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Gettin Wiggly with it

Thus far it's been relatively easy for our family to resist the Evil Cultural Force that is The Wiggles.  We played a few songs on sampler CD's when The Lad was littler, and he might have watched the show a few times on premium cable at his Grands', but he's remained largely unmoved by the group's relentlessly upbeat wackiness.

That said, a couple of cultural artifacts have come this way which deserve note.  One is a bizarre and in some ways incredible Wiggly cover of "Walk on the Wild Side," which according to the Copy, Right? blog is taken from a (promo-only?) covers collection put together by an Australian DJ.

The Wiggles: Walk On The Wild Side mp3

And in order to avoid having to do two separate posts about the Wiggles, I might as well also put up a pretty hilarious mash-up which made the rounds a bit last fall - of the W's with "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "I Wanna Be Sedated."

King Rocker: 2 Ramones Wiggle in a Room mp3

Indy Rock Dad

So I started to write an entry that went a little something like this -

A great NEW band called The Flaming Lips (?)

So the Lad and I were up early one Sunday morning last year, and while we were waiting for the Thomas the Tank Engine to rewind we saw a bit of Melissa Etheridge on The CBS Early Show - during the interview they asked what she was listening to these days and she mentioned "a great new band called The Flaming Lips" and that sound you heard was the collective cringing of the Indie Rock Nation...

But then it occurred to me that the Indie Rock Nation hadn't seen it because they're not up watching The Early Show at 7:30 on Sunday mornings. I saw it 'cause I had just gotten up with The Lad - one thing about little kids, they don't usually sleep late... And I realized that I'm one of this odd subgenre, the Indy-Rock Dad (as are a number of my friends at this point). You can recognize us at the Dan Zanes section in your local Barnes and Noble, or gathering at the playground and discussing the fact that Steve from Blue's Clues has put out a grown-up album, and it's actually pretty good...