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Sunday, Dec. 8: "Music From Planet Cool" CD Release Party

Gibson's Frozen Yogurt Shoppe

Kim Archer will belt it out for the boys and girls at Gibson's Frozen Yogurt Shoppe Sunday.

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Generally, music intended for children is perky, chipmunk-y, condescending, cloying and unlistenable for anyone old enough to cut his or her own meat. Most kids' music seems designed to tell ham-handed moral lessons about sharing, being polite, and buying as much Disney-produced plastic material as possible. Enter Kim Archer (cue: needle scratching across Bill Withers' "Use Me"). That's right, kiddies. Tacoma's R&B, soul and funk queen will strum from a doll chair and cause a clap riot. Good Mojo Records has released a full length, all original children's music, Music from Planet Cool, featuring the songwriting and vocal talents of Archer and Ivan Pla. The 10-track CD is an accompaniment to the series of books from Tacoma-based publishers Max 'n Me Studio called the Magic Friendship Series. They began as stories from the viewpoint of a 10-year-old autistic boy named Max.

"This is a CD that you can put in the car and drive, and enjoy with your kids from beginning to end. There are upbeat and catchy jazz, funk, rock and island songs that each deliver a positive message without the arrangements being ‘dumbed-down"' for the listener," says Archer in a release. "The end product is something parents will be singing along to as well."

Well, Mom and Dad, time to test Archer's theory. Pile the kids into the Family Truckster and head to the sweet tastes of Gibson's Frozen Yogurt Shoppe for a Sunday afternoon CD release party (cue: "Kim. Kim. Kim. Kim. Kim.")

MUSIC FROM PLANET COOL CD RELEASE PARTY, 1-2:30 p.m., Gibson's Frozen Yogurt Shoppe, 8 N. Tacoma, Ave., Tacoma, no cover, maxnmestudio.com

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