Well i guess you probably should not be a much of a teen on Pancake Mountain either! For those of you who got the Neil Young reference in the title kudos to you! I came across Pancake Mountain this morning by way of this very cool article on portfolio.com The article has a lot of great info about the Pancake Mountain and Rufus its star pictured above.
If you are like me you probably have never heard of it even though it airs in Atlanta on PBS. It is a Sesame Street like program that is geared towards getting kids listening to good music. They are based in Washington DC and have their “dance parties” at the infamous 9:30 club. They invite kids over the age of 5 to the show and have bands stop by to play a song or act out a skit for the kids. Some bands that have been involved in the past are: flaming lips, MIA, built to spill, white stripes, ted leo, arcade fire, tegan & sara, and many others.

Check out Doug from Built to Spill helping kids understand why it is bad to eat too much junk food:

Here is Jenny Lewis leading one of the dance parties:

This is a really cool idea for kids. I can only wonder how long before the pioneers of Dad Rock Wilco will want to get involved!

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