The Sippy Cups show at Bloomingdale's

We went to a special party at the new Bloomingdale's Store downtown on Saturday. Sponsored by Cookie Magazine, they had this wonderful band play called The Sippy Cups http://thesippycups.com/ play in the kid’s dept. We were served fancy peanut butter sandwiches, mini hotdogs, juice boxes and other treats and saw this great band that sings kid's songs play.

Somehow they make the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Ramones songs really sound like they were made for kids. The very psychedelic She's a Rainbow - She comes in colors everywhere, she combs her hair, she's like a rainbow - absolutely sounds like a kids song when this colorful happy band performs it. Emphasizing the "Play" in "Dear Prudence won't you come out to play", Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds sounds like it was written for children when they sing it with exaggerated smiles and pep. They changed the Ramones “I want to be sedated” to “I want to be Elated” and taught them all to pogo. They have original songs that are great too.

They pulled Skyler up to the front, asked him his name, where are you from (he said California) and talked about his fashionable tee-shirt - he red tee with the black bull on the front that Ahmee and Baba brought him back from Spain - he said it was a cow. Skyler got up and danced and jumped around, he learned the "new" dances that they taught them (the Twist, Pogo, etc.) and had a great time. They are playing again in December and we’ll be there, I think Skyler really like live shows!