2021-01-03 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Got Getting up So Down Father Goose - Jig Jog Gee Dawes - I Love (new, Tom T Hall cover) ID Kelli Welli - Kickin’ It With My Chicken (new) The Mighty Imperials - Thunder Chicken ID Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken? [WJFF/JUMP - Guided By Voices - Littlest League Possible [KUTX - Lisa Loeb - Ring Around the Rosie [WFNU - n/a 2nd set Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID ScribbleMonster - Do The Bounce The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio? Rhythm Child - Everybody Is The One Voice of the Beehive - I Walk the Earth Flor Bromley - Superheroe (new) ID 3rd set Moon Hooch feat. Leo P - Stonk (new) Twinkle Time - Mascara (new) The Bright Siders - The Moon & Stars & Me (new) ID Frances England - Mind of My Own The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket ID They Might Be Giants - The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-12-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child playlist & stream

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Alphabet of Nations (in-studio) Strand of Oaks - The Grocery Store (new) ID Weaves - Help Little Miss Ann - Stars on the Island (new) ID Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis - This Will Be Our Year [WJFF/JUMP - Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome [KUTX - Ella Jenkins - Kumbaya [WFNU - The Salteens - Have a Nap Mom 2nd set Salim Nourallah - Be Here Now (in-studio) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go! Prince - Starfish & Coffee Skankin’ Pickle - I Missed the Bus Old 97’s - Auld Lang Syne ID 3rd set Molly Ledford - Sound & Vision John Coltrane - My Favorite Things, Pt. 1 Too Many Zooz feat. Big Freedia - Funky Christmas (new) ID Karen K & Mista Cookie Jar - Rainbow Wunmi - Rainbow ID They Might Be Giants - Roy G Biv They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-12-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child playlist & stream

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Read a Book Louie Phipps Interview Louie Phipps - Bird of Freedom Mac McCaughan & Annie Hayden - Down We Go (Sledding Song) ID Andrew Bird - Christmas Is Coming (new) [WJFF/JUMP - Vince Guraldi - O Tannenbaum [KUTX - Justin Roberts - From Scratch [WFNU - The Nields - Who Are You Not To Shine 2nd set The New Standards (feat Allison LaBonne & Brian Tighe) - Snow (new) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID CandyBand - I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick - 2600 Jingle Punx - Wonderful Christmastime The Hold Steady - Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You ID 3rd set Quiet Company - Little Drummer Boy Brady Rymer - Writing a Letter to Santa Claus (new) ID 123 Andres & Mista Cookie Jar - Feliz Navidad (new) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Funky Little Drummer Boy Run-DMC - Christmas in Hollis ID They Might Be Giants - O Tannenbaum They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-12-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child playlist & stream

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Electric Car (feat. Robin Goldwasser) The New Standards - My Favorite Things (feat. Aby Wolf) (new) ID Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 8 Days of Hannukah Rissi Palmer - Dear to Me ID Cloud Cult - Good Friend [WJFF/JUMP - Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick [KUTX - Sweet Honey in the Rock - Tama Tama Tamali [WFNU - Lloyd Miller - Big Trip 2nd set Elizabeth Mitchell - Bright Morning Stars are Rising ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Jingle Punx - Chanukah, Oh Chanukah The Jimmies - I Wanna Hippopotamus for Hanukkah ScribbleMonster - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (new) Adam & the Bull Shark - We Make a Great Team Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights - Spinning ID 3rd set Antibalas - Let’s Dance Mama Doni Band - Chanukah Fever ID Daveed Diggs - Puppy for Hanukkah (new) Aaron Nigel Smith - One ID They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-12-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child playlist & stream

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Boat of Car (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) SaulPaul feat. JC Stringz - Rise Violin Remix 123 Andres feat. Rissi Palmer - Cooperation ID Pierce Freelon - Daddy Daughter Day Michael Franti & Spearhead - Once a Day (feat. Sonia Rele) ID Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - White Christmas [WJFF/JUMP - Red Yarn - Old Black Dog [KUTX - The Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic [WFNU - Mister G - Big Old World 2nd set First Aid Kit - On the Road Again ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Not-Its! - Brain Freeze The Lucky Band - Taco Tuesday Lunch Money - Dizzy Matt & Kim - Daylight Jingle Punx - It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year ID 3rd set Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Parry Gripp interview Parry Gripp - Raining Tacos on Christmas Eve ID Peelander Z - Taco Taco Tacos The Comet is Coming - Summon the Fire ID They Might Be Giants - One Everything They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-11-29 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Photosynthesis Jazzy Ash - Honey (new) ID Elliott Park - Bloom (new) Nora and One Left - My Bike and Me ID Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha [WJFF/JUMP - Groove Kid Nation - The Itsy Bitsy Apider [KUTX - Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home [WFNU - Vered - When You Smile 2nd set Craig Finn - Forever Young (in-studio) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Iron Maiden - Different World CandyBand - Ken Lost His Head Moona Luna - H2O Madness - Our House Cults - Go Outside ID 3rd set Quincy Jones - Sanford & Son Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Unicorns R Real ID Uncle Rock & Dean Jones - Love Train (new) The O’Jays - Give the People What They Want ID They Might Be Giants - Speed and Velocity They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-11-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - No! Elliott Park interview Elliott Park - To The Moon and Back (new) Glenn Miller - Rhapsody in Blue ID Taj Mahal - Great Big Boat [WJFF/KCMJ - Cloud Cult - Best Time Of My Life [KUTX - Bears and Lions - Jonas the Walrus [WFNU - Falu - Shapes 2nd set Tom Smith - Solace Market (new) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Relative Minors - Sandwich (new) Troubled Hubble - I’m Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules Uncle Rock - Rock & Roll Babysitter The Jimmies - Bedhead Best Coast - Thank You ID 3rd set Mi Amigo Hamlet - Thankful Big Star - Thank You Friends ID Lucky Chops - Danza 2016 Genevieve Goings - Thank You So Much Jazzy Ash - Seize the Day (new) ID They Might Be Giants - The Edison Museum They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-11-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - I Just Want to Dance Amyliza de Jesus & Marla Vannucci - Kindness is King Ziggy Marley w/ Ben Harper - Play With Sky (new) ID Dean Jones & Jacky Davis - Where Does Your Mind Wander? (new) Ratboy Jr. - Worms ID Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Ice Cream Octopus [WJFF/KCMJ - Cat Doorman - Effervescent Elephant [KUTX - [WFNU - 2nd set Justin Roberts - Be Not Afraid ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Not-Its! - Green Light Go! fIREHOSE - For the Singer of REM REM - Stand The Deedle Deedle Dees - Si Se Puede! Diet Cig - Together We Can Conquer Whatever ID 3rd set Pierce Freelon feat. Rissi Palmer - My Body (new) Seaper Powers - Do You Like Me (new) Jazzy Ash - Good Foot (new) ID Marsha & the Positrons - Virtual School (new) Steve Songs - Orangutan Van ID They Might Be Giants - Or So I Have Read They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-11-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Boat of Car (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) Haley Bonar - I Wanna Be Like You Mates of State - Pink Sugar Elephants ID Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - They All Ask’d For You (in-studio) Nathalia - Mundo de Colores ID David & Jad Fair - Automatic Bird Feeder [WJFF/KCMJ - Wee Hairy Beasties - Lightnin’ The Turtle [KUTX - Sara Hickman - Ten Little Bubbles [WFNU - 2nd set Frank Turner - Be More Kind ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Jonathan Coulton - The Princess Who Saved Herself AudraRox - Five Minutes More Justin Roberts - We Go Duck Mariana Iranzi - Five Little Monkeys Mary Lou Lord w/ Semisonic - Sugar Sugar ID 3rd set Lucky Diaz - Blue Bear Honus Honus & Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Jackie Wilson Said (new) ID Ziggy Marley feat. Angelique Kidjo - Jambo (new) Moon Hooch - Number 9 ID They Might Be Giants - Impossible They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-10-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Alphabet Lost and Found Caspar Babypants - Live Like a Baby (new) ID Lunch Money - To Be a Fossil Lucky Diaz - El Sol Tesega ID The Sunny Smiles Three - Rainbow Rise (new) [WJFF/KCMJ - Steve Weeks - Ivan Idea [KUTX - Suzi Slezak - Talis Canon [WFNU - Tim Kubart - Anthem (in-studio) 2nd set Mates of State - I Am A Scientist ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words Josh & the Jamtones - I Love U Mil’s Trills - Make It Up Miss Lynn’s Rainbow Machine - Animal Best Friends ID 3rd set Guided by Voices - Hold On Hope Dean Jones & Jacky Davis - Mycelium (new) ID Africa Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock Ziggy Marley - Move Your Body (feat. Tom Morello, Busta Rhymes, & Isaiah Marley) (new) ID They Might Be Giants - D Is For Drums They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-10-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2020-10-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Apartment Four Dean Jones & Jacky Davis - Better Together (new) ID The Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count Asylum Street Spankers - Everybody Loves My Baby Joanie Leeds - RBG ID Big Butter - People, Animals and Plants [WJFF/KCMJ - The Harmonica Pocket - Supermoon [KUTX - Zee Avi - The Circle Game [WFNU - Folk Implosion - I’m Just a Bill 2nd set Justin Roberts - Ain’t No Way (new) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Frances England - I Scream, You Scream CandyBand - Ice Cream Mark Pound - What Do You Want To Be (new) Jasmine & Bleu - The Turtle and the Bunny (new) The Heavy - Better As One The Not-Its! - Hide & Seek ID 3rd set Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers Shine & the Moonbeams - Tell Me Why ID Mista Cookie Jar - Kindness is the Way (new) Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing ID They Might Be Giants - Four of Two They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-09-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

This week's show and promos are up: http://sparetherock.com/wordpress/for-stations/ or go directly to the Dropbox folder: http://tinyurl.com/strdownload If you have Dropbox and would like to be added to this folder (so you automatically get the updated files whenever I replace them), let me know and I’ll send you an invitation. If you’re a PRX affiliate, the show’s page is here: http://www.prx.org/series/32696-spare-the-rock-spoil-the-child 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm (in-studio) The Bazillions medium-sized deck concert) ID [WJFF/KCMJ - Bowie - Kooks [KUTX - Paul Simon - Me & Julio [WFNU - Barenaked Ladies - My Big Sister 2nd set Peter Himmelman - Lullabye with Baseball and Trains ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Boogers - My Baseball Bat The Baseball Project - Don’t Call Them Twinkies Justin Roberts - Pop Fly Milkshake - Baseball ID 3rd set Lunch Money - You Were a Basket of Flowers Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way Rissi Palmer - Dear to Me ID Quiet Company - At the Birth (new) Pierce Freelon - Daddy Daughter Day (feat. J. Gunn) (new) ID They Might Be Giants - Long White Beard They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-09-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Number Two Mister G - Earth Beneath Your Feet (new) ID Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train Elizabeth Mitchell - This Land is Your Land ID Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine [WJFF/KCMJ - Uncle Devin - Be Yourself (extended remix) [KUTX - Steve Weeks - Take the Tinkertown Trolley [WFNU - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Mysterious 2nd set SaulPaul - Rise (violin remix) (new) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Babe the Blue OX - Surfin’ Minnesota Dressy Bessy - Electrified Posies - Dream All Day 123 Andres feat. Sugar Free Allstars - Keep It Up (new) ID 3rd set Go Banana Go! - I Love Cookies (new) Pierce Freelon - Gather Your Clothes (feat. Kronoz Time) (new) ID Shine & the Moonbeams - Shooting Star James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing ID They Might Be Giants - Triops Has Three Eyes They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-09-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (live at Nola Studio) Interview with Shine Shine & the Moonbeams - High Five Pierce Freelon - Make New Friends (feat. Carlitta Durand) (new) ID SaulPaul - Vibes (feat. Alphabet Rockers & Denzil Findley) (new) [WJFF/KCMJ - Django Jones - Long Time Sun [KUTX - Asylum Street Spankers - Don’t Turn Out [WFNU - Justin Roberts - Way Out 2nd set Mister G - Seeds of Shalom (new) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Morning Announcements - Proactive Man (new) Kym Stewart - I Am a Robot (new) ID 3rd set Turn Turn Turn - Mid-sized Deck Concert ID They Might Be Giants - John Lee Supertaster They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-09-06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

2020-08-30 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Alphabet of Nations (in-studio) SaulPaul interview SaulPaul - I Am Enough (new) ID Jazzy Ash - Be Outside (new) Joanie Leeds - Glass Ceilings ID Josh Lovelace feat. Frances England- Butterfly [WJFF/KCMJ - The Doubleclicks - Super Beatrice (in-studio) [KUTX - Baby Loves Jazz - Hokey Pokey 2nd set Craig Finn - Forever Young ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID CandyBand - Ice Cream The Replacements - Jungle Rock John Wesley Harding - Sing Your Own Song Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar ID 3rd set Belly - Feed the Tree Too Many Zooz - Stand By Your Cats ID MIsta Cookie Jar - Don’t Gotta Be Cool (new) The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It’s Just Begun ID They Might Be Giants - Science is Real They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-08-23 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Got Getting Up So Down 123 Andres feat. Cathy Fink, Uncle Devin, and Lolita Walker - Hambone (new) Sally Timms & Jon Langford - Prettiest Star ID First Aid Kit - On the Road Again (new) Mark Pound - Last February I Went on a Trip (new) ID Sweet Honey in the Rock - Freedom Train [WJFF/KCMJ - Ted Leo - Heroes [KUTX - Damnations - Steeple Full of Swallows 2nd set Ziggy Marley feat. Elizabeth Mitchell - Wings of an Eagle ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Poco Drom - Cats Like to Swim (new) Adam & the Bull Shark - Terrible Terrible Beast Teddybears - Cobrastyle Saint Etienne - Let’s Build a Zoo ID 3rd set Sugarcubes - Speed is the Key SaulPaul feat. Lori Henriques - Dance and Flow (new) ID Sugar Free Allstars - Disco Dance Party Apples in Stereo - Rainbow ID They Might Be Giants - Elephants (feat. Danny Weinkauf) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-08-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Thinking Machine Kimya Dawson - Smoothie ID Frank Turner - Be More Kind Gina Chavez - Bug Bug (in-studio) ID Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow [WJFF/KCMJ - Calliope Musicals - Sink or Swim [KUTX - Arcade fire - infinite_content 2nd set Tim Kubart - Better (in-studio) ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Fugazi - Waiting Room CandyBand - Ken Lots His Head Generation X - Ready Steady Go Harry and the Potters - On the Importance of Media Literacy Under Authoritarian Rule Mariana Iranzi - Hola Hello ID 3rd set Golden Dawn Arkestra - Sama Chaka SaulPaul ft. Alphabet Rockers and Denzil Findley - Vibes (new) ID Cloud Cult - Good Friend The Heavy - Better As One ID They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2020-08-02 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Particle Man Too Many Zooz - Car Alarm Ella Fitzgerald - Molasses, Molasses (It’s Icky Sticky Goo) ID April Verch - My Neighbour (new) Lucky Diaz - El Sol Tesega The Jimmies - Bonfire ID Wunmi - Rainbow [WJFF/KCMJ -Love Is the Law - The Suburbs [KUTX - Superchunk - Erasure 2nd set Elizabeth Mitchell feat. Simi Stone - Changes ID TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Jellydots - Race Cars Go Artichoke - Boll Weevil Knievel (new) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Everyday People ID 3rd set Aaron Nigel Smith - In a Book (live) (new) Mista Cookie Jar - Don’t Gotta Be Cool (new) ID Go Banana Go! - Pizza Feet (new) Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Wobbly Man ID They Might Be Giants - The Guitar (the Lion Sleeps Tonight) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock