Kids Music: Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child On-Demand Archive

2009-12-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-12-04T19:20:00.001-05:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Apartment Four (Here Come the 123s)
Keith Munslow - Spork (Homemade Fun) (12/18 at Thornes)
Bill Harley - 50 Ways to Fool Your Mother (tomorrow at Iron Horse)
Dennis Caraher - Chasing After Chickens (I Miss the Mud) (Today at Thornes)
ID/book time with Ella
Telephone Company - What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby (Panda Brain)

Segment 2
The New Standards - Favorite Things
Kimya Dawson - Happy Home (Keep On Writing)
ID/prep to rock
Hipwaders - The Books I Like to Read
Ben Kweller - The Things I Like to Do
Uncle Rock - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ID

Segment 3
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Purple People Eater (Ranky Tanky)
Trip Shakespeare - Snow Days (Across the Universe)
Devo - Working in a Coal Mine
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Tikkun Olam (Cup & Top 12/15 4:00)
ID
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set

Segment 5
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set

Segment 6
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set
Bill Harley - Barbie's Head is Missing (I Wanna Play)
ID
TMBG - Alphabet of Nations (Here Come the ABCs)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-11-28 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-11-27T18:03:00.001-05:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - No! (No!)
Dean Jones w/ Felice Brothers - Mama Said No (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - People Get Ready (Cover the World)
Brian Wilson - Vega-Tables (Smile)
Alan Sparhawk - Be Nice to People With Lice (See You on the Moon!)
ID

Segment 2
Caspar Babypants - Take the Sun (More Please!)
Gustafer Yellowgold - I'm From the Sun (live at Spare the Rock)
Bing Crosby - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
ID/prep to rock
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
Songeez - Love's Enough (Songeez)
Bunny Clogs - Three Dogs and a Pancake (More! More! More!)
Replacements - Jungle Rock (All For Nothing)
ID

Segment 3
ElEmEnOs - The Planets
ID
Mama Doni - Channukah Fever (Channuka Fever)
Danny Adlerman & Friends - I'm Spending Hannukkah in Santa Monica (...and a Happy New Year)
ID (Danny & Yosi at Cup & Top on 12/15 at 4:00)
Mr. T Experience - Spider-Man (Greasy Kid Stuff 3)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring 'Em In (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Billy Kelly - People Really Like Milk (Thank You For Joining the Happy Club)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Max Germer:
Medeski Martin & Wood - Where's the Music
Lunch Money - Tricycle
Fountains of Wayne - Hey Julie
Lisa Loeb - Disappointing Pancake
School for the Dead - Ayla
Rosie Flores - Red Red Robin

Segment 5
Guest Dj set, continued:
Justin Roberts - Yellow Reflector
TMBG - C is for Conifers
Jack Johnson - Jungle Gym
K. McKarty - Like a Monkey in the Zoo
Fawns - Snow Day
Ralph's World - We Are Ants

Segment 6
ID
Primate Fiasco - Bourbon St. Parade (later today at First Churches!)
Asylum Street Spankers - Everybody Loves My Baby (live at Spare the Rock)
Daisy Mayhem - They All Ask'd For You (Ranky Danky)
ID
TMBG - Put It To the Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-11-21 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-11-21T08:00:00.001-05:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Mister G - Run (Pizza for Breakfast)
Peter Rundquist - Bug Feathers (Bug Feathers)
Rock Your Baby - Pony Boy
ID
Bruce Springsteen - Erie Canal (Seeger Sessions)

Segment 2
Bill Harley - Grownups Are Strange
BNL - Pollywog in a Bog
Promo for Hot Chocolate Run
ID/prep to rock
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go
ID

Segment 3
ID
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
Mr. Richard - The Hey Hey Song
Lanny Sherwin - Meltdown
Uncle Rock - Hold It In My Heart (Express Your Elf)
ID
David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Jellydots - It's Your Birthday (Jelly Jukebox)
Justin Roberts - It's Your Birthday (Meltdown)
Owl City - Fireflies (Ocean Eyes)
Sippy Cups - Starry Morning
The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You
ID
Fids & Kamily Awards:
11. The Not-Its - When I'm Five

Segment 5
10. Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)
ID
9. Captain Bogg & Salty - Don't Drink Sea Water (Emphatical Piratical)
8. Billy Jonas - Eyes Wide Open (Happy Accident)
ID
7. Gustafer Yellowgold - Melter Swelter (Mellow Fever) (Iron Horse 3-14)
6. Milkshake - Happy Place (Great Day)

Segment 6
5. Ziggy Marley - Wings of an Eagle (Family Time)
4. Peter Himmelman - My Trampoline
(My Trampoline)
ID
3. Recess Monkey - The Teens (Field Trip)
2. Lunch Money - Everybody's Coming the Zoo (Dizzy)
ID/book time with Ella
TMBG - Science is Real (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-11-14 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-11-13T17:00:00.000-05:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Shoehorn with Teeth (Lincoln)
Robbi K & Friends - Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)
Butterflyfish - Ladybug (Ladybug)
ID
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in My Breakfast (live at Spare the Rock)
Real Tuesday Weld - I Love the Rain

Segment 2
Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World
Bill Brickey - Down in the Valley
ID/prep to rock
Boogers - This Song is About Transportation!
Baze & His Silly Friends - Everyone Everywhere (Toddlerville)
Daddy A Go Go - It's a Kids' World (Eat Every Bean and Pea on Your Plate)
Jimmies - Bedhead (Make Your Own Someday)
ID

Segment 3
Telephone Company - Bomb Pop (Panda Brain!)
Chuck Prophet - You Did
Board of Education - Ice Ages Are Fun! (at Cup & Top on 2/15)
ID
Jambo - It's a Good Day
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Take Me to Show & Tell
Trout Fishing in America - It's a Puzzle
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Dream Warriors - My Definition
Cathy & marcy - It's the Beatbox
Prince - Starfish and Coffee
Bunny Clogs - Confessions of a Teenage Lima Bean
Kool & the Gang - Funky Stuff
ID

Segment 5
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here is a Cloud
Money Mark - Robo Dancing (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things)
ID/book time with Ella
Dean Jones & Felice Brothers - Rock Paper Scissors
Southern Culture on the Skids - Te Ni Nee Ni Nu (Countrypolitan Favorites)

Segment 6
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Daisy Mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Deedle Deedle Dees - Party Girl (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID
TMBG - LMNO
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-11-07 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-11-06T15:18:00.000-05:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (Here Comes Science)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Bright Clear Day (Go Waggaloo)
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla)
Liz Mitchell - You Are My Sunshine (You Are My Sunshine)
ID
Zee Avi - Honey Bee
David Tobocman - Home (I Count to Ten)

Segment 2
Lunch Money - Umbrella (Silly Reflection)
Frances England - Sleepyhead Mommy (Family Tree) ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
Paul Westerberg - Love You in the Fall (Open Season)
Clementown - Bathtub Driver (Polkabats and Octopus Slacks - The Music!)
ID
Sugar Free Allstars - Bathtub Boy (Live)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tell Them How You Feel (Songs for the Coolest Kids)
ID (guest DJ set up next)

Segment 3
Guest DJ set from Ben:
ID
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Wings - Heart of the Country
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Split Enz - I Got You
The Phenomenauts - (Don't Give Me That) Broccoli

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Cloud Cult - Lucky Today (Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus)
Duplex! - Alive
Artichoke - Iguana
The Format - Does Your Cat Have a Mustache?
Zoe Lewis - Sheep (Folk Playground)
ID

Segment 5
Dean Jones (w/ Felice Brothers) - Sing Like a Sparrow
Theresa Andersson - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Funky Kidz)
ID/Beautiful Future plug/book time with Ella
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Keith Munslow - Baby Brother (Homemade Fun)
Bill Harley - Wash Your Hands
ID

Segment 6
ID
Verve Pipe - Wake Up (A Family Album)
Eric Herman and the Invisible Band - Come Play (What a Ride)
Baze & His Silly Friends - Time of Your Life (Toddlerville)
The Shins - It's Okay, Try Again (Yo Gabba Gabba)
The Good Miss Padgett - Love My Kitty (The Good Miss Padgett)
Parker Bent - Lucky Day (Charlie Davidson's Tricycle Club)
Ratboy Jr. - Floating Up
ID
TMBG - Other Mother Song
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-10-31 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-10-31T08:55:00.002-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero '05 (Here Come the ABCs)
Tom Knight in-studio

Segment 2
Steve Weeks - 4 Little Girls
Telephone Company - The Old Man Song (Panda Brain)
ID/prep to rock
Baze and His Silly Friends - Scare Me Scare You!
Mighty Weaklings - The Monster Under My Bed
ID

Segment 3
REM and Muppet Rocker - Furry Happy Monsters
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Monty Harper - Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet
ID
Ralph's World - Monster
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
ScribbleMonster - A Monster Goes Rrraargh!
Los Straightjackets - Munsters Theme
Laura Freeman - My Brother's a Monster
Clementown - Skeleton Flowers
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Boogie Man
ID/play time with Ella

Segment 5
Tom Waits - Heigh Ho (The Marching Song)
ID
Pixies - Tony's Theme
Robbert Bobbert - We R Superheroes
School for the Dead - Superhero
ID
CandyBand w/ Detroit Youth Symphony - Monsters
Wee Scary Beasties - Pumpkinhead
Keith Munslow - Boogieman

Segment 6
ID
I'm From Barcelona - Just Because It's Different Doesn't Mean Scary (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
ID
Uncle Rock - Picnic in the Graveyard
Sippy Cups - Day After Halloween
ID
TMBG - Experimental Film
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-10-24 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-10-23T17:00:00.001-04:00

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Thanks to Sarah Lee & Johnny and to Dan Zanes for coming by!

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - E Eats Everything
Sarah Lee & Johnny In-Studio
- If Mama Had Four Hands
- Take Me to Show-and-Tell

Segment 2
Wilco - What Light
Astrograss - The Homework Machine
Aric Bieganek - Central Park Kitty (live in-studio) (1:00 at Eric Carle Museum)
ID/prep to rock
Hipwaders - Twitchy
Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring 'Em In (History + Rock and Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
CandyBand - Wheels on the Bus (CandyBand)
ID

Segment 3
Pogues - Metropolis
Peter Himmelman - Feet (My Green Kite)
Terrible Twos - Lily Names Everthing Sandy (Jerzy the Giant)
Mr. Richard - Tummy Talk
ID/book time with Ella
The Roots - Lovely, Love My Family
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Family Tree
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Jim Armenti - The Great Pumpkin Roll (Town Center Library Project)
Vibrations - Ain't No Greens in Harlem
Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pipeline
Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly - Josie & the Pussycats
Danny Adlerman & Friends - How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck? (One Size Fits All) 
ID

Segment 5
Dan Zanes in-studio:
Catch That Train
Rock Island Line
Moonlit Town

Segment 6
Sippy Cups - Magic Toast
NRBQ - RC Cola and a Moon Pie
Justin Roberts - Maybe the Monster
ID
TMBG - The Bloodmobile (Here Comes Science)

2009-10-17 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-10-16T19:29:00.000-04:00

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If you want to win a pair of tickets to see Dan Zanes & Friends on Friday at the UMass Fine Arts Center, send me an e-mail (show AT sparetherock DOT com) with the name of the DZAF song we played today by the end of the day on Sunday. One lucky e-mailer will win!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - What Is a Shooting Star?
The Nields - Percy on Pluto (Rock All Day, Rock All Night)
Little Mo' McCoury - Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo' McCoury)
ID
Trout Fishing in America - What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee (Family Music Party)
Lead Belly - Rock Island Line (Sings for Children)

Segment 2
Miles Davis - Move (Birth of the Cool)
Gunnar Madsen - Sun Comes Up
ID/prep to rock
B-52s - Rock Lobster
Miz B - Raise the Brain(Raise the Brain)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 3
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Growl Growl (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Duplex! - Orange Popsicle (Worser)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Jeans!
ID
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio
Jimmies - Do the Elephant (Live) (Trying Funny Stuff)
ID

Segments 4 & 5
Guest DJ set from Uncle Rock:
Dean Jones & the Felice Bros - Hail Hail the Gang's All Here
Paul McCartney & Wings - Magneto & Titanium Man
Daniel Lavoie - Le Baby Dragon
Alan Lomax - Down in the Valley
Donovan - Riki Tiki Tavi
Uncle Rock - The Night the Lights Went Out
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
Phillips Wonders - Hambone
Kim Walsh - The Troll
Tarantainas De La Casa Sin Pared
Pete Seeger - I Know a Little Girl
Dave Clark 5 - Live in the Sky
Dean Jones - Baby in My Pocket

Segment 6
(Dan Zanes ticket giveaway)
Dan Zanes & Friends - I Won't Grow Up (76 Trombones)
Rhythm Child - Riding on the Bus (Eat a Bowl of Cherries)
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Don't Turn Out the Light (Mommy Says No!)
ID
TMBG - Particle Man
TMBG - Spare the Rock

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

2009-10-09T19:24:00.000-04:00

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Thanks to Laura Doherty for her guest DJ set! Remember, she's doing a benefit for Noho Pride this coming Thursday at 4:00 at the Florence Civic Center. Tickets are available at Cup & Top Cafe.

2009-10-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-10-02T19:21:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Aric Bieganek for a great guest DJ set! You can listen to the show any time you like on our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - How Many Planets?
Hipwaders - The Books I Like to Read
Steve Weeks - Monkeys
Tarika Sammy - Hendry (African Playground) ID
ScribbleMonster - Scratchy Records (Songs with No Character)

Segement 2:
Uncle Rock - Please Don't Make Me Laugh When I'm Upset (live at Spare the Rock)
Johnny Bregar - 9 lb hammer
ID/prep to rock
Captain Bogg & Salty - Emphatical Piratical
Pixies - La La Love You
Yosi & the Superdads - Funky Monkey

Segment 3
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again (Play)
Chris Collingwood - Cookie Jar
AudraRox - All My Toys Are Broken
ID
Artichoke - Elephant

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Aric Bieganek guest DJ
Beatles - Nowhere Man
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
The Who - Boris the Spider
James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Aric Bieganek - Bright Lights, Big Kitty

Segment 5
Aric Bieganek guest DJ
Blitzen Trapper - Sleepytime in the Western World
John Vanderslice - Time Travel is Lonely
Paul Westerberg - Jingle
Golden Smog - Starman
Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World

Segment 6
ID
Mister G - Pony with a Problem
Renee & Jeremy - Do Do Do Do (C'mon)
Jellydots - Adventure Quest!
Bob Marley - Redemption Song (B is for Bob)
ID
TMBG - I Am a Paleontologist
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-09-26 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-09-25T18:00:00.000-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Electric Car
Ratboy Jr - Playing on the Patio

Segment 2
Ratboy Jr - Playing on the Patio, pt. 2
ID/prep to rock
Justin Roberts - Picture Day (Way Out)
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
ID

Segment 3
Spoon - Fitted Shirt
Donovan - I Love My Shirt
ID
Uncle Rock - (It's Hot! Don't Touch It!)
Earth Wind & Fire - Sing a Song
Wee Scary Beasties - Monster's Disco
ID

Segment 4
Keith Munslow guest DJ set:
(Doin' The) Boom Boom - Eli Paperboy Reed
Lollipop - Corn Mo
New Year's Eve in a Haunted House - Raymond Scott Orchestra
Brand New Key - Melanie
Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy- Dan Hicks
Spork - Keith Munslow (Homemade Fun)

Segment 5:
Keith Munslow guest DJ set:
Linus & Lucy - Vine Guaraldi Trio
Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson
Shuffle Off To Buffalo - The Boswell Sisters
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House - Cab Calloway
Are You Gonna Eat That? - Keith Munslow (Homemade Fun)

Segment 6
ID
Jellydots - Where Is My Package? (Jelly Jukebox)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
Dan Zanes - Cape Cod Girls (The Fine Friends Are Here!)
Michelle Shocked - Flying Lesson
ID
TMBG - One Everything

2009-09-19 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-09-18T17:23:00.000-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Pirate Girls Nine
Sam Hinton - Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop (Loquat Rooftop)
ID
Fox & Branch - Bear Hunt
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel - Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
ID

Segment 2
Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (New Orleans Playground)
Booker T - Hey Ya (Potato Hole)
ID/prep to rock
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
Strange Kidz - Superhero
Ellen and Matt - Juice Box Rock
ID (and thanks to piratejokes.net)

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - Centipede Pirate
Board of Education - The Many Uses, and Dangers, of Commas
ID
Mighty Weaklings - It's Sunny When You Share
Robin Vaughan - What Do You Like More? (Rock 'n' Roll Coochicoo Revue)
ID
SteveSongs - On a Flying Guitar

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Egg - Zoom!
Flannery Bros - One Wasn't Enough
ID
Keith Munslow - Are You Gonna Eat That?
ID/book time with Ella
Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant
The Telephone Company - I-C-E C-R-E-A-M

Segment 5
Bruce Haack - Robot Dance
Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance (Extended Data Mix)
Robbert Bobbert - I Am a Clock
ID
Laura Doherty - Elevator Escalator
BNL - Crazy ABCs
Nields - ABC (Rock All Day, Rock All Night)
ID

Segment 6
Deedle Deedle Dees- Stand Up Straight (Let It Dee)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Underground Railroad (Freedom in a Box!)
ID
Dan Zanes (w/ Loudon Wainwright III) - All Around the Kitchen
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Seeger Sessions) ID
TMBG - My Brother the Ape (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-09-12 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-09-11T18:08:00.000-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Roy G. Biv
Esquivel! - Begin the Beguine
Dog on Fleas - Beautiful World
Frances England - Animal Inside You
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - Night Owl
ID

Segment 2
Dr. John - Row Row Row Your Boat
Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band - A Big Fat Pig (Zooboogie!)
Jon Langford - Take This Hammer
ID/prep to rock
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words (Question the Answers)
The Quiet Ones - Ultrafoot (Make Some Noise)
CandyBand - Pancake Mountain
ID

Segment 3
Obama speech

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Milkshake - Dance in the Sun
Mister G - Fun
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Jambalaya
ID/book time with Ella
Cathy & Marcy - Soup, Soup

Segment 5
Primate Fiasco - South Pole and the Pyramids (Geek Dreams)
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down (Flannery Brothers)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Henry Box Brown (Freedom in a Box) ID
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Scat Song
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me

Segment 6
v/a - Chickens
Meters - Chicken Strut
Asylum Street Spankers - Super Frog
Medeski Martin & Wood - Where's the Music?
Shinyribs - Birthday is Over
ID
TMBG - Photosynthesis (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-09-05 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-09-04T18:25:00.000-04:00

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
Kimya Dawson - Sunbeams and Some Beans
White Stripes - We Are Going to Be Friends
ID
Kirsty Hawkshaw - Telephone Song
Elizabeth Mitchell - 3 is a Magic Number
ID

Segment 2
Northamptones - Mushaboom
Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler
ID/prep to rock
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Mommie - Shadow (Mommie's Dearest)
Guided by Voices - Hank's Little Fingers
Artichoke - Sea Urchin (26 Animals)
ID

Segment 3
Los Lobos - Jenny's Got a Pony
Meters - Ride Your Pony
Charity & the JAMband - Whatcha Gonna Bring?
ID
Mister G - Squirrels (Pizza for Breakfast)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - How to Move a Monster (What a Ride!)
Hipwaders - Twitchy
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
ID/prep to rock
Weezer - My Best Friend

Segment 5
Killian Mansfield - Starman (feat. Todd Rundgren)
Rocknoceros - Playground (Pink)
ID
Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Segment 6
Keith Munslow - Watchin' All the Cars Go By
Human Tim + Robot Tim - Lizard on My Leg
Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Aaron Burr
ID
TMBG - Speed and Velocity (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-08-29 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-08-28T19:37:00.000-04:00

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And thanks to StarFish for a fun guest DJ set!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - I'm a Paleontologist
The Good Ms. Padgett - Love My Kitty (The Good Ms. Padgett)
Jason Mraz - Rainbow Connection For the Kids Too)
Clem Snide - Fontanelle
ID
Sippy Cups - One Day Soon (The Time Machine)
David Tobocman - Home (I Count to Ten)
ID

Segment 2
CSNY - Our House
Gustafer Yellowgold - I Jump on Cake
Lunch Money - I Want a Dog (Silly Reflection)
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees - Teddy Days
Uncle Rock - Too Many Presents
Billy Bragg - The Beach is Free
ID

Segment 3
Justin Roberts Interview
Laura Doherty - Hot Dog (Kids in the City)
Duplex! - Orange Popsicle (Worser)
ID
Debbie & Friends - Opposite (Story Songs & Sing Alongs)
Flannery Brothers - Sunglasses
Jonathan Richman - Corner Store
ID

Segment 4
Starfish guest DJ set
ELO - Rock & Roll is King
Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville
Sweet - Little Willie
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hoodoo Voodoo
Starfish - Here Comes Trouble

Segment 5
Smithereens - Cry for a Shadow
Eddie Coker - Save Our Planet
The Who - Pinball Wizard
StarFish - Air Guitar

Segment 6
Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Keith Munslow - Every Day is a Summer Day (Homemade Fun)
ID
Killian Mansfield - Love in My Food (with Ralph Legnini and Kate Pierson)
Suburbs - Rattle My Bones
ID
TMBG - Put It to the Test
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-08-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-08-21T19:31:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Alice for coming by, and remember: Justin Roberts. Tomorrow! Iron Horse.

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Electric Car
Keith Munslow - The Leftovers (Homemade Fun)
Golden Smog - Pecan Pie (Down by the Old Mainstream)
ID
Dennis Caraher - Chasin' After Chickens (I Miss the Mud)

Segment 2
Asylum Street Spankers - Everybody Loves My Baby
Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
Liz Mitchell - Jubilee (You Are My Sunshine)
ID/prep to rock
Fountains of Wayne - Laser Show
Deedle Deedle Dees - Ina Mina Dika (Let It Dee) (Iron Horse 9/20)
Recess Monkey - Fort (Field Trip)
ID

Segment 3
Milkshake - Shake It Up (Great Day)
Quiet Ones - Invisible Trousers (Make Some Noise)
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away (Fragile Army)
ID
Jimmies - Cool to be Uncool (Live) (Trying Funny Stuff)
I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse (Sing!)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Artichoke - Vulture
School for the Dead - Superhero
Robyn Hitchcock - Balloon Man
ID/book time with Ella and Alice
Telephone Company - Mustache (The King's Surprise?)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Your Eel

Segment 5
Patsy Cline - Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul
Cathy & March - Soup, Soup
Father Goose - Flying Machine (It's a Bam Bam Diddly!)
ID
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart (World Clique)
Mr. Leebot - Bouncing Off the Walls (Robot Dance)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts - Pop Fly (Pop Fly)
ID
Hipwaders - Sesame Street theme
Dutch Sesame Street theme
Duplex - Stupid Things I Have Done
Ralph's World - Do the Math (Rhyming Circus)
Dreamtree Shakers - Don't Pick on a Porcupine (Dream and You Will see)
ID
TMBG - Science is Real
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-08-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-08-14T20:13:00.000-04:00

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Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG -Sleepwalking
Dean Jones - Needs (Nappers' Delight)
Tom Waits - Young at Heart (Brawlers, Bawlers...)
Laura Doherty - Farmer's Market (Kids in the City)
ID
Rusty Belle - Run from the Sun

Segment 2
Housemartins - You've Got a Friend
Butterflyfish - Lemonade (Ladybug)
Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken?
ID/prep to rock
Artichoke - Dog (26 Animals)
Jellydots - Bicycle

Segment 3
ID
Milkshake - I Want It Recipe (Great Day)
ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go!
Duplex! - That's How We Make a Sandwich (Worser)
ID
Mr. RAY - Wait Your Turn
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Sippy Cups - 7 is the New 14
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Nields - Who Are You Not to Shine?
Renee & Jeremy - Share (Wonder)
Hullaballoo - 400 Cupcakes (High Roller)
ID
De La Soul - The Magic Number
ID

Segment 5
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong (Clandestino)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - The Bluegrasshopper
Spiral Up Kids - In the Fiddle is a Song
ID
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts - Meltdown (Meltdown)
Sanford & Son Theme
Bob Marley - One Love/People Get Ready
Starfish - Starfish & Coffee
ID
TMBG - Four of Two
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-08-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-08-07T20:11:00.000-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero 05
Lullatone - Bedroom Bossa Band (Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous)
Brian Eno - I'll Come Running (Another Green World)
The Good Ms. Padgett - I'm a Little Doodlebug (The Good Ms. Padgett)
ID
Nields - The Fox (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
Medeski Martin & Wood - All Around the Kitchen

Segment 2
John & Mark - The Elephant Leads the Way
Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever
ID/prep to rock
Beatles - Twist & Shout (Please Please Me)
Frances England - Free to Be Me (Family Tree)
Bill Janovitz - The Farm Where Everyone Does What They Want To Do (Rock 'n' Roll Coochicoo Revue)
Jimmies - Every Day's a Holiday With You (Live) (Trying Funny Stuff DVD/CD)
ID

Segment 3
Yosi - B-E-A-C-H (Super Kids Rock!)
Junior Brown - Surf Medley
ID
Apples in Stereo - Energy
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Peter Himmelman - My Trampoline (My Trampoline)
Bjork - It's So Quiet (Post)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Robots Can't Cry (Easy bonus track)
Human Tim + Robot Tim - Little Robot (Pop of the Tots)
ID

Segment 5
Lunch Money In-Studio

Segment 6
ID
Billy Bragg - My Flying Saucer (live - Riversound Cafe)
Justin Roberts - Backyard Spaceship (Way Out)
Slavic Soul Party - Never Gonna Let You Go
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (OST)
ID
TMBG - Seven Days of the Week
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-08-01 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-07-31T18:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Jay Mankita for coming by the studio, and to Tor Hyams for his guest DJ set. Head on over to the Eric Carle Museum for the Picnic Playground show.

As always, you can listen to the show any time you want at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - What Is a Shooting Star? (GKS 2)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Major Deegan
Ben Rudnick & Friends - Erie Canal (Frog Named Sam)
Submarines - My Darling Clementine (For the Kids Three)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 2
Randy Kaplan - Clothes Dryer (Loquat Rooftop)
Mariana Iranzi - Caballito (Aventura Collage)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster - I Wish I Lived in Michigan (I Wish I Lived in Michigan)
Pencilhead & the Playground Punks - Super
Toots & the Maytalls - Funky Kingston
ID

Segment 3
Jay Mankita in-studio

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Tor Hyams guest DJ set:
Care Bears on Fire - Everybody Else
Ralph's World - Fe Fi Fo Fum
Lunch Money - Cookie as Big as My Head
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me
Frances England - I Scream, You Scream
Justin Roberts - Day Camp

Segment 5
Tor Hyams continued:
Perry Ferrell - Patience Bossa
Zach Gill - Family
Q Brothers - You Make Me Feel Good
Imagination Movers - Sunblock
Recess Monkey - Bubble Factory
Ziggy Marley - Take Me to Jamaica

Segment 6
ID
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Robbert Bobbert - Hey Little Puppy
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
ID
TMBG - The Bloodmobile
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-07-25 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-07-24T20:06:00.000-04:00

Remember: Lunch Money at the Iron Horse on Sunday 7/25 at 2:00 (1:30 doors)!

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Alphabet Lost and Found
Frances England - Firefly
Charlie Hope in-studio

Segment 2
Buddy & Julie Miller - Ellis County (Written in Chalk)
Steve Weeks - Professor Poindexter... (Alphabet Songs Vol. 2)
ID/prep to rock
Sippy Cups - My Angry Voice
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke - Big Pet Pig
ID

Segment 3
Beck - Funky Lil Song
Jim Noir - Eanie Meany
Los Straitjackets - Cal-Speed
ID/book time with Ella
The Not-Its - B.A.T.H.

Segments 4 & 5
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Molly set:
Rock N' Roll Band - Shel Silverstein
Flying a Plane - Douglas Chay
Superball - Aimee Mann
Wyoming - The Lucksmiths
Smokey - The Floor Pillows (Jay & Molly)

Jay set:
Batman - The Jam
Destination Venus - Man or Astroman
Survival Car - Fountains of Wayne
People Get up and Drive Your Funky Soul

J.P. set:
Quiet - Jump. Little Children
Everybody to the Limit - Homestar Runner
From the Tops of Trees - Danielle Howle

Segment 6
Johnny Bregar - Shoo Fly Pie (Picnic Playground) ID
Lunch Money - I Love My Library (Dizzy)
ID
Michael Franti - Say Hey (I Love You)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Ears Hang Low
Kaiser Cartel - The Season Song (Park Slope Parents)
ID
TMBG - Alphabet Lost and Found
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-07-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-07-17T20:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Recess Monkey for coming by, and to Adam Levy for the guest DJ set!

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Where Do They Make Balloons? (No!)
Nikolai Moderbacher - Papa Can I Help You
Justin Roberts - Dad Caught Stars (Not Naptime)
Barenaked Ladies - Things
ID
Lyle Lovett & Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me (Songs From the Movies)

Segment 2
Okee Dokee Brothers - Wiggle Worm (Kids With Beards)
Kimya Dawson - Bobby-O (Alphabutt)
Pascal Parisot - Mes Parents Sont Bio (Picnic Playground) (Carle 8/1)
ID/prep to rock
Hold Steady - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Hipwaders - Spoil the Rock
CandyBand - Time Out (Lollipunk)
The Not-Its - When I'm Five (We Are the Not-Its)
ID

Segment 3
Adam Levy of the Bunny Clogs Guest DJ Set

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
New Ps - Twin Cinema
Mr. Leebot - It Wasn't Me (Robot Dance)
Pianosaurus - Ready to Rock.
Dream Jam Band - Nicky Nicky Knock Knock (Kidzapalooza Vol 1)
Board of Education - 8 Is a Number
ID

Segment 5
Recess Monkey In-Studio

Segment 6
Baby Loves Jazz - Make Me Want to Scat (Baby Loves Jazz)
Michael Franti & Spearhead - East to the West
Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
Lunch Money - Tiny Dinosaurs (Dizzy)
ID
TMBG - One Two Three Four
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2009-07-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-07-10T19:20:00.001-04:00

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - C is for Conifers (Here Come the ABCs)
Liz Mitchell - Down in the Valley
Renee & Jeremy - Three Little Birds (It's a Big World)
Uncle Rock - Picnic in the Graveyard
Frances England - Charlie Parker (Fascinating Creatures)
ID

Segment 2
Charlie Hope - I'm Me! (I'm Me!)
Johnny Bregar - Ice Cream Man ID/prep to rock
The Not-Its - The Great Compromise (We Are The Not-Its!)
Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

Segment 3
Justin Roberts - Day Camp (Way Out)
Brian Waite Band - Off to Atlantis City (Neptune Theater)
Moey's Music Party - I Always Sit When I Eat
ID
Egg - Flip Flops (Sunny Side Up)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Animal Crackers (Animal Crackers)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID/in-studio with the Mudcakes
Monkey Boy
How Many Teeth?
Don't Poke the Baby

Segment 5
Son Volt - Windfall
ID
Recess Monkey - Fort (Field Trip)
Harmonica Pocket - Firefly (Ladybug One)
Ziggy Marley (w/ Willie Nelson) - This Train
Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
ID

Segment 6
ID
Jonathan Richman - New England
Dog on Fleas - Give It Away (When I Get Little)
Lunch Money - Are You a Rabbit?
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Family Tree (Easy)
White Stripes - Rag & Bone
ID
TMBG - Robot Parade

2009-06-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-06-26T21:57:00.000-04:00

Recess Monkey took over the whole darn show! See them at the Eric Carle Museum on Sunday, July 12!

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Set One
It’s Spare the Rock – TMBG
Hi Five – TMBG
ID: Recess Monkey is moving in! The Seattle Set!
Picnic - Young Fresh Fellows
Free Like a Bird – Caspar Babypants
Tinfoil Robots – Central Services Board of Education
ID: MayMo hangs his taster spoons.
Marshmallow Farm – Recess Monkey
When I’m Five – The Not-Its

Set Two
ID: MayMo wants to add French doors
Heart of the Country - Paul McCartney
Country Life – Dan Zanes
ID: Are you prepared to rock!? Can you hear it over the construction!?
James Kolchaka Sperstar - Hockey Monkey
Allegies – Barenaked Ladies
It Must be Summer
Hipwaders - Speed of Love

Set Three
ID: It’s buggy outside! The Bug Set
Spiders in my Breakfast - The Harmonica Pocket
Ladybug - The Terrible Twos
ID: Jack discovers the renovations!
Bugging - The Flaming Lips
Muzzle of Bees - Wilco

Set Four
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child – Scribble Monster
ID: The return of Mischievous Monkey! He’s itchy?
Furry Happy Monsters – R.E.M.
Bedhead- The Jimmies
ID: The hair set: Mischievous Monkey has a case of lice!
L.I.C.E.- Recess Monkey
Gonna Cut My Hair- Rocknoceros
Henrietta’s Hair – Justin Roberts

Set Five
ID: Mischievous Monkey just got on a bus for home
I’ve Been Everywere – Johnny Cash
There Their They’re – Astrograss
ID: Those are tough homophones!
Old Dan Tucker – Bruce Springstein
Tantrum – The Deedle Deedle Dees

Set Six
ID: MayMo just got the new John Vanderslice CD!
DIALO – John Vanderslice
I Gotta Be Me – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Not For You – George Harrison
I Love You Too – Ziggy Marley
Happy Doesn’t Have to Have a Happy Ending – TMBG
ID: One last plug
Spare The Rock Outro – TMBG

2009-06-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-06-19T17:00:00.000-04:00

How fun was Ziggy Marley's guest DJ set? That was great, and thanks again to Ziggy for putting that together for us!

And also, remember -- Brady Rymer is playing TODAY at the Taste of Amherst at noon!

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Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - D&W
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (Van Lear Rose)
Steve Weeks - Aaron & His Aeroplane (Alphabet Songs Vol 1)
ID
Jim Cosgrove - Buggy Hop (Upside Down)
Trout Fishing in America - Something Sweet (Chicken Joe)

Segment 2
Renee & Jeremy - Rely (Wonder)
Asylum Street Spankers - Think About Your Troubles (Mommy Says No)
ID/prep to rock
CandyBand - Get Up Already (LolliPunk)
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Go, Go, Go! (Fast & Feisty) 
ID

Segment 3
Jimmies - What's That Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)
The Boy Least Likely To - When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
Rocknoceros - Playground (Pink)
ID
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny ('Bout Peace Love & Understanding)?
Daddy A Go Go - Come On, Get Happy
ID

Segment 4
Ziggy Marley guest DJ

Segment 5
Ziggy Marley guest DJ

Segment 6
ID
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - Your Smile
John & Mark - The Lawnmower (John & Mark's Children's Record)
Bjork - Human Behavior
ID
TMBG - The Secret Life of Six (Here Come the 123s)

2009-06-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2009-06-12T20:33:00.002-04:00

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Thanks to Ashley from the Jimmies for guest DJing!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Apartment Four
John & Mark - Counting Error
Fine Frenzy - Come Out
Ginger Hendrix - How the Days Go By
Dan Zanes & Friends - Mananera

Segment 2
Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson - Gentle Breeze
Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World
ID/prep to rock
Terrible Twos - Jump Jump Jump
Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
Bunny Clogs - 3 Dogs and a Pancake
Lunch Money - Roller Coaster
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - S-L-E-E-P-Over
Pixies - Tony's Theme
Breeders - Divine Hammer
BB King & Sesame Street - BB King
ID/book time with Ella
Ziggy Marley -
ID

Segment 4 & 5 - Jimmies Guest DJ Set

Segment 6
Brady Rymer & the Little Band That Could - Jump Up
Big Jeff - Big Pterodactyl in the Sky
Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow
Mommie - Shadow
ID
TMBG - Zeros
TMBG - Spare the Rock