Friday, January 30, 2009

2009-01-31 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Boss of Me
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land (Naturally)
ID
Auden - Howdy Cowboy
Nikolai Moderbacher - Wake Up (Tabula Rasa)
ID
Metthew - Fire

Segment 2
Nat - Sunset Fire
Bunny Clogs - Pharaoh Pharouk's Phyrst Phood Phyramid
Elizabeth Mitchell - 3 is the Magic Number (You Are My Sunshine)
ID/prep to rock
Not-Its - We Are the Not-Its
Matthew Sweet - Scooby Doo
Strange Kidz - Superhero (Kidz Album)
ID

Segment 3
Patricia - Little Holes
ID
Ratboy Jr. - Floating Up (EP)
Ben Kweller - How It Should Be (Sha Sha)
Justin Roberts - The Backyard Super Kid (Pop Fly)
Yo La Tengo - Moonrock Mambo
ID

Segment 4
Peter - The Blue Ocean
ID
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Vegetarian Tyrannosaurus Rex (Freedom in a Box!)
Lunch Money - Tiny Dinosaurs (Dizzy)
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (The New You)
Me3 - Apple (The Thin King)
ID/Book time w/ Ella (Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibbotson)

Segment 5
Harmonica Pocket in-studio

Segment 6
Interview with Todd Robbins
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - Wonder Wheel
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me (Easy)
ID
TMBG - No! (No!)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Friday, January 23, 2009

2009-01-24Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to Andy Ure for a great great guest DJ set! You can listen on-demand at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incadescent Gas)
Randy Kaplan - Good Morning Blues (Loquat Rooftop)
Woody Guthrie - Wake Up (Nursery Days)
Elizabeth Mitchell - You Are My Sunshine (Sing Along with Putumayo)
ID
Ladysmith Black Mambambo & Kermit the Frog - African Alphabet (Songs from the Street)
Daniel - Sleeping Tigers (Group H poetry)
ID

Segment 2
Hannah - Little Brown Bones (Group H)
Dan Wilson - Sidewalks of New York
ID/prep to rock
Paul Westerberg - Mr. Rabbit
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Obama Song
AudraRox - Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Baldy (Freedom in a Box!)

Segment 3
Katie - Sound Poem
ID/Meltdown announcement
Guest DJ set from Andy from the Quiet Two
1. Sit On A Sandwich – Brute Force
2. Robot Parade (Adult Version) – TMBG
3. It’s Alright To Cry - Rosey Grier / Free To Be Me and You Soundtrack
4. Bubbles – The Free Design
5. The Soft Machine – A Concise British Alphabet
6. Exercise Is Good For You – The Wombles

Segment 4
Liam - Brown Hurricanes
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Guest DJ set, con't:
7. Race You To The Corner – Music For Aardvarks
8. Cars – Gary Numan
9. Girl From Venus – Perrey-Kingsley
10. Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers
11. Theme from Hair from the Soundtrack
12. Nothing To Do– Bruce Haack

Segment 5
Lucas - A Nest
Guest DJ set, conclusion:
13. Do the Funky Penguin – Rufus Thomas
14. Hole In My Shoe – Traffic
15. Mc Spella – Muckafurgason
16. Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers
17. Someday Children – Susan and The Kids / Sesame Street
18. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke / Mary Poppins Soundtrack
19. Scarecrow – The Pink Floyd

Segment 6
Maddie - Sand Dollar
ID
Egg & Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - I Like Fruit
XTC - Fruit Nut
Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
ID
TMBG - Dr. Worm
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Friday, January 16, 2009

2009-01-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Particle Man
Nields - Muffin Man
ID
Ella Fitzgerald - The Hot Canary (Miss Ella's Playhouse)
ScribbleMonster - The Song of LIFE (Songs with No Character)
ID

Segment 2
Ben Rudnick & Friends - Cowgirl Song (live at Spare the Rock)
Grateful Dead - The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
ID/prep to rock
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
Mr. Richard - Zanyville (Might As Well Sing)
ID
Group H Poem: Anni - Tooth Fairy

Segment 3
Group H Poem: Anya - Color
Uncle Rock - It's Hot! Don't Touch It!
Talking Head - I Zimbri
Paul Westerberg - Meet Me in the Meadow
Terrible Twos - Lily Names Everything Sandy (Jerzy the Giant)
ID
Ben G. - Funny Books

Segment 4
Benjamin G-R - Animals
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Bunny Clogs - Midtown Greenway (More! More! More!)
Tom Freund & Friends - Hug Trees (Hug Trees)
Caitlin - Sun Burst
ID
Monkees - Gonna Buy Me a Dog
ID/book time with Ella (after the break, Uncle Rock live in the studio)

Segment 5
Uncle Rock in-studio

Segment 6
Cat Power - New York
Cathy Heller - Supergirl (Say Hello to the Sun)
ID
Marcy Gregoire - Spittin' Seeds
Dennis Caraher - Chasin' After Chickens (I Miss the Mud)
ID
TMBG - Apartment Four (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Friday, January 09, 2009

2009-01-10 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to Marcy Gregoire and to Cat in the Hat and Horton for coming by! (Yes, we had Cat in the Hat and Horton in the studio!)

You can listen to the show any time on-demand at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Joe McDermott - Come to Hawaii (Hawaiian Playground)
ID
Maria Sangiolo - Power Shower (live at Spare the Rock)
Trout Fishing in America - Big Round World (Big Round World)
Frances England - Best Friends (Family Tree)
ID

Segment 2
Ziggy Marley - Beautiful Day
Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys - It's Not Easy Being Green (The Bottle Let Me Down)
Eels - Daisy Through Concrete (Daisies of the Galaxy)
ID/prep to rock (happy birthday, Ben!)
(Uncle Rock live at NCMC one week from today!)
Uncle Rock - Play Outside Today (Uncle Rock U)
Daddy-A-Go-Go - School Bus Driver(Rock of All Ages)

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go, All Ready to Go
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away (Fragile Army)
ID
Jimmies - Cool to Be Uncool (Make Your Own Someday)
Recess Monkey - S-L-Double E-P Over (Tabby Road)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Marcy Gregoire live in-studio

Segment 5
Cat in the Hat and Horton live in-studio

Segment 6
Blitzen Trapper - New Shoes (For the Kids Three)
Winterpills - Purple Pictures
ID
Bunny Clogs - 3 Dogs and a Pancake (More! More! More!)
T. Rex - Telegram Sam
Lunch Money - Dizzy (Dizzy)
ID
TMBG - Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Friday, January 02, 2009

2009-01-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero (Mink Car)
NRBQ - Accentuate the Positive
Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters - This Land is Your Land (Funky Kidz)
ID
Billy Bragg - The Beach is Free
Dan Zanes & Friends - Keep On the Sunnyside (Rocket Ship Beach)
ID

Segment 2
The New Standards - Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll)
Kimya Dawson - Sunbeams and Some Beams (Alphabutt)
ID
Jingle Punx - Auld Lang Syne (Coal)
Apples in Stereo - Energy (New Magnetic Wonder)
Uncle Rock - Disco Nap (Plays Well With Others)
ID

Segment 3
Bunny Clogs - Velveeta Girl & Squatsy (More! More! More!)
Grupa Fantasma - Gimme More!
ID
Jellydots - Bicycle (Hey You Kids!)
CandyBand - My Bike (Calling All Kids)
Madness - Our House

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World (Remote Control Version)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - The Wheels on the Bus (Baby Loves Jazz)
ID
Sippy Cups - One Day Soon (EP)
ID

Segment 5
ID
Liz Mitchell - What Goes On (You Are My Little Bird)
Maria Sangiolo - Celia Says
ID
Nields - With Catlike Tread (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Hot Lava (Easy)
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in My Breakfast (Ladybug One)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 6
ID/book time with Ella conclusion
Richard Julian - Spring is Just Around the Corner
Lunch Money - Ate Too Much of My Favorite Food (Dizzy)
ID
Me 3 - Apple (The Thin King)
Go! Team - Milk Crisis (Proof of Youth bonus disc)
ID
TMBG - Nonagon (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock