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I remember last year’s Lollapalooza festival like it was yesterday.  I remember when the weekend was over, how I couldn’t wait for this August to get here.  We made a ton of great memories and a bunch of new friends at Lollapalooza 2010.  It was most definitely an unforgettable experience. I’m so happy that it’s [...]

We’ve taken our oldest daughter to a dozen or so concerts, two of which were Lollapalooza.  As you may or may not know, I do some social media work for Kidzapalooza, the family stage at Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival.  I noticed at the festival last year that some of the kids had headphones on and I [...]

Last month, I met up with record producer, Tor Hyams to talk about his ingenious idea of “Kidzapalooza“, the family stage at Lollapalooza. This is Part 1 of our interview. Tor’s daughter and “Co-Emcee” of Kidza, Sydnie, joins us (did I really call her a “secretary”?). I love getting the perspective of someone who gets [...]

Who can make you rock? The Candy Band can. Seriously.  I wish my mom would have been in a punk rock band when I was a kid.  How cool would that have been?!  Pretty cool, I think.  I mean, it’s cool when your dad is in a band…but…YOUR MOM?  Seriously freaking cool. There’s just something [...]

For those about to rock:  The Chicago School of Rock will be performing at Kidzapalooza this year. Every town and every city should have a School of Rock.  Music education is so important for kids.  Have you ever watched The Heart Is a Drum Machine?  We are music.  It’s everywhere around us, all of the [...]

The performance line-up for Kidzapalooza 2010 is pretty fantastic.  I have spent some time checking out all of the bands and I’m stoked to highlight them all.  Better yet, I’m stoked to have the chance to see them all this coming weekend at Grant Park in Chicago at Lollapalooza. First on my list is Chicago’s [...]

Alright.  It’s about time we get a post up that is music-related.  This family loves music, so we should be talking about it WAY more than we do.  I suppose I should speak for myself because the hubs is always talking about music on his blog.  I have a very good reason to talk music [...]