How to prepare for your campfire sing-alongs this weekend
Whether you’re hitting the cottage or bumming around at home this long weekend, easy summer living isn’t far when you have the right soundtrack. Here are our family friendly picks for May 24 weekend watching and listening, including a good dose of indie rock, electronic and bluegrass. Enjoy!
1. Frost – Parade
In this video by Norweigan electronic pop duo Frost, front woman Aggie Peterson rocks out with her adorable, pink headphone wearing kid. We appreciate that they play airplane and dress up together before her glammed out stage performance.
2. Animal Collective – Brothersport
Two kids dressed as cuddly monsters run through some fields with wild turkeys and happen upon an empty house where they make psychedelic crafts and have a dance party!
It’s like our pal Reluctant Daddy Tod Abrams says, “Each and every one of us should have the right to be as miserably unhappy as our parents.” Read more...
A grade one teacher passes out half proverbs and has her students finish them. A collection of her greatest hits over the years was collected over at Berkeley Parents Network. Here are some of our favourites:
The show will follow three dads homies (Jesse Bradford – the single guy, Zach Cregger – the working guy and Anthony Anderson – the stay at home guy) as they navigate the murky waters of parenting in the early stages. They juggle work with family life, debate about kids style choices, and fret over what to feed your kid when the bar you’re at only has 2% milk and he’s at the whole milk stage — you know, the tight jams of parenting. Read more...
OK, everybody should just go home right now because you’re not going to see anything better than this today. Beastie Boys fan and filmmaker James Winters put together this “Sabotage” video with his kids and nephews as a tribute to Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA.
From now on, whenever we have a quandary, we’re going to ask Jon Hamm
Tavi Gevinson’s site Rookie has a monthly feature called “Ask a Grown Man.” This month, answering the questions of teen girls is Mad Men star Jon Hamm. We think he does a fine job. Only date guys who want to make out with you and don’t worry about farting. Everybody farts. And gosh, do we ever wish that Jon would tell us more about these full-on tingly-stomach-feeling, nervous, obsessive crushes. Enjoy the Hunger Games!
What other grown men would be prime candidates to dole out teen girl advice?
President Obama, by stating that he supports my family’s right to equality, has given me hope that my son may grow up in a country where he is not disadvantaged because of anti-gay laws and attitudes. We’re still a long way from that–no laws have changed since he spoke–but I am optimistic that the President has set an example for others to follow. I am also delighted that he mentioned the positive influence of his daughters, who have friends with same-sex parents, and who accept them and their families as inherently equal. I believe many young people feel as they do, and that bodes well for the future.
