
There are just some things you can't know or understand about being a parent until you actually are a parent - I get that. But I've watched friends of mine avoid psychotic breaks by mentally switching off their ears when The Lion King 1 1/2 comes on the TV for the 487th time, and I don't think they should have to. They should be able to share good music with their kids, and hopefully set them on the right path: you know, the kind that avoids the soundtracks to the 27 eventual sequels to High School Musical [...]

There's something nicely democratizing about heavy-set musicians - sure, some of them play it for laughs (j'accuse Fat Boys !), but if a dude who looks and sweats like Meat Loaf can get famous, then heck, maybe I can, too! Also, if people can get behind a performer with girth like that, maybe things aren't going to hell in an image-conscious/obsessed handbasket as quickly as I imagined. (Or not - I found it much easier to think of famous fat male musicians than famous fat female musicians. Oh well...) Anyway, Linda's challenge was loads of fun, and [...]

Welcome to another edition of "Please Release Me," in which your Idolators request--nay beg --that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued stateside: Artist: Junior Senior Hometown: Denmark Album: Hey Hey My My Yo Yo What is it? : The follow-up to 2003's D-D-Don't Stop the Beat , Junior Senior's sophomore release is the likely one of the few albums that indie snobs, Euro-pop import-hoarders and 8-year-old ADD sufferers can all agree upon. The influences are all over the place--you [...]
Move your feet... you know you want to... The Youtube obsession continues- go shake your coconuts to this... A slightly lazy one today folks- after yesterday's post about Superheroes, I haven't been able to get Junior Senior out of my head and (as I mentioned yesterday) as the [...]