Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

On Saturday, February 11, Keith Munslow will be coming by the studio and doing a live in-studio performance! We're excited about the visit and will play some of Keith's tunes this week...

Archive is here.

They Might Be Giants - Robot Parade (Live)
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pinero - El Adios de esta Momento (Cuba)
Beatles - Good Day Sunshine (Revolver)
Leonardo - Tools (Makin' Lemonade)
Eddie Coker - Whoo-Hoo Dance (Wow!)
Trout Fishing in America - What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee (Family Music Party)
Nancy Tucker - Hats on Bees (Escape of the Slinkys)
Two of a Kind - Harriet the Spy (Connections)
Jay Mankita - Wide Mouth Frog (The Day the Library Went Wild)
Sarah Pirtle - Dolphin Dog (Heart of the World)
CandyBand - Spongebob Squarepants (More Candy)
Apples in Stereo - Rainbow (Discovery of the World Inside the World)
Bzots - Two Months Security Deposit (Powered Up!)
White Stripes - We're Going to be Friends (White Blood Cells)
Scribblemonster & His Pals - I Like the Way You Share (Best of Friends)
Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (All The Stuff And More)
Violent Femmes - Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits)
REM - Furry Happy Monsters (Songs from the Street)
The Quiet Ones - Ultrafoot (Make Some Noise)
Ira Marlowe - The Planets' Song (The Teasing Bird)
Deedle Deedle Dees - John Brown (Let It Dee)
They Might Be Giants - Turtle Songs of North America (Podcast)
Marty Dread - Mouse in the House (Reggae Playground)
Ben Folds Five - Theme from Dr. Pyser (Whatever and Ever Amen Bonus Version)
Mr. Richard - Gimme Back My Toes (Tummy Talk)
Telephone Company - Mr. Peanut (Business Deal Top 40 of 2005)
Pascal Parisot - Wonderful (French Playground)
Teacher and the Rockbots - Six Skinny Bug Legs (Multiplication)
Brian Wilson - Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Smile)
Kevin Kammeraad - The Couch (Tomato Collection)
Us 3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (Hand on the Torch)
Lunch Money - I Want a Dog (Silly Reflection)
Bill Harley - Monsters in the Bathroom (Play It Again)
They Might Be Giants - Particle Man

A press release:

Two of a Kind will be coming to Amherst, MA for the People's Music Network Gathering January 27-29, and we'll be doing performances for children and adults during that visit. Here are the details:

1/28 (Saturday), 1:30 pm:
Children's Concert at the People's Music Network Winter Gathering
(with Sarah Pirtle, Tom Neilson and Jackson Gillman
we will be joined in this performance by our sons Ari & Jason!)
Amherst College Johnson Chapel
S. Pleasant St/Rte. 116 South
Amherst, MA
Info: (413) 548-9394 [Admission: free]

1/29 (Sunday), 4:00 pm:
Stone Soup Café, Bob Blue's living room concert series
(Concert mostly for grown-ups hosted by Bob Blue, but if kids come we'll sing for them too
we will be joined in this performance by our sons Ari & Jason!)
170 E. Hadley Rd
Amherst, MA
Directions: www.bobblue.org (413) 256-8784
[Suggested donation: $10]

We sure had a great time at the Pancake Mountain party down at Flywheel yesterday after the show, and hope lots of listeners were there too!

Archive MP3 is here

They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (part with kids singing, then regular version)
Timmy Abell - Going to Grandma's (Little Red Wagon)
Milkshake - Happy Song (Happy Songs)
Jose Gonzalez y Banda Criolla - Bomba Te Traigo Yo (Caribbean Playground)
Daddy-A-Go-Go - Brush Your Teeth (Cool Songs for Cool Kids)
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
Laurie Berkner - The Cat Came Back (Whaddya Think of That?)
PSA (Flywheel Deedle Deedle Dees)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Stand Up Straight (Let It Dee)
Smoosh - But Now I Know
Fuzzy - Flashlight (Fuzzy)
Maya Bond - Cute Papa
Replacements - Seen Your Video (Let It Be)
Feist - Mushaboom
Matthew Sweet - Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits)
PSA - Homelessness Marathon
Terri Hendrix - Nerves (Celebrate the Difference)
Candy Band - Spiderman (LolliPunk)
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Rub A Dub Dub (One Size Fits All)
Babaloo - Room for Everyone (Room for Everyone)
Abby & The Pipsqueaks - The Pancake Song (Pancakes, Anyone?)
PSA (Pancake Mountain)
The Evens - Vowel Movement (Pancake Mountain)
Brady Rymer - Keep Up With You (Every Day is a Birthday)
Michelle Shocked - Arkansas Traveler (Arkansas Traveler)
Hot Soup - Dig Down Deep (Soup Happens)
Ben Rudnick - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Blast Off!)
Stevie Wonder - 1-2-3 Sesame Street (Songs from the Street)
Ella Jenkins - This-A-Way, That-A-Way (This-A-Way, That-A-Way)
Big Audio Dynamite II - Rush (The Globe)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals - Play With Your Food (Chocolate Milk)
Lunch Money - Yes, We Have Rhythm (Silly Reflection)
Judy Mowatt - Let's Dance (Reggae Playground)
Mitch Friedman - Wonder Where (Purple Burt)
Mr. Richard - Tummy Talk (Tummy Talk)
They Might Be Giants - No! (No!)

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child is now syndicated through the AudioPort service of Pacifica. If your radio station is a Pacifica affiliate and you think our show would be fun to hear, encourage them to start playing it. It's free to nonprofit stations.

Archive MP3 here. Enjoy.

They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Terri Hendrix - I Want To Be Your Friend (Celebrate the Difference)
Danny Adlerman - Africa Calling (One Size Fits All)
Justin Roberts - Airplane of Food (Way Out)
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - The Garden Song (Bon Appetit)
Telephone Company - I-C-E C-R-E-A-M (The King's Surprise?)
Leonardo - Do It Myself (Makin' Lemonade)
Vieux Diop - Sing Lo-Lo (African Playground)
Gary Lapow - Tribute for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Strong, Smart and Free)
Pancake Mountain theme
Candy Band - Pancake Mountain (Lollipunk)
The Evens - Vowel Movement (Pancake Mountain)
Brassy - Work It Out (Got It Made)
PSA (Flywheel Deedle Deedle Dees show)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Ina Mina Dika (Let it Dee)
Scribblemonster - Dance Party (Best of Friends)
Of Montreal - Disconnect the Dots (Satanic Panic in the Attic)
ID (8:58)
Bzots - Hey Wkewke (Powered Up!)
Burning Souls - Here Comes the Sun (Reggae Playground)
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (London Calling)
Alain Schneider - Le Vieil Elephant (Reggae Playground)
Timmy Abell - I'm My Own Grandpa (Little Red Wagon)
Cab Calloway - Hi De Ho Man (Songs from the Street)
Brady Rymer - Every Day Is a Birthday (Every Day Is a Birthday)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Kermit the Frog - African Alphabet (Songs from the Street)
Johnny Cash with Oscar the Grouch - Nasty Dan (Songs from the Street)
Abby & The Pipsqueaks - The Pancake Song (Pancakes, Anyone?)
Fugees - Just Happy to Be Me (Songs from the Street)
Susan Salidor - Zum Gali Gali/Lo Yisa Goy Medley (Little Voices in My Head)
Mr. Richard - The "Please-Don't-Tell-Me-You're-Gonna-Wear-That-Super-Hero-Costume-Again" Blues (Tummy Talk)
Lunch Money - Umbrella (Silly Reflection)
Ben Rudnick - Rainy Day (Live for VFR)
Joanne Hammil - Pick It Up! (The World's Gonna Listen)
fIREHOSE - Whisperin' While Hollerin' (fROMOHIO)
They Might Be Giants - Alphabet Lost and Found (Here Come the ABCs)

This week is an archived show, as I'm in DC. We'll be back live on the 14th.

Just got word that Billy Jonas is playing a show in the Boston area later this month. We've played Billy on the show (What Kind of Cat Are You? is probably my favorite song of his) and it'll be a fun show. Here are some parts of the press release:

The Audience is the Main Instrument at a Billy Jonas Concert
Billy and his band will perform a family concert at
the Regent Theatre, Arlington, MA
Saturday, January 21st 10:30 am

Billy Jonas is a singer/songwriter, guitarist and industrial re-percussionist whose primary instrument is the audience. For this special show, Billy will bring in a few mystery musical guests to introduce a new Billy Jonas Band.

In singalongs, bangalongs, whisperalongs and improvised songs, Billy leads his audience through interactive explosions of energy, punctuated by moments of lyrical calm.