2006-07-29 Playlist

Archive is here.

They Might Be Giants - No! (No!)
Uncle Rock - Shoe Bandit (Plays Well With Others)
Jose Gonzales y Banda Criolla - Bomba Le Le (Latin Playground)
Papas Fritas - Vertical Lives (Buildings & Grounds)
Heather Bishop - Belly Button (Belly Button)
Billy Gorilly - Dinosaurs (s/t)
--song ID
AudraRox - Hope My Mama Says Yes (s/t)
Hullabaloo - Mama Llama (Sing Along with Sam)
Brady Rymer - Look at My Belly (Look at My Belly)
Yosi - Fresh Brown Eggs (What's Eatin' Yosi?)
Peter Alsop - Wiggle (s/t)
Stephen Fite - What's on the List (Gobs of Fun)
--song ID
Erin Flynn & the Coop Band - Twinkle (Dreamers of Dreams)
Candy Band - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (s/t)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now (Hot)
Charity and the JAMband - Cake (Rock Your Socks Off!)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Go Baby Go (Baby Loves Jazz)
Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine (The Reality of My Surroundings)
Smetana - Bartered Bride, Furiant & Dance of the Comedians (Slovak Philharmonic)
Bzots - Gotta Get A Gig (Powered Up!)
--song ID/PSA (Bear tips)
Lemonheads - My Hero, Zero (Schoolhouse Rock!)
Asheba - All Around the Kitchen (Children Are the Sunshine)
ScribbleMonster - I Wish I Lived in Michigan (A Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Mr. S - Itchy Little Toe (Songs for Family, Friends & Frogs)
Scott Hooper - Foolin' You at the Zoo (Zoo Break!)
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - Melody Ring (Snow Day)
--song ID
Toucan Jam - The Month Song (A World of Music)
Susan Salidor - Give me a Little Beso (Little Voices in My Head)
Dennis Caraher - Alfred Alligator (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Danny Adlerman - The Couch (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
SteveSongs - Opposite Day (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Deedle Deedle Dees - John Brown (Live at Flywheel)
--song ID
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart
Monty Harper - A Pet Like That (Paws Claws Scales & Tales)
--song ID
They Might Be Giants - Letter (Not a Letter) (Here Come the ABCs)

Some Rescheduling

In case you were counting on it, we're rescheduling The Lovely Mrs. Davis Plays Music For You To Listen To to (almost definitely) August 12. Why?

Because on August 5, we'll have at least two artists playing Kidzapalooza calling in to tell us how it's going -- Jim from ScribbleMonster and Asheba.

Will it make me feel better about not getting to attend the show? Not much, especially since we even got media passes. But it'll still be fun, promise.

Also, Yosi has been working on his guest DJ set and sending some updates, and it's gonna be tasty.

We're Back!

We're back from a pleasant if slightly sunburned week in Rhode Island, and we'll be back live on Saturday, with new-to-us (and some new-in-general) music from Uncle Rock, Toucan Jam, Mr. S, and Scott Hooper. Also, we finally got a new copy of Putumayo's Latin Playground, which walked away from the studio sometime.

Plus, if we remember, Smetana.

And did I mention that you should be buying Erin Flynn's CD? You should. Probably more of that on Saturday too.

A week from Saturday, while we pout about not going to Kidzapalooza (we had media passes and everything, but scheduling conflicts screwed it up), we'll have a guest DJ set from the Lovely Mrs. Davis, who found some great stuff for your listening pleasure. If the phone system works, we'll even talk with her live; I'm interested to find out if she will insist on me calling her "Your loveliness" or what.

Finally, some pictures from ScribbleMonster's session recording their show filling in last week, with captions from the band:


ScribbleJayne is experiencing technical difficulties.


ScribbleMonster (in the background) and ScribbleJim contemplating, "What would Bill and Ella do?"


It looks like she's just sitting, but ScribbleJoyce is actually preparing to rock.


The ScribbleKids.

Thanks, ScribbleEveryone!

This Might Be a Kids' Radio Show

Welcome to those visiting us from the invaluable (for certain purposes anyway) This Might Be a Wiki. I'm happy that we got linked to from there, especially when we had Andy from The Quiet Ones (formerly of Muckafurgason, who opened for TMBG and had an album produced by Flansburgh) doing a guest DJ set. But you might enjoy the show more often, as we start and end every darn show with TMBG. So stick around!

Playlist for 7/22/06 with ScribbleMonster hosting!

Archive is here.

Thanks again for ScribbleJames, ScribbleJoyce, and ScribbleJayne guest hosting this morning! Here's what they played:

TMBG - I Can Hear You (Factory Showroom)
ScribbleMonster - Come On, Get Happy (Live for Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Eddie Coker - If Mama Ain't Happy (Save Our Planet)
Milkshake - Happy Song (Happy Songs)
Sun - Smiley Face World (Inquire Within)
Tomato Collection Songs - Numbers Everywhere (A Little Play Music)
Sesame Street's Bert and Farley - Loud and Soft (Bert's Blockbusters)
Counting Crows - Accidentally in Love (Films About Ghosts)
Fountains of Wayne - Peace & Love (Welcome Interstate Managers)
The Chip and Vince Show - Hold Hands (Special Day)
The Smoking Popes - Seven Lonely Days (The Party's Over)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals - The World's Greatest (Chocolate Milk)
XTC - Extrovert (Rag & Bone Buffet)
The Thunderlords - Growl Like a Lion (Noisy Songs for Noisy Kids)
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf the Second)
Charlie Sexton Sextet - Railroad (Under the Wishing Tree)
Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon - It Ain't Me Babe (Walk the Line Soundtrack)
Sesame Street's Grover - Over Under Around and Through (Sesame Street 2)
Steve Weeks - Professor Poindexter P. Puggleston's Prepostrapercopopulataportapipplephone (Alphabet Songs Vol. II)
Craig Northey - Giddy Up (Giddy Up)
The Figgs - Do The Bounce (Sucking In Stereo)
Roger Day - It's a No-No to Kiss a Rhino! (Ready to Fly)
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance to the Music (Greatest Hits)
Sesame Street's Bert - Stop! (Bert and Ernie, Side by Side)
Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Hounds of Love)
SteveSongs - Follow Directions (Little Superman)
ScribbleMonster - Rockin' Robin (Live for Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Monty Harper - Villa Villekulla Hula (Paws, Claws, Scales & Tales)
The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (The White Album)
Sparks - The Rhythm Thief (Lil' Beethoven)
Sesame Street's Susan -Someday Little Children (Sing the Hit Songs of Sesame Street)
TMBG - Spider (Apollo 18)

Playlist for 7-15-06

Archive MP3 is here. Enjoy!

Hi! If you're trying to stream through valleyfreeradio.org, you will observe that the relevant people at the station cleverly let the domain lapse. I will have the archive MP3 up here this morning before we head out of town.

Grr. Sorry.

To listen to any archive, you should be able to just click on the MP3 link in any of the posts here, or click on the "archive" link over on the right and you can download them there. They're pretty big files, so dialup users may get grumpy.


Legal ID (7:55)
They Might Be Giants - The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
The Mahotella Queens - Mbube (African Playground)
Yosi - Eat, Repeat (What's Eatin Yosi?)
The Go! Team - Get It Together (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
Beethoven's Wig - Where oh Where (Beethoven's Wig 3)
Dirty Sock Fun Time Band - I'm Hot (Mr. Clown and the Day the Sun Got Wet)
--song ID
Keith Munslow - Goin' to the Beach (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Ray & The Moonbeams - 7 Days in a Week (s/t)
Purple Stripes - Aba Daba Honeymoon
Ralph's World - Just Like the Monkeys (The Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro)
Erin Lee & Marci - My Treehouse (Snowdance)
--song ID
Erin Flynn - Mary Mack (Dreamers of Dreams)
Dressy Bessy - Electrified (Electrified)
Deluxx Folk Implosion - I'm Just A Bill
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Stickman (Punk Salad)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) - The Internet Is Tubes
ScribbleMonster & His Pals - Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
Quiet Ones - How Fast Can You Run? (Make Some Noise)
Skankin' Pickle - I Missed the Bus (Skankin' Pickle Fever)
AudraRox - Short Attention Span (AudraRox)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Ina Mina Dika (Let It Dee)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words (Question the Answers)
--legal and song ID (9:00)

Guest DJ Set from Andy from The Quiet Ones:

The Troggs - Little Red Donkey (Cellophane)
The Beach Boys - Little Honda (All Summer Long)
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (Deram Anthology 1966-68)
Jonathan Richman - Ice Cream Man (Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers)
Antsy Cowfold - Little Wing (Antsy Cowfold)
Music for Aardvarks - I Like Your Toys (Run Around Kid)
Banana Splits - I Enjoy Being a Boy (Bubblegum Classics III)
The Yobs - The Worm Song (The Boys - The Boys)
Neil Hefti - Batman Theme (TV Land Presents Favorite Theme Songs)
Muckafurgason - Dictionary (s/t)
Kinks - Picture Book (The Kings are the Village Green Preservation Society)
Lynn Redgrave - While I'm Still Young (Smashing Time Original Motion Picture Score)
Television Personalities - Smashing Time (Yes Darling, But Is It Art?)
The Smoke - My Friend Jack (It's Smoke Time)
Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant (Barrett)
Donovan - I Love My Shirt (Barabajagal)
Bruce Haack - The Robot Dance (The Way Out Children's Record)
Tiny Tim - Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut) (God Bless Tiny Tim)
Bonzo Dog Band - Urban Spaceman (Urban Spaceman)
Daniel Johnston - I Killed the Monster (Artistic Vice)
--song ID
They Might Be Giants - Impossible (Bed Bed Bed EP)

Wow, that's going to be cool too.

A week from this Saturday, as mentioned before, ScribbleMonster (whose books and music you should have) will be guest DJing for the entire darn show, while we lounge on the beaches of Rhode Island. (Doesn't sound quite as indulgent as "the beaches of Rio" or many other beaches, but oh well.)

Anyway, we just got the pre-recorded show so I can get it to the relvant people at the station to play, and it is excellent. Like Andy's guest set for this Saturday, a ton of stuff we've never played (Sly & the Family Stone, the Figgs, some Sesame Street vinyl (!), Smoking Popes, etc.), plus our standard features -- TMBG to start and end, a "Are you prepared to rock?" set (with a hilarious opening), and all the rest.

If it's not obvious, I am very excited about these guest DJ appearances; I hope y'all like them as much as I do. Please post comments once you hear them. And there are a bunch more very exciting guest DJs coming soon...

(And in the hour before Quiet One Andy's guest set this week, we'll probably have new music from Yosi, Erin Lee & Marci, and others.)

Best Sentence Ever in a Washington Post Obituary

Syd Barrett, who will make an appearance in the guest DJ set this Saturday, died last week. From today's Washington Post obit, containing this paragraph:

After brief hospitalization, Mr. Barrett was cared for by his mother, and he rarely left home. After his mother died in 1991, his health worsened, and his eyesight began to fail. He enjoyed gardening, however, and was said to be skillful at stuffing peppers.

The emphasized sentence (my emphasis) is the best sentence ever seen in a Post obituary.

This is going to be very, very cool.

I've mentioned before that we've got some guest DJ sets coming up. I'm listening to the first one we received -- provided by Andy from The Quiet Ones -- and it is even cooler than I expected. Totally different than what we usually play, but absolutely great. Troggs, Bowie, Tobs, Kinks, Lynn Redgrave, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Daniel Johnston, and a bunch more.

We will be playing it this week. Be sure to check it out.

And it makes me even more excited for the other guest DJ sets we have coming up...

Late addition: Stefan has a great review of the Quiet Ones' album up.

Memo to Self

To: Bill
From: Bill
Re: Get there

Hey Bill,

You need to find a law school that wants you to teach in Philadelphia.

Frezza, Gustafer Yellowgold, Zanes, Deedle Deedle Dees, Lunch Money, Rymer, Milkshake, Audrarox, etc., etc. That's a heck of a venue.

Hugs,
Bill

P.S. Also, you should hope this show (click on "Screenings" and view the first one) gets picked up.

When I Was Young, We Had To Crawl Uphill Through Snow To Find Kids' Music

Mrs. Davis has an interesting post (and I have a comment on it) about whether there's something new going on, kids'-music-wise.

Also: Gosh, I wish we could go to this event. Fountains of Wayne and Alejandro Escovedo on the same stage? Dang, that'd be good. Alas.

Playlist for 7/8/06

Archive is here.

Legal ID (8:00)
They Might Be Giants - Dinner Bell (Apollo 18)
Nancy Tucker - Escape of the Slinkys (Escape of the Slinkys)
Terrible Twos - Ladybug (If You Ever See An Owl)
Baka Beyond - Adukbe (World Playground 2)
--song ID
David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In (Red Hot & Blue)
Baby Loves Jazz - I've Been Working on the Railroad (Baby Loves Jazz)
Pete Seeger - Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield (Folk Songs for Young People)
Love & Rockets - No New Tale to Tell (Earth Sun Moon)
The Quiet Ones - Secret Tunnel (Make Some Noise)
Susan Salidor - Ruby B. (By Heart)
Johnny Cash - Little Magic Glasses (Children's Album)
--song ID
Miz B - I'm in Love (Raise the Brain)
AudraRox - Hope My Mama Says Yes (AudraRox)
Terri Hendrix - Nerves (Celebrate the Difference)
Telephone Company - Mustache (The King's Surprise?)
Scribblemonster & His Pals - Superhealthy (Chocolate Milk)
Mr. T Experience - Unpack your Adjectives (...and the Women Who Love Them)
Danny Adlerman - School Bus Driver (One Size Fits All)
Action Figure Party - Action Figure Party
Teacher & the Rockbots - People (World)
Sippy Cups - Bennie & the Jets (Kids Rock for Peas)
--song & legal ID
Buddy Holly - Bo Diddley
Lucas Miller - Go Wild, Read! (I Was a Supa Dupa Pupa)
Monty Harper - Paws Claws Scales & Tales (Paws Claws Scales & Tales) (see here for more)
Frances England - The Books I Like to Read (Fascinating Creatures)
Sara Hickman - Radiation Man (Big Kid)
--song ID
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots I (Yoshimi...)
Frente! - Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In (Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits)
Daniel Schorr - I'll Always Love My Brain (Every Word I Say Is True)
Asheba - All Around the Kitchen (Children Are the Sunshine)
Charity & the JAMband - Hey Diddle Diddle (Peanut Butter and JAM)
Justin Roberts - Meltdown (Meltdown!)
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - No Big Deal (Snow Day!)
Hullabaloo - All of These Things (Sing Along with Sam)
Tryo - Monsieur Bibendum (French Playground)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Anatomy (s/t)
Keith Munslow - I Can't Get Up this Mornin' (Accidentally On Purpose)
--song ID
They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? (Live) (Severe Tire Damage)

Clothe Yourself

Hey, you might not have noticed, but there's a link to our shop over there on the right, and I just updated so the image on the front of items isn't quite so information-heavy:



...and the back:



There are no markups on any of the items, so don't worry about making us rich beyond imagining or anything.

Be like a rock star and wear our cool shirts! (Honest - Molly from Lunch Money bought a couple!)

A Scribbly Welcome To You

Hi, folks visiting from the ScribbleMonster home page or e-mail newsletter! Nice to have you here, and please, make yourself at home.

Except that cup of coffee over there is mine, so don't take it. Really, hands off of it.

ScribbleMonster will be doing a full two-hour show for us on Saturday, July 22, and I can't wait. Other upcoming guest DJ sets: Frances England, Lunch Money, CandyBand, Danny Adlerman, The Lovely Mrs. Davis, Zooglobble's Stefan, and a bunch more I can't tell you about yet...but you'll like 'em.

And of course we have our own little show...wander through the archives as you like.

Playlist for 7-1-06

The archive is here.

They Might Be Giants - There's a House at the Top of the Tree (No!)
Hullabaloo - Too Much Mango (Sing Along with Sam)
Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Revolver)
SteveSongs - Opposite Day (Live at VFR)
Peter Paul & Mary - Boa Constrictor (Peter Paul & Mommy)
Great Lake Swimmers - See You on the Moon (See You on the Moon)
--song ID
Trout Fishing in America - What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee (Family Music Party)
Asheba - Sapodilla (Children are the Sunshine)
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - My Lucky Day (Snow Day)
Chicka-Chicka 1-2-3
--song ID
B-52s - Rock Lobster (Anthology)
Hipwaders - I Like Summertime
Bzots - Two Months Security Deposit (Powered Up!)
Brothers Comstock - I Don't Like (What Do You Want?!)
Quiet Ones - Polar Bear (Make Some Noise)
AudraRox - Sugar High (AudraRox)
--Legal ID (9:01)
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Ranch (Punk Salad)
Go! Team - We Just Won't Be Defeated (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
--song ID
Silly Bus - Healthy Dose (Silly Bus)
Baron Von Rumblebuss - Supergirl (Ride the Redd Zeppelin)
Scribblemonster - Wish I Live in Michigan (A Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Splash 'n Boots - Kookookamachoo (Popcorn Pickles & Parrots)
Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up (Short Sharp Shocked)
--song ID
Baby Loves Jazz - Scat Song (Baby Loves Jazz)
Enzo Garcia - Let's Make Pizza (LMNO Music)
Johnny Cash - I Got A Boy And His Name Is John (Children's Album)
Justin Roberts - Taking Off My Training Wheels (Meltdown!)
Buck Howdy - Baked Beans (Giddyup!)
Mr. Ray - The Um Song (Songs from the Kids' Lounge)
Dawnie - My, My Molly (Ladybugs, Bunnies and Molly, Oh My)
Lunch Money - Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
Frances England - The Books I Like to Read (Fascinating Creatures)
Happy Monster - Baby Bumble Bee (Rhythm with Rhymes)