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Rock n Roll Forever

Times have changed, I guess, but sitting through this last concert experience makes me want to buy or rent old Ed Sullivan shows and sift through my parent’s 33 1/3 record albums!

(AGOURA, Calif.) - My two sons really enjoy contemporary music; especially rock ‘n’ roll. My older son (just turned 15) has become a good guitarist and, in fact, this interest is the first one I’ve seen him passionate about.

When he was a home-schooler, he took a college course in Music Appreciation. So, together with this primary music knowledge, and the various concerts and music that both boys have been exposed to by me, I felt they were entitled to attend a recent concert event, the KROQ Rock Invasion; an all-day rock festival with several contemporary headline acts and many up-and-coming opening acts.

We’d attended a Bruce Springsteen concert at Dodger Stadium, an Eric Clapton concert at the Hollywood Bowl and Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Metallica more recently.

There`s No Such Thing as Quality Time

All our new technologies have only made most people more overwhelmed, busier. It’s these moments that matter most in our lives - the little ones, like building a Legos with your 9-year-old and figuring out where the mistake was.

(SANTA MONICA) - I learned a great lesson this past weekend with my kids. It’s something I knew, but had never experienced so directly.

There’s no such thing as quality time, only QUANTITY time (with kids). Some people believe that they can schedule "quality time" with their kids, in which they think their kids will open up, reveal what’s really going on, and "share".

They want to schedule this time the way they schedule a business lunch. BUT, kids don’t work on these kinds of schedules!