Dad-miration Week 2013, Day One: Bon Jovi Tickets!
It’s Dad-miration Week! Every year, we transform the days leading up to Father’s Day into something rad in honor of the dads in all of our lives. Our first giveaway is for the music-lovers and those known to ride steel horses in our audience. Not robot horses, like Andy originally thought. “Because we can” has [...]
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Don’t Let Me Down
I have never met a child that could rock like this one. My son likes to rock, but in a very different way. Usually with actual rocks, though he is very musical. I bet one day he could rock like this kid. I WON’T LET YOU DOWN, KID. I PROMISE. Seriously, the cute levels of [...]
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My Wife Just Sang… #99
“Oh yes! 99 Luftballoons! I LOVE that song! I used to be able to sing the whole thing. Yes. The German version.” [Commences singing] -Elizabeth – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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Top 5 Fatherhood Songs of the 90′s
I’m something of an audiophile. My father loved music. My mother loved it equally, but in more sentimental ways. So it’s no wonder I slowly gained the ability to listen to an album and know which three songs would be the band’s first, second and third singles. It became a parlor trick I used to [...]
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Teaching Your Kids About Music
Our next episode in the DAD & FINN ADVENTURES series, is about music. My parents have been in the radio industry since I was a child, I worked for a musician for three years and I’ve been playing music my whole life. Music is super important. It’s the heartbeat of everything I do. Needless to [...]
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15 Days of Christmas Junk! Day #8
If you have an item you think is rad, GO HERE and email us about it. Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions My wife and I have been big fans of these for quite some time, since before Finn was born. What better way to begin a solid musical education for your kids? The Beatles – Buy [...]
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Parenting Is All About Rocking and Rolling
I can’t enter this contest, but my dad could have, and maybe so could YOU. Let me tell you a story first. I know I’m weird. I accept that. I’ve written before about being the son of a radio DJ father and surviving a semi-bohemian upbringing in San Francisco. About the music played on giant [...]
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The Infinite Loop of Kids
When your ass starts twitching, it’s usually due to the ignored impulse of your body telling you that it wants to run away (screaming optional). Fixed smiles and mechanical bobs of the head are often our last resort in being encouraging parents. Let me explain. Kid repetition > Parent patience A joke told fifty [...]
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Thanksgiving Theme Song
Remember when Rebecca Black came out with “Friday” and it was largely considered the worst song to appear on YouTube? Well, I guess we didn’t learn the first time. The same brilliant minds have created a new video and this one is called, “It’s Thanksgiving.” Shocker: IT’S ABOUT THANKSGIVING. And watch the video all the [...]
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