2011-01-01 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Happy New Year! Thanks to Mister G for a great in-studio and to Rosa for guest DJing!

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Older
Mister G in-studio
- Bugs
- Chi Chi Castngo
- Chocolate
- Aisle 3

Segment 2
Bing Crosby - Let It Snow!
GrooveGrass Boyz - Auld Lang Syne
ID/prep to rock
Potjeikos - Seasons
Semisonic - This Will Be My Year

Segment 3
Readeez - Meet the Clock
Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine - I Am a Clock
ID
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Elizabeth Mitchell - Lovely Day (Sunny Day)
ID
Elvis Costello - Radio Radio

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Rosa:
ID
Burchie Green - I Wanna Bring My Dog to Dinner
Chris Scanlon - Fish Daddy
ID
Ralph's World - Happy Lemons
ABBA - Mamma Mia
ID

Segment 5
Rosa Guest DJ, con't
Mister G - Sneaky Chuihauhua (sp?)
ID
By Kids for Kids - I Love This Game
Fiesta in Mexico - La Bamba
ID
Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
ID
Israel Kama... - Over the Rainbow


Segment 6
Lunch Money - Snow Globe
ScribbleMonster - Just Happy to Be Me (Look Both Ways)
ID
New Standards - Rattle My Bones
Jingle Punx - Auld Lang Syne
ID
TMBG - Particle Man
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-12-25 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Segment 1 (19:14)
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - O Tannenbaum
Uncle Rock in-studio

Segment 2
Glenn Miller Orchestra - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Vince Gauraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy
The Not-Its! - Last Christmas
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx - You Gotta Get Up
Fleshtones - Super Rock Santa
Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot Christmas
ID

Segment 3
Wee Hairy Beasties - Dinosaur Christmas
Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
ID
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Christmas on the Block
Big Al Carson with Lars Edegran and his Santa Claus Revelers - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Wee Hairy Beasties - Tummy Trouble PSA
ID
Bob Dylan - Must be Santa
Jonathan Coulton - Chiron Beta Prime


Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Ashley/Jimmies
Esquivel - Jingle Bells
Jimmies - Chanukah, Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanuka
Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo
Drifters - White Christmas
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Carolina Christmas
Jimmies - Nuthin' For Christmas

Segment 5
Ramones - Merry Christmas
Smokey Robinson - Christmas Everyday
Granville Williams Orchestra - Santa Claus is Ska-ing to Town
Gayla Peavy - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Jim Carrey & Busta Rhymes - Grinch 2000
Jimmies - Jingle Bells

Segment 6
Martin Sexton - Holly Jolly Christmas
Asylum Street Spankers - Zat You, Santa Claus?
ID
John Denver & the Muppets - When the River Meets the Sea
Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song
XTC - Thanks for Christmas
ID
TMBG - Santa Claus

2010-12-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Brendan Taaffe in-studio
- Saw a Ship
- Well May the World Go
- Daddy Fox


Segment 2
Asylum Street Spankers - Linus and Lucy
Dan Zanes - Tonight Tonight (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
ScribbleMonster - Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
Muckafurgason - Dictionary
Bazillions - Super Sonic Rocket Bike
ID

Segment 3
Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Ain't Nothin' But a Party
ID/book time with Ella (Oracles of Delphi Keep by Victoria Laurie)
Roots - Lovely, Love My Family
Lunch Money - You and Me and a Bottle of Bubbles
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Elizabeth Mitchell Guest DJ set
some children see him- rufus and martha wainwright
santa claus is coming to town- ella jenkins
soulful christmas- james brown
the last month of the year- the staples singers
just like christmas- low

set 2
the coming of jah- low
children go where i send thee- johnny cash
yuki- elizabeth mitchell and you are my flower
run rudolph run- chuck berry


Segment 6
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Hipwaders - It's Wintertime
Wee Hairy Beasties - Yellow Snow PSA
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Road Trip
Pomplamoose - Up on the Housetop
ID
TMBG - Meet the Elements

2010-12-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Empty Bottle Collector
Herb Alpert/Mocean Worker - Bittersweet Samba
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Barenaked Ladies - Pollywog in a Bog
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band - Froggie Went A Courtin'
ID

Segment 2
ID
Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts
Neil Brewer & Friends - Not Like You
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
ScribbleMonster - Clink, Clank (Look Both Ways)
Robbert Bobbert - We R Super Heroes
Que Pastas - Common Denominator
Jingle Punx - You Gotta Get Up
ID

Segment 3
Yosi & the Superdads ID
Yosi & the Superdads - She Just Doesn't Get It (...and a Happy New Year)
Beatles - Octopus's Garden
ID
Uncle Rock - Too Many Presents
The Come Ons - More
ID
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love, and Understanding?

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Justin Roberts Guest DJ set:
Bob Dorough - Zero, My Hero
Tom Lehrer - Silent E
Trashmen - Surfer Bird
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Beach Boys - Vegetables
Willy Wonka - Oompa Loompa

Segment 5
Justin Roberts Guest DJ set, con't
Kinks - People Take Pictures of Each Other
Harry Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles
Free Design - Kites are Fun
Randy Newman - Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground
Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts - Snow Day
Pomplamoose - Always in the Season
ID
Lunch Money - Getaway Car (Original Friend)
Brian Eno - I'll Come Running (Another Green World)
ID
TMBG - Working Undercover For the Man

2010-12-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Nine Bowls of Soup
New Standards - Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Keep on the Sunny Side
ID
Ziggy Marley w/ Willie Nelson - This Train
Gustafer Yellowgold - Penguin Day (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID

Segment 2
ID
Marvin Pontiac - Small Car
Lunch Money - Miniature Things
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx - Chanuka
Boogers - I Wish I Was a Mole
Baby Grands - Dinosaur (Baby Grands II)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - Jet Pack (Final Funktier)
King Missile - Get Up (Surprise Your Pig)
ID
Dean Jones - Rock Paper Scissors (Rock Paper Scissors)
Luv Clowns - Draw
Big Bang Boom - Spare the Rock
Justin Roberts - Cardboard Box
Debbie and Friends - Willy Won't

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Mama Doni
Mama Doni - The Legend Of Sour Cream Vs. Apple Sauce
Billy Sherwood, Rockin' Hannukah
GrooveBarbers - I Have A Little Dreidel
Mama Doni - Honey, This Ain't Money
The Hit Crew - 8 Little Lights of Mine
Tor Hyams & Jkidz - This Is chanukah

Segment 5
Guest DJ set from Mama Doni

Ruby and Ava Lockner - Is It Chanukah or Hannukah?
Graham Clarke - Five Little Latkes
Shira Kilne - Ocho Kandelikas
Barenaked Ladies - Hannukah Blessings
Woodie Guthrie - Hannukah Dance
Mama Doni - Chanukah Fever

Segment 6
Pianosaurus - (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the) Toystore (Groovy Neighborhood)
Jonathan Richman - Corner Store
ID
Uncle Rock - Please Don't Make Me Laugh When I'm Upset (live at Spare the Rock) (at Flywheel 12/11)
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
The Not-Its! - Green Light, Go!
ID
TMBG featuring Marty Beller - Speed and Velocity
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-11-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - The Bloodmobile
Luv Clowns - K-I-D-S (Love Clowns!)
ID
Tom Waits - Young at Heart
Caspar Babypants - All You Pretty Babies
Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here (live at the Riversound Cafe)
ID

Segment 2
Bramble Jam - Pancakes
Nields - Muffin Man
ID/prep to rock
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Bunny Clogs - 3 Dogs and a Pancake (More! More! More!)
Terrible Twos - When I Get To Eleven
ID

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster - All Ready To Go
Duplex - DNA
ID
XTC - Mayor of Simpleton
Mister G - Run
Jeremy Plays Guitar - I Meant to Do That
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Keith Munslow - Are You Gonna Eat That? (Homemade Fun)
Yo La Tengo - Be Thankful for What You Got
ID
Lunch Money - Original Friend (Original Friend)
White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends

Segment 5
Deedle Deedle Dees - Nellie Bly
ID/book time with Ella (Nellie Bly's Book)
Flannery Brothers - Best Pillow in the World dance remix
Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance
Four Tet - Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Segment 6
Uncle Rock - Shoe Bandit
ID (Flywheel 12/11 1:30)
Lucas Miller - Living in a Wetland
Ratboy Jr - Worms
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Sticks and Stones (Underground Playground)
ID
TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-11-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Clap Your Hands
Jason Trachtenburg - Dr. Worm
Jonathan Coulton - I'm Your Moon (Live)
ID (F&K, Flannery Bros)
Frances England - Place in Your Heart
Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was) - Baby Mine (Stay Awake)
ID

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas - Happy (Bestest of the Best)
Butterflyfish - You Be You (Great and Small)
ID/prep to rock
Boogers - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?
ID


Segment 3
Flannery Brothers In-Studio
Hi-5 Dance
Pirate or Parrot?
Rutabaga

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Bazillions - Super Sonic Rocket Bike (Rock n Roll Recess)
Jimmies - What's that Sound?
ID
Fids & Kamily Countdown:
#10 Randy Kaplan - The Kid is All Id (The Kid is All Id)
ID
#9 Flannery Brothers - Boots (New Explorer's Club)
#8 Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Ranky Tanky (Ranky Tanky)
ID

Segment 5
ID
# 7 Pop-Ups - Outside Inside (Outside Voices)
#6 Okee Dokee Brothers - Neighbors (Take It Outside)
#5 Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Opposite Day (Underground Playground)
#4 - Recess Monkey - Ukalalien (The Final Funktier)
ID

Segment 6
ID
#3 - Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Lovely Day (Sunny Day)
#1 (Tie) Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti - Jonathan Coulton - Princess Who Saved Herself
#1 (Tie) Justin Roberts - We Go Duck (Jungle Gym)
ID
Book Time with Ella (Anne of Avonlea)
Isley Brothers - Move Over and Let Me Dance
TMBG - What Is a Shooting Star? (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-11-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - No! (No!)
Ella Fitzgerald - The Muffin Man
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Shoo Lie Loo (Sunny Day)
ID
Justin Roberts - Sign My Cast (Jungle Gym)
Sweet Honey in the Rock - I Like It That Way (Healthy Food for Thought)

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas - Blueberry Pie (The Bestest of the Best)
Grover - Over, Under, Around, and Through (Sesame Street Old School Vol.2)
ID/prep to rock
Milkshake - Shake It Up (Great Day)
Apples in Stereo - CPU (Travellers in Space and Time)
Frances England - Come Back Home (Mind of My Own)

Segment 3
Soft Boys - Muriel's Hoof/Rout of the Clones
Todd McHatton - Paper Thin (Sundays at the Rocket Park)
Dick Dale - Miserlou
ID
Sippy Cups - The Day After Halloween
Billy Kelly - I Don't Know!

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Royal Order of Chords & Keys - Punk Rock One Sock (Punk Rock One Sock!!!)
Flannery Brothers - Big Kite (New Explorers' Club)
ID
Moona Luna - Hay Que Trabajar (Pinata Party)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Si Se Puede (American History + Rock & Roll)
ID
Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy

Segment 5
John and Mark - Colors
Ditty Bops - Evergreen
Ben Harper - In the Colors
ID/book time with Ella (Recess Monkey theme) (Best Christmas Pageant Ever)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Green Grass in-studio
Mister Richard - The "Please-Don't-Tell-Me-You're-Gonna-Wear-That-Super-Hero-Costume-Again" Blues
ID

Segment 6
Lunch Money - I Love My Library
ID
Kinks - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
ID
Lunch Money - Come Over to My Dollhouse (Original Friend)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Secret Handshake
Asylum Street Spankers - Everybody Loves My Baby
ID
TMBG - Science is Real
TMBG - Spare the Rock
ID

2010-11-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Go For G
Grover & George - The Two 'G' Sounds
ID
Mister G - Squirrels
Brady Rymer - Well May the World Go
Bruce Springstreen - Erie Canal
ID
Pete Seeger - Quite Early Morning

Segment 2
Uncle Rock - Very Good Question
Lyle Lovett - Church
ID/prep to rock
Ernie & Neal - Pink Piggie Polka Pancake Picnic
Fatboy Slim - Rockafeller Skank

Segment 3
The Baby Grands - Where Are You From?
Mike Post - Theme from the Rockford Files
ID
The Not-Its! - Say It Loudly
The Pop-Ups - Outside Inside
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Flannery Brothers - Let's Go! (The New Explorers Club)
Royal Order of Chords & Keys - Cookies and Milk
ID/book time with Ella (Young Masters books)
Cheap Trick - Hello There
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - Space Kitty!!!
ID

Segment 5
Billy Kelly Live in-studio
- We Like LA
- People Really Like Milk
- It's Close Enough

Segment 6
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Sound of Sunshine
ID
Rhythm Child - I Can't Play Today
Friendzies - Time 2 Play
Frances England - Ladybug
ID
TMBG - Bed, Bed, Bed (Live) (Here Come the 123s)

2010-10-30 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Bloodmobile
Jim Armenti - The Great Pumpkin Roll
ID
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
Asylum Street Spankers - Don't Turn Out the Light
Wee Scary Beasties - Here Comes My Shadow
ID

Segment 2
Steve Weeks - 4 Little Girls
Stan Ridgway - Spider's Web
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Mighty Weaklings - Monster Under My Bed
Candy Band - Monsters
ScribbleMonster - Candy for Breakfast
ID

Segment 3
Ralph's World - Harry's Haunted Halloween Circus
Jimmies - Soaper the Scaredy-Bot
ID
Sippy Cups - I Am a Robot
Wee Scary Beasties - Pumpkinhead
Los Straitjackets - Munsters Theme
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in My Breakfast
Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll
Strange Kidz - Monsters in the Dark
ID
Mister G - Ghosts and Goblins
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
ID

Segment 5
ID
Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk
School for the Dead - Superhero
ID
Book Time With Ella - Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Wee Scary Beasties - Monster's Disco
Mates of State - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants
Daddy A Go Go - I Wanna Be an Action Figure
ID

Segment 6
Monty Harper - Trick or Treat Smell My Feet
Telephone Company - Panda Brain
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Put On the Dress
Apples in Stereo - Energy
ID
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero '05

2010-10-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Mammal
Deedle Deedle Dees - Scared by My Own Costume
Pink Floyd - Fearless
ID
Uncle Rock - Picnic in the Graveyard
Trout Fishing in America - It Must be Halloween
ID

Segment 2
Dan Zanes - Alba Mananera (Nueva York)
Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun (Best Of)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Baze and his Silly Friends - Scare Me Scare You
Candy Band - Fashion Show
ID

Segment 3
Duplex! - That's How We Make a Sandwich
The Not-Its! - Green Light, Go
ID
Tegan & Sara - Walking with a Ghost
Book Time with Ella (The Great Brain)
Frances England - Free To Be Me
Board of Education - 8 is a Number
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Keller Williams - Car Seat (Kids)
Enzo Garcia - Side of a Mountain Top
Salteens - Count On My Hands (Kid Songs)
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold - Mustard Slugs
Recess Monkey - Busy Bees (Wonderstuff)

Segment 5
Big Bang Boom - I Didn't Do It & It Wasn't Me (Songs Your Mom Will Like!)
Dennis Caraher - Chasin' After Chickens
ID
Fat Freddy's Drop - The Camel
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Never Stop Asking

Segment 6
Justin Roberts - New Haircut
Shins - They'll Soon Remember
ID
Caspar Babypants - Googly Eyes (This Is Fun!)
ElEmEnOs - The Great Lakes
Mocean Worker - Chick A Boom Boom
ID
TMBG - I Can Add
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-10-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Seven
Okee Dokee Brothers - Bluegrass for Breakfast
Jay Mankita - Eat Like a Rainbow
Justin Roberts & Little Dave - Super Snappy Paps (Healthy Food for Thought)
ID
Dan Zanes - What a Wonderful World (with Lou Reed)

Segment 2
Oran Etkin - Little Lamb Jam
Andrew Jones & Spirit House - Billy Goat Drink Clear Water
ID/prep to rock
Sara Hickman - Eat My Breakfast
Egg - Summer Today
The Verve Pipe - Cereal
ID

Segment 3
ID
Billy Kelly - Is This a Joke?
Talking Heads - I Zimbra
Gustafer Yellowgold - Pterodactyl Tuxedo
ID (Carle 10/23 1:00)
Firewater - Ponzi's Revenge
Clementown - Skeleton Flowers
Laura Freeman - Frankenstein
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Justin Roberts - Big Field Trip
Los Lobos - Heigh Ho
ID
The Fuzzy Lemons - Jump in a Puddle
Muppets & Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Segment 5
Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Speak The Truth (Underground Playground)
ID
Dean Jones - Sing Like a Sparrow
Jeremy Plays Guitar - Use Your Words
ID
School for the Dead - Back to School

Segment 6
Flannery Brothers - In the Middle
Elizabeth Mitchell - Car Car
ID
Todd McHatton - Schadenfreude Fortune Cookie
Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
ID
TMBG - Fake Believe (Type B)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-10-09 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Thanks again to Trace and Len for talking about their excellent book.  You can pick it up at TraceBeaulieu.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - The Secret Life of Six
Deedle Deedle Dees - Major Deegan
The Nields - Goin' to the Zoo (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
ID
ScribbleMonster - The Game of LIFE
Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

Segment 2
Spanglish Wrangler - They Call It Spanish Monday
Alastair Moock - A Cow Says Moo
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Man or Astro-Man? - Mystery Science Theater 3000 Theme
Interview with Trace Beaulieu and Len Peralta (part 1)

Segment 3
Candy Band - Time Out
Holmes Brothers - Shine
Flannery Brothers - High 5 Dance (The New Explorer's Club)
ID
Justin Roberts - Trick or Treat (Jungle Gym)
Interview conclusion

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard
Jeremy Plays Guitar - Jump So High
Van Halen - Jump
ID
The Salteens - All My Friends Are Different

Segment 5
Cloud Cult - You Were Born
Artichoke - Honey (Bees)
Mary Lou Lord & Semisonic - Sugar Sugar
ID
Bramble Jam - Don't Squish That Bug
Dre Towey - Your House
ID

Segment 6
Matt Clark - Band-Aid
Mavis Staples - I Belong To The Band
Verve Pipe - Be Part of the Band
ID
Billy Kelly - I Say I'm Trying to Decide
Oran Etkin - High Low (Wake Up Clarinet)
TMBG - D is for Drums
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-10-02 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - James K. Polk (Factory Showroom)
Dog on Fleas - Give It Away (When I Get Little)
Matt Clark - Sitting Up Straight (Funnier Little Fella)
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Green, Green Rocky Road (with Dan Zanes) (Sunny Day)
Keith Munslow - Watchin' All the Cars Go By
ID

Segment 2
Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids - De Colores (Tomorrow's Children)
Bill Harley - A Walk Around the Block
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
ScribbleMonster - All Ready To Go!
ID

Segment 3
Salteens - I'm So Happy (Kid Songs)
REM - Furry Happy Monsters
ID
Cloud Cult - Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire
Pop-Ups - Up and Down
Artichoke - The Commune
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Keller Williams Guest DJ Set:
1 louis prima - i wana be like you
2 jerry garcia david grisman - jenny jenkins
3 toots and the maytals - country roads
4 cake - mahna mahna

Segment 5
Keller Williams Guest DJ Set 2:
1 Keller Williiams - mama tooted
2 pointer sisters - Twelve
3 choo choo soul - bullet train
4 tom t hall sneaky snake
5 Presidents of the united states of america - dune buggy

Segment 6
ID
Lunch Money vs. Grody - You Are Here (Remix)
Frances England - Mind of My Own (Mind of My Own)
ID
Jim Cosgrove - Cool Daddy (Swimming in Noodles)
Buckwheat Zydeco - Zydeco Boogaloo
Justin Roberts - New Haircut
ID
TMBG - Alphabet of Nations
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-09-25 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - QU
John Coltrane - Favorite Things
Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop
ID
Robbie Fulks - Browns Ferry Blues (Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook: Vol 1)
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Spider's Web
The Good Miss Padgett - I'm a Little Doodlebug
ID

Segment 2
Lunch Money - You Are Here (Many Hands)
Okee Dokee Brothers - Lucy and Tighty (Take It Outside)
ID/prep to rock
The Not-Its! - When I'm Five
Dressy Bessy - Electrified
Liz Phair & Material Issue - The Tra La La La Song
ID

Segment 3
Mono Puff - Guitar Was the Case
Ventures - Spudnik (Surf Rider)
ID
Free Energy - Dream City
Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Secret Handshake (Underground Playground)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers (Rockity Roll)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Si Se Puede
Dan Zanes - Verde Luz
ID
Van Morrison - Cleaning Windows

Segment 5
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell - Keep On the Sunny Side
Big Star - Watch the Sunrise
ID/Book Time with Ella
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Lucky Diaz - This Old Man
ID

Segment 6
Breeders - Invisible Man (Last Splash)
Grenadilla - Arabella Angelique (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID
Recess Monkey - Not Fast Cheetah
Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin - Bumblebee
Paul Weller - Fast Car, Slow Traffic
Bonerama - You've Got a Friend in Me (Funky Kidz)
ID
TMBG - Apartment 4
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-09-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Sleepwalkers
Trout Fishing in America - Alien in My Nose
Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup (BBC Sessions)
ID
Moby feat. Chrissi Polland - Sleep So Very Long

Segment 2
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Beautiful Day
Elizabeth Mitchell - Reggae in the Fields (Sunny Day)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Lunch Money - Dizzy
AudraRox - Sugar High
Trip Shakespeare - Two Wheeler, Four Wheeler
Uncle Rock - Magic Carpet Ride
ID

Segment 3
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Cookies & Milk
Wilson Pickett - Land of 1,000 Dances
ID
Bunny Clogs - Confessions of Teenage Lima Been
Prince - Get on the Boat
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Alexandra & the Good Batch - DEMAND (Extended Playdate)
Quiet Ones - Ultrafoot
ID
Steve Forbert - Autumn This Year
Old 97's - The Bug Song
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Ride the Butterflies (Underground Playground)
ID

Segment 5
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Purple People Eater
The Boy Least Likely To - When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
Ditty Bops - Lemon Tree
ID
David Tobocman - Hello, Goodbye
Recess Monkey - Book Time with Ella
ID/Book Time with Ella (Anne's House of Dreams)
Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Segment 6
Dean Jones - Sing Like a Sparrow
Gustafer Yellowgold - Penguin Day
ID
Dreyer Family Band - Home
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Home
Tom Waits - Long Way Home
ID
TMBG - My Brother the Ape
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-09-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Number Two (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones - Little By Little (Many Hands)
White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends
ID
Steve Weeks - If I Were a Cup
Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was) - Baby Mine (Stay Awake)

Segment 2
Pete Seeger - We Shall Not Be Moved
Deedle Deedle Dees - Do The Turnout
Dan Zanes - Pay Me My Money Down (Night Time)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Justin Roberts - Obsessed With Trucks
ID
The Go! - Knock Knock Banana

Segment 3
Big Bang Boom - Animal Sounds
New York Dolls - Dance Like a Monkey
ID
Artichoke - Mosquito
Robyn Hitchcock - Oceanside
Of Montreal - I Want to Have Fun
ID
Donna the Buffalo - Family Picture

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Billy Kelly - Everybody's Got Their Underwear On
Liz Phair & Marc Dauer - We're All Big Fans of Glands (The Body Rocks)
ID
Timbuk 3 - Facts About Cats
ID/book time with Ella
Peter Himmelman

Segment 5
ID
Primate Fiasco - Doggy in the Window (First Churches 9/12)
Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog
ID
Frances England - Jacques Costeau (Mind Of My Own)
Elizabeth Mitchell - School Days
ID
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Segment 6
Jimmies - Cool to be Uncool
Uncle Rock - Shake It Off!
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Cleanup Time
ID
Joe's Backyard Band - Crow
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - 13 O'Clock
TMBG - Four of Two
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-09-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - My Name is Kingof Socks (Many Hands)
Us 3 - Apple (The Thin King)
ID
Jenny Lewis - Barking at the Moon
Terrible Twos - Amelia Minor
ID
Kimya Dawson - Happy Home (Keep on Writing)

Segment 2
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Sunny Day
Psapp - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
The Call - Let the Day Begin
Brian Vogan - Wash Your Hands (Sing a Little Song)
Yosi - Hole in the Ground
ID

Segment 3
Weezer - Best Friend
Radioactive Chicken Heads - I Eat Kids (We're Not Kidding)
ID
Brady Rymer - Pie
Neil Diamond - Porcupine Pie
ID
Frank Black - Jumpin' Beans
Pixies - Bam Thwok
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive
Primate Fiasco - High Hopes (at First Churches on 9/12)
ID
Mister G - Pizza for Breakfast
Aquabats - Pizza Day
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 5
Frances England - Mind Of My Own (Mind of My Own)
Waterboys - Whole of the Moon
Ralph's World - Gotta Be Good
ID
Bazillions - Preposition

Segment 6
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Billy Kelly - The Dance From Outer Space
ID
SteveSongs - Ducks Hatching (Marvelous Day)
Jackie Lee - The Duck
Deedle Deedle Dees - Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga (History + Rock 'n' Roll)
ID
TMBG - Put It to the Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-08-28 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen on demand any time at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Meet James Ensor (Rev-105 Radio Archive)
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band - Pop Goes the Weasel (Play!)
Andrew Bird - The Twistable, Turnable Man
ID
Telephone Company - What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?
Caspar Babypants - All You Pretty Babies
ID
Butterflyfish - Lemonade (Ladybug)

Segment 2
Manu Chao - Bonga Bong (World Playground)
Moonlighters - Makin' Wickey-Wackey Down in Waikiki
ID/prep to rock
Burke - Toadstool
The Jam - Going Underground
Uncle Rock - Thank You and Goodnight (The Big Picture)
ID

Segment 3
Clementown - Olf
Reverend Horton Heat - Jonny Quest/Stop That Pigeon
ID
Billy Kelly - The Ballad of Johnny Box
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Modern English - Smiles & Laughter
ID/book time with Ella (The Truckers)
Frances England - Place In Your Heart
Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Keep On The Sunny Side (feat. Levon Helm)
ID

Segment 5
Flannery Brothers - Big Kite
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Green Grass Grows All Around (live in-studio)
ID
REM - Stand (Green)
Moey's Music Party - I Always Sit When I Eat
Randy Kaplan - Mama Don't Allow ( Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID

Segment 6
Dirty Sock Funtime Band - No Good Reason Party
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Secret Handshake
ID
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Inspiration Information
Dog on Fleas - Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step?
Board of Education - Rise and Shine
ID
They Might Be Giants - Electric Car
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-08-21 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen any time you like at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Even Numbers
Randy Kaplan - Shampoo Me (live in-studio)
ID
Pete Seeger - Solartopia (w/ Dar Williams)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Punching Cheese
ID (Gustafer at the Carle on October 23 at 1)

Segment 2
Hullabaloo - Keep On the Sunny Side
Ben Rudnick & Friends - I Need a Hand
ID/prep to rock
TMBG - Don't Spare the Rock
Elvis Costello - Radio Radio
Verve Pipe - Be Part of the Band
Sippy Cups - One Day Soon
ID

Segment 3
ID
Uncle Rock - Rock & Roll Babysitter
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
ID
Justin Roberts - Cardboard Box
Jonathan Coulton - The Princess Who Saved Herself
ID
Bazillions - Counting on a Friend
David Weinstone - Big Boom Whacker

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Lunch Money - Tricycle
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family - Elephants All Over the World
The Not-Its! - Fantastic
ID
Danny Adlerman - The Veggie Song
Okee Dokee Brothers - Hero

Segment 5
ID
Bzots - Two Months Security Deposit
XTC - Life Begins at the Hop
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Little Red Airplane
Astrograss - Drunken Sailor
Father Goose w/ Dan Zanes - Island in the Sun
ID

Segment 6
Billy Kelly - Me and My Brand New Haircut
Monkees - for Pete's Sake
Roger Day - I Like Yaks!
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Mind Over Matter (Underground Playground)
Mavis Staples - Freedom Highway
ID
TMBG - Spider
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-08-14 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

We had a lot of fun celebrating five years on the air!  Listen any time at our on-demand page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Older
Submarines - Swimming Pool (in studio)
Dog on Fleas - Green Grass of Summer
ID
Ginger Hendrix - Stinky Trash
Johnny Cash - Nasty Dan (Children's Album)
ID
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man

Segment 2
Barenaked Ladies - Things
Dan Zanes - Tonight Tonight (Many Hands)
Keith Munslow - Goin' to the Beach (in-studio)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland!)
ID

Segment 3
CandyBand - It's Your Birthday
Tiny Masters of Today - Hey Mr. DJ (Bang Bang Boom Cake)
ID
Hipwaders - Educated Kid
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Birthday
ID
Built to Spill - Big Dipper
Bunny Clogs - Olive's Olives
Laurie Berkner - Victor Vito
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Where's the Music
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask'd For You (Ranky Tanky)
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
ID
Jimmies - Somebody's Birthday (Make Your Own Someday)
Spoon - Fitted Shirt
Milkshake - Bottle of Sunshine
ID

Segment 5
Miles Davis - Move
Frances England - Charlie Parker
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Sticks and Stones
ID/Book Time with Ella
Billy Kelly - We Say LA (Is This Some Kind of Joke?)
Justin Roberts - It's Your Birthday (Meltdown!)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell - Lovely Day (Sunny Day)
David Tobocman - Lemonade School (Lemonade School)
Iron & Wine - Homeward, These Shoes
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Party Girl
Asylum Street Spankers - Sliver
ID
They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-08-07 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Visit our page at WRSI.com to listen on demand. Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Where Do They Make Balloons?
Dr. Dog - The Unicorn
Frances England - Fascinating Creatures
ID
Steve Weeks - Monkeys

Segment 2
Wee Hairy Beasties - Toenail Moon
Dan Zanes - Moonlit Town (live at Spare the Rock)
ID/prep to rock
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - Moonshot!!!
NRBQ - RC Cola and a Moon Pie
Suburbs - Cows
ID

Segment 3
Andrew Queen - Big Troubles for Little Red (Too Tall)
Lucky Diaz - Blue Bear
ID
Justin Roberts - We Go Duck
Slavic Soul Party - Never Gonna Let You Go
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - Jump Up (Rock 'n' Roll Playground
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Clelia's Party (Tiny Cool)
Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar
Guided by Voices - Teenage FBI
ID
Bazillions- Mac 'n' Cheese

Segment 5
Das Racist - Pizza Hut Taco Bell
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Speak the Truth (Underground Playground)
ID/book time with Ella
Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring 'Em In
Spoon - Underdog
ID

Segment 6
Grenadilla - Arabella Angelique (Many Hands)
Lion Rock - Fire Up the Shoesaw
ID
Todd McHatton - Fun & Adventure (Sundays at the Rocket Park)
The Not-Its! - Welcome To Our School (Time Out to Rock)
ID
TMBG - New York City
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-07-31 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Cowtown
fIREHOSE - Walkin' the Cow
Gustafer Yellowgold - Pinecone Lovely
ID
Lee Dorsey - Working in a Coal Mine
Dan Zanes - Tomorrow (Manana)
ID

Segment 2
Primate Fiasco - Apples and Bananas (Wheels on the Bus)
John & Mark - Colors (Children's Record)
ID/prep to rock
Egg - La La La (I Love You)
Ellen & Matt - Side By Side
ID

Segment 3
Bazillions - Tommy Got In Trouble
Hipwaders - Things You Want
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tiny Cool (Tiny Cool)
Prince - Starfish & Coffee (Sign O' the Times)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Opposite Day
ID
Kevin Kammeraad - Best Poem Ever

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (live at Spare the Rock)
School for the Dead -Superhero
Tim and the Space Cadets - Superhero
ID
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - My Lucky Day

Segment 5
Stan Ridgway - Mr. Moon Man (at Iron Horse 9/12)
Jonathan Coulton - I'm Your Moon
ID
Board of Education - 8 Is a Number (live at Spare the Rock)
Baby Grands - Pluto (Baby Grands)
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
ID

Segment 6
Caspar Babypants - Check It Out (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever (The Story)
ID
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in My Breakfast
Jonathan Samson - Everything Is Music To Me (Another Kid's Album)
Todd McHatton - Green Eleven (Sundays at the Rocket Park)
ID
They Might Be Giants - E Eats Everything
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-07-24 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Stand On Your Own Head (Lincoln)
Alejandro Escovedo - Sad & Dreamy (The Big 1-0) (The Bottle Let Me Down)
Kathleen Edwards - Eat the Alphabet (live at the Riversound Cafe)
ID
Uncle Rock (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) - There Is No Away (The Big Picture)
Charlie Hope - I'm Me! (I'm Me!)

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas - Sing About the Sun (Many Hands)
Joe's Backyard Band - Cities with Seagulls
ID/prep to rock
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - We Dress Ourselves
The Not-Its! - Accidentally (Time Out to Rock)
Keith Munslow - Accidentally (On Purpose) (Accidentally (On Purpose))
ID
Pixies - La La Love You

Segment 3
Magic Kids - Superball
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
ScribbleMonster - No Good Can Ever Come Of A Sleepover
ID
Bazillions - Super Sonic Rocket Bike (Rock-n-Roll Recess)
Okee Dokee Brothers - Neighbors (Take It Outside)
ID

Segment 4
ID
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Jonathon Coulton - Mr. Fancy Pants
Trout Fishing in America - My Favorite Jeans
Big Star - The Ballad of El Goodo
ID
Lunch Money - You Are Here (Many Hands)
Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
ID

Segment 5
Todd McHatton - Green Eleven (Sundays at the Rocket Park)
Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
ID
Daddy A Go Go - What a Wonderful World
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
ID
Dennis Caraher - Walk Like a Dinosaur

Segment 6
Recess Monkey - The Galax Sea
Luna - California (All The Way)
ID
John Ondrasik - The Hoppity Song
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
ID
They Might Be Giants - The Guitar
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-07-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com.  And see you at the Green River Festival all weekend!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - James K. Polk
Theresa Andersson - Birds Fly Away
Stars - Asleep (Sing Me To Sleep)
ID
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - If Mama Had Four Hands
Renee & Jeremy - Is It Really Any Wonder (C'mon)
ID

Segment 2
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Peace Behind the Bridge
Okee Dokee Brothers - Lucy and Tighty (Take It Outside)
ID/prep to rock
The Not-Its! - Time Out to Rock
The Pop Ups - Outside Inside
Decemberists - Valerie Plame
ID

Segment 3
Flannery Brothers - The Wake-Up Song
Alexandra & the Good Batch - DEMAND
ID
Egg w/ Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Look Both Ways
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Road Trip
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Zora (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land
Primate Fiasco - Sunny Side of the Street
ID
Poochamungas - Imagination Train
Justin Roberts - New Haircut
ID

Segment 5
Lunch Money - Roller Coaster (Silly Reflection)
Book Time with Ella (Ragtag)
Nields - Going to Boston
Elizabeth Mitchell - 3 Is the Magic Number
Us 3 - Cantaloop
Recess Monkey - Ukulalien (The Final Funktier)
ID

Segment 6
Randy Kaplan - The Kid is All Id (The Kid is All Id)
Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow
Joe's Backyard Band - Dishes
Starfish - Joshua's Treehouse
ID
They Might Be Giants - Letter Shapes (Here Come the ABCs)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-07-10 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Mammal
Billy Jonas - Bear to the Left (What Kind of Cat Are You?)
Loretta Lynn - High on a Mountain Top
ID
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
Michelle Shocked - Strawberry Jam
ID

Segment 2
Lullatone - Bedroom Bossa Band
Frances England - Tricycle (Fascinating Creatures)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Growl Growl (American History + Rock & Roll)
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Punk Rock, One Sock!!!
Starfish - Spread Your Wings (Enter Sandbox)
ID

Segment 3
ID
Primate Fiasco - Wheels on the Bus (Wheels on the Bus)
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can
Cake - Mahna Mahna
ID
Mister G - Run

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Justin Roberts - Obsessed by Trucks (Jungle Gym)
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla)
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell - Bright Morning Stars (Many Hands)
Nields - Who Are You Not to Shine
Ratboy Jr. - Floating Up
ID

Segment 5
Joe's Backyard Band - Crow (Kick Up a Breeze)
Dean Jones & Felice Brothers - Sing Like a Sparrow
ID
Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken?
Jonathan Richman - New England
ID
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down
Under the Tree Music - Spittin' Seeds
ID

Segment 6
Alexandra & the Good Batch - Extended Playdate (Extended Playdate)
ID
Tim & the Space Cadets - Superhero
Pete Yorn & Body Rocks - Pee Keeps Our Insides Clean (The Body Rocks)
Calexico - Quatro
ID
TMBG - My Name is Kingof Socks (Many Hands)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-07-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to Monte & kids for filling in! You can listen to the show at our page at WRSI.com.

2010-06-26 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to ScribbleJim and the ScribbleFamily for filling in -- it's always great to have them on the show.  You can listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Here's what they played:

TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Elaina ID
TMBG - (She Was a) Hotel Detective (They Might Be Giants)
Kermit - Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie)
Mr. Ray - Roy G. Biv (Start Dreaming!)
ID
The Rolling Stones - She’s Like a Rainbow (Their Satanic Majesties Request)

The Jimmies - What’s That Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)
ScribbleMonster - Why Must Everyone Talk at Once? (Songs With No Character)
Lunch Money - Are You a Rabbit? (Dizzy)
ID - Are You Prepared to Rock?
The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance? (Rocket to Russia)
Bumblefoot - What’s New Pussycat? (Uncool)
The Contours - Do You Love Me?
ID

Living Color - What’s Your Favorite Color? (Vivid)
Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke - Favorite Names (Rise and Shine)
The Figgs - Favorite Shirt (Lo-Fi at Society High)
ID
SpongeBob SquarePants - Best Day Ever (Movie Soundtrack)
Flannery Brothers - Best Pillow in the World (Love Songs for Silly Things)
Queen - You're My Best Friend (A Night at the Opera)
ID

ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child (Songs With No Character)
ID -
The Not-Its! - Green Light Go! (Time Out to Rock)
Everclear - Speed Racer (The Vegas Years)
The Primitives - Crash (Lovely)
ID -
Justin Roberts - In the Car (Yellow Bus)
Jim Croce - Rapid Roy (You Don't Mess Around with Jim)

Sesame Street - Mah Na Mah Na (Platinum Too)
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (White Album)
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (God Shuffled His Feet)
ID - Booktime with Elaina (My Haunted House by Angie Sage)
Smoking Popes - Writing a Letter (Get Fired)
The Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit (Briefcase Full of Blues)
ID

Adam Ant - Apollo 9 (Vive Le Rock)
Fountains of Wayne - Lost in Space (Utopia Parkway)
Ralph's World - The Robot Looked at the Stars (All Around Ralph's World)
Johnny Bregar - Fireman with a Rocket Ship (Dragonfly)
ID -
TMBG - Mr. Xcitement (Mink Car)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-06-19 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Happy Father's Day, and thanks to Yosi and the Superdads for the Father's Day guest DJ set!

Listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Even Numbers (Here Come the 123s)
Lunch Money - Miniature Things
Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips
ID
Mates of State - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants
Tom Waits - Bend Down the Branches
Tanya Donnelly - Moon River
ID
Randy Kaplan - Forever Young (The Kid is All Id)

Segment 2
Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys - It's Not Easy Being Green
Bramble Jam - Don't Squish that Bug
ID/prep to rock
Replacements - Jungle Rock (Stay Awake)
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie
Mommie - Shadow
ID

Segment 3
Starfish - Bike (Enter Sandbox)
Candy Band - Ice Cream (High Five)
ID
White Stripes - Rag and Bone
Telephone Company - I Know You're Having a Problem (Panda Brain!)
Kinks - Picture Book
Mister G - Dogs Don't Fly (Pizza For Breakfast)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Yosi & The Superdads Intro
Yosi & The Superdads - “Oo, La, La (Travelin’)” [Super Kids Rock]
Yosi & The Superdads discuss presents for Dad
Yosi & The Superdads - “Thank You” [Super Kids Rock]
Yosi & The Superdads have e-mail!
Yosi & The Superdads – “Hey” [Super Kids Rock] …(end at 13:51)

Segment 5
Yosi & The Superdads phone call
Yosi & The Superdads – “B-E-A-C-H” [Super Kids Rock]
Yosi Father’s Day Greeting
Brady Rymer – “Dilly Dally Daisy” [Every Day is a Birthday]
Yosi & The Superdads News (w/Bill Melater & Prof. Smarty Pants)
Dr. Noize – “Banana” [The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof]
Yosi Father’s Day Greeting
Yosi – “Pass The Purple Pesto Pasta Please” [What’s Eatin’ Yosi?]
Yosi & The Superdads wish you a HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
Yosi & The Superdads - “Oo, La, La (Travelin’)” [Super Kids Rock]

Segment 6
Milkshake - Enemies
Police - Walking on the Moon
ID/Book Time with Ella (Mysterious Benedict Society)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask'd For You (today at the Eric Carle Museum)
Haley Bonar - I Wanna Be Like You (Sing With Me)
ID
TMBG - Alphabet of Nations
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-06-12 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen on-demand at our page at WRSI.com. And thanks to Randy Kaplan for stopping by!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Nine Bowls of Soup
Brian Wilson - Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine
Elizabeth Mitchell - John the Rabbit (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
Renee & Jeremy - Rely
Dean & Britta - Making Me Smile (Sing Me to Sleep)
Charity & the JAMband - Whatcha Gonna Bring (Rock Your Socks Off)
ID

Segment 2
Justin Roberts - 2 x 4 (Jungle Gym)
Frances England - Daddy-O
Lunch Money - Nightlights (Silly Reflection)
ID/prep to rock
Liz Phair (& Marc Dauer) - Everything's Controlled by the Brain (The Body Rocks)
Alexandra & the Good Batch - DEMAND (Extended Playdate)

Segment 3
Quazar & the Bamboozled - Can You Picture That?
Angelique Kidjo - Move on Up
ID
The Pop Ups - Outside Inside (Outside Voices)
Recess Monkey - Science Fair (Final Funktier)
ID/Book Time with Ella (Magic Or Not)
Recess Monkey - Book Time Bed
SteveSongs - No Good Toys
ID

Segment 4
Randy Kaplan In-Studio (20:45)
- My Little Laugh
- The Kids Are All Id
- I Got Plenty of Nuthin'

Segment 5
ID
Rhythm Child - Everybody is the One
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Sound of Sunshine
Sippy Cups - Don't Remove the Groove (Time Machine)
Madness - Our House
ID

Segment 6
Starfish - My Name is No (Enter Sandbox)
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Central Park Kitty
ID
Board of Education - 8 Is A Number
ID
TMBG - Older (Mink Car)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-06-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Thanks to the Okee Dokee Brothers for coming by. Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Rolling O
Sweet Colleens - Who's My Pretty Little Baby (The Monkey Dance)
The Bramble Jam - Pancakes (Move Your Boots)
ID
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hoodoo Voodoo (Mermaid Avenue
Earthworm Ensemble - We Are Birds (s/t)
ID

Segment 2
Bob Marley - One Love
Caspar Babypants - Free Like a Bird (Here I Am!)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster - I Wish I Lived in Michigan
R.O.C.K. - Cookies & Milk
Shonen Knife - Frogphobia (Brand New Knife)
Terrible Twos - Lilly Names Everything Sandy
ID

Segment 3
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Kooky's Cuckoo Clock
Lonseome Brothers - Crossing with the Cuckoo
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tiny Cool (Tiny Cool)
James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
ID/book time with Ella (Charlotte Sometimes)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Okee Dokee Brothers in-studio

Segment 5
ID
Justin Roberts - Never Getting Lost (Jungle Gym)
The Pop Ups - Up and Down (Outside Voices)
Recess Monkey - Beat-Box-a-Robot

Segment 6
Mr. Leebot - Good Bot
ID
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Human Tim + Robot Tim - Little Robot
ID
TMBG - Figure Eight
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-05-29 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Older
Mose Allison - My Brain
John Prine - This Guitar is For Sale (Twistable Turnable Man)
ID
Brady Rymer - One True You (Here Comes Brady Rymer...)

Segment 2
Clem Snide - Action (Soft Spot)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)
ID/prep to rock
NoMeansNo - Joy (The Worldhood of the World (As Such))
The Fuzzy Lemons - Rough and Tumble (To the Moon!)
ID
Sippy Cups - Magic Toast
ID

Segment 3
ID
Planet Z - Grow A Garden (demo)
Jellydots - I'm Not Ugly (You're Not Either)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words (Question the Answers)
ID
Starfish - The Starfish Stomp (Enter Sandbox)
Artichoke - Marie Curie (26 Scientists)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Mariana Iranzi & Laura Doherty in-studio

Segment 5
ID
Fountains of Wayne - Laser Show
Recess Monkey - Constellation Conga
Billy Bragg & Wilco - My Flying Saucer
ID
Board of Education - Beverly the Village Misfit
Mocean Worker - Shake Ya Boogie
ID

Segment 6
Book Time with Ella (Dealing With Dragons)
Mr. Leebot - Dig Up the Roots
Cathy & Marcy - Soup, Soup
Willie Nelson - Freight Train Boogie (Aug 8 Mountain Park)
ID
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
ID
They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2010-05-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to The Verve Pipe for a terrific guest DJ set!

Listen any time you like at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Triops Has Three Eyes
Peter Siegel - Bugs
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - Wonder Wheel (Family Dance)
Golden Smog - Pecan Pie (Down By the Old Mainstream)
Walter T and the Rated-Gs - Mr. Rabbit (Rough Day at the Sandbox)
ID

Segment 2
Pete Seeger - All Around the Kitchen
Dean Jones - Lucky (Rock Paper Scissors)
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (Mommy Says No!)
ID/prep to rock
Los Straitjackets - Cavalcade (Viva Los Straitjackets)
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Bright Lights, Big Kitty!!! (Punk Rock One Sock)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - My Brother is a Satellite
The Pop-Ups - Pasta
ID/Book Time with Ella (The Calder Game)
Billy Kelly - I Say I'm Tryin' to Decide
Apples in Stereo - Energy (New Magnetic Wonder)
Robin Vaughan - What Do You Like More? (Rock 'n' Roll Coochicoo Revue)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Verve Pipe Guest DJ Set:
Verve Pipe - Suppertime
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Robbie Schaefer - No no no
XTC - My Bird Performs
Verve Pipe - When One Becomes Two

Segment 5
Verve Pipe Guest DJ Set, con't:
Verve Pipe - Wake Up
TMBG - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Free Design - Love You
Peter Himmelman - Imagination
The Verve Pipe - Cereal

Segment 6
David Bowie - Starman
ID
Justin Roberts - Trick Or Treat (Jungle Gym)
New Pornographers - Up in the Dark (Together)
Nields - Who Are You Not to Shine
ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Shine
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-05-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Thanks to Brady Rymer for a fun guest DJ set! He'll be at the Iron Horse tomorrow (Sunday) at 2 - get your advance tickets at IHEG.com (discount family four-pack!). And we'll see you this afternoon for Uncle Rock at the Eric Carle Museum (1:00).

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - LMNO
Uncle Rock - The Night the Lights Went Out (The Big Picture)
ID
The Real Tuesday Weld - Little Boxes (Sing Me to Sleep - Indie Lullabies)
Sones de Mexico Ensemble - Quiereme Mucho (Fiesta Mexicana)
Dog on Fleas - Green Grass of Summer (When I Get Little)
ID
Tom Waits - Young At Heart

Segment 2
T-Bone Burnett - Humans From Earth (Until the End of the World ST)
John Sheldon - Mighty Fine Hound
ID/prep to rock
Pixies - La La Love You (Doolittle)
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - That's a Great Idea!!! ((I'm Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)

Segment 3
ID
Verve Pipe - Complimentary Love (A Family Album)
The Not-Its! - The Great Compromise (We Are the Not-Its!)
David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In (Red Hot & Blue)
ID/book time with Ella (The Red Pyramid)
Sugar Free Allstars - In My Pocket
Candy Band - Batman (High Five)
ID

Segment 4
Brady Rymer Guest DJ set
Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Picky Eater - Brady Rymer - new demos
You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Mail Myself to You - Pete Seeger - The Complete Carnagie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963
99 1/2 Wont Do - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train
Light of Love - Brady Rymer & the Lil Band That Could - Live - Greenport, NY, June 2009

Segment 5:
Brady Rymer guest DJ set
musical bed: Whipped Cream - The Stokes - The Stokes Selected Favorites
Opening Day - Brady Rymer - home recording
Boogie Shoes - KC & the Sunshine Band - The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band
Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - Having a Good Time with Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Just Say Hi - Brady Rymer - home recording
Beauty in the World - Macy Gray - Beauty in the World-Single
Musical Bed:Machine Gun - The Commodores - 20th Century Masters

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts - We Go Duck (Jungle Gym)
Dre Towey - Your House (Sugar On Top)
Andrew Bird - The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns (Twistable Turnable Man)
ID
Uncle Rock - Leave the Bees Be (The Big Picture)
Recess Monkey - Jet Pack (Final Funktier)
TMBG - Nonagon (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-05-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Check out information about Cartoonapalooza here.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Violin (No!)
Keith Munslow - The Leftovers (Homemade Fun)
Dean Jones - Grow Little Flower (Napper's Delight)
ID
Natalie Merchant - Topsy Turvy World
Johnny Cash - I Got a Boy and His Name is John
ID

Segment 2
Matthew Sweet - Good Night
Dala - Dream a Little Dream of Me (Sing Me to Sleep)
Laura Daisybee - Swing Swing With Me (Meltdown 2010)
ID/prep to rock)
Royal Order of Chords & Keys - Punk Rock One Sock (Punk Rock One Sock)
Candy Band - Cookie Jar (High Five)
Lunch Money - Cookie As Big As My Head (Dizzy)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - Moon Boots (Final Funktier)
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - The Green Grass Grows All Around (Ranky Tanky)
Leslie Bixler, Chad Smith - Cole's Train (Rhythm Train)
ID
Joanie Leeds - I'm a Rock Star

Segments 4 & 5
Mark Anderson Guest DJ Set:
Brian Wilson - Speed Turtle
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me
Woody Guthrie - Red River Valley
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Georges Moustaki - Une Petit Chanson
Louis Armstrong & Billie Holliday - My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
Care Bears on Fire - Everybody Else
Theresa Andersson - Birds Fly Away
Prince - Starfish & Coffee

Segment 6
ID
Elvis Costello - Veronica (Spike)
Jon Samson - Everything Is Music To Me (Another Kid's Album)
Egg - Flip Flops (Sunny Side Up)
Cake - Mahna Mahna
ID
Joe's Backyard Band - Cities with Seagulls
ID
TMBG - One Dozen Monkeys (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-05-01 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Welcome to May, and thanks to Mister G for coming by! You can listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - No!
Me 3 - Apple (The Thin King)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Ladybug Picnic (You Are My Sunshine)
ID
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole... - Over the Rainbow What a Wonderful World
Chris Jones - Crawdad Song (House of Mercy Vol. 1, The Youngster Parade)
ID

Segment 2
Peter Rundquist - Effervescing Elephant
Pink Floyd - Bike (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
Recess Monkey - Pedal Power
ID/prep to rock
REM - Stand
Captain Bogg & Salty - Don't Drink Sea Water
Tripping Daisy - Sigmund and the Seamonsters
ID

Segment 3:
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Sand in my Sandwich (Tiny Cool)
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Starfish - Starfish and Coffee
ID
Prince - Get on the Boat (3121)
Billy Kelly - Springtime: It's My Favorite
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Mister G In-studio

Segment 5
Wee Hairy Beasties - Road Safety Song (Animal Crackers)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - I Wanna Be Like You (This Beautiful Life)
ID/book time with Ella (Hoot)
Ozomatli - Love and Hope (Don't Mess with the Dragon)
Justin Roberts - Pop Fly (Pop Fly)
Dan Zanes - Jump Up (Family Dance)
ID

Segment 6
Milkshake - Happy Place
Sly & the Family Stone - You Can Make It If You Try
Stevie Wonder - 1-2-3 Sesame Street (Songs from the Street)
ID
fIREHOSE - Epoxy, for Example (Flyin' the Flannel)
Danny Adlerman & Friends - When I Grow Up (Listen Up!)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Apartment Four (Here Come the 123s)

2010-04-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Happy Earth Day weekend! Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - ICU
Lunch Money - Wake Up World (Dizzy)
Haley Bonar - Beautiful You
ID
Uncle Rock (with Elizabeth Mitchell) - There Is No Away (The Big Picture)
ScribbleMonster - The Song of Life (Songs with No Character)
ID

Segment 2
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - I Won't Grow Up
Frances England - Spring has Sprung (Family Tree)
ID/prep to rock
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic
Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers (Golden Delicious)
The Not-Its - When I'm Five
Clementown - Polkabats

Segment 3
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Super
Robbert Bobbert - We R Super Heroes
Flaming Lips - Waitin' for a Superman
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tube Sox (Tiny Cool)
Natalie Merchant - The Janitor's Boy (Leave Your Sleep)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Lennon's Song - We Love, We Learn, We Grow
The Living Sisters - Cradle (Love to Live)
Red Hook Ramblers - Down By the Riverside
ID
Jimmies - What's that Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)

Segment 5
Toots & the Maytals - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (The Disney Reggae Club)
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band - Paw Paw Patch (Play!)
ID/book time with Ella (Midsummer Night's Dream)
Roger Day - Inside My Cranium (Why Does Gray Matter?)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - I Am a Dog!!! ((I'm Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)
ID

Segment 6
Sugar Free Allstars - Little Red Wagon (Funky Fresh & Sugar Free)
Walter T and the Rated-Gs - Rough Day at the Sandbox (Rough Day at the Sandbox)
Mister G - Sneaky Chihuahua (Pizza for Breakfast)
ID (Mister G at Pulaski Park tomorrow)
Ralph & Ralph - Arms of My Love (Opposites)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask'd For You (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Science is Real (Here Comes Science)
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2010-04-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Sleepwalkers (No!)
Astrograss - Let Me Stay Up All Night (Let Me Stay Up All Night)
Ratboy Jr. - Floating Up (Smorgasboard)
ID
Bill Harley - Grownups Are Strange (Yes to Running)
Songeez - Love's Enough
ID

Segment 2
Gustafer Yellowgold - Pinecone Lovely
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (Live at Spare the Rock)
ID/prep to rock
Beatles - Birthday
Justin Roberts - It's Your Birthday (Meltdown!)
The Jimmies - Somebody's Birthday (Make Your Own Someday)

Segment 3
ID
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Cruisin' for a Snoozin'
Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
Young Fresh Fellows - Picnic (Play)
ID
Alexandra & the Good Batch - Extended Playdate (Extended Playdate)
Baze & His Silly Friends - All My Silly Friends (One Little Smile)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ralph's World - The Rhyming Circus
She & Him - Brand New Shoes
Ella Fitzgerald - You're the Top (Cole Porter Song Book)
Bonerama - You've Got a Friend in Me (Funky Kidz)
Jose Conde - Cumbamba (Jazz Playground)
ID

Segment 5
ID
Dream Warriors - My Definition (And Now the Legacy Begins)
Bunny Clogs - Shpilkas (More! More! More!)
Hank Hooper - Hey! Batter! (Playground Fortune Teller)
ID/book time with Ella (Emily Winsnap & the Monster From the Deep)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke - The Rattling Can

Segment 6
ID
Dar Williams - Babysitter's Here (at Academy of Music 4/25)
Joe's Backyard Band - Crow (Kick Up a Breeze)
Earth Wind & Fire - Sing a Song (Greatest Hits)
Keith Munslow - Spork (Homemade Fun)
Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken? (Chicken Ain't Chicken)
ID
TMBG - E Eats Everything
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-04-10 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Listen any time you like at WRSI.com! And see you Sunday at 2 for Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, with Mister G opening, at the Iron Horse!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - The Vowel Family
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band - Pop Goes the Weasel (Play!)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)
ID
Gourds - Fossil Contender
Monty Harper - Roundy Round (Take Me to Your Library)
ID

Segment 2
Johnny Bregar - Dragonfly
Little Miss Ann - Mockingbird
ID/prep to rock
Hold Steady - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
ScribbleMonster - The World's Greatest (Chocolate Milk)
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - Socks Are Overrated!!! ((I'm Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)
Quiet Two - Invisible Trousers (Make Some Noise)
ID/book time with Ella (Cornelia Funke - The Thief Lord)

Segment 3
Ralph & Ralph - Opposites
Dean Jones - Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!
Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly
ID
John & Mark - People Have Good Reasons
Keith Munslow - Are You Gonna Eat That? (Homemade Fun)
Recess Monkey - Sack Lunch (Field Trip)
ID

Segments 4 & 5
Clementown guest DJ set:
Twilight Zone Theme
Bellville Rendez-vous - M&S
Yes, We Have No Bananas - Baily's Lucky 7
Little Bed - Clementown
Big in Japan - Tom Waits
Little Old Money Maker - Meters
Radio One Radio Jingle - Jimi Hendrix
Fixing a Hole - Beatles
Fun Services - Phone Phreaks
Flea Keepers - Clementown
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews et al
Fistful of Dollars - Morricone
Shining Star - Earth Win & Fire
Runaway Waffle - Clementown
Man from UNCLE theme

Segment 6
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck
Run DMC - Reading Rainbow
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Baby Loves Jazz - Duck Jam
ID
TMBG - Meet the Elements

2010-04-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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And thanks to the Nields for a great in-studio! They're playing at First Churches in downtown Northampton this morning at 10:30.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - I Am Not Your Broom
John Lennon & Yoko - Cleanup Time
Innocence Mission - Wonder of Birds
ID
Joe's Backyard Band - Dishes
Steve Weeks - Up!
ID

Segment 2
Elizabeth Mitchell - Rollin 'Baby (Meltdown 2010)
The Good Miss Padgett - So So Good (s/t)
Sarah Lee & Johnny - Take Me to Show and Tell (Go Waggaloo)
ID/prep to rock
Earnie & Neal - Pink Piggie Polka Pancake Picnic (Friends, Family & Pizza)
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Irresistible Bliss)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Growl Growl (American History + Rock and Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID

Segment 3
Justin Roberts - Meltdown (Meltdown)
Tim and the Space Cadets - New Game
Flaming Lips - It's Summertime
ID
Recess Monkey - Trading Squirrels (Aminal House)
Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar (Everybody Plays Air Guitar)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Charity & the JAMband - Beach
Renee & Jeremy - It Makes You Feel Good
The Clash - Revolution Rock
ID

Segment 5
Nields In-Studio
- Goin' to Boston
- Organic Farm
- Who Are You Not To Shine?

Segment 6
ID
Bottle Rockets - Coffee Monkey
Ralph's World - The Coffee Song
Superchunk - Hyper Enough
Boooker T - Hey Ya
ID/book time with Ella (Lunch Lady & the Cyborg Substitute)
TMBG - Four of Two (No!)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-03-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Meltdown morning!

You can listen to the show any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Boss of Me
Sunflow - I Wish You Love
Dan Wilson - Toyland
Bunny Clogs - Are We There Yet?
ID
Box Tops - Neon Rainbow
Elizabeth Mitchell - Winter's Come and Gone (Live in-studio)
ID

Segment 2
Wee Hairy Beasties - Toenail Moon
Maria Sangiolo - Celia Says (Under the Mystic Sea)
ID/prep to rock
Paul Westerberg - Meet Me in the Meadow (Open Season)
Board of Education - Beverly the Village Misfit
ID

Segment 3
ID
Dog on Fleas - Worms
Troubled Hubble - I'm Pretty Sure I can See Molecules
Rubinoos - Sugar Sugar (Biff-Boff-Boing)
ID
CandyBand - Get Up Already
Flannery Brothers - Shake!

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Recess Monkey - How Do You Build a Robot World Premiere
ID
Teenage Fanclub - Starsign
Deedle Deedle Dees - Underground Railroad (Freedom in a Box!)
Uncle Rock - My Friend Bigfoot (The Big Picture)
ID

Segment 5
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
ID/book time with Ella (Sunlight Slaying)
Jad & David Fair - Grampa's Shoes
Telephone Company - Grandma
Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye
ID

Segment 6
Alastair Moock - Two Mommies (A Cow Says Moock)
Big Star - The Ballad of El Goodo
ID
Alexandra & the Good Batch - Crankymomma
The Go! Team - Feelgood by Numbers
ID
TMBG - Mr. Klaw
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-03-20 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 - Hello Radio
Frances England - The Books I Like to Read
Bill Janovitz - Gold Day
ID
Bob Dylan - Forever Young
Telephone Company - What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby? (Panda Brain!)

Segment 2
Martin Zellar - Down in the Valley (Down by the Riverside)
Uncle Rock (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) - There Is No Away
ID/prep to rock
Alexandra & the Good Batch - DEMAND (Extended Playdate)
Mr. Leebot - Bathtub Superstar
Devo - Whip It
ID

Segment 3
Robbert Bobbert - Gravity
Flannery Brothers - One Wasn't Enough
ID
Alastair Moock - Belly Buttons
Grupo Fantasma - Gimme Some
Ratboy Jr. - Robot Pirate
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Debbie & Friends - Willy Won't (More Story Songs & Sing Alongs)
REM - We Walk
Deedle Deedle Dees - Teddy Days (Freedom in a Box)
ID
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land

Segment 5
Asylum Street Spankers - Down By the Riverside (God's Favorite Band)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me (Easy)
Dog on Fleas - Baby U
ID
Tim & the Space Cadets - Superhero
Vampire Weekend - White Sky

Segment 6
Earthworm Ensemble - Bang a Drum
Golden Earring - Radar Love
The Roots - Lovely, Love My Family
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - The Green Grass Grows All Around (Ranky Tanky)
ID
TMBG - Particle Man
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-03-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Employee of the Month
kd lang and the reclines - Watch Your Step Polka
Laura Daisybee - Swing Swing With Me
ID
Ginger Hendrix - Riding My Pony
The Von Swing Family - Crawdad
Gustafer Yellowgold - Getting in a Treetop
ID

Segment 2
Daniel Lanois - Under a Stormy Sky
Chris McKhool - Spider-Man (Jazz Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Royal Order of Chords and Keys - Cruisin' for a Snoozin'
Milkshake - Enemies
I'm From Barcelona - Collection of Stamps
ID/book time with Ella (High Rhulain)

Segement3
Uncle Rock - Stop at a Mom 'n' Pop
Dean Jones - Frenzy
Flannery Brothers - Wake Up Song
ID
Baby Grands - Sugar Makes Me Loco
Ralph's World - The Great Outdoors
Debbie & Friends - So, So Happy
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Uncle Albert (Admiral Halsey) - Paul & Linda McCartney
Everything I Own - Bread
Crimson And Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells

Segment 5
Welcome Back - John Sebastien
Theme from The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Silent E - Tom Lehrer
Tie A Yellow Ribbon - Tony Orlando and Dawn
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Puppini Sisters
Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Segment 6
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell - Hey, Bo Diddley
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask'd For You
Wee Hairy Beasties - Housefly Blues
ID
Board of Education - The Lonely Tomato
ID
TMBG - The Mesopotamians
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-03-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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I think I said three different things about when the Gustafer Yellowgold show will be. It is a week from tomorrow -- on Sunday, March 14.

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)
REM - Man on the Moon
Gustafer Yellowgold - Tiny Purple Moon (Wide Wild World)
ID
Jad & David Fair - 100 Yellow Pencils

Segment 2
Jon Samson - The Conductor (Kid's Album)
Human Tim + Robot Tim - Anna-Lee (Pop of the Tots)
Uncle Rock - Very Good Question
ID/prep to rock
Baze & His Silly Friends - Happy Happy Birthday (Toddlerville)
Clementown - The Bathtub Driver (Polkabats and Octopus Slacks)
Posies - Dream All Day (Frosting on the Beater)
Sippy Cups - One Day Soon (The Time Machine)
ID

Segment 3
Cloud Cult - The Will of a Volcano
John& Mark - A Counting Error (John and Mark's Children's Record)
ID
Debbie & Friends - Opposite (Story Songs and Sing Alongs)
Recess Monkey - Something Happens in the Teens
XTC - Do What You Do
Deedle Deedle Dees - Little Red Airplane (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Daddy A Go Go - Come On Get Happy
Uncle Rock - You Look Good in the Rain (The Big Picture)
ID/Book Time with Ella (Time Quake)
Jonathan Richman - Springtime in New York
Richard Julian - Spring is Just Around the Corner
Keith Munslow - Every Day is a Summer Day
ID

Segment 5
Renee & Jeremy - Do Do Do Do Do
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
ID
Charlie Hope - I'm Me!
Dreamtree Shakers - Dream and You Will See
Dean Jones (w/ Uncle Rock) - Roncando (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID

Segment 6
School for the Dead - Periscope
Peter Himmelman - Imagination (My Trampoline)
Dan Zanes & Friends - Panama
Four Tet - Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
ID
TMBG - We're the Replacements
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-02-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - What Is a Shooting Star?
Dog on Fleas - Lima Bean (Beautiful World)
Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - Ginger Snaps (L'Avventura)
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold - Mustard Slugs (Have You Never Been Mellow?)
Billy Jonas - What Kind of Cat Are You? (What Kind of Cat Are You?)
ID

Segment 2
Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song
Asylum Street Spankers - When I Grow Up
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees - Ina MIna Dika (Let It Dee)
Pop Rockets - Trucks!
Uncle Rock - Secret Spaceman (The Big Picture)

Segment 3
Milkshake - Happy Place
Justin Roberts - Backyard Super Kid (Pop Fly)
Mr. Richard - Butterfly Day (Polka Dot Puzzle)
ID/book time with Ella (The Vampire Photograph)
Primate Fiasco - Muppet Show Theme/Mahna Mahna
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Africa Calling
Leslie Bixler & Chad Smith - Little Lions (and Stampede) (Rhythm Train)
Steve Weeks - If I Was a Cup
ID

Segment 5
Stephen Kung - Your Smile
Madness - Tarzan's Nuts
SteveSongs - Fast Monkey
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Tennessee Wig Walk
Keith Munslow - The Leftovers (Homemade Fun)
Flannery Brothers - New Day
ID

Segment 6
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Spider's Web (Silly Songs for Kids)
Tom Waits - Underground
Hank Hooper - Human Fly
Paper Moon - Your Attitue Towards Cuttlefish
ID
Ralph's World - All About Bob
ID
They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

2010-02-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Thanks to the great Board of Education for stopping by the studio. And we'll see you Sunday at 2 for AudraRox at the Iron Horse!

You can listen to the show any time you like by visiting our on-demand page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Welcome to the Jungle
George Carver - Jungle Swingers
Los Lobos - The Bare Necessities
ID
8 1/2 Souvenirs - Happy Feet
Andrew Bird & the Preservation Jazz Band - Shake It & Break It
ID

Segment 2
Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Anatomy (live at Spare the Rock)
Banjos for Babes - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
ID/prep to rock
James Kochalka Superstar - Hockey Monkey
Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts
ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
Jeff Forrest - Donuts (We're Not Kidding)
ID

Segment 3
Pixies - Bam Thwok
Alex the Seal - Big Bunny in My Backyard
Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights - More Cowbell
Quiet Ones - My Keyboard (Make Some Noise)
ID
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
Sippy Cups - Seven is the New 14
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox - Five Minutes More
Charity & the JAMband - Get Your Booty Out of Bed
Verve Pipe - Wake Up
Skankin' Pickle - I Missed the Bus
ID/book time with Ella (The Time Travelers)

Segment 5
Board of Education In-Studio

Segment 6
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask'd for You
Lucas Miller - I Don't Wanna Be Part of the Food Chain
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie
ID (Audra reminder)
TMBG - My Brother the Ape (Here Comes Science)

2010-02-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones - Baby in My Pocket (Rock Paper Scissors)
Jon Samson - Nothing Rhymes with Orange (CoCreative Music Kids Album)
ID
Ella Fitzgerald - The Muffin Man
Dreyer Family Band - Home (Family Photograph)
Banjos for Babes - Home Sweet Home
ID

Segment 2
Frances England - Fascinating Creatures
Little Mo' McCoury - Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo' McCoury)
ID/prep to rock
Uncle Rock - Shake It Off
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
ScribbleMonster - A Monster Goes Rrraargh! (Best of Friends)
ID

Segment 3
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Nields - Who Are You Not to Shine (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Yosi - Hole in the Ground
ID
Slavic Soul Party - Never Gonna Let You Go
Supersuckers - Rubber Biscuit
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox - You Can't Crawl in a Dress (world premiere)
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things
Sleater-Kinney - Lions and Tigers (Off With Your Head single)
ID
Board of Education - Ice Ages Are Fun! (s/t)
Justin Roberts - Big Field Trip (Pop Fly)

Segment 5
Angelique Kidjo - Battu (African Playground)
Rhythm Child - Everybody is the One
Michael Franti - Say Hey (I Love You)
Robbi K - Feel da Beat (Music Makes Me Happy)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me
ID

Segment 6
Black History Month Intro
Jackson 5 - ABC
Paul Westerberg - Mr. Rabbit (Stereo)
Neil Brewer - Three Kids in a Car
Deedle Deedle Dees - Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga
ID/book time with Ella (Farmer Boy)
They Might Be Giants - Science is Real (Here Comes Science)

2010-02-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Flying V (Here Come the ABCs)
Caspar Babypants - Robin on a Wire
Marlo Thomas - Free to Be...You and Me
Submarines - Fern Beard (Honeysuckle Weeks)
ID
Haley Bonar - I Wanna Be Like You
We 3 - Apple (The Thin King)
ID

Segment 2
Dan Zanes & Friends - Malti (Family Dance)
Dean Jones - Sing Like a Sparrow (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education - 8 Is a Number (s/t)
Pianosaurus - Ready to Rock (Groovy Neighborhood)
Yosi - & the Superdads - Funky Monkey
ID

Segment 3
Apples in Stereo - The Bird That You Can't See (Discovery of the World)
Roy Handy & The Moonshot - Space Kitty!
Rocknoceros - Get a Hat On (Pink!)
ID/book time with Ella (Legend of Luke)
Blondie - One Way Or Another (Best of Blondie)
Kenny Young & the Eggplants - Rage Against the Washing Machine
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell - Hey Bo Diddley
Jenny Lewis - Barking at the Moon (Bolt)
Zee Avi - Honey Bee (Zee Avi)
Funky Mama - What Would You Do? (Grandma's House)
ID
James Brown - Make It Funky (Part 1)

Segment 5
Linus - Humpty Dumpty (Youngster Parade)
Aaron Nigel Smith - Simon Says (Everyone Loves to Dance!)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Duck Jam (Greatest Hits Vol 1)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring 'Em In (American History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees) (Forbes Library Wednesday at 11, Toy Box at 1:30)
AudraRox - I Like to Pretend
Devotchka - Comrade Z (A Mad and Faithful Telling)
ID

Segment 6
Alastair Moock - Two Mommies (A Cow Says Moock)
Ralph's World - Easy Ryders
Phish - Backwards Down the Number Line
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Bear to the Left (Ranky Tanky)
ID
TMBG - Put It To The Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-01-30 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Shine?
Erik Brandt & Matt Godsen - Lay Down Brothers & Sisters (The Youngster Parade)
Dean Jones - Lucky (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID
Von Swing Family - Stay Up All Night (Honey, Sugar Baby, Mine)
Justin Roberts - Fruit Jar (Pop Fly)
ID

Segment 2
Uncle Rock - There Is No Away (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) (The Big Picture)
Elizabeth Mitchell - John the Rabbit (live at Spare the Rock)
BNL - Crazy ABCs (Snack Time)
ID/prep to rock
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - Crayon Man!!!
ID

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster - I'm a Utility Pole (The World's Worst Dance Song) (Songs With No Character)
Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (All the Stuff and More)
Jimmies - Do the Elephant (Make Your Own Someday)
ID/book time with Ella - Queenie Peavy (Robert Burch)
Steve Lee - Wake Up
Hipwaders - Art Car (Educated Kid)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mighty Imperials - Thunder Chicken
Zev Haber - Chicken Scratch
Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken? (Chicken Ain't Chicken)
Meters - Chicken Strut
ID
NRBQ - Accentuate the Positive

Segment 5
Mariana Iranzi - Pajaro Carpintero (Aventura Collage) (at Cup & Top 2/2)
XTC - My Bird Performs (Nonsuch)
Neil Brewer - Not Like You (Back in School)
ID
Renee & Jeremy - Wishing Well (C'mon)
Cake - Mahna Mahna (For the Kids)

Segment 6
ID
Uncle Rock - Buddy Holly's Got the Hiccups (The Big Picture)
Ralph's World - All Around the World (All Around Ralph's World)
Rhythm Child - I Can't Play Today (Eat a Bowl of Cherries)
Average White Band - Pick up the Pieces
ID
They Might Be Giants - One Everything (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-01-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Earthworm Ensemble - The Traveling Train (s/t)
Ella Fitzgerald - Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter Song Book)
ID
Enzo Garcia - Monkey Motions

Segment 2
ID
Dan Israel - Tomorrow Will Be Really Great (The Youngster Parade)
Caspar Babypants - I'm a Nut (More Please)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Crawdad (You Are My Sunshine) (Eric Carle 2/6, Meltdown 3/27)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education - Rise and Shine (s/t) (at Cup & Top on February 15
The Go! Team - We Just Won't Be Defeated (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)

Segment 3
The Surfers - Underdog (Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits)
Jellydots - Where Is My Package?
Baze & His Silly Friends - Toddlerville (Toddlerville)
ID/book time with Ella (Loamhedge)
Raconteurs - Together
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - Come Play! (What a Ride!)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Orlee:
Amy Meyers - Oh, the Woods
Steve Weeks - Aaron and his Aeroplane
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Laura Nyro - Ooh Child
Beatles - Octopus's Garden
Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Segment 5
ElEmEnOs - The Great Lakes
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Ranky Tanky (ranky tanky)
ID
Dreamtree Shakers - Dream and You Will See (Dream and You Will See)
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Kooky's Cockoo Clock (Silly Songs for Kids)
ID

Segment 6
ID
AudraRox - I Can Do It By Myself!
Decemberists - Sons & Daughters (The Crane Wife)
Verve Pipe - Wake Up (A Family Album)
ID
TMBG - Cells (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-01-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Apartment Four
Michelle Shocked - Got No Strings (Folk Playground)
Ziggy Marley - Walk Tall (Family Time)
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - One True You (Here Comes...)
ID
Brendan Taafe - Take Me Ridin' in the Car

Segment 2
Talk with Valle Dwight
Dan Zanes - Hop Up Ladies
Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever (The Story)
Laura Freeman - Indigo and Violet (Color Wheel Cartwheel)
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees - Si Se Puede (American History + Rock 'n' Roll) (Forbes Library 2/10 11:00 am)
Terrible Twos - When I Get to Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl...)
ID

Segment 3
In-studio with Aric Bieganek & ROCK:
Cruisin' for a Snoozin'
Punk Rock One Sock
Bright Lights, Big Kitty

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ozomotli - Can't Stop (Don't Mess with the Dragon)
Egg - Zoom! (Sunny Side Up)
Los Lobos - The Ugly Bug Ball (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Daddy A Go Go - I Caught My Daddy Watching Cartoons (Come On, Get Happy)
Starfish - The Hoppity Song (Rocks)
Promo for Atkins Farm Activities

Segment 5
Girl Scouts Promo 1
The Not-Its - Come Play At Our House (We Are the Not-Its)
Charity & the JAMband - Row Row Row Your Boat
Mister G - Buster (Pizza for Breakfast)
ID
Ralph's World - The Great Outdoors (All Around Ralph's World)
Recess Monkey - S-L-Double-E-P Over (Tabby Road)
Lunch Money - Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Aaron Nigel Smith - Everyone Loves to Dance (Everyone Loves to Dance)
Girl Scouts Promo 2
Dean Jones - Sing Like a Sparrow
School for the Dead - Rock and Roll Camper (The New You)
AudraRox - Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Cowtown (Lincoln)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-01-09 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Fun visit from Danny & Yosi! Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Pictures of Pandas Painting (Here Come the ABCs)
Charlie Hope - I'm Me! (I'm Me!)The Whites - Keep On the Sunny Side (O Brother Where Art Thou?)
Ben Rudnick & Friends - I Need a Hand (A Frog Named Sam)
ID
Justin Roberts - All Eyes On You

Segment 2
Purple Stripes - Aba Daba Honeymoon
Moonlighters - Makin' Wickey-Wackey Down in Waikiki (Surrender)
Joe McDermott - Come To Hawaii (Hawaiian Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Boogers - This Song is About Transportation! (Road to Rock)
Verve Pipe - We Had to Go Home
ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go (Songs With No Character)
ID

Segment 3
Los Lobos - I Wanna Be Like You (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Hipwaders - Little Baby Brother (Educated Kid)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke - Favorite Names
ID
Billy Kelly - I Don't Know! (Thank You for Joining the Happy Club)
Pizzicato Five - Twiggy Twiggy (Made in USA)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Egg - Summer Today (Sunny Side Up)
Baze & His Silly Friends - I Got the ABCs (feat. Ah-Choo)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - I Like Fruit (feat. Egg)
ID
Us 3 - Cantaloop

Segment 5
Danny & Yosi in-studio

Segment 6
ID (Daisy Mayhem at First Churches today at 3, doors at 2:30)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Wildflowers (Ranky Tanky)
Velvet Underground - I'm Sticking With You
Deedle Deedle Dees - Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID
Bunny Clogs - Olive's Olives
ID
TMBG - Roy G. Biv (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock