Dog on Fleas gives a little love to the stubbiest hand digit in this ode to the thumb
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Read More »Dadnabbit’s love of all things Dog on Fleas and/or Dean Jones has been well-documented ’round these parts, so I’m not going to even pretend to be objective about the band’s first best-of collection, the aptly titled The Bestest of the Best. Basically, what I’m about to say boils down to two things: 1. I love it; and 2. You should buy it now. That’s really it. If you trust my judgment at all when it comes to family entertainment, just stop reading now and order copies of The Bestest of the Best for your family and your closest parent-type friends. Come back here later to thank me. (You’re welcome.) If you need to know more for some reason, here it is: The Bestest of the Best culls a marvelous 20 tracks from the band’s previous
Read More »You wouldn’t be visiting Dadnabbit if you weren’t looking for quality entertainment that your whole family can enjoy. What if you could have it — lots of it — and support a worthy cause in the bargain? That’s the idea behind Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti, the debut offering from Bill Childs‘ Spare the Rock Records, and it works splendidly. The track listing boasts a virtual Who’s Who of the best and brightest in kindie, including Recess Monkey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Gustafer Yellowgold, Dan Zanes, and Uncle Rock — and almost all of the songs are previously unreleased. The set was produced by Dean Jones of Dog on Fleas, who helped round up the artists (including Pete Seeger, recorded in a single take in his living room) and contributed a pair of tracks (Dog on
Read More »I realize posts have been lighter than normal around here lately, but summertime isn’t just for taking vacations and soaking up the sun — it’s for doing things with your family, and that’s what I’ve been up to for the last couple of months. We’ll get back to business as usual as the temperatures drop, but in the meantime, here’s some exciting news for readers in the northeast: Dadnabbit’s first foray into concert promotion! Dog on Fleas is one of our favorite bands, and when they let us know they were looking for a place to play in the area, we immediately thought of The Orchard School, a beautiful children’s enclave in rural Alstead, NH. A few phone calls later, we were counting down the days to August 20th, when the band will arrive for
Read More »Beautiful World – Dog on Fleas (2008, Dog on Fleas) purchase this CD (Amazon) Until I listened to Beautiful World, I’d never heard of Dog on Fleas, but now that I’ve let the album play on repeat a few dozen times — and I know it’s the band’s fifth kids’ collection — I’m making it my mission to find out where they’ve been all my life. I have to be honest and tell you that Beautiful World failed the Sophie Test — despite my enthusiasm for Dog on Fleas, my three-year-old has never shown much of an interest in these songs — but I don’t care, because this is one of the smartest, most adventurous children’s album’s I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. The band is known for its freewheeling experimental approach to record-making
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