2008-12-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - C is for Conifers (Here Come the ABCs)
The New Standards - Oh Tannenbaum (Candy Cane)
Brian Wilson - Vege-Tables (Smile)
ID
Steve Lee - Wake-Up (What Did You Do Today?)
ID

Segment 2
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - The Hanukkah Waltz (Jingle All the Way)
Lyle Lovett - Straight Up and Fly Right
Matt Surowiec & the Tricentennial Band - BarBQ (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas)
ID/prep to rock
Bzots - Join the Party (It's New Year's Eve!)
ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk
ID

Segment 3
ID
Uncle Rock - Sugar Talkin' (Plays Well With Others)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Holidays (Fast & Feisty)
The Boogers - This Song Is About Transportation (Road to Rock)
ID
Recess Monkey - Pedal Power (Tabby Road)
John Carlin - A Dinosaur Named Fred (Welcome to the Kids Music Underground)
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (True Stories)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Bunny Clogs - Confessions of a Teenage Lima Bean (More! More! More!)
Prince - Get on the Boat (3121)
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Of Montreal - I Want to Have Fun (For the Kids Three)
ID (backsell River Rack)

Segment 5
Lunch Money - It Only Takes One Night (To Make a Balloon Your Friend)
Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am
ID
Maria Sangiolo - Mermaid Molly (at Cup & Top on 1/10, 11:00 AM)
ID/Book time with Ella
Laura Freeman - Purple (Color Wheel Cartwheel)
Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up (Short Sharp Shocked)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (Easy)
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Ina Mina Dika (Let It Dee)
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?
ID
TMBG - Experimental Film (The Spine)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-12-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Liam ID
TMBG - Happy Doesn't Have to Have an Ending
Fountains of Wayne - Chanukah Under the Stars
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole... - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
ID
Robbi K - Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)
Shawn Colvin - All The Pretty Li'l Horses (Holiday Songs and Lullabies)
ID

Segment 2
Low - Just Like Christmas (Christmas)
Trip Shakesepeare - Snow Days (Across the Universe)
ID/prep to rock
Ralph's World - Santa Please (unreleased)
Justin Roberts - Way Out (Way Out)
ID

Segment 3
Yosi & the Superdads - She Just Doesn't Get It (...and a Happy New Year)
Jingle Punx - You Gotta Get Up (Coal)
ID
Lunch Money - Cookie As Big As My Head
Candyband - I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas (single)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Obedience School (Freedom in a Box!)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
G. Love - Julius Coolius (World of Happiness bonus track)
Lyle Lovett - Church (Joshua Judges Ruth)
Asylum Street Spankers - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (A Christmas Spanking)

Segment 5
Miles Davis - Godchild (Birth of the Cool)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas)
Ivy - Christmas Time is Here (Maybe This Christmas)
ID
Uncle Rock - Too Many Presents (Uncle Rock U)
TMBG - Santa Claus (Holidayland!)
ID

Segment 6
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Channukah Medley ('Tis the Season to be Rockin')
Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly
ID
ScribbleMonster - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Two Sets of Footprints (...and a Happy New Year)
Polyphonic Spree - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (Maybe This Christmas Tree)
ID
TMBG - O Tannenbaum (Holidayland)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-12-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Nine Bowls of Soup (Here Come the 123s)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Dinosaur Christmas (Holidays Gone Crazy)
ID
Semisonic - Down By The Riverside (Down by the Riverside)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Peace Like a River (You Are My Little Bird) (NCMC 2/21)
Justin Roberts - Henrietta's Hair (Pop Fly)
ID/River Rack backsell

Segment 2
Spare the Rock at Hot Chocolate Run
Smoosh - But Now I Know
Sippy Cups - Ladybug Beat (EP)
ID/prep to Rock
Fountains of Wayne - Alien for Christmas (Out of State Plates)
Suburbs - Cows (In Combo)
ID
Lunch Money - Tiny Dinosaurs
ID

Segment 3
Deedle Deedle Dees - Underground Railroad (Let It Dee)
ID
Fleshtones - Super Rock Santa (Stocking Stuffer)
ScribbleMonster - Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always Easy, Doing the Easy Thing Isn't Always Right (Songs With No Character)
Ellen and Matt - Side By Side (Best Friends)
ID
SteveSongs - Fast Monkey (DVD Bonus CD)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Hipwaders - Educated Kid
Raveonettes - Christmas Song
Eric Herman - My Lucky Day (Snow Day!)
ID
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis (Very Special Christmas)
ID/Book time with Ella

Segment 5
Randy Kaplan in-studio
No Nothing
Shampoo Me

Segment 6
Aric Bieganek - Doo Doo Doo Doo (Bright Lights, Big Kitty)
Spanglish Wrangler - Desayuno Boogie (Spanglish Wrangler)
Dan Zanes & Friends - Colas (Nueva York)
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can
ID (thanks again to Randy Kaplan)
TMBG - The Ballad of Davy Crockett in Outer Space (Disney Music Block Party)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-12-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - One Dozen Monkeys (Here Come the 123s)
Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts (See You on the Moon)
ID
Nields - Come Go with Me (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Laurie Anderson - Excellent Birds
Lunch Money - Wake Up World (Dizzy)
ID

Segment 2
Buddy Holly - Everybody
Trout Fishing in America - Big Round World (Big Round World)
ID/prep to rock
Sippy Cups - Move Your Pants (Electric Storyland)
Papas Fritas - Vertical Lives (Buildings & Grounds)
ID

Segment 3
Justin Roberts - Meltdown (Meltdown)
Hank Hooper - ABC-234 Song (Playground Fortune Teller)
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Everybody Loves My Baby (Live at Iron Horse for Spare the Rock)
Madness - One Step Beyond
ScribbleMonster - Winter Wonderland (single)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Brave Combo - No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha
Milkshake - Boom, Boom (Bottle of Sunshine)
Slavic Soul Party - Never Gonna Let You Go (Teknochek Collision)
Yosi - Bulbes (What's Eatin' Yosi)
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (New Orleans Playground)
ID

Segment 5
Wee Hairy Beasties - Holidays Gone Crazy (Holidays Gone Crazy)
Ralph Covert - Fools Will Try (Park Slope Parents Vol. 1)
ID/book time with Ella
Mike Doughty - More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle (Golden Delicious)
AudraRox - I Can Do It By Myself (I Can Do It By Myself)
ID

Segment 6
David Bowie - Changes (Essential)
SteveSongs - Library (Little Superman)
ID
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (live at Spare the Rock)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Have Fun (Easy)
ID
TMBG - Destination Moon (John Henry)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-11-29 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Fibber Island (No!)
Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song (Welcome Interstate Managers)
Kimya Dawson - Wiggle My Tooth (Alphabutt)
ID
Johnny Bregar - Dragonfly (Dragonfly)
Yellow Snow PSA from Wee Hairy Beasties
Elizabeth Mitchell & Lisa Loeb - Catch the Moon (For the Kids Too) (Liz 2/21 at NCMC)
ID

Segment 2
Baby Loves Salsa - Vamos a la Playa
Steve Weeks - Monkeys (Alphabet Songs Vol. 2)
ID/prep to rock
Deathray - I Wanna Lose Control (Uh Oh) (Open Season OST)
Stray Cats - Stray Cut Strut
Wee Hairy Beasties - Tidy Up! PSA
ID

Segment 3
Jellydots - Quite Naturally (Hey You Kids!)
Jingle Punx - There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays
ID
Frances England - Fast Train to Grandma's (Family Tree)
T. Rex - Telegram Sam (The Slider)
ID
Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance
Board of Education - Lunchtime (Tin Foil Robots) (Board of Education)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Lunch Money - Everybody's Coming to the Zoo (Dizzy)
Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI (Do the Collapse)
ID
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Sey Hey (I Love You)
Jimmies - What's that Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)
Recess Monkey - Helping Hands (Wonderstuff)

Segment 5
ID
Randy Kaplan - No Nothing (Loquat Rooftop)- playing a FREE show this Wednesday, December 3, at 4:00 pm at Cup & Top Cafe...
ID
Jenny Lewis - Barking at the Moon (Bolt OST)
Great Lake Swimmers - See You on the Moon (See You on the Moon)
ID/book time with Ella - Runaway Dolls

Segment 6
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
ID
Ellen and Matt - Under Construction (Best Friends)
Terrible Twos - Math Stomp (If You Ever See An Owl)
ID
TMBG - Mammal (Apollo 18)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-11-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - I Can Add (Here Come the 123s)
The Real Tuesday Weld - I Love the Rain
ID
Dog on Fleas w/ Liz Mitchell - Handsome Molly
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - Well May the World Go (Here Comes...)
Michael Franti - Firefly (Songs from the Front Porch)
ID

Segment 2
Les Chauds Lapins - Swing Troubadour (Parlez-Moi D'Amour)
Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth (Wall-E OST)
ID/prep to rock
Prince - Starfish and Coffee (Sign O' The Times)
ID

Segment 3
Starfish - Joshua's Treehouse
ScribbleMonster - I'm a Utility Pole (Songs with No Character)
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Seeger Sessions)
Egg - Summer Today (Sunny Side Up)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (Songs with No Character)
ID
Justin Roberts - She Sits (Pop Fly)
Mighty Weaklings - Sunny When You Share (You Can't Rock Sittin' Down)
ID
Wee Hairy Beasties - Here Comes My Shadow (Holidays Gone Crazy)
Be Good Tanyas - Littlest Birds (Animal Playground)
ID

Segment 5
Sebadoh - Ocean (Harmacy)
ID
Dog on Fleas - Lima Beans (w/ Uncle Rock) (Beautiful World
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (live at Iron Horse for Spare the Rock)
ID
Lunch Money - I Love My Library (Dizzy) (premiere!)

Segment 6
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hoodoo Voodoo (Mermaid Ave.)
Aric Bieganek/Recess Rock - Car Seat Driver
Asheba - No More Monkeys (Animal Playground)
ID
Ralph's World - Gotta Be Good (Rhyming Circus)
Board of Education - 8 Is a Number
ID
TMBG - Figure 8 (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-11-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Fun fun fun show! Thanks to Stefan and Amy for chatting, and congratulations to Justin Roberts for getting voted in first place for the second time in the Fids & Kamily Awards! (And thanks to Justin for calling in, too.)

Be sure to head over to the Fids & Kamily website to see capsule reviews of all of the winning CDs, and to see the honorable mention CDs too!

Go to our page at WRSI.com (and click on "Listen on-demand now") to hear the show if you missed it when it was live.

2008-11-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Sleepwalkers (No!)
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in my Breakfast (Ladybug One)
Jayhawks - Smile
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold - Your Eel (Live at Spare the Rock)
ID

Segment 2
Frances England - Best Friends (Family Tree)
Milkshake - Dance on My Shoes (Happy Songs)
ID
I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
Starfish - The Hoppity Song (Starfish Rocks)
ID

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go (Songs with No Character)
Captain Bogg & Salty - Emphatical Piratical (Emphatical Piratical)
ID
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World (Remote Control Version) (All Rebel Rockers) (11/23 at the Calvin)
Recess Monkey - Aquarium (Aminal House)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Hipwaders - Baby Brother (Educated Kid)
Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Sneakers (Fast & Feisty)
IDBook time with Ella
Keith Munslow - Accidentally (Accidentally [On Purpose])
ID

Segment 5
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (Easy)
ID
Egg w/ Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - I Like Fruit (exclusive)
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
ID
Wee Hairy Beasties - Holidays Gone Crazy (Holidays Gone Crazy)
ID

Segment 6
ID (Northampton Community Music Center on Saturday, November 22
Dog on Fleas - Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step?
Spoon - Underdog (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
Rev. Horton Heat - Jonny Quest/Stop That Pigeon
ID
The Quiet Ones - Secret Tunnel (Make Some Noise)
ID
TMBG - Birdhouse in Your Soul (on The Tonight Show)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-11-01 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Seven (Here Come the 123s)
Bob Dylan - Forever Young
ID
Sippy Cups - Day After Halloween
Asylum Street Spankers - Don't Turn Out the Light (Mommy Says No!)
ID

Segment 2
Nields - Going to Boston (Rock all Day, Rock All Night)
Hullabaloo - Sullivan McMullivan (Hey, Everybody!)
Dr. John - Row Row Your Boat (New Orleans Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Mighty Weaklings - Rocket Ship (Keep It Weak)
AudraRox - I Can Do It By Myself (I Can Do It By Myself)
Mr. Richard - Zanyville (Might As Well Sing)
ID

Segment 3
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - The Bluegrasshopper
ID
Big Bang Boom - Happy Town (Big Bang Boom)
David Tobocman - Home (I Count to Ten)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (Songs With No Character)
Scratchy Record Set:
ScribbleMonster - Scratchy Records (Songs With No Character)
-- via digitally simulated vinyl
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday (Monkee Business)
-- via monophonic picture disc
Sesame Street - Five People in my Family (Original Cast Record)
-- via stereo 33 1/3 R.P.M. record
Elvis - Ready Teddy (Elvis)
-- via "New Orthophonic" high fidelity record
The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
-- via 45 R.P.M. 7" single

Segment 5
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (Out of the Blue)
The Hard Lessons - See and Be Scene (B & G Sides, Volume 1)
The Aquabats - Look at Me (I'm a Winner)! (Charge!!)

Segment 6
TMBG interview
Wee Scary Beasties - Monster's Disco
Aric Bieganek/Recess Rock - Officer Bob
BNL - Here Come the Geese (Snacktime)
ID
TMBG - Doctor Worm (Severe Tire Damage)

2008-10-25 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Whistling in the Dark
Steve Weeks - 4 Little Girls (Alphabet Songs Vol 1)
ID
Kimya Dawson - Little Monster Babies (Alphabutt)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Scared By My Own Costume (Let It Dee)
ID

Segment 2
Wee Scary Beasties - Pumpkinhead (Creepy Lullabies)
Telephone Company - Baby Halloween (The King's Surprise?)
ID/prep to rock
Roger Day - Monster Face (Ready to Fly)
Ralph's World - Harry's Halloween Circus)
Dr. Strangeblood & the New Zombies - Monster Mash (EP)
Salteens - All My Friends (Yo Gabba Gabba)
ID

Segment 3
Los Straitjackets - Munsters theme
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again
ID
Baze & His Silly Friends - Scare Me, Scare You!
Egg - Night Time Party
Jimmies - Soaper the Scaredy-Bot (Make Your Own Someday)
Mike Doughty - Firetruck (Smofe + Smang)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Justin Roberts - Maybe the Monster (Meltdown!)
Hank Hooper - Human Fly (Playground Fortune Teller)
B-52s - Planet Claire (Anthology)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 5
Lamar Holley - Digestion (Classroom Pop Vol. 1)
ID
Aric Bieganek & Recess Rock - Bright Lights, Big Kitty! (Bright Lights, Big Kitty)
Monty Harper - Trick or Treat Smell My Feet (Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD)
ID
Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers (Back Through the Years)
Telephone Company - Lumberjack (Panda Brain)
ID

Segment 6
Mates of State - Starman
ID
Mighty Weaklings - Monster Under My Bed
Rechov Sumsum with Ronnie Rock - En Den Dino (Sesame Street Playground)
ID
TMBG - The Guitar
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-10-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Savoy Truffle
Deedle Deedle Dees - Major Deegan (Freedom in a Box!)
Dog on Fleas - Beautiful World (Beautiful World)
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold - Pinecone Lovely
ID

Segment 2
Kimya Dawson - Bobby-O (Alphabutt)
Neko Case - This Little Light (The Tigers Have Spoken)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Cyril the Karaoke Squirrel
ID/prep to rock
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway

Segment 3
Terrible Twos - Big Baby J (Jerzy the Giant)
Brian Vogan - Firefighter (Little Songs)
ID
Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (London Calling)
The Cat's Pajamas - Loose Tooth (Reading Rocks!)
Danny Adlerman & Friends - When I Grow Up (Listen Up!)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Aric Bieganek - Car Seat Driver (Live at NPC)
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones (Everything that Happens) (Calvin 12/2)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 5
with Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo
Have Fun
I Like Fruit (with Egg)
Luck

Segment 6
Black-Eyed Snakes - Cheerios on the Floor
OST - Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Gorillaz)
Mocean Worker - Shake Ya Boogie
ID
Father Goose - Panama (It's a Bam Bam Diddly)

2008-10-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - ICU (Here Come the ABCs)
Lamar Holley - Parts of a Plant (Classroom Pop Vol 1)
Bob Mould - Sunspots (Workbook)
ID
Brian Vogan - We Call It Fall (Little Songs)
The Whites - Keep on the Sunny Side (O Brother...)
ID

Segment 2
Spirit House - Billy Goat Drink Clear Water
Devotchka - Comrade Z (A Mad & Faithful Telling)
ID/prep to rock
Mighty Weaklings - Monster Under My Bed (You Can't Rock Sittin' Down)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get (Let's Face It)
Jimmies - What's That Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)
ID

Segment 3
bits from ACL
Mr. Leebot - It Wasn't Me
Slavic Soul Party - 9 at the River (Teknochek Collision)
Terrible Twos - Jerzy the Giant (Jerzy the Giant)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Aric Bieganek - Central Park Kitty (live at NCMC 10/18, 2:00, ncmc.net)
Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo - Hot Lava (Easy) (live at First Churches on Sunday, November 9 at 4:00 pm)
Us 3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
ID


Segment 5
w/ Robyn Goodmark
Northern State - Mother May I
talk
Care Bears on Fire - Everybody Else
talk
Super Pal Universe - Super Pal Universe
ID

Segment 6
Tiny Masters of Today - Stickin' It to the Man (Bang Bang Boom Cake)
talk
Candy Band - Monsters (Calling All Kids)
Not-Its - B.A.T.H.
Quiet Two - Secret Tunnel (Make Some Noise)
ID
TMBG - Ana Ng
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-10-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Here's what we played:

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - stalk of wheat (the spine)
tom freund - party in the yard (hug trees)dan zanes - erie canal (with suzanne vega)
id
sinead o'connor - someday my prince will come (stay awake)
lunch money - nightlights (silly reflection)
frances england - firefly (family tree)
elizabeth mitchell - north wind (you are my little bird)
id

segment 2
moey's music party - pierre wouldn't wash his hair (moey's music party)
trout fishing in america - when you get dressed
eno/cale - one word
id/prep to rock
westerberg - love you in the fall (open season)
pixies - tony's theme (surfer rosa)
id

segment 3
egg - zoom (sunny side up)
justin roberts - she's a yellow reflector (pop fly)
id
teenage fanclub - star sign (bandwagonesque)
ralph's world - what's new pussycat (happy lemons)
id


segment 4
scribblemonster - spare the rock spoil the child
id
world party - put the message in the box
recess monkey - i got a toy but i played with the box (monkey town)
sippy cups - ladybug beat (one day soon ep)
id
jonathan richman - this kind of music

segment 5
sharon jones & the dap kings - this land is your land (naturally)
silly bus - earth and sun (silly bus)
id
johnny cash - dinosaur song (children's album)
astrograss - pit paddle paddle (let me stay up all night)
randy newman - you've got a friend in me (best of)
id

segment 6
uncle rock - rock and roll babysitter (plays well with others)
rem - it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
ellen and matt - juice box rock (best friends)
id
bill janovitz - the farm where everyone does what they want to do (rock 'n' roll coochicoo revue)
id
tmbg - the bloodmobile

2008-09-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order? (here come the abcs)
sippy cups - one day soon (one day soon ep)
scribblemonster - scratchy records (songs with no character)
id
nields - superhero soup (rock all day rock all night)
link wray - rumble
id

segment 2
gustafer yellowgold - aye aphid
renee & jeremy - miracle (it's a big world)
id/prep to rock w/ astrid
john carlin - run around (park slope parents vol 1)
happy tom - cereal (family hootenanny)
audrarox - i can do it by myself (i can do it by myself)
id

segment 3
todd edwards - eva deanna (hoodwinked ost)
paul westerberg - mr. rabbit (stereo)
brady rymer - saturday night (here comes...)
id
white stripes - rag & bone
mr. s - tom tom drum
id

segment 4
scribblemonster - strstc
id
dar williams - better things
roger day - dream big! (dream big!)
id
salsa para gatitos y perritos - meow, hou-hou (baby loves salsa)
robyn hitchcock - balloon man
id

segment 5
gear daddies - zamboni song (billy's live bait)
id
justin roberts - nightlight (not naptime)
rebecca frezza & big truck - tall and small (tall and small)
id
basia bulat - in the night
kimya dawson - alphabutt (alphabutt)
id

segment 6
gunnar madsen - mayo & pumpernickel bread
bnl - food party (snacktime)
medeski martin & wood - let's go everywhere (let's go everywhere)
id
board of education - know your inventors
dog on fleas - happy (live for spare the rock)
id
tmbg - high five! (here come the 123s)
tmbg - spare the rock

2008-09-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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2008-09-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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And yes, we did play "Where Is My Mind?." It has the phrase "coy koi," which cracks me up.

2008-09-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Four of Two (No!)
Michelle Shocked - Strawberry Jam (Arkansas Traveler)
Courtney Kaiser & Benjamin Cartel - The Season Song (Park Slope Parents Vol 1)
ID
Steve Lee - Wake Up (What Did You Do Today?)
ID

Segment 2
Daniel Lanois - Under a Stormy Sky (Acadie)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (BarBQ)
ID/prep to rock
Rocknoceros - Apollo (Dark Side of the Moon Bounce)
Fountains of Wayne - Laser Show (Utopia Parkway)
ID
AudraRox - All My Toys Are Broken (AudraRox)
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Segment 3
School for the Dead - Periscope (Telephone Built for Two)
ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
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Terrible Twos - Pizza & Chocolate Milk (If You Ever See An Owl...)
Lunch Money - Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
Kevin Kammeraad - The Couch (Tomato Collection)
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Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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Brady Rymer - Keep Up With You (Every Day is a Birthday)
Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough (I Am Not Afraid Of You...)
ID/Book Time with Ella
Father Goose - Jig Jog Gee (it's a Bam Bam Diddly!)
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Segment 5
The Meters - Ride Your Pony
SteveSongs - Library (Little Superman)
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Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - I Can't Wait for Summer (Snow Day!)
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The Shins - They'll Soon Discover
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Segment 6
Tim Burgess - Say Yes
Yosi - Eat, Repeat (What's Eatin' Yosi?)
Steve Weeks - Kiki Kangaroo (Alphabet Songs Vol 2)
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TMBG - Older (Mink Car)

2008-08-30 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Stream it on demand at WRSI.com!

2008-08-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Remember, the on-demand streams are now at WRSI.com.

2008-08-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Remember, streams are now hosted at our page at WRSI.com!

2008-08-09 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Remember, streams are now hosted at our page at WRSI.com!
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2008-08-02 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Stream the show on demand at WRSI.com.

2008-07-26 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Recess Monkey live today! C'mon down!

On-demand streams have moved to The River's website!

2008-07-19 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

On-demand streams have moved to The River's website!

2008-07-12 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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2008-07-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

.Guest DJ set from Sippy Rudy and much more!



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2008-06-28 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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By the way, quite soon we'll be moving the streaming over to the River's site.

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Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for 2008-06-21

Great new music and old stuff too! Listen here:



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2008-06-14 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (fixed again)

More new Terrible Twos; new Board of Education; Beach Boys; more. Listen to it here:



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2008-06-07 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With Dog on Fleas live in the studio, great new music from the Terrible Twos and Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo, and much more!

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2008-05-31 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With the Submarines live in-studio, more new music from Lisa Loeb, Mr. Oscat, Adam & the Couch Potatoes, and much more!

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2008-05-24 (fixed) Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Stream should be fixed now.

New music from Lisa Loeb, Sesame Street Playground, and more!

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2008-05-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Fun show, with new music from Justin Roberts, Alex the Seal, Recess Monkey, Frances England, and more! Listen to it here:

2008-05-10 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

World premiere music from Recess Monkey and more!

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2008-05-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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2008-04-26 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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2008-04-19 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

All sorts of great stuff, including brand new music from Frances England, Ralph's World, and more!

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2008-04-12 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With new music from Justin Roberts, Barenaked Ladies, Tom Freund, and much more. Stream it:

2008-04-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With School for the Dead live in-studio and much more! Stream it:

2008-03-29 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With new music from Dan Zanes, Astrograss, Big Bang Boom, and more! Stream it:

2008-03-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With Maria Sangiolo live in-studio, lots of great music, and more!

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2008-03-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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2008-03-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With an in-studio performance from John Powers and more. Stream it below, and come see Princess Katie & Racer Steve at Lyman Hall at First Churches at 1:00.

2008-03-01 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With a great guest DJ set from Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood, and much more!

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2008-02-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With new music from Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke, Daddy A Go Go, Mr. S, and much much more!

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2008-02-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (River Version)

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2008-02-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (VFR version, hosted by Princess Katie & Racer Steve)

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2008-02-09 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2008-02-02 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With Uncle Rock, much rocking, and more!

2008-01-26 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

With the Deedle Deedle Dees live in-studio and tons of great music!

2008-01-19 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Now with less-bad sound! (And more rawk!)

2008-01-12 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

NOTE: A minute or so of blank space at the start. Sorry.

2008-01-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Guest hosted by Princess Katie & Racer Steve. Rock!