2015-01-03 Playlist & Stream

Dec 30

Happy 2015, y’all! We’ve got a super fun show this week, with brand-new music from Bunny Clogs, Quiet Company, They Might Be Giants, Lori Henriques, and so much more…including the triumphant return of Book Time with Ella!!

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – I Wasn’t Listening (new)
Caspar Babypants – The Girl with the Squirrel in Her Hat (new)
ID
Recess Monkey – Book Time With Ella
Book Time With Ella
Big World Audio Theatre – Ode to Tater-Tot (new)
Billy Bragg – Flying Saucer (in-studio)
ID
Suz Slezak – Yodel Lullaby (new)
Father Goose – Flying Machine
ID
[WJFF: Lloyd H. Miller – S.S. Brooklyn]

2nd set
Quiet Company – At the First Sonogram (new)
ID/prep to rock
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Todd McHatton – Everything You Always Wanted (new)
Matt & Kim – Daylight
Bag of Hammers bumper
Rolie Polie Guacamole – Snowball Fight
Danny Weinkauf – Champion of the Spelling Bee
ID

3rd set
Macaroni & Cruise promo
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (in-studio)
Lori Henriques – Groove (new)
Bunny Clogs – My Identity (new, premiere)
ID
Mista Cookie Jar – My My My
MC Frontalot – Mornings Come And Go (feat. Marian Call) (new)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Apartment Four
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2014-12-27 Playlist & Stream

Dec 25

Happy new year, y’all. We love you.

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – Letterbox
Vagabond Opera – New Year’s Eve in a Haunted House
Lori Henriques – Another Good Year (new)
ID
Louis Armstrong – On the Sunny Side of the Street
The Doubleclicks – Clever Girl
Gustafer Yellowgold – New is the New Old
ID
[WJFF: Okee Dokee Brothers: Echo]

2nd set
Jonathan Richman – New England
ID/prep to rock
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne
Los Lobos – Heigh Ho
Babe the Blue OX – Surfin’ Minnesota
Elizabeth Mitchell – What Goes On
Loud sounds bumper
Fastbacks – One of Those Things
Fountains of Wayne – Laser Show
ID

3rd set
Macaroni & Cruise promo
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Space Cadet
Tim and the Space Cadets – 2nd Grade Show
ID
RABBIT – If This Year Was a Book
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Lines and Dots
ID
Breeders – New Year
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – This Will Be Our Year (new)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Letter/Not A Letter
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2014-12-20 Playlist & Stream

Dec 20

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – O Tannenbaum
Elizabeth Mitchell – Ain’t That a-Rockin’ All Night
ID
Wee Hairy Beasties – Dinosaur Christmas
The Sweetback Sisters – Must Be Santa
Pete Donnelly – Merry Xmas This Year (new)
ID
Quiet Company – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
[WJFF: Steve Weeks – Monkeys]

2nd set
Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
ID/prep to rock
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Fountains of Wayne – I Want An Alien for Christmas
The Hold Steady – Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You
Massive Nights bumper
Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick – 2600
CandyBand – I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas
Jingle Punx – You Gotta Get Up
ID

3rd set
Macaroni & Cruise promo
Mama Doni – Chanukah Fever
Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips – Got the Spirit (new)
ID
Asylum Street Spankers – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis
ID
They Might Be Giants – 813 Mile Car Trip
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2014-12-13 Playlist and Stream

Dec 13

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – What Is a Shooting Star
Big World Audio Theatre – Sleepytime Greg (new, premiere)
ID
Suz Slezak – Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (new)
Lori Henriques – Free Ride Every Day (new)
Paul Spring – Peter Pan
ID
Papa Crow – Outside Sounds
[WJFF: Gustafer Yellowgold – I Can’t Feel My Face]

2nd set
Okee Dokee Brothers – Can You Canoe (in-studio)
ID/prep to rock
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Jingle Punx – Wonderful Christmastime
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Everyday People
Superchunk – FOH
The Nields – Butterfly
ID

3rd set
Macaroni & Cruise promo
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Skunk Strut (new)
Readeez – What’s in the Box? (new, premiere)
ID
The Jimmies – Chanukah or Hanuka, Oh Hanukkah Medley
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy Twiggy
ID
Nathalia – Pop Pop Pop (new)
Ozomatli – Germs
ID
They Might Be Giants – Go for G!
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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2014-12-06 Playlist and Stream

Dec 04

1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
They Might Be Giants – Particle Man (Other Thing Brass Band)
Ben Folds – Broken Piano
ID
The Twigs – I Got a Great Idea (new)
Johnny Cash – Nasty Dan
Suz Slezak – You Got Love (new) (Watching the Nighttime Come)
ID
Kimya Dawson – Sunbeams and Some Beams
[WJFF: Boxtop Jenkins – Toast and Jelly; Flannery Brothers – In the Morning]

2nd set
Laura Doherty – Bicycle
ID/prep to rock
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
The Board of Education – Why Is Dad So Mad?
Justin Roberts ID
Justin Roberts – I Chalk
Kepi Ghoul – Do the Kangaroo
97x bumper
Bears & Lions – Pancakes
ID

3rd set
Macaroni & Cruise promo
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself (in-studio)
Kool & the Gang – Jungle Boogie
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Say What?
ID
John Wesley Harding – Sing Your Own Song
Lunch Money – Cookie As Big As My Head
ID
They Might Be Giants -Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (live)
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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