Go Sox.

That is all.

Playlist for 10-27-2007

It's rainy and kinda chilly here in the Valley, but we should have some fun anyway.

Archive is here.

-legal ID (7:59)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Working Undercover for the Man (Working Undercover for the Man EP)
Seleshe Damassae - Hoya Hoye (African Playground)
Milkshake - Rainy Day (Bottle of Sunshine)
REM - We Walk (Murmur) (why, yes, I do always pair this with the Milkshake song - you have a problem with that?)
Enzo Garcia - Frog Went A-Courtin' (Field Trip with Enzo)
Dean Jones - Needs (Napper's Delight)
Mr. Richard - Treehouse (world premiere!)
-song ID
Laurie Berkner - Monster Boogie (Buzz Buzz)
They Might Be Giants - Something Grabbed A Hold of My Hand (Apollo 18)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals - A Monster Goes Rrrrarrgh (Best of Friends)
Bzots - We Like to go Bleh! (Powered Up!)
Ralph's World - Harry's Haunted Halloween Circus (At the Bottom of the Sea)
TMBG - Mysterious Whisper (Apollo 18)
Monty Harper - Trick or Treat Smell My Feet (Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD)
Kevin Kammeraad - Pumpkin Belly (Tomato Collection)
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero '05 (Here Come the ABCs)
-song ID (backed with Rockabye Baby - Head Like a Hole)
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again (Play)
TMBG - Fingertips (Apollo 18)
Candy Band - Monsters (Calling All Kids)
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
TMBG - I Walk Along Darkened Corridors (Apollo 18)
-joke interlude
Mates of State - Starman (All Day EP)
-Brady Rymer phoner
Brady Rymer - Jump Up (It's a Good Day) (Here Comes...)
-legal ID (9:01)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Telephone Company - Panda Brain
School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (The New You)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Bicycle Ride (Get Up and Dance)
Barenaked Ladies - The Other Day I Met a Bear (For the Kids 3)
Jimmies - Bedhead (Make Your Own Someday)
Ernie & Neal - The Leaning Tower of Pizza (Friends, Family & Pizza)
Yosi - Let's Get Cookin' (What's Eatin' Yosi)
Uncle Rock - Love in My Food (Uncle Rock U)
Ben Folds Five - Theme from "Dr. Pyser" (TeleConned - We Want the Airwaves)
-song ID
Elvis Presley - Old McDonald
Little Miss Ann - Pirate Ship (Music for Tots)
Mr. Leebot - Brock Brock Chicky
Brian Setzer Orchestra - For Lisa (Wolfgang's Big Night Out)
Justin Roberts - I Lost the Tooth I Lost (Way Out)
Rocknoceros - Brush Your Teeth (Dark Side of the Moon Bounce)
Frances England - The Books I Like to Read (Fascinating Creatures)
Gustafer Yellowgold - The Mustard Slugs (Have You Never Been Yellow?)
-song ID
Semisonic - Down by the Riverside (Down by the Riverside)
Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Idlewild (Bed Bed Bed)

Jellyman Kelly May Just Be The Start

So Dena and I saw Mates of State last night at the Iron Horse. They're doing a new thing on this tour - Kor plays a baby grand piano rather than the usual array of keyboards, while they've added a bass player/backup singer and a cellist. So it's on the one hand a little less rock-looking, but in fact was just about as satisfying. It was a great, if brief, set, with local band the Winterpills doing an acoustic trio opening set.

We talked briefly with Kor afterwards and I mentioned how much we like "Jellyman Kelly," their contribution to For the Kids 3 (a compilation CD so great it's already walked away from the station, grr!). She said that someone yelled it out at a recent NYC show (they don't [yet?] do it live), and, more notably, that they're wanting to do more kids' stuff.

This makes sense -- recall that they chronicled the life touring with now-three-year-old Magnolia for Babble, and Kor is quite pregnant now (I think she said that she's due in a couple of months). Sounds great, can't wait.

Also: Go Sox.

You Better Smile or You're In Big Trouble.

Mr. Richard has a video for a fun new song (CD forthcoming in December):

Playlist for 10-20-07

It's a big day, with radio, soccer, Pop Rockets, They Might Be Giants, and more!

Archive is here. It stopped recording for some reason during the interview with the Pop Rockets, but I got it started again afterwards. Sorry for losing that bit.

-legal ID (7:59)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Pop Stars - Pooped On (s/t)
Elizabeth Street - Really Gross
Cornell Hurd Band - Don't Wipe Your Face on Your Shirt
Asylum Street Spankers - Boogers (Mommy Says No!)
Telephone Company - Mr. Peanut (Panda Brain)
-song ID (PSA - First Churches Benefit)
Recess Monkey - The Sun Will Shine for You (Wonderstuff)
David Weinstone - Ezra (Spare the Rock Spoil the Child live at Jalopy)
ScribbleJim - Life (Spare the Rock Spoil the Child live at Jalopy)
-song ID
Ventures - Wipe Out (Best of the Ventures)
Replacements - Cruella de Ville (Stay Awake)
Uncle Rock - Play Outside Today (Uncle Rock U)
Sippy Cups - Low Rider (Kids Rock for Peas)
-Mega-Are-You-Prepared-to-Rock Set:
NoMeansNo - Joy (Worldhood of the World (as Such))
Arcwelder - Cranberry Sauce (Pull)
Marty Beller w/ AudraRox - D is for Drums (Spare the Rock Spoil the Child Live at Jalopy)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Drum! (Freedom in a Box!)
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away (The Fragile Army)
-legal ID
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Pop Rockets - Pop Rockets! (Blast Off)
Pop Rockets - Sweet Tangerine (Blast Off!)
Pop Rockets - Good Night Monsters (Blast Off!)
-song ID
Seth Decker - Seasons Change (Intergalactic Tour)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Punching Cheese (Have You Never Been Yellow?)
Music for Aardvarks - Carousel (Taxi)
Ben Rudnick - Merry Go Round (Grace's Bell)
Hipwaders - Speed of Love (Educated Kid)
Justin Roberts - D-O-G (Not Naptime)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Go Baby Go (Baby Loves Jazz)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Freedom of the Heart (Ooodily, Ooodily) (s/t)
Trout Fishing in America - It's a Puzzle (It's a Puzzle)
Hullabaloo - Blah Blah Blah (Hey, Everybody!)
Jambo - Ordinary Average Day (Lucy's Parade)
Brady Rymer - Drawing on the Sidewalk (I Found It!)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - They Got Lost (Live) (Severe Tire Damage)

Kinda Like Asia and Damn Yankees but Not, You Know, Terrible

Kindie Rock PR head Steph Mayers posed an intriguing question to me:

Who would be in the Traveling Wilburys of kids' music? If you could create a supergroup -- one that would not end up doing anything remotely like the Power Station did -- made up only of current and past family musicians, who would you include? And why?

Post in the comments...

Libana at Smith

On Friday, November 30, the Smith College Campus School (where both kids go) PTO is pleased to present Libana live at the college chapel. Should be a ton of fun.

Totally Off Topic and Kinda Self-Aggrandizing

...but I'm gonna note it anyway:

I got quoted in the NY Times again. (The last time is noted here. I was funnier in that one.)

Why am I excited for the TMBG show next Saturday?

A. Because I usually am excited for TMBG shows.

and

B. The horn section is coming!

Rawk.

Playlist for 10-13-07

Archive is here.

Legal ID (8:01)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (playing the Calvin on 10/20!)
Gustafer Yellowgold - The Mustard Slugs (Have You Never Been Yellow?) (playing the Florence Civic Center on 12/9!)
Oscar the Grouch - I Love Trash (Songs from the Street)
Ginger Hendrix - Stinky Trash (Macaroni Boy...)
Xtatik - Music Farm (World Playground II)
Robbi K & Friends - Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)
-song ID
Wilco - What Light (Sky Blue Sky)
Mary Kaye - Spin Your Web (Spin Your Web)
White Stripes - We Are Going to be Friends (White Blood Cells)
Steve Lee - Wake Up (What Did You Do Today, Stephen Scott Lee?)
-song ID (thank Charlotte and her family for listening, do Montessori PSA)
Apples in Stereo - Energy (New Magnetic Wonder)
Ellen and Matt - Side by Side (Best Friends)
ScribbleMonster - American Robin (Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Lunch Money - Yes, We Have Rhythm (Silly Reflection)
The Go! - Knock Knock Banana (Family Hootenanny)
CandyBand - Down By the Bay (Calling All Kids)
AudraRox - Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Nellie Bly (Freedom in a Box)
Charity & the JAMband - Cake (Rock Your Socks Off)
--legal ID
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words (Question the Answers)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Ralph's World - The Coffee Song (At the Bottom of the Sea)
Gourds - The Education Song (Heavy Ornamentals)
Brady Rymer - Every Day is a Birthday (Every Day is a Birthday)
Jessica Harper - Four Boys Named Jordan (Inside Out!)
Micky Farkas - Ne Fait Pas Ca (Bon Bon)
Cake - Mahna Mahna (For the Kids)
Lucas Miller - Go Wild - Read! (I was a Supa Dupa Pupa)
Beatles - For the Benefit of Mr. Kite (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
-song ID (Montessori Fair)
Quiet Ones - Make Some Noise (Make Some Noise)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Get Up and Dance (Get Up & Dance) (Live in-studio, at Cup & Top, and at Children's Art Museum on 11/3)
Rebecca Frezza - Saturday (Road Trip)
-song ID
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Free (Punk Salad)
Hipwaders - Art Car (Educated Kid)
Terrible Twos - When I Get to Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl)
Danny Adlerman - In the Future (Listen Up!)
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Todd Edwards - Eva Deanna (Hoodwinked OST)
Jimmies - Cool to be Uncool (Make Your Own Someday)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Flood)

You kids with your new-fangled technologies

If one of your new-fangled technologies is a cell phone that can download ringtones, well, this is cool. For whatever reason, my Treo -- while generally pretty fancy and schmancy -- can't do such ringtones, so it is not for me. But perhaps it is for you!

They Day: Are You Observing?

Um, I'm not.

But it's fun to read about anyway, and maybe your kids want to go to school with "THEY" written on their foreheads.

Sippy Blog

Yes, the Sippy Cups now have a blog. And there's Ella (and me) right up top (for now)!

Playlist for 10-6-07

Thanks to Siennna for filling in! Archive is here.

Ralph Covert - “The Coffee Song [Welcome to Ralph’s World]
David Weinstone - “Runaround Kid” [Runaround Kid]

-- Station ID --

David Weinstone - “Race Ya To The Corner” [Runaround Kid]
AudraRox - “I Like to Pretend” [I Can Do It By Myself!]
Baze and His Silly Friends - “Hootenanny Harry” [One Little Smile]

-- Station ID --

Charity And The JAMband - “Peanut Butter and JAM” [Peanut Butter and JAM]
The Biscuit Brothers - “P. B. & J.” [Old MacDonald’s EIE RADIO]
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - “Sweet Marmalade” [Get Up & Dance]

-- PSA -- Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang will be in concert at the Children’s Art Museum in Shelburne Falls, MA, on 11/02/07 at 2pm. For more info go to www.HilltownFamilies.org.

Imagination Movers - “I’d Eat It Anyway” [Good Ideas]
Imagination Movers - “Good Ideas” [Good Ideas]
Milkshake - “Boom, Boom” [Bottle of Sunshine]
Uncle Moondog - “Shufflin’ My Feet” [Uncle Moondog]
Brady Rymer - “Little Sacka Sugar” [Every Day is a Birthday]
Uncle Rock - “Sugar Talkin’” [Plays Well with Others]

-- Station ID --

Ben Rudnick & Friends - “Mama Don’t Low” [Grace’s Bell]
Milkshake - “Bottle of Sunshine” [Bottle of Sunshine]
Waco Brothers - “Fox” [The Bottle Let Me Down]
The Meat Purveyors - “The Crawdad Song” [The Bottle Let Me Down]
The Biscuit Brothers - “Crazy Classics presents, ‘The Can, Can!’” [Old MacDonald’s EIE RADIO]
Richard Perlmutter - “Can You Can Can?” [Beethoven’s Wig: Sing Along Symphonies]

-- PSA -- River Valley Market Cooperative will be having a member-owner orientation on 10/10 @ 7pm. For more information go to www.HilltownFamilies.org.

The Hipwaders - “Educated Kid” [Educated Kid]
Ellen and Matt - “Airplane” [Best Friends]
Mr. Richard - “Airplane Jane” [Might As Well Sing]

-- Station ID --

The Hipwaders - “Aidan’s Train” [Educated Kid]
Rebecca Frezza - “Space Dog” [Road Trip]
Suzi Shelton - “The Lion Sleeps” [Simply Suzi]
Suzi Shelton - “Bought Me a Cat” [Simply Suzi]

-- Station ID --

Princess Katie & Racer Steve - “Luh Yuh!” [Songs for the Coolest Kids]
Elizabeth Street - “We’re All Friends” [Different]
The Pop Rockets - “New Sneakers” & “Trucks!” [Blast Off with the Pop Rockets!]
ScribbleMonster & His Pals - “Oh Well” [Chocolate Milk]

-- Station ID --

Scott Flory - “Go Ask Your Dad” [Soundzania]
Recess Monkey - “Fred (the Tabby Cat) [Animal House]
Recess Monkey - “I Got a Toy (But I Played with the Box) [Monkey Town]
Steve Weeks - “Danny Don’t!” [Alphabet Songs Vol. I]

-- Station ID --

Sugar Free Allstars - “Poppy and MeeMaw” [Dos Ninos]
Trout Fishing in America - “Bob and Bob” [Merry Fishes to All]
The Sippy Cups - “Springtime Fantastic” [Electric Storyland]
Uncle Rock - “There’s Love in My Food” [Uncle Rock U]
Bari Koral - “I Wanna Play in a Rock & Roll Band” [Bari Koral Family Rock Band]
Gustafer Yellowgold - “Pterodactyl Tuxedo” [Gustafer Yellowgold’s Wide Wild World]

You All Rule.

I love our listeners. So very very much.

Why? Not least because you're responsible for probably at least ten percent of the donations made to the recent Valley Free Radio pledge drive. (Keep in mind that our two hours of programming makes up 2/168 = um, I think like one percent of the station's air time.)

But more specifically these mittens:



Those are teeny tiny cute mittens (click on them to see), and they are not for me.

Loyal listener Kelli Ann from Quebec saw my post about Sammy's Big Night, a concert benefit for a local family from our church. Sammy - who's I guess about four or five months old now - lost his mom just a few days after he was born. And along with a generous donation for the fund for Sammy, Kelli knitted those adorable mittens and that wonderful hat.

Dena and I both teared up when we saw them, and I'm doing so again just writing this post. Hooray for people who listen to great kids' music!

We're Gonna Have to Get a Big Ol' Red Carpet

...what with all of the premieres we're hosting. Last week it was Enzo Garcia, and we've had pre-release tracks from Telephone Company, Laura Freeman, Mr. Leebot, and more. (Edit: And Recess Monkey! I didn't even realize it was a premiere!)

And now on October 27 you'll get to hear -- before anyone else in the world -- brand new Brady Rymer, from his record that will come out in January or February. Brady will call in (he promises to write it on his calendar this time!) and chat too.

...and very soon we'll probably have another big interview announcement.

Whee!