Playlist & Stream for 2008-05-10

Today, world premiere music from Recess Monkey, a frankly sort of weird segment 4, and much, much more...

My voice is slowly making its way back to full power...

Be sure to check out Aric Bieganek's CD release party at 11 this morning at Cup & Top, and head over to Amherst Toy Box for their birthday party and live music from Roger Tincknell!



Here's our playlist:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Birdhouse in Your Soul (Flood)
Sones de Mexico Ensemble Chicago - Esta Tierra Es Tuya (Esta Tierra Es Tuya)
Gustafer Yellowgold - I Jump on Cake (Wide Wild World)
ID/Toy Box promo
Tom Waits - Midnight Lullabye (The Early Years)
Barenaked Ladies - Things (Snacktime)

Segment 2
Psapp - Everybody Wants to be a Cat (Tricycle EP)
ID/safe passage psa
Nields - Going to the Zoo
ID
Jimmies - Cool to be Uncool (Make Your Own Someday)
Fountains of Wayne - Peace and Love (Welcome Interstate Managers)
ScribbleMonster ID
ScribbleMonster - A Monster Goes Rrrrarrrgh (Best of Friends)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - S-L-Double E P-Over (Tabby Road)
Big Bang Boom - Put Your Pants On
Justin Roberts - Field Trip (Pop Fly)
ID
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Hello Nasty)
Mr. Leebot - Brock Brock Chicky (Activate!)
Mr. T Experience - Unpack Your Adjectives (...and the Women Who Love Them)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever (The Story)
Danny Adlerman - Africa Calling (One Size Fits All)
TMBG - Turtle Songs of North America
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Mbube (African Playground)
Daddy a Go Go - Get Your Yo Yos Out (Rock of All Ages)


Segment 5
Deedle Deedle Dees - Nellie Bly (Freedom in a Box!)
ID
Ambrosia Parsley - Everybody Came (For the Kids Too)
Ralph's World - Poka Dot Shirt (Rhyming Circus)
Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll (Best of Velvet Underground)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 6
Dean & Britta - Ginger Snaps (L'Avventura)
Frances England - Fast Train
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - La Piragua (Nueva York)
Dog on Fleas - Green Grass of Summer (When I Get Little)
ID
TMBG - Clap Your Hands (No!)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 2008-05-03

We're off to Brooklyn; rock!

Thanks to Aric for coming in and chatting about his new CD, Live at the Northampton Parents Center. Find out more about the Center here.

Stream the show here:



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
David Tobocman - I Count to Ten
Elizabeth Mitchell - Who's My Pretty Baby (You Are My Little Bird)
Hayes Greenfield - Fiddle Dee Green (Music for a Green Planet)
Johnny Bregar - Moon
ID

Segment 2
Barenaked Ladies - Pollywog in a Bog (Snacktime)
Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up (Short Sharp Shocked)
ID/prep to rock
Replacements - A Toe Needs a Shoe (Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash bonus material)
Justin Roberts - She's a Yellow Reflector (Pop Fly)
Big Audio Dynamite II - Rush (The Globe)

Segment 3
John Carlin - Run Around (First Time for Everything)
Trouble Hubble - I'm Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules
Mr. Ray - Number Song (Songs from the Kids' Lounge)
Bari Koral Family Rock Band - Day at the Beach (s/t)
fIREHOSE - Whisperin' While Hollerin' (fROMOHIO)
ID/book time with Ella (Adrienne Kress - Alex and the Ironic Gentleman)

Segment 4
Scribblemonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Telephone Company - Mustache (The King's Surprise?)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Beard for All Seasons (Have you Never been Yellow?)
Submarines - Fern Beard (Honeysuckle Weeks)
Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly (For the Kids 3)
Duplex - Freaky Rhesus (Ablum)
ID

Segment 5
Aric Bieganek live in-studio
Car Seat Driver
Pizza Song
Central Park Kitty
Lemonheads - Outdoor Type (Car Button Cloth)

Segment 6
Lucas Miller - Go Wild, Read! (I Was a Supa Dupa Pupa)
John Carver - Jungle Swingers (Down at the Zoo)
Lyle Lovett - Church (Joshua Judges Ruth)
Frances England - Best Friends (Family Tree)
ID
TMBG - A Shooting Star is Not a Star
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 2008-04-19

All sorts of great stuff, including brand new music from Frances England, Ralph's World, and more!

Details about the Brady Rymer show we discussed are here. Please come!

Stream it here:



(I'm a dork; I forgot to upload a key file for it to work. Uploading now and is probably working by the time you read this. 4/18 9:30pm)

Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Cowtown (Lincoln)
Dog on Fleas - Give It Away (When I Get Little)
Uncle Rock - There's Love in My Food (Uncle Rock U)
ID
Justin Roberts - From Scratch (Pop Fly)
Laura Freeman - Compost Heap (A Baker's Dozen)
ID


Segment 2
Steve Weeks - Kiki Kangaroo (Alphabet Songs 2)
Monty Harper - A Pet Like That (Paws Claws Scales and Tales)
ID/prep to rock
Guided by Voices - Hank's Little Fingers (Box)
David Weinstone - Big Boom Whacker (Taxi)
Recess Monkey - Aquarium (Aminal House)
CandyBand - It's Your Birthday (Calling All Kids)
ID


Segment 3
Frances England - Free to Be Me (Family Tree)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Rancher Ants (Freedom in a Box)
Arcade Fire - Tunnels (Funeral)
Hipwaders - Art Car (Educated Kid)
Sgt. Major - Nellie the Elephant (Play)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ralph's World - Gotta Be Good (Rhyming Circus)
B-52s - Wig (Bouncing off the Satellites)
Dream Jam Band - That's Enough for Me (Dream Jam Band)
Lunch Money - Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (Revolver)
ID

Segment 5
Brady Rymer - It Was a Saturday Night
ID
Mocean Worker - Right Now
ID/Book Time with Ella
Oren & the Hiccups - Turn Around the Sun (Turn around the Sun)
Gunnar Madsen - Sun Comes Up (I'm Growing)
ID


Segment 6
Dan Zanes - El Pescador (Nueva York)
Mahotella Queens - Mbube (African Playground)
ID
Tom Freund - Hug Trees (Hug Trees)
ID
TMBG - Edison Museum (Long Tall Weekend)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 2008-04-12

Thanks again to Hannah Levine for calling in to chat about her work with They Might Be Giants!

Stream it here:



Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Apartment Four (Here Comes the 123s)
Tom Freund - Bump Bump Bump (Hug Trees)
ID
Rebecca Frezza - Summer Sunshine
ScribbleMonster - Beautiful Day
David Tobocman - Home (Very Helpful Songs)
Barenaked Ladies - Raisins (Snacktime)
Liz Mitchell - Lily Pond
ID

Segment 2
ID
Nields - Red Red Robin (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
Gustafer Yellowgold - I'm From the Sun (Wide Wild World)
ID/Prep to Rock
Apples in Stereo - Energy (New Magnetic Wonder)
Farmer Jason - The Forest Oh! (Rockin' in the Forest)
Quzazar and the Bamboozled - Can You Picture That? (Lovely Lunatickle Musical Revue)
ID


Segment 3
Shonen Knife - Frogphobia
ID
Justin Roberts - The Backyard Super Kid (Pop Fly)
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Twin Cinema)
Daddy A Go Go - What a Wonderful World (Rock of All Ages)
Sippy Cups - Move Your Pants (Electric Storyland)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mates of State - Starman (All Day EP)
Jayhawks - This Little Light of Mine (Down by the Riverside)
Trout ID
Trout Fishing in America - I Get Ideas
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - Your Smile (Here Comes...)
Astrograss - Drunken Sailor (Let Me Stay Up All Night)
ID -

Segment 5
Interview with Hannah Levine
TMBG - One Dozen Monkeys (Here Come the 123s)
Mr. Oscat - What's that Smell (Mr. Oscat Says...)
Hank Hooper - Look Ridiculous (Playground Fortune Teller)
ID/Book Time with Ella

Segment 6
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart (Thunder Lightning Strike)
Kid Koala - Fruit Belt (See You on the Moon)
ID
Milkshake - Bottle of Sunshine (Bottle of Sunshine)
Jimmies - Spanimals (Make Your Own Someday)
Baze & His Silly Friends - All My Silly Friends (One Little Smile)
ID
TMBG - LMNO (Here Come the ABCs)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 2008-04-05

Thanks a ton to School for the Dead for coming in the studio and playing some songs for us. Remember: Sunday, April 6, 2:00, Calvin Theater. Great family-friendly tunes and performances benefiting a key community space for the entire Pioneer Valley!

Stream it here:



Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG -Employee of the Month (The Else bonus CD)
Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop (Loquat Rooftop)
Medeski Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere (Let's Go everywhere)
Johnny Cash - I've Got a Boy (Children's Album)
Dan Zanes with Loudon Wainwright III - All Around the Kitchen (Family Dance)
ID

Segment 2
Son Volt - Windfall (Trace)
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - One True You (Here Comes...)
ID
ScribbleMonster - The Fur Trade? (Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Jonathan Richman - El UFO Man
RTTs - Snack Time (Turn It Up Mommy!)
They Might Be Giants - Free to Be You and Me
ID

Segment 3
Love & Rockets - No New Tale to Tell (Earth Sun Moon)
Bzots - Two Months Security Deposit
Big Bang Boom - Why Can't I Have Ice Cream (Big Bang Boom)
Mike Doughty - More Bacon than the Pan Can Handle
Apples in Stereo - theme song
Dr. Strangeblood & the New Zombies - Our House
James Kochalka Superstar - Hockey Monkey
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach - A Little Max (Money Jungle)
Frances England - Charlie Parker (Fascinating Creatures)
Jellydots - San Diego (Changing Skies)
ID/Book Time with Ella
Barenaked Ladies - Raisins (Snacktime)
ID

Segment 5
School for the Dead live in-studio:
Periscope
Beautiful Day in the Woods
Superhero
Omnivore
Interview

Segment 6
Jack Johnson - 3 Rs
Frank Black - Jumpin' Beans
Roger Day - Ready to Fly
REM - Shiny Happy People (Songs from the Street)
ID
They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk (Factory Showroom)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 3-29-08

Fun, fun, fun show this week. New Dan Zanes, Astrograss, Justin Roberts, Gunnar Madsen, Lews Franco & the Missing Cats, Big Bang Boom etc. -- plus a kids' song from Old 97's! Yes, Old 97's. (Thanks to Maria for the pointer on that.) And book time with Ella returns.

Stream it here:



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG -No! (No!)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Major Deegan (Freedom in a Box!)
Gunnar Madsen - I'm Growing (I'm Growing)
ID
Dan Zanes - Colas (Nueva York)
Old 97's - The Bug Song (demo)
ID

Segment 2
Lunch Money - Miniature Things (Silly Reflection)
Thaddeus Rex - Running in the Sun Again (Shaking in Chicago)
Astrograss - There Their They're (Let Me Stay Up All Night)
ID/prep to rock
Justin Roberts - Pop Fly (Pop Fly)
White Stripes - Rag and Bone (Icky Thump)
ID

Segment 3
War - Low Rider
Ellen & Matt - Bounce (Best Friends)
Ralph's World - Happy Lemons (Happy Lemons)
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Mommy Says No! (Mommy Says No!)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Hot Shot! (Fast & Feisty)
Mr. Richard - Butterfly Day (Polka Dot Puzzle)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Rebecca Frezza - Come on Out (Special Kind of Day)
AudraRox - Moms & Dads (Park Slope Parents Vol. 1)
Loretta Lynn - High on a Mountain Top (Van Lear Rose)
Lewis Franco & the Missing Cats - Swingin' in Daddyland (Swingin' in Daddyland)
ID

Segment 5
Robbi K & Friends - Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)
Big Bang Boom - Happy Town (Big Bang Boom)
ID
Ben Folds Five - Video Killed the Radio Star (Whatever and Ever Amen bonus track)
Barney Saltzburg w/ Richard Thompson - Song for Pete (Crazy Hair Day)
ID/Book time with Ella

Segment 6
Brian Eno - I'll Come Running (Another Green World)
Mr. David - I'm a Fish (Great Adventures)
Purple Stripes - Aba Daba Honeymoon (EP)
Asheba - Sapodilla (Children are the Sunshine)
Parker Bent - Lucky Day (Charlie Davidson's Tricycle Club)
ID
TMBG - Particle Man (Flood)

2008-03-22 Playlist

Thanks a ton to Maria Sangiolo for coming in and playing some songs. Good stuff!

You can stream it here:



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang - Anatomy (live at Spare the Rock)
Randy Kaplan - No Nothing (Loquat Rooftop)
Michael Franti - Firefly (Songs from the Front Porch)
Keith Munslow - Dressed Up for the Party
ID

Segment 2
Beatles - Octopus's Garden (Abbey Road)
Brady Rymer - Keep Up With You (Every Day is a Birthday)
Hank Hooper - Hey! Batter! (Playground Fortune Teller)
ID
Hold Steady - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Visqueen - Centerfield (Play)
Mr. Leebot - Ants in the Pants (Activate!)

Segment 3
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic
Jellydots - Sunshine
Seth Decker - Open the Door
Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
Meredith Brooks - Drive the Car
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Maria Sangiolo - in-studio
- Power Shower
- Rock Penguin Hop
Mermaid Molly (Under the Mystic Sea)

Segment 5
Miz B - I'm In Love with Learning (Raise the Brain)
ID
Us 3- Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Father Goose - Jig Jog Gee
Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Papa Grows Funk - Yellow Submarine (Funky Kidz)
ID

Segment 6
Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here (For the Kids 3)
ID
Milkshake - School (Bottle of Sunshine)
Sinatra - Too Marvelous for Words
SteveSongs - Marvelous Day
ID
TMBG - Alphabet Lost and Found
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-03-15 Playlist

We were all mighty tired when we recorded this, so forgive any lower-key-than-usual-ness, won't you?

You can stream it here:



Here's what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Zeros (Here Come the 123s)
Josephine Cameron - Unclouded Day (American Songs Vol II)
Frances England - Blueberry Pancakes (Fascinating Creatures)
Timmy Abell - I'm My Own Grandpa (Little Red Wagon)
Asylum Street Spankers - Be Like You (Mommy Said No!)
Sweet Honey in the Rock - Dog Dog (Experience 101)
ID

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas - Give It Away (When I Get Little)
Suzi Shelton - No Ordinary Day (No Ordinary Day)
ID/prep to rock
REM - Stand (Green)
Pop Rockets - New Sneaker Jive (Blast Off)
Replacements - Cruella de Ville (Stay Awake)

Segment 3
Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow
Deedle Deedle Dees - Obedience School (Freedom in a Box)
XTC - Do What You Do
Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite (My Green Kite)
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Irresistable Bliss)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Justice - DANCE
Dino-5 - Tell Me More (Baby Loves Hip Hop)
ID
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong
Cake - Mahna Mahna (For the Kids)
ID

Segment 5
Bari Koral Family Rock Band - Jump (s/t)
Shins - They'll Soon Remember
Jim Noir - Eenie Meany
ID
Shinyribs - Birthday is Over (Ditties for Kiddies)
Trout Fishing in America - Happy That You're Here (inFINity)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Animal Crackers
ID

Segment 6
Courtney Kaiser & Benjamin Cartel - The Season Song (Park Slope Parents Vol. 1)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Kermit the Frog - African Alphabet (Songs from the Street)
ID
Sara Hickman - Radiation Man (Big Kid)
Jambo - It's a Good Day (Lucy's Parade)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Working Undercover for the Man
TMBG - Spare the Rock

Playlist for 2008-03-08

Whee! Thanks to John Powers for coming by the studio. And remember to go see him at Cup & Top at 10:30 and, most importantly, Princess Katie & Racer Steve at Lyman Hall at First Churches at 1:00 (music at 1:30)! First Churches is at 129 Main Street right in the center of Northampton (it's the one with the big ol' steeple); enter the side door (on Center Street) opposite the Iron Horse.

You can stream the show here:



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Whirlpool (Why Does the Sun Shine EP)
Hollow Trees - Skoodle Um Skoo (Welcome to Nelsonville)
Kimya Dawson & Antsy Pants - Tree Hugger (Juno OST)
Elizabeth Mitchell - When Spring Comes (High Mountain Songs)
Brian Wilson - Barnyard (Smile)
Nields - Anna Kick a Hole in the Sky (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
ID

Segment 2
Deadwood Revival - Daisy (Ditties for Kiddies)
Bonerama - You've got a Friend (Funky Kidz)
ID/Prep to Rock
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Birthday Song
Justin Roberts - Birthday Song
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Jeans! (Songs for the Coolest Kids)
ID

Segment 3
Hipwaders - Twitchy (s/t)
Mr. Ray - Uh-Oh, Wha' Happened? (Family Ride)
Recess Monkey - Backpack (Wonderstuff)
Yosi - Hole in the Ground (Under a Big Bright Yellow Umbrella)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Little Red Airplane (Live at Spare the Rock)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock Spoil the Child
Billy Bragg & Wilco - My Flying Saucer
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could - Pie (Here Comes...)
Golden Smog - Pecan Pie (Down by the Old Mainstream)
ID
Dr. Strangeblood & the New Zombies - Be Good Johnny
Madness - One Step Beyond

Segment 5
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo
John Powers in-studio

Segment 6
Anne Hathaway - Great Big World (Hoodwinked OST)
Botafogo - El Reino del Reves
ID
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Vol I
Telephone Company - I Don't Want to Shop (The King's Surprise?)
-ID
They Might Be Giants - The Guitar (Apollo 18)
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2008-03-01 Playlist

Thanks a ton to Chris Wood of Medeski Martin & Wood for his wonderful guest DJ set! The full playlist is below. Remember that Princess Katie & Racer Steve will be playing Lyman Hall at First Churches (entrance across from the Iron Horse) on Saturday, March 8, doors at 1.

Stream it here:




Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Alphabet of Nations (Here Come the ABCs)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Alphabet Dub (You Are My Sunshine)
Melissa Errico - Wildflowers (Lullabies & Wildflowers) (covering Tom Petty)
White Stripes - We Are Going to be Friends (White Blood Cells)
Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
Richard Julian - Spring is Just Around the Corner (Sunday Morning...)
-ID

Segment 2
Gustafer Yellowgold - Punching Cheese (Have You Never Been Yellow?)
Donovan - I Love My Shirt (Barabajagal)
ID/prep to rock
Folk Implosion - Just a Bill
Paper Moon - Your Attitude About Cuttlefish
ID (plug PKRS show)

Segment 3
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Go Go Go! (Fast & Feisty)
ID
Uncle Rock - Rock and Roll Babysitter (Plays Well With Others)
Jonathan Richman - Road Runner
Skankin' Pickle - I Missed the Bus (Skankin' Pickle Fever)
Dick Dale - Miserlou
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Chris Wood guest DJ set:
Arsenio Rodriguez- Canto Abacoa
Ray Charles - What'd I Say IPart 1)
Be Good Tanyas - Littlest Birds (Blue Horse)
Bill Evans - Oleo

Segment 5
Guest DJ set continues:
Taj Mahal - Cluck Old Hen
Eddie Bo - Hook & Sling
Norah Jones - Sunrise
Baby Gramps - Worm song
Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Segment 6:
Hermeto Pascoal - Spock Na Escada
ID
Dan Zanes - Wonder Wheel (Family Dance)
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend)
ID
TMBG - One Everything (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2008-02-23 Playlist

I think we're getting the hang of the new studio, and the show's getting more and more fun each week. Whee!

Stream it here:



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - The Bloodmobile
Dan Zanes - Hello Hello (book/EP version) (at UMass Fine Arts Center on Friday, February 29)
Clem Snide - Fontanelle (Soft Spot)
Tom Waits - Bend Down the Branches (Orphans)
Dean Jones - Wheelin' & Dealin' (Napper's Delight) (from Dog on Fleas)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 2
Cornell Hurd Band - Don't Wipe Your Face on Your Shirt (Bottle Let Me Down)
Moonlighters - Right On (Hawaiian Playground)
Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (Songs From the Street)
-song ID/prep to rawk
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks - Ranch (Punk Salad)
Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke - Favorite Names (It's So Good EP)
Kevin Kammeraad/Johnny Griffes - Best Poem Ever (Tomato Collection)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 3
Breeders - Divine Hammer (Last Splash) (in town June 4)
Mr. S - Tom Tom Drum
Deedle Deedle Dees - Drum! (Freedom in a Box)
Dressy Bessy - Electrified (Electrified)
Daddy a Go Go - Rock of Ages (Rock of Ages)
Justin Roberts - Meltdown (Meltdown!)
song ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
song ID
Steve Weeks - Monkeys (Alphabet Songs Vol. 2)
Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard (Everything to Everyone) (kids' CD Snacktime coming out this spring)
Gwendolyn & the Good-Time Gang - Freedom of the Heart (s/t)
Ella Fitzgerald - Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter Songbook)
song ID

Segment 5
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land (Naturally)
Young Fresh Fellows - Picnic (Play)
ID
Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World (It's a Big World)
Feist - Mushaboom
L'Autobus a Vapeur - Bonjour Bonjour (French Playground)
-song ID

Segment 6
Paul Westerberg - Meet You in the Fall (Open Season OST)
Danny Adlerman - In the Future (Listen Up!(feat. Jim Babjak from the Smithereens)
Spearhead - East to the West
Medeski Martin & Wood - Pirates Don't Take Baths (Let's Go Everywhere)
Elizabeth Street - Dragon for Dinner (Different)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Pirate Girls Nine (Here Come the ABCs)
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

2008-02-16 Playlist (River version)

I blow your mind. I post early.

Fun show! You can stream it here:



Here's what we played:

Segment 1
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella intro
They Might Be Giants - Wake Up Call (No!)
Semisonic - Down By the Riverside (Down by the Riverside)
Maria Sangiolo - Celia Says (Under the Mystic Sea)
-song ID
Rocknoceros - Metric System (Dark Side of the Moon Bounce)
Decemberists - Sons & Daughters (Crane Wife)
-song ID, end of segment

Segment 2
A Fine Frenzy - LIfesize (One Cell in the Sea)
Dan Zanes - Water for the Elephants (Family Dance)
SteveSongs - Elephant Hide and Seek (Marvelous Day!)
-song ID
Pixies - Tony's Theme (Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim)
ScribbleMonster - I Wish I lived in Michigan
-song ID

Segment 3
Jonathan Richman - New England
Jimmies - Bedhead (Make Your Own Someday)
Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar (Everybody Plays Air Guitar)
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln, Washington, and that Jefferson Guy (McSweeney's)
-song ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - We Dress Ourselves (Fast & Feisty)
Ellen & Matt - Under Construction (Best Friends)
-song ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
Erin Flynn & the Co-Op Band - Mary Mack (Dreamers of Dreams)
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
Tim Burgess - Say Yes (I Believe)
-song ID

Segment 5
Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly (For the Kids 3)
Ben Rudnick - Merry Go Round (Grace's Bell)
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (Mommy Says No)
-song IDSchool for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (The New You)
Roger Day - I Like Yaks (Dream Big)
-song ID

Segment 6
Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
Marissa - Alo Alo (Brazilian Playground)
Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People
Telephone Company - Panda Brain (Panda Brain)
Dream Jam Band - Jumping to Conclusions
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Ooh La! Ooh La! (Here Come the 123s)
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

Rock,
Bill & Ella & sometimes Liam

Playlist for 2-9-2008

Welcome to folks who heard us on The River! Here's what we played. If you've got any questions, feel free to post a comment or send an e-mail (show AT sparetherock DOT com) - same goes if you have artist suggestions!

Look around, sign up for our e-mail list (used only for kid-friendly musical events in the area), look at the calendar, subscribe to the RSS feed, follow some links (in particular check out Zooglobble for great reviews of music for the whole family and Hilltown Families for a lot more regional family-friendly information).

What we played:

Segment 1:
They Might Be Giants - It's Spare the Rock
They Might Be Giants - Nonagon (Here Come the 123s)
Wilco - What Light
Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell - New Morning (Catch the Moon)
Harmonica Pocket - Firefly (Ladybug One)
-song ID
Enzo Garcia - Hand Over Hand (Field Trip with Enzo)
Father Goose - Flying Machine (It's a Bam Bam Diddly)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 2
Frances England - Tricycle (Fascinating Creatures)
Gustafer Yellowgold - Mustard Slugs (Have You Never Been Yellow?)
Brady Rymer - Jump Up (Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could)
-song ID
Spoon - The Underdog (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
CandyBand - Get Up Already (LolliPunk)
Prince - Starfish and Coffee (Sign O' The Times)
Gabby La La - Backpack (Be Careful What You Wish For)
-song ID/ end of segment

Segment 3
Hipwaders - Educated Kid (Educated Kid)
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again (Play)
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (London Calling)
AudraRox - Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
Matthew Sweet - Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits)
-song ID
Recess Monkey - My Pet Rock (Wonderstuff)
Fountains of Wayne - Laser Show (Utopia Parkway)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
-song ID
Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers
Deedle Deedle Dees - Teddy Days (Freedom in a Box)
Terrible Twos - When I Get to Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl)
-song ID
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (Definitive Collection)
Quiet Ones - Polar Bear (Make Some Noise)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 5
Great Lake Swimmers - See You on the Moon (See You on the Moon)
Gabby La La - Backpack (Be Careful What You Wish For...)
-song ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Sliver (Mommy Says No!)
Uncle Rock - Play Outside Today (Live at Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child)
Ralph's World - Playground (Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro)
Lunch Money - Roller Coaster (Silly Reflection)
-song ID/end of segment

Segment 6:
Medeski Martin & Wood - The Train Song (Let's Go Everywhere)
La Sonora Dinamita - A Mover La Colita (World Playground II)
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Go Baby Go (Baby Loves Jazz)
Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star (Greatest Hits)
Justin Roberts - More Than Just a Minute (Meltdown)
-song ID
They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock