Author: James Zahn

AEROSMITH to headline Milwaukee Summerfest with Special Guest CHEAP TRICK

MusicMarch 26, 2012

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. officials contacted The Rock Father™ last night to announce the seventh major performer slated for Summerfest 2012. Boston rockers AEROSMITH will headline...

SESAME PLACE to host a SPROUT WEEKEND this June…

Rock Father: UnleashedMarch 26, 2012

I've always wanted to go to SESAME PLACE, a quest that likely began in the early 1980's when the OAK RIDGE BOYS released a...

FARMER JASON and BUDDIES – NATURE JAMS (Album Review)

Kids and Family Music ReviewsMarch 25, 2012

My wife has stated on numerous occasions that I'm ''a closet hillbilly.'' Sure, there might be some facts to back that up seeing as...

Revisiting 1988’s BIG (Tom Hanks) as a parent…

Rock Father: UnleashedMarch 24, 2012

I had no idea that I'd be spending time on a Friday night discussing a 24-year-old movie, but here I am about to throw...

JEWEL – THE MERRY GOES ‘ROUND (Album Review)

Kids and Family Music ReviewsMarch 23, 2012

Released last year through Fisher-Price Music, THE MERRY GOES 'ROUND is the second full-length set of kids music from singer/songwriter JEWEL. Touted as an...

Can You Picture That? TRAVIS BARKER performs with DR. TEETH and THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM

Rock Father: UnleashedMarch 23, 2012

I have not yet seen THE MUPPETS, the 2011 Disney relaunch of the beloved characters to the big screen on which they belong. Yes,...

I Need This: MARSHALL FRIDGE – a fridge that looks like a MARSHALL AMP

Rock Father: UnleashedMarch 22, 2012

In less than three months, The Rock Father™ is back on baby bottle duty. With my office (more of a 'command center,' really) centrally-located...

Is there a new live-action JOSIE and THE PUSSYCATS on the way?

Rock Father: UnleashedMarch 22, 2012

2001's live-action adaptation of JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is undoubtedly one of the most misunderstood movies in the history of film. It's a 90-minute...

Review: RIFF ROCKIT’s self-titled debut album

Kids and Family Music ReviewsMarch 22, 2012

Imagine for a moment, a world in which Ace Frehley's Spaceman alter-ego spawned a guitar-slinging son with a whimsical penchant for taking a safari...