The beat of her drum is banging

You know who rocks? You do. 8/13/19 Japan's 9-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Never Misses a Beat Drumroll, please… We'd like to introduce you to Yoyoka Soma. At the tender age of 9, she has already rocked the internet with her mad drumming skills. You might have seen her absolutely slaying the Led Zeppelin classic "Good Times Bad Times" when a video of her performing went viral in 2018. Simply put, this girl rocks.  This Great Big Story was made possible by LEGO.  This Dog Raises Baby Cheetahs (and Wallabies and Ocelots) Meet Blakely, the Australian shepherd who mothers orphaned baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo (too cute, we know). This patient rescue pup shows baby cheetahs, wallabies, foxes and the occasional warthog how to play and socialize like real, well, animals. That Time Jimi Hendrix Opened for The Monkees In the storied summer of 1967, there was an ever-so-brief (and ever-so-strange) combination of two ever-so-different musical icons: The Monkees and Jimi Hendrix. Monkees drummer MickyDolenz recounts the brief period of time that the legendary guitarist was the opening act for the pop boy-band sensation. While the pairing of the two acts seemed like a good—if novel—idea at the time, that quickly proved not to be the case. Some things just aren't meant to be…  View this email in your browser.  Copyright © 2019 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list