Product Review: Fortamajig and Connectables
We live in cynical times, my friends — times in which we’ve sadly grown accustomed to the folly of trusting in the word of our public institutions. Whatever a corporation or a piece of legislation tries to tell us it is, we’ve learned to quickly expect the opposite. Clear Skies Initiative? Please. Best Buy? Not hardly. But there’s one name you can trust, and I’m going to give it to you now. Are you ready? Here it is. The Happy Kid Company. Sounds... Read More
Book/CD Review: Jett Beres, “Starfish: A Bedtime Story”
Well, I learned the hard way that you have to read press materials sometimes. In the case of the children’s book and accompanying lullaby CD by Sister Hazel’s Jett Beres, Starfish: A Bedtime Story, you have to read the press release and note from Beres on the back of the book before attempting to read the book to your kid. Unless of course you’ve followed Sister Hazel more closely than I have. Anyway, I tried reading this book to my one-year old son Jonathan... Read More
CD Review: Debbie and Friends, “Story Songs and Sing Alongs”
Debbie and Friends – Story Songs and Sing Alongs (2007, Debbie Cavalier Music) purchase this album (CD Baby) As any parent of a young child (or, God forbid, multiple young children) can tell you between exhausted sobbing fits, the kids are the bosses of the house. It’s a dirty secret that “grown-up” artists like They Might Be Giants and Barenaked Ladies have just started figuring out — no doubt partly thanks to having kids of their own — but... Read More
