Juggling on the Radio – Part Two

If I told you that Sippy Joe actually met Howard Stern would you believe me? (Ask him yourself next time.) We play a bunch of songs for Sirius 116 – Kidstuff and have a really good time doing so! Sirius has only got wind of us in the last few months, but has been a huge supporter. They even carried “Little House of Jello” to Number Two a few weeks ago! Doug does some serious juggling, but you’ll have to tune into 116 to hear what it sounds like.

Central Park Summerstage, NYC

We try out the old West Coast kidrock psychedelia on a “95 degrees in the shade” urban audience. Surprising in this heat, but they ‘throw their hands up in the air and wave them all around like they just don’t care!” We share the bill with plush preschool TV star “Hip Hop Harry”, and genuinely feel like we can’t complain about the heat compared to their crew (except maybe Tea David who wears the Skeptosaurus costume in “Use Your Words.”) We really seem to hold our own for this audience and after the show, we go out with East Coast family and friends to celebrate.

Touring the Capitol – White Buildings and hot feet.

Sippy Paul’s nephew Bob offers to tour us in his former home town. We get to see where government sometimes happens and enjoy dipping our hot feet in a marble fountain. After a crazy day and a long drive ahead of us, we enjoy this respite and follow it with some BBQ and cold beverages. Back to XM for the gear and onto the highways for the long haul up to NYC. Some of us take a day at Brigantine Beach, NJ courtesy of Sippy Nina and her local family.

XM Kids Radio

After a mad load-out and drive from Vienna, we arrive at the XM Studios in downtown D.C. for a Rumpus Room concert. A studio audience of employees, friends, fans and best of all: kids, has gathered with great anticipation. In full Sippy style, we setup a beautiful show and perform it for the studio audience. The wife of a VP of the network tells us that she’s a huge Sippy fan, the staff makeup artist wears my favorite Flaming Lips T-shirt and we get our photo taken with the goddess of kids music on satellite radio, “Absolute” Mindy Thomas.

Day One – Vienna, Virginia

The first official out of town show of the tour is here in Vienna, Virginia – a very family-oriented town just outside Washington, D.C. Despite the humble coffeehouse exterior and name, Jammin Java delivers one of the most enthusiastic audiences we’ve ever encountered. We sell the show out, pick up a great review in the Washington Post and dash off to XM Radio in downtown D.C. to do a recorded concert in front of a live audience. We promise to come back soon (Dec.2nd for two shows!)