I love seeing the social media posts for Dragon Con. It’s a fabulous way to learn about new things that we need to see, tracks that we want to learn more about and things that we didn’t see in person. Having said that, Dragon Con is a fire hose of activity and sights where you can’t possibly catch em all. It’s a fountain of overstimulation and unlike any Con you’ve frequented before. This was our ninth Dragon Con and it still proved to tell new stories; which isn’t an unreasonable thing to mention when you consider 75,000 people attended.
I didn’t get it. Despite being an ex-radio guy and owner of hundreds of LPs, I didn’t get the idea of buying vinyl. My collection had been stoic, waiting in the office, frustrating near the record player. It was a tin of cat food in the kitchen while an electric can opener tauntingly looked on. TLDR: I get vinyl now and it’s awesome. Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History is a book that’s meant for people who get vinyl. They understand and appreciate the culture behind the small businesses.
Readers of the site may know that I lived in Japan for a few years. Thus, it would stand to reason that we really enjoy going to JapanFest each year. It’s being held September 17 and 18 at Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia. We were thinking the other day about people who don’t have an affinity for Japanese culture. Why would they want to come to JapanFest? What could they possibly get out of it?
“I’ve been taking my sons since here they were that age,” said the lady who checked us in when we arrived at Momocon. She went on to tell me that they now have a local hotel room so that they can enjoy Momocon to its fullest extent. I could relate to her on both levels. Our boys have been attending Momocon since the youngest was three and a hotel room to crash out for a bit would’ve been nice. On an entirely different level, it was great to attend a con again and to that end, Momocon 2022 did not disappoint.
The movies are back baby! Bit by bit, and with each new release seeming to beget a bigger slice of the ‘normal’ life that we all loved back in 2019. Space Jam: A New Legacy is coming to movie theaters on Friday, July 16. Daddy Mojo is pleased to give away 5 four-packs of tickets to the Atlanta sneak preview of Space Jam: A New Legacy when it airs for the first time on July 13.
This sneak preview of Space Jam: A New Legacy will be at 7:00 PM on July 13. Our giveaway for one of the 4-packs of tickets will end at 7:00 PM on July 9. All you have to do in order to enter is to leave a comment in this post. We love for things to be simple and nothing is easier than leaving a blurb in the comment section for this post.
If you’ve been on our site for any number of years, A. thank
you mom and B. you know that we love Monster Jam. Monster Jam is coming back to
Atlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 22 and 23. If you’ve been in
Monster Jam before then you know how incredibly entertaining and absolutely
family friendly it is. For our family, Monster Jam is one of the highlights for
the year. It’s entertaining and is a sport that sucks you in from the get-go.
It has all the energy of any huge sporting event that you’ve been to, but it’s
paired with huge trucks jumping over dirt barriers.
The Monster Jam competition is simple to grasp once you’re
there. Essentially the competition is broken up into two parts and any feasible
question that you’d have about Monster Jam, including the famous Pit Party, can
be answered here.
This giveaway is for a family 4-pack of tickets to the Saturday, February 22, 2020 show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The show starts at 7:00, but get there early, especially if you want to go to the Pit Party. The winner for this Monster Jam giveaway will be drawn on February 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM ET. To enter just leave a comment on this post or in the YouTube video:
I have an unofficial rule in that I don’t see biographies.
If it’s the true story of someone’s life and I’ve heard about it, then there’s
really no reason to see the film. I know how it ends and it’s probably just
some actor’s hammy performance of how they think that this person did things. I
sound like the bitter and jaded reporter in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
This is not a biopic, it’s not the story of Fred Rogers’ life and how he came
to create & produce one of the most impactful shows ever on television.
“But we don’t dress up”, I need a button that says that when
our neighbors ask us about Dragon Con. As a family, Dragon Con gets more and
more entertaining every year we go.
Dragon Con happens in Atlanta over Labor Day every year. It is also
family friendly. Our neighbors give us a side-eye when we say that also. All
one needs to do is walk around downtown Atlanta when Dragon Con is happening
and you’ll see hundreds of children accompanying their parents. This is a
massively fun time for kids and families who have the right mindset.
By the right mindset I mean, be OK with crowds. Over 85,000
people attended Dragon Con in 2019. It’s crowded everywhere you go. What’s
amazing is that, despite its massive size and crowd the lines are constantly
moving. Another mind boggling fact is that the vast majority of people you’ll
encounter are chilled out.
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