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Always Something There to Remind Me (Bacharach ...

Our Kickstarter-backer/wonderful-musician/great-music-taste friend Robbie Leff surprises us again with another 60s gem: (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me, by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Another classic gets...

The Loog Guitar Event at Kidding Around Grand C...

Last week in Kidding Around Grand Central Terminal, one of the nicest toy stores in New York City, we celebrated big time. It was a special moment for us because...

How to Play your Loog Guitar: Lesson #2 by Keni...

http://youtu.be/yLxavlPHjoY Last week we posted lesson #1 by the amazing Keni Lee Burgess. Here’s lesson #2, with more exercises and tips to get you started playing your Loog. As we...

Robbie Leff, Buddy Holly’s Raining in My Heart ...

More great music from Robbie Leff, one of our amazing Kickstarter backers who recorded this with his new Loog Guitar. This time Robbie treats us to Buddy Holly’s Raining in...

“The Ikea effect” – Why do we value things we a...

Another great find through Boing Boing: Why do we value things we assemble more highly than premades? A new paper from the Journal of Consumer Psychology sheds some light on this...

Good New York Times article on Kickstarter’s De...

Today The New York Times has a nice article on Kickstarter’s design projects. We certainly can relate to most of these stories: the excitement of starting and running the campaign, the inspiration...