For my Hong Kong peeps, both near and far, we interrupt our regularly-scheduled blog on music and parenting for a rockmom exclusive! Not since Jean Claude Van Damme washed up on our shores to resurrect his career has there been so much excitement about a new resident. Yes, I’m talking about Edward Snowden – a... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music – Dazz Band!
For the Pitch Perfect generation, from your roller-skating parents: Play video Move hips & booty slap & booty slap & booty slap Rinse, Repeat
Punk On A School Night
We had a mosh pit! We had beer in plastic cups! We had shirtless guy crowd surfing! We had that dude with the cast on his arm – you know the one, slightly unstable, who points a finger at the lead singer like, ‘You should know me, man!’ We had a bit of a scene:... Continue Reading →
2012: The Year in Random Thoughts & Obsessions
Forget those Best Of / Top 20 / Hot Lists, here's my year's worth of musings: The best music snap of the year (above). Comes from a Berlin disco. Found on the Twitter page of Stana Katic, who's one-half of the TV show, Castle, which my family can tell you I'm senselessly, annoyingly addicted to. It's... Continue Reading →
Go Ask Alice… for Lady Gaga tickets
She has special powers, she knows things, she wants to be my friend. Her name is Alice, and I met her on my first attempt to buy Lady Gaga tickets. I know, I know, I've always been a bit harsh on the Lady, but she's starting her Monster Ball tour in Asia - playing three... Continue Reading →
Take it to 11!
Did you know that today - 11/11/11 - is Nigel Tufnel Day? What? Who? He has nothing to do with Remembrance (poppy) Day. Nigel's the guitarist in Spinal Tap who had special amplifiers that go up to 11: In honor of this unofficial holiday, NPR music put together a list of the songs they enjoy... Continue Reading →
West Texas Boys: the good & the bad
It’s almost September and I haven’t filed on therockmom in over two months! What have I been doing? What have I been listening to? Well, aside from entertaining the girls these eight weeks of school holiday, I’ve mainly been paralyzed with fear at the prospect of Rick Perry becoming the next President of the U.S.... Continue Reading →
Happy Rock Dads’ Day Part 2
Welcome back to Part II of my Rock Dad's Day interviews. I'm catching up with three musician Dads - Kevin, Tyler and Bill - to get their views on music and parenting. Kevin lives in Hong Kong and plays bass in a couple of bands - Transnoodle and New Tonic Press. Tyler also plays bass... Continue Reading →
Happy Rock Dads’ Day!
Father’s Day is this Sunday, so in honor of rock Dads everywhere I thought I’d talk to some actual musician Dads and get their take on music and parenting. I sent them some questions and was amused, surprised and most of all honored by their heartfelt answers. My guests are from all over the world,... Continue Reading →
Discovering Patti
I’ve never been a big fan of Patti Smith. I can admire what she’s done as a female rock pioneer, but that doesn’t mean I like her music. My earliest memory of her is actually Gilda Radner parodying her as ‘Candy Slice’ in an old Saturday Night Live sketch, where Gilda comes out in a... Continue Reading →
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