Word on the street

Happy Birthday Sesame Street! The 40th season of the timeless TV show starts November 10th and it's cause for celebration. Everybody's doing it -  Google has even got Big Bird standing in (literally) for the letter 'L' today (it's his birthday) above the search bar on the homepage and the whole gang will join by the week's end. If L is for learning, check out New York Magazine's retrospective and gather one, two, three, three fun facts (or more) about the history of the kids who rule the block.

Kid Beats

"...Yo Gabba Gabba! is a kids show that regularly features indie bands playing songs about moral values and silly things. Legit!" 

Yo Gabba Gabba! came out with an album Music is Awesome! last week that includes exclusive tracks from The Shins (see Track 8 in this month's mixed tape) and Of Montreal among others.