just share a photo of who we bumped into while loading the car at the hotel this morning. Apparently, hotwire picked the DMBP hotel for us…. so, if you don’t know who that guy with bed head is
Saturday Afternoon Concert
How fun was that? At the last minute, things came together and Doug from The Jellydots was able to do a nice concert in the park today, on his way between New Mexico and Charlotte! We enjoyed seeing him again (we first met at Austin City Limits last year), hearing him play and wishing him
Home Again Lickity Jig
…or however that goes. We got home this morning at 3am after a 15 cop car high speed chase (not chasing me, I promise) on I-75, rumble strip driving through the mountains in TN west of Chattanooga (due to construction on the mountain pass), and various other adventures. I woke up this morning to water
We Heart Ralph
I’ll have more to say later, but we’re headed out to our third concert of the day now.
Win Lots and Lots of Great CDs
The Kids Music Planet Podcast has announced a “Mega CD Giveaway.” Hosts Lisa and Monty Harper will be giving away 50 different children’s music cds to one lucky listener! The prize package includes many titles that have been reviewed in the podcast, from artists such as Charity & the JAMband, Katherine Dines, Pam Donkin, Erin
More Video from This Weekend
I had Camille take some video of Uncle Rock, and, unfortunately, it did not come out. But Sienna, Persephone’s mom and author of Hilltown Families (a fantastic, informative website), caught it…
There’s a City Here Too
Today after girl scouts, we drove about five minutes to downtown Atlanta. I don’t think I have been down to Centennial Park since before the aquarium was built! There are museum, playgrounds, outdoor concerts and more going on down there. Pretty neat space! The playground was tons of fun, but the girls started to get
More Kindie Rock
From Coney Island, we took the train back up to Park Slope to see Mr. Ray and Princess Katie and Racer Steve in concert. It was our first time seeing Mr. Ray, and he put on a great show! Then Princes Katie and Racer Steve came out. As she came out, she spotted Chloe and
The City Never Sleeps
After our busy morning, we took a short break, then headed across the street from the hotel to head to our main event, STINK, the second annual gathering of kindie rockers in Brooklyn. (The first annual gathering last year was in the same place and very fun, although crowded.) It was tons of fun to
Lunch Money
Today we headed out to see the final show in the Popcorn Music Series at The Melting Point in Athens. It is a fantastic venue; I sure wish we had something as cool as that closer to home! The band this month was Lunch Money. We’ve gone to see them perform in South Carolina, Brooklyn,
Kill Amanda
If you’ve known me for longer than a couple of hours, you probably know that I am a huge Ralph’s World fan. We’ve been huge fans since earlier than Jan 2003 when we first heard him play at the Borders in Buckhead. Since then, we have seen him perform live many, many times in something
GBK Gwyneth