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There are many reasons to love the Baby Jogger City Mini Series. Price, performance, the light weight and the ginormous hood that keeps the sun out of your child’s eyes. I’d heard it all. But seeing is believing, I suppose. This stroller, had me at the fold…

Savoring the smell of freshly sharpened pencils and the look of new unscuffed sneakers? Or maybe you weren’t quite ready for summer to end. Either way, we’ve got a list of classics by our favorite mixmaster. It’s sure to ease any new schoolyear jitters and ease you back into your carpool routine this fall. Check out Uncle Rock’s Back To School Mix now available for downloading on iTunes.

1. School Days by Chuck Berry
2. Kids in America by American Juniors
3. Charlie Brown by The Coasters
4. The Elephant In the Room by Uncle Rock
5. Hot Lunch Jam by Irene Cara
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon
7. You Will Obey! by SpongeBob SquarePants
8. We’re Going to Be Friends by The White Stripes
9. Chocolate Everything by Uncle Rock
10. (Remember the Days of The) Old Schoolyard by Cat Stevens
11. I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack
12. We’re All In This Together by The Cast of “High School Musical”

A thousand miles, a carful of kids. It’s no small undertaking. It’s a situation that calls not only for some music, but for the right music. The perfect presciption to keep kids and parents both, in good spirits as the miles roll by. For this we needed a professional. We needed Uncle Rock. We’re loving Uncle Rock’s Road Trip Mix available on iTunes. Here’s the playlist, just click through to itunes to download your own.

1. Rock Out – Uncle Rock

2. House Party Time – Dan Zanes & Friends

3. Dance Around – Ralph’s World

4. I’m A Believer – The Monkees (or Smash Mouth)

5. One Little Slip – Barenaked Ladies

6. Alphabet Of Nations – They Might Be Giants

7. Peace Will Come – Dog On Fleas

8. Best Day Ever – Spongebob Squarepants

9. Yellow Submarine – The Beatles

10. Funkytown – Alvin & The Chipmunks

11. The Time Of Your Life – Randy Newman

12. What Goes On – Elizabeth Mitchell

13. Accidentally In Love – Counting Crows

14. Superhero Medley – Uncle Rock

About Uncle Rock: Before being dubbed "Uncle Rock" by his nephew, Robert Burke Warren  performed as a bass player in many rock and roll bands, including international garage rock titans The Fleshtones, and spent a year portraying Buddy Holly in "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" in London’s West End. His CDs "Uncle Rock – Here We Go!", "Uncle Rock Plays Well With Others" and "Uncle Rock U" feature catchy, funky, raw rock songs for kids and their families and have recieved rave reviews from the LA Times and Cookie Magazine.

We’re looking forward to rocking out more with Uncle Rock on Car and Caboodle, and can’t wait to hear what he has in store for us for back to school and upcoming holidays.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this Car & Caboodle Playlist is all about remembering a true leader, about sticking to his dream, about looking ahead to tomorrow, and about never tiring of resisting.  Music that makes you think?  I know.  Yawn.  But take a listen.  Some of the greatest artists alive writing some truly beautiful music.  Have fun on the road!

1. Thunder on the Mountain – Bob Dylan
2. Everybody Has a Dream – Billy Joel
3. People Lead – Ben Harper
4. Fake Empire – The National
5. No One Would Riot for Less – Bright Eyes
6. The Ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen
7. I Defy – Joan as Police Woman
8. Thinking About Tomorrow – Beth Orton
9. King of the Mountain – Kate Bush
10. How Many Miles Must We March – Ben Harper

Hear song samples of Playlist 002: Dreams for Tomorrow
via iTunes.

This first playlist (Car and Caboodle #001) represents a new beginning – a new website, a new year, and lots of new possibilities for those of you in the market for a new ride. And even though you can
upgrade the amenities and increase your horsepower, the family you have remains the same, just older with each new model year. Road trips are made wonderful by the car you ride in, made memorable by those you take with you. And the music, hopefully, allows a little something for everyone.

1. Happy New Year – Camera Obscura
2. Good to Be on the Road Back Home – Cornershop
3. Road Buddy – Dar Williams
4. I Left My Wallet in El Segundo – A Tribe Called Quest
5. Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
6. He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot – Grandaddy
7. Family LIfe – The Blue Nile
8. I Will Buy You a New Life – Everclear

Hear song samples of Playlist #1 – New Year, New Roads via iTunes.

“On top of Old Smoky, all covered with …”

You may have run out of storage space in your brain for the names of your sibling’s latest girlfriends, but chances are you have a bunch of cheesy song lyrics rattling around in there, hogging up that vital bandwidth. Turn this annoyance into an asset on your upcoming holiday roadtrips, by cranking Susie Tallman & Friends “Let’s Go” travel, camp and car songs CD. Not only will your children be impressed by your heartfelt singing of “Blowin’ in the Wind”, you will impress yourself when you realize the beltway miles that have flown by while you were all belting out tunes. This collection of songs brings you back to childhood in a good way, with acoustic guitars accompanied by non irritating, actually-talented singers. With 26 songs to choose from, you may even say “Are we there already?”