I just stumbled on this absolutely fabulous idea. A children’s book by the Beastie Boy’s – A Horse named Paul Revere.Oh! And there are more:
Oh MY COOLNESS:
Links to kids video’s on YouTube.
My favorite’s - Alice Cooper on Seseme Street (1978 babeee), and Burt does the pidgeon!
I had no idea this stuff was out there. Our kid is going to be so warped!
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I LOVE alternative baby stuff! One of my all time favorite items is a baby book I picked up called “Baby’s First Tattoo”. Some events listed that you’ll want to note are “How mom labels your breast mile in the office refrigerator” and “Name of guy who used it in his coffee….How much he puked when Mom told him what it was.”
My Boogie used to wear a black onesie with the AC/DC logo on it and a little stroller. Under the picture of the stroller it read “For those about to walk.” That one’s a keeper.
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 8:50 am
My mom LOVED Alice Cooper. Seriously. She saw him on talk shows and thought he was such a nice, intelligent young man. So even the conservative, 1970’s Republican parents could get behind Alice Cooper on Sesame Street! See, there is a middle ground. AC is the uniter.
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 9:18 am
Holy crap, those stories are too funny! I have to stop reading them and get to work but the Styx one is my current favorite!
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 9:57 am
How funny!
I see Matthew Pearl on your sidebar. I have not yet read The Dante Club but I’m currently enjoying his book about Poe. (HAD to read that one. It jumped ahead of all the other books on my list.) Do you like it?
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 11:46 am
Someone should tell Mr Cooper that fur-lined cowboy boots and unitards do not go well together.
Also, congrats on the baby! (That sounds weird to me, too 
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 4:29 pm
Wendy, check out the sample clips on http://www.yogabbagabba.com
We are dying to own the whole program eventually. I’m all about the indie stuff for kids too. Yay!
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 6:31 pm
We have 2 boys- 3 and almost 6- they had AWESOME t-shirts. I think my fave was Duncan as a 13 month old wearing a shirt that says “I can kick your baby’s a*s.” Hysterical. Another one I loved was: “My IQ is higher than the President’s.”
The other thing that was wonderful was putting FAKE, repeat FAKE, tattoos on the wee ones.
Comment - August 31, 2006 : 7:49 pm
That Alice Cooper clip is actually from The Muppet Show. That episode is on the Time Life Best of DVDs and now they’re releasing every single episode one season at a time. (I’m not sure if the one with AC is out yet.)
Who needs the Teletubbies when you’ve got Muppets?
Comment - September 1, 2006 : 6:35 am
Warped is good
Comment - September 1, 2006 : 7:05 am
Ha! I love it. As a children’s librarian I pushed for the non-insipid baby stuff for years. Just because stuff is for children, doesn’t mean it can’t be clever, fun, inspiring and interesting.
Here is something a friend of mine bought for her baby
http://www.niceshirtbaby.com/shirts/view/your-ipood-punksie
Another friend sent his newborn out on Halloween dressed as a dalmation and his wife was… you guessed it Cruella Da Ville.
As a parent you don’t have to stop being the interesting person you are… don’t stop being bookish!
Comment - September 1, 2006 : 11:52 pm
Call me a conservative whack (I’m really not, trust me) but I’m not super keen on the Beastie Boys one. The Styx one, though, is pretty clever.
Comment - September 2, 2006 : 2:30 pm
Man, I remember the pigeon dance. I do a pigeon walk when I visit pigeon-filled public places in foreign countries…
Comment - September 6, 2006 : 7:47 am
glad you liked them. I will be doing many more books once I get a decent internet connection again.
Comment - September 11, 2006 : 4:51 pm
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