Ella talked about the fantastic book How to Be an Explorer of the World. You can find it for sale at an independent bookseller by clicking below:

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Just as an observation, there is a spot for radio personality in the Valley Advocate Best of the Valley poll, and one Ella Childs is a radio personality.  Feel free to vote and to encourage your friends to vote.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – The Bloodmobile
Stefan Weiner (Town Hall) in-studio:
Town Hall – Mary A. Longden (Tour EP)
Alright
Pandora

Segment 2
Guest DJ with Jeff Giles from Dadnabbit
Bruce Willis – Barnyard Boogie
John Hiatt – Your Dad Did
ID/prep to rock
Artichoke – Dog (26 Animals)
Robyn Hitchcock – Balloon Man
Quiet Ones – Ultrafoot
ID

Segment 3
ID
John Lee Hooker – This Is Hip
De La Soul – 3 is the Magic Number
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Secret Handshake
ID
Mark Erelli – Once

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Dog on Fleas – Twistification
Davey Ukelele and the Gagtime Gang – Down the Drain (David Meade)
ID
Caspar Babypants – Shoo Fly
Flannery Brothers – Pirate or Parrot?
ID
Board of Education – Ice Ages Are Fun

Segment 5
Barenaked Ladies – La La La La Lemon
Medeski Martin & Wood – Let’s Go Everywhere
Johnny Cash – Nasty Dan
ID
Peter Himmelman – You’ll Always Be You To Me
Deedle Deedle Dees – Teddy Days
ID

Segment 6
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (live at Spare the Rock
ID
Readeez – You Have a Heart
Dee-Lite – Groove is in the Heart
ID
Taj Mahal – Shake Sugaree
Gustafer Yellowgold – Slim Gets In ‘Em
ID
TMBG – Your Racist Friend
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Happy New Year! Thanks to Mister G for a great in-studio and to Rosa for guest DJing!

Listen on-demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Here’s a video from Mister G’s visit with us:

Here’s Rosa:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Older
Mister G in-studio
– Bugs
– Chi Chi Castngo
– Chocolate
– Aisle 3

Segment 2
Bing Crosby – Let It Snow!
GrooveGrass Boyz – Auld Lang Syne
ID/prep to rock
Potjeikos – Seasons
Semisonic – This Will Be My Year

Segment 3
Readeez – Meet the Clock
Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine – I Am a Clock
ID
Cornershop – Brimful of Asha
Elizabeth Mitchell – Lovely Day (Sunny Day)
ID
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Rosa:
ID
Burchie Green – I Wanna Bring My Dog to Dinner
Chris Scanlon – Fish Daddy
ID
Ralph’s World – Happy Lemons
ABBA – Mamma Mia
ID

Segment 5
Rosa Guest DJ, con’t
Mister G – Sneaky Chuihauhua (sp?)
ID
By Kids for Kids – I Love This Game
Fiesta in Mexico – La Bamba
ID
Beatles – Here Comes the Sun
ID
Israel Kama… – Over the Rainbow

Segment 6
Lunch Money – Snow Globe
ScribbleMonster – Just Happy to Be Me (Look Both Ways)
ID
New Standards – Rattle My Bones
Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne
ID
TMBG – Particle Man
TMBG – Spare the Rock