Illustration from John Crossingham's Learn to Speak Music by Jeff Kulak. Courtesy of JeffKulak.com . "I was always more of what you'd call a proficient amateur." Not exactly the outlook expected from a member of one of Canada's biggest indie-rock exports, but even as a long-time Broken Social Scene collaborator and singer/guitarist for the quietly loved Raising the Fawn , John Crossingham...
Gorilla vs. Bear posted their “Best Songs of 2009″ list earlier this week and Wavves “No HopeKids” was on both. Looking back on the year, I still dig Wavves and don’t really care about all the bullshit arguments that everyone seemed to get into about this project. I actually like the music BECAUSE it [...]
There will be no Christmas tree at our house this year. I know that is sad and pathetic and I hope that my kids will forgive me, but I just don't have it in me to drag it all out only to have to pack it up the day after Christmas and put it on a moving truck.We are spending most of our time at family members houses that are decked out in all their holiday glory. But still...I am tempted.
... only got one more day to enter. The giveaway is open until Friday, December 11th. We hope your kids have as much fun catching Santa this year as I know Jackson will have. Written by Janice, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom. (Yes, you can call me a Mommy Blogger , but the secret is most of us prefer the term Mom Blogger. ) Let’s tweet! Catch me @5minutesformom and @janicecroze . The giveaway...
I had an opportunity to audit a computer science class this week at Washington University, a class that was teaching students how to write iPhone apps. It was their final presentation, and I got to see a dozen apps that were very impressive. As I was watching the kids present, I was thinking back to [...]