Cactus (a.k.a. 23 Skidoo) and his daughter, Saki (a.k.a. MC Fireworks)
We are big fans of kid-hop artist 23 Skidoo, so we contacted him and asked for an interview. Read what he has to say about making music with his wife and daughter (a.k.a. DJ Bootysattva and MC Fireworks) after the jump.
Amanda with her son Kain, who has inspired several of her tattoos. See one of her parent tattoos and hear what she has to say about it after the jump!
When Tor Hyams wanted to put on an awesome music festival for kids and grown-ups alike, he turned to Perry Farrell for guidance. Together, the two created Kidzapalooza. Kidzapalooza debuted in 2005 at Ferrell’s famous Lollapalooza Festival (see the Kidzapalooza sub-page at the Lollapalooza site here) at Chicago’s Grant park, featuring family oriented musicians, performers, and DJ’s, as well as booths offering rocker hairstyles and temporary tattoos and music-themed workshops and games. In 2009, Kidzapalooza will run concurrently with Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival (August 7-9). This year’s line up has yet to be announced, but Farrell and Hyams are polling now on facebook for suggestions. Previous years have seen performances by Jeff Tweedy, Perry Farrell, School of Rock and many more! Advance tickets for Chicago’s Lollapalooza – including all access to Kidzapalooza, are on sale now.
Emily and her son Aaron, whose toddler handprints provided the template for her “wings” tattoo. Click through the jump to check out what Emily had to say when we interviewed her about it!
Bunch gives props to Brighton, UK teenager Ruby Reynolds. When Ruby, 14, had questions about our environment, climate change and the role pollution might have played in recent weather disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, she took a camera along and created Melt – a teenager’s view of global warming. Intermingled with thought provoking interviews with kids and grown-ups alike, she unflinchingly implicates her own carbon footprint and discusses alternative sources of energy. The beautifully shot and edited 16 minute film is a thought provoking examination of how we can all reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
The National Audubon Society’s Pennies for the Planet site gets kids from all over the planet collecting pennies to save wild species and wild places. The site offers simple and fun ideas for fundraising initiatives kids can actually do and encourages them to make small changes in their everyday life that conserve energy and show respect for the planet. Ideas for fundraising on the site include wheelie-a-thons and sponsored neighbourhood cleanups but kids and parents are encouraged to come up with their own quirky and imaginative penny-making projects. What can you come up with?
David Suzuki’s name has been synonymous with grassroots environmental advocacy for over 30 years. Recently, he was named by Treehugger.com as one of the top 9 environmental icons of all time. One of the nice things about Suzuki’s style of advocacy is that he brings planetary stewardship right into our living rooms, non-judgementally offering suggestions to help each of us see our contribution to the environment in non-threatening baby steps. Now, he wants to do that a little more literally. Through the month of April, David Suzuki wants us to open up our living rooms to friends and neighbours and have conversations about what we can all do to live well, simply.
