Playlist for 12-29-2007

Happy new year!

All right, we're learning some new recording equipment and I didn't quite get it started at first. So, the show archive starts midway through the first half-hour; it's here.

Legal ID (8:00)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - One Everything (Here Come the 123s)
Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever (The Story)
Josephine Cameron - This Land Is Your Land (American Songs Vol. 2)
Sones De Mexico - Esta Tierra Es Tuya (Esta Tierra Es Tuya)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land (Naturally)
Spearhead - Home (Home)
-song ID
Trout Fishing in America - Alien in My Nose (My Best Day)
Steve Weeks - Xavier Xerxes Xenophanes X (Alphabet Songs Vol 3)
Kevin Kammeraad & friends - Enter the Michigan Sweepstakes! (A Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Rocket Shoes (Wide Wild World)
-song ID/First Night Northampton PSA
Breeders - New Year (Last Splash)
Jingle Punx - Auld Lang Syne
CandyBand - Down By The Bay (Calling All Kids)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Teddy Days (Freedom in a Box)
Apples in Stereo - Energy (New Magnetic Wonder)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Animal Crackers (Animal Playground)
Matt Nathanson - Starfish and Coffee (For the Kids Too)
Gabby LaLa - Backpack (Be Careful What You Wish For)
Dream Jam Band - Jumping to Conclusions (s/t)
Legal ID
Hipwaders - Educated Kid (Educated Kid)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
AC Newman & Friends - All The Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth (Challengers)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tell Them How You Feel (Songs for the Coolest Kids)
-song ID
White Stripes - Rag & Bone (Icky Thump)
Spinal Tap - Stonehenge (This Is Spinal Tap)
Bus 13 - My Green Bike (Reflector)
Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite (My Green Kite)
Keith Munslow - Dressed Up for the Party (Dressed Up for the Party)
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (Mommy Says No!)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Freedom of the Heart (Live at Spare the Rock)
Telephone Company - Bomb Pop (Panda Brain)
-song ID
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - It Was a Saturday Night (Here Comes...)
AudraRox - I Hope My Mama Says YES (I Can Do It By Myself)
Soccer Team - Never Fear Ghosts Again (Play)
Trip Shakespeare - Snow Days (Across the Universe)
Suburbs - Cows (In Combo)
Yosi - On Top of Spaghetti (What's Eatin' Yosi?)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Nine Bowls of Soup (Here Come the 123s)

Royalty is Coming.

As I mentioned, Princess Katie & Racer Steve are making their triumphant return to the Valley, and now you can download the flyer all for your own!



(Click on it for a big PDF...)

Rock!

Playlist for 12-22-07

Merry Christmas or relevant holiday!

Archive is here. Does it sound weird to you? Let me know, please. Edit: Wow, yeah, that's really distorted. Trying to figure out what's up. Sorry about that.

Legal ID (7:59)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Santa Claus (Holidayland)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - It's a Rockin' Christmas ('Tis the Season to be Rockin')
Beaten by Yuri - Merry Christmas to All Mammals (of both land and sea) (Holiday Hootenanny)
Glenn Miller Orchestra - Home for the Holidays (In the Christmas Mood II)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot Christmas (Christmas Caravan)
Ellis Marsalis - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (New Orleans Christmas)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas)
-song ID (luminaria PSA)
Gunnar Madsen - I'm Growing (I'm Growing)
Quincy Jones - Sanford and Son Theme
Maria Sangiolo - Molly Mermaid (Under the Mystic Sea)
-song ID
Pixies - Bam Thwok
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland!)
ScribbleMonster - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
XTC - Do What You Do
AC Newman & Friends - All For Swinging You Around (Electric Version)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Rancher Ants (Freedom in a Box)
Spearhead - Stay Human (All the Freaky People) (Stay Human)
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie
Muckafurgason - Dictionary
--legal ID (9:00)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Jingle Punx - Feliz Navidad (Discomfort and Joy)
Go Team - Junior Kickstart (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell (Earth Sun Moon)
SteveSongs - Ducks Hatching (Marvelous Day!)
PK&RS - We Dress Ourselves (Fast & Feisty)
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
Mr. Oscat - What's that Smell? (Mr. Oscat Says...)
Ginger Hendrix - Stinky Trash (Macaroni Boy...)
-song ID
Polyphonic Spree - Hold Me Now/Reach for the Sun
Shins - They'll Soon Remember
Mocean Worker - Right Now
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite (My Green Kite)
-song ID
Recess Monkey - Backpack (Wonderstuff)
Lunch Money - Cookie as Big as My Head (Pizza Hummus Zucchini: Live at Flywheel)
CandyBand - I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas (Holiday Hootenanny)
Jellydots - Mr. Cookie (Hey You Kids)
-song ID (PSA - Florence Luminary)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - O Tannenbaum (Holidayland)

Ella is practically a roadie for The Band

Well, not really, but go check out my sister's new house's connection to The Band.

(They ["They" being my sister, her husband, and the Little One {our niece/cousin}] just bought an old house in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that was long ago converted to five apartments. That blog is documenting the process of returning it to single-family-status, renovating, etc.)

Aloha! Or something.

So you know Princess Katie & Racer Steve will be filling in for us on January 5, and they're getting some great stuff together -- including, I hear, brand new Lunch Money.

I'll be in New York for a conference and will probably stick around to go check out this show at Joe's Pub, with Joe McDermott and the Moonlighters doing a Hawaiian Playground release party.

Anyone else going? Let me know...

Shows Here and in the Even-More-Frozen North

Couple of shows of interest coming up:

First, Minnesota listeners and readers: Go see ScribbleMonster (well, ScribbleJayne and ScribbleJim) at MacPhail Center for the Arts on January 5 at 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM.

Second, we're still working out details, but pencil in 1:00 on Saturday, March 8, as we'll have the triumphant return of Princess Katie & Racer Steve to the Pioneer Valley. We'll be putting this together with our friends at the Hilltown Family Variety Show.

Some other biggish announcements coming up soon, I hope/think.

Also, welcome to folks coming from Zooglobble who heard Stefan on NPR. Make yourself at home and look around!

Who Knew Santa Moshed?

The Jingle Punx rock again:

Playlist for 12-15-07

Snowy week...

Archive is here. Rawk!

-Legal ID (8:00)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Infinity (Here Come the 123s)
Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song (Welcome Interstate Managers)
Erin Lee & Marcie - Snowdance (Snowdance)
Eric Herman - Snow Day (Snow Day)
Mr. David - Frosty the Snow Man (Mr. David's Christmas Memories)
Sufjan Stevens - Friendly Beasts (See You On the Moon)
Big Al Carson with Lars Edegran & his Santa Claus Revelers - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (New Orleans Christmas)
--song ID
Harmonica Pocket - Firefly (Ladybug One)
Sydney & Erica - Santa Don't Forget Me (EP)
Enzo Garcia - The Happy Song of Frongs (Field Trip with Enzo)
--song ID
Jingle Punx - Wonderful Christmastime (Coal)
ScribbleMonster - Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer (EP)
Shonen Knife - Frogphobia (Brand New Knife)
Replacements - Another Girl, Another Planet (Inconcerated Live)
Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas (Out of State Plates)
Oren & the Hiccups - Lippa Layta (Turn Around the Sun)
Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers (Rockity Roll)
Talking Heads - Stay Up Late (Little Creatures)
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
They Might Be Giants - Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip
-legal ID (9:02)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Ah-Choo - Why?
Father Goose - Flying Machine (It's a Bam Bam Diddly!)
Mr. Richard - Airplane Jane (Might As Well Sing)
Lunch Money - I Want a Dog (Silly Reflection)
Randy Smith - My Dog Has Really Bad Breath (Everything Soup)
Justin Roberts - D-O-G (Not Naptime)
Asylum Street Spankers - Mommy Says No! (Mommy Says No!)
-song ID
Alejandro Escovedo - Sad & Dreamy (The Big 1-0) (The Bottle Let Me Down)
Quiet Two - Polar Bear (Make Some Noise)
Uncle Rock - Polar Bear Over There (Uncle Rock U)
Jimmies - Taddy (Make Your Own Someday)
SteveSongs - Fast Monkey (Marvelous Day!)
-song ID
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Anatomy (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Gustafer Yellowgold - I Jump on Cake (Wide Wild World)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Underground Railroad (Freedom in a Box)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - High Five (Here Come the 123s)

Guess who just got front-row tickets to see Neko Case?

That'd be us.

Playing The Calvin in February.

Hooray! We heart Neko Case.

More Gustafer

Sienna has posted her notes, photos, and a video from the Gustafer Yellowgold show.

Sun Creatures Come to Florence

We sure had fun having Gustafer Yellowgold play in town on Sunday; be sure to listen to tonight's Hilltown Family Variety Show to hear Morgan guest DJing. To hear when Morgan and Rachel were on our show, you can check out this show from last February.

Thanks also to Sienna for sending along this picture of Morgan and Rachel with me, Ella, and Persephone:



I'm sure she'll post some pictures from the show soon over on their site.

Update:

A couple more pictures from Sienna:


Liam is mesmerized.


...as are Ella and Persephone.

Are you as dorky as I am?

I bet you are. And I bet you (well, some of you) watched Mystery Science Theater 3000. (Fewer of you probably saw the early KTMA episodes, but that's okay.)

Anyway, I knew about RiffTrax, which is a pretty cool thing being done by Mike Nelson and others, and it has a blog too.

But now Joel Hodgson has announced his own pilot show, Cinematic Titanic, along with original MST3Kers Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, TV's Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl.

Good times.

Gustafer Yellowgold at the Florence Civic Center - More Information

So the show is Sunday, December 9, at 4:30 pm. Doors will open at about 4:00. Enter by way of the door at the top of the ramp, by the parking lot.

The Florence Civic Center is right next to Lilly Library, which has good directions.

Admission is $7 at the door only. We can't take checks or credit cards, and exact change will be appreciated (though we'll have some change there).

See you there!

Playlist for 12-8-07

Rock! Dance! Archive is here.

--legal ID (8:00)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
They Might Be Giants - Wake Up Call (No!)
Steve Lee - Wake Up! (What Did You Do Today...)
Gui Tavares - Pancada (Brazilian Playground)
Roger Day - Roly Poly (Dream Big!)
Buddy Holly - Bo Diddley (Best of Buddy Holly)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Hey Bo Diddley (You Are My Sunshine)
--song ID (Willie Mae PSA)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Pinecone Lovely (Have You Never Been Yellow?)
Recess Monkey - The Grey (Wonderstuff)
Tom Waits - Bend Down the Branches (Orphans)
--song ID
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up (Screamadelica)
ScribbleMonster - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Ernie & Neal - (I Wanna) Rock (For Christmas) (Christmas Rocks!)
CandyBand - I Wanna Big Fat Cookie for Christmas (Holiday Hootenanny)
Jingle Punx - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (1225)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Go Team - Doing It Right (Proof of Youth)
Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Gorillaz)
--legal ID (8:59)
Polyphonic Spree - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (Maybe This Christmas Tree)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Mary Timony - Clap Your Hands (Play)
Of Montreal - I Want to Have Fun (For the Kids 3)
Spoon - Underdog (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
Mr. Leebot - Dig Up the Roots
Uncle Rock - Too Many Presents (Uncle Rock U)
The Come Ons - More (Holiday Hootenanny)
-song ID
Ellis Paul - Wabi Sabi (Dragonfly Races)
Laura Freeman - Compost Heap (A Baker's Dozen)
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Cicada (8 Track Stomp)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Sneakers (Fast and Feisty)
Big Jim's Tangy Tunes - Adjectives (Tangy Tunes)
Mr. T Experience - Pack Up Your Adjectives (...and the Women Who Love Them)
-song ID
Jellydots - Bicycle (Hey You Kids!)
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland)
Justin Roberts - More Than Just a Minute (Meltdown!)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Nonagon (Here Come the 123s)

That's Just Weird.

Elizabeth, kids' PR person extraordinaire, points out that now -- right now! -- Gustafer Yellowgold is featured on the front page of CosmoGirl.com. Behold:


(Click on the image to see it full-sized.)

Right now anyway, the review -- which even mentions the show in Florence on Sunday -- is here; you can also see a PDF here.

And no, if you come to the show, nobody will call your kids "snot monsters."

New Valley Kids column...

...is here, complete with a great picture of Morgan Taylor and Gustafer.

Remember: Gustafer is this coming Sunday at 4:30 at the Florence Civic Center.

Please Come Back and Listen to Us Too, Though

Minnesota Public Radio has launched its HD streams, including some online.

Why do you care?

Because of Wonderground Radio, for "kids and their grown-ups."

A recent chunk of playlist:

3:53Anna Oxygen - Born To Shake
3:50Beck - Que Onda Guero
3:46The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now
3:43Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Tell Me
3:39Regina Spektor - Fidelity
3:35Billy Preston - Outa-Space
3:32Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
3:29Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers
3:25Wilco - What Light
3:22Anna Mo - Alligator Stomp
3:18G. Love and Special Sauce - Baby's Got Sauce
3:14Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
3:11Dean Martin - That's Amore
3:07The Hopefuls - Let's Go
3:04Ambrosia Parsley - Everybody Came
3:01They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians

Whee!

Playlist for 12-1-07

What a fun show. Thanks to Jarrett Krosoczka for hanging out in the studio and to Dan Zanes for calling in and chatting about all sorts of things!

The archive is here.

Legal ID (7:59)
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - One Dozen Monkeys (Here Come the 123s)
Steve Weeks - Monkeys (Alphabet Songs Vol. 2)
Omara Portuondo - Guantanamera (Latin Playground)
L'Autobus a Vapeur - Bonjour, Bonjour (French Playground)
Marissa - Alo Alo (Brazilian Playground)
-song ID
Medeski Martin & Wood - The Squalb (Let's Go Everywhere) (feat. John Lurie)
Telephone Company - Lumberjack (Panda Brain Music)
Big Jim's Tangy Tunes - Area (Sticks and Stones)
Brian Wilson - Vege-Tables (Smile)
Gustafer Yellowgold - I Jump on Cake (Wide Wild World)
-song ID
Punk Farm - Wheels on the Van
Punk Farm - Old McDonald Had a Farm
ScribbleMonster - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Holidays (Fast & Feisty)
Terri Hendrix - Nerves (Celebrate the Difference)
Ellen & Matt - Side by Side (Best Friends)
Earth Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty
Prince - Get on the Boat (3121)
legal ID (9:02)
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Father Goose - Chi Chi Buddo (It's a Bam Bam Diddly)
Michael Franti - Firefly (Songs from the Front Porch)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Teddy Days (Freedom in a Box!)
Dan Zanes - Wonder Wheel (Family Dance)
Ellis Paul - I Like to Swing (Dragonfly Races)
Ralph's World - Dance Around (Green Gorilla Monster & Me)
Randy Kaplan - Shampoo Me (Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Live at Jalopy)
Rocknoceros - Brush Your Teeth (Dark Side of the Moon Bounce)
Frances England - Charlie Parker (Fascinating Creatures)
Hipwaders - Art Car (Educated Kid)
-song ID/ interview with Dan Zanes
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Ooh La! Ooh La! (Here Come the 123s)