Category: Cool Of The Week

  • Hey kids, we'd like to introduce you to a couple things: Booby Trap Brown and the new Wheelie Pop Records website. Our eclectic indie pop record label, Wheelie Pop Records, will be putting out a new record by Booby Trap Brown.  Booby Trap Brown is working on their debut release and we can't wait to introduce you…

  • The rumors are all true.  Yes, Paulie’s in Bloomington, Illinois is closing.  Yes, the Spelunkers are going to do a reunion show at Paulie’s before they close.  And yes, vonFrickle will be performing a very rare no-mask or costume show.  Eva Hunter is opening the show, starting at 9 pm.  It all happens Friday, September…

  • Last night we (wifey and friends) were lucky to be a part of another fabulous, intimate night of music and storytelling–a house concert featuring the multi-talented Francis Dunnery.  Our creative friends Tommy and Breann Neal hosted a similar show a little over a year ago, so we HAD to come back again, because folks, this…

  • Last weekend I had the opportunity to catch a fantastic pre-release show by our Bloomington Illinois friends, Tim Kramp, Ed Anderson, and Matt Anderson from Backyard Tire Fire.  It was an awesomely full day of music for me and the perfect way to cap-off a GREAT summer day. This hard-working band is at the top…

  • With 27 songs on iTunes and amazon.com, we now have enough music to pepper your iPod with these playlists for various occasions.  The best deal (of course) is to buy both albums (wink) and then create your own playlists based on these suggestions, but we also have all of this setup on iTunes so you…

  • Learn a song, record it, and send it to us!  Here are the 100 Year Picnic lyrics and charts to help you get started. 

  • Well hope you all are enjoying your summer so far.  Summer always reminds me of this song that I wrote with my daughter when she was 4 1/2.  Now she’s 12.  Time flies.  Kids have already taken to the backyard swimming hole and summer is officially in full swing.  We recently finished mixing a new…

  • Once again, we are happy to share another excellent review of Tales Of A Modern Splash, this one from writer Eric Anderson in Northern Colorado.  Think Rocky Mountains and Fat Tire beer.  Here are a few highlights: "The reflective songs leisurely unspool over a variety of catchy rock music, each a completely realized story…" "Tales…

  • Now what kind of fun is it to buy your new music from the big box retailers like Best Buy, Circuit City, or worse yet, Wal-Mart?  It’s really no secret that most of their CD sales are loss leaders to get you in the door to buy something bigger like a new plasma, laptop, or…

  • Hi kids, more fun to report.  First off, our song "Greener Than The Trees" was recently featured on four awesome music blogs: Largehearted Boy, a top 15 music blog and a personal favorite of mine for several years now. A Limerick Ox, an excellent music blog from Canada. The Hype Machine, a very popular music…