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The Absolutely Mindy Theme Song[writing] Contest!

Have you heard???

Kids Place Live
***presents***
The Absolutely Mindy Theme Song[writing] Contest!

WHAT!?! The Absolutely Mindy Show on Sirius/XM’s Kids Place Live is in big time need of an official theme song!

WHO’S GONNA WRITE IT?! Anybody but Mindy. That means YOU! Civilians welcome, artists welcome, Wilco welcome…

HOW LONG’S IT GOTTA BE?!? I don’t know…how long are theme songs? How bout 30 seconds to one minute long?

WHEN DOES IT HAFTA GET IT DONE BY?!? All entries must be snail mailed and postmarked by August 14th.

DOES IT GOTTA BE ON A CD?!? Yup! MP3’s and all that kind of techno interweb stuff doesn’t work for airplay. Just an ol’ fashioned compact disc will do the trick!

WILL I GET TO HEAR MY SONG ON THE RADIO?! Yup again! Mindy will try to air all entries received throughout the week of August 17 to the 20, and a final song will be chosen on Friday, August 21!

WHAT’S THE PRIZE?! The winning songster will be interviewed "LIVE" on The Absolutely Mindy Show, and have their winning song played every afternoon, from coast to coast on Kids Place Live UNTIL WE GET TIRED OF IT. Plus your kids will be so proud!

So what are you waiting for?! Unleash your inner songbird and…wait, no scratch that. Songbirds shouldn’t be leashed in the first place. You know what we mean.

All songs become property of the Sponsor, SIRIUS XM and XM Radio. See Official Rules for details and how to enter by going to www.sirius.com/kidsplacelive or www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=116.

Submissions should be mailed to:

Mindy Thomas-Kids Place Live
Sirius/XM Satellite Radio
1500 Eckington Place, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Young Love

If you haven't been following along on the Absolutely Mindy show, ScribbleJim took care of Mindy's pet hot dog "Frankfurter" while Mindy was away at camp. But then Frankfurter went missing...only to be found again snuggling with a Go Tart. (Hope I got that almost right.)

Thanks to ScribbleJim for sending along the photos!

We Saw Robbie today!

With Robbie's big news this week, we knew we had to get to the Robbie Schaefer kids' show at Jammin' Java this morning and wish his safe travels. Robbie is heading to Uganda this evening for a wonderful kids' music exchange. To read more, visit Robbie's blog.

The show at Jammin' Java, though a Sunday morning one, was well attended and full of kids and parents having a GREAT time! We love the way Robbie works with the audience and his wonderful songs. His new "Water" song really is wonderful -- it reminds us of the stylings of Justin Roberts that really get us in a good mood. But it is Robbie, all Robbie. And we all love him.

Chloe claims that Robbie is her BFF and is ready to tell him everything that is on her mind (poor Robbie).

There's A Carp in the Tub

No! No! No!

Water

Chicken Lips

Twinkle, Twinkle

Sally can I Walk You Home

A Donkey and A Mouse

Look At That!

Silly Old McDonald

Pooh Corner

There's a Hole in the Bucket

Cowboy Named Bob

Down By The Riverside

13under13 for 26 Jul 2009

We are back in the US now and can listen at a "normal" time. (Well, if you follow the blog, you'll see that we were at the Rumpus Room on Friday for the recording of the Lunch Money show).

Mindy hosted tonight. I was sure it was going to be Kenny since he talked about how many peanut butter songs there are ... and the 13under13 started out with a PB set in honor of the "Peanut Butter Polka."

1. Randy Kaplan - The Ladybug Without Spots (9 weeks)
2. Justin Roberts - Kickboard, Baby. Yeah! (8 weeks)
3. Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk (10 weeks)
4. The Sippy Cups - Seven is the New 14 (7 weeks)
5. Ziggy Marley with Laurie Berkner - Future Man, Future Lady (11 weeks)
6. Aquabats - Pool Party (5 weeks)
7. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Christylez Bacon - Hip Hop Humpty Dumpty (4 weeks)
8. Kenny Loggins - You Can All Join In (6 weeks)
9. Recess Monkey - Haven't Got a Pet Yet (12 weeks)
10. Captain Bogg and Salty - Never Smile at a Crocodile (17 weeks)
11. Kira Willey - Colors (3 weeks)
12. Billy Jonas - Eat Something (2 weeks)
13. Rhythm Child - Bowl of Cherries from Putumayo Kids Picnic Playground

Past Freshness Date
The Jimmies - Peanut Butter Polka (13 weeks)

Robbie's African Adeventure

In case you haven't heard yet (though you probably heard before we did), Robbie is headed to Africa next week forwhat seems to be a really incredible journey. This is a great next step in kids' music. Uniting children throughout the word, so as they age, they have a worldview that can help to improve lives everywhere. The CMN work that XM does is wonderful in helping our kids build more compassion, but this "worldview" is yet another wonderful way that KPL is helping our kids to learn about the lives of others, and I salute the KPL team for this.

We wish you well on this journey, Robbie, and look forward to hearing more as you travel. Bon voyage (though if we follow our plans, we will wish you well in person tomorrow).

Read about robbie's trip on his blog.

Lunch Money in the Rumpus Room

Today we were thrilled to get back to the Rumpus Room at XM in DC after over a month and see Lunch Money perform live in the XM LiVE Performance Studio! We always love to hear Lunch Money live, and while we heard a couple of the new ones in NY, we heard another couple of new songs and think they rock! We cannot wait for the next CD!

We had a fabulous time in the Rumpus Room. The KPL "minion" Ali does a great job keeping everyone entertained and organized. Mindy and various family members were there for the show.

For various reasons, the band was not planning on playing their KPL hit "It Only Takes One Night To Make a Balloon Your Friend," but a kid requested it. Then there were some technical difficulties, so the band played it, not for airing, but as filler while the connections/wires were being fixed. At the end of the show, someone gave Molly (I think) a red mylar balloon, and guess what happened?? It flew away! Red ones go to Paris, don't they?

Go check out the Lunch Money concert schedule and get out to see them live if you can!

Hope We're Ready to Rock

I Want A Dog

Tricycle

Rollercoaster

Ate Too Much of My Favorite Food

Yes, We Have Rhythm

Stop and Go

Dizzy!

It Only Takes One Night To Make A Balloon Your Friend

I Like To Push Buttons

Spicy Kids

Come Over To My Dollhouse

Tiny Dinosaurs

I Love My Library

Cookie As Big As My Head

The KPLFans are Back!

Sorry for disappearing! I am so sad that we missed so many exciting goings on.

But we are back and ready to start keeping up with all the new and exciting developments, like the Absolutely Mindy Show Theme Songwriting contest!

13under13 for 18Jul2009

Listening in from Vorey in the Loire Valley in France...quite a different place form Provence and the Cote d'Azur! Tomorrow Paris, Monday home. But then off on Wed for DC. And then soon in the KPL Rumpus Room, I hope!

1. Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk (9 weeks)
2. Randy Kaplan - The Ladybug Without Spots (8 weeks)
3. Justin Roberts - Kickboard, Baby. Yeah! (7 weeks)
4. Ziggy Marley with Laurie Berkner - Future Man, Future Lady (10 weeks)
5. The Sippy Cups - Seven is the New 14 (6 weeks)
6. Recess Monkey - Haven't Got a Pet Yet (11 weeks)
7. Kenny Loggins - You Can All Join In (5 weeks)
8. Aquabats - Pool Party (4 weeks)
9. The Jimmies - Peanut Butter Polka (12 weeks)
10. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Christylez Bacon - Hip Hop Humpty Dumpty (3 weeks)
11. Captain Bogg and Salty - Never Smile at a Crocodile (16 weeks)
12. Kira WilLey - Colors (2 weeks)
13. Billy Jonas - Eat Something (debut)

Past Freshness Date
Rocknoceros - PINK! (14 weeks)

13under13 for 12Jul2009

We have been on vacation and will not return to the US for over a week....bear with the coverage -- it will improve, I promise!!!

Mindy hosted this week -- we listened in from Nice, France, which was really cool....

1. Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk (8 weeks)
2. Ziggy Marley with Laurie Berkner - Future Man, Future Lady (9 weeks)
3. Randy Kaplan - The Ladybug Without Spots (7 weeks)
4. Recess Monkey - Haven't Got a Pet Yet (10 weeks)
5. Justin Roberts - Kickboard, Baby. Yeah! (6 weeks)
6. The Jimmies - Peanut Butter Polka (11 weeks)
7. The Sippy Cups - Seven is the New 14 (5 weeks)
8. Kenny Loggins - You Can All Join In (4 weeks)
9. Captain Bogg and Salty - Never Smile at a Crocodile (15 weeks)
10. Aquabats - Pool Party (3 weeks)
11. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Christylez Bacon - Hip Hop Humpty Dumpty (2 weeks)
12. Rocknoceros - PINK! (14 weeks)
13. Kira WilLey - Colors (debut)

Past Freshness Date
Gustafer Yellowgold - Panther Stamps Pants (12 weeks)

13under13 for 3Jul2009

Kenny hosted this week. He started out with a new Imagination Movers tune.

1. Ziggy Marley with Laurie Berkner - Future Man, Future Lady (8 weeks)
2. Recess Monkey - Haven't Got a Pet Yet (9 weeks)
3. Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk (7 weeks)
4. The Jimmies - Peanut Butter Polka (10 weeks)
5. Randy Kaplan - The Ladybug Without Spots (6 weeks)
6. Captain Bogg and Salty - Never Smile at a Crocodile (14 weeks)
7. Justin Roberts - Kickboard, Baby. Yeah! (5 weeks)
8. The Sippy Cups - Seven is the New 14 (4 weeks)
9. Rocknoceros - PINK! (13 weeks)
10. Kenny Loggins - You Can All Join In (3 weeks)
11. Aquabats - Pool Party (2 weeks)
12. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Christylez Bacon - Hip Hop Humpty Dumpty
13. Gustafer Yellowgold - Panther Stamps Pants (12 weeks)

Past Freshness Date
Ben Rudnick and Friends - A Frog Named Sam (16 weeks)

Word Trip

Our online Word Trip is starting with the word "computer." In the comment section, add a word that's the first thing the previous word makes you think of. Then the next person will do the same. And so on, and so on...

Where will our Word Trip take us?

Your pals,
ScribbleJim & ScribbleJayne