2010-03-27 Playlist

March 27, 2010 by admin · 1 Comment
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Meltdown morning!

You can listen to the show any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Boss of Me
Sunflow – I Wish You Love
Dan Wilson – Toyland
Bunny Clogs – Are We There Yet?
ID
Box Tops – Neon Rainbow
Elizabeth Mitchell – Winter’s Come and Gone (Live in-studio)
ID

Segment 2
Wee Hairy Beasties – Toenail Moon
Maria Sangiolo – Celia Says (Under the Mystic Sea)
ID/prep to rock
Paul Westerberg – Meet Me in the Meadow (Open Season)
Board of Education – Beverly the Village Misfit
ID

Segment 3
ID
Dog on Fleas – Worms
Troubled Hubble – I’m Pretty Sure I can See Molecules
Rubinoos – Sugar Sugar (Biff-Boff-Boing)
ID
CandyBand – Get Up Already
Flannery Brothers – Shake!

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Recess Monkey – How Do You Build a Robot World Premiere
ID
Teenage Fanclub – Starsign
Deedle Deedle Dees – Underground Railroad (Freedom in a Box!)
Uncle Rock – My Friend Bigfoot (The Big Picture)
ID

Segment 5
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
ID/book time with Ella (Sunlight Slaying)
Jad & David Fair – Grampa’s Shoes
Telephone Company – Grandma
Eno – Needles in the Camel’s Eye
ID

Segment 6
Alastair Moock – Two Mommies (A Cow Says Moock)
Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo
ID
Alexandra & the Good Batch – Crankymomma
The Go! Team – Feelgood by Numbers
ID
TMBG – Mr. Klaw
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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March 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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This week, Ella talked about the second book in the Oliver Nocturne series by Board of Education singer Kevin Emerson. Click on the cover of the book to find it for sale from an independent bookseller.

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A Sad Update

March 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Due to the tragic and unexpected death of a close friend, Elizabeth Mitchell & Family had to cancel their performance at the Meltdown. Local hero Mister G will be filling the slot on the main stage.

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One last Meltdown post

March 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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One last reminder: Saturday, 10 to 4, JFK Middle School, a ridiculous music and author lineup. Be there.

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2010-03-20 Playlist

March 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Listen any time you like at WRSI.com!

Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Hello Radio
Frances England – The Books I Like to Read
Bill Janovitz – Gold Day
ID
Bob Dylan – Forever Young
Telephone Company – What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby? (Panda Brain!)

Segment 2
Martin Zellar – Down in the Valley (Down by the Riverside)
Uncle Rock (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) – There Is No Away
ID/prep to rock
Alexandra & the Good Batch – DEMAND (Extended Playdate)
Mr. Leebot – Bathtub Superstar
Devo – Whip It
ID

Segment 3
Robbert Bobbert – Gravity
Flannery Brothers – One Wasn’t Enough
ID
Alastair Moock – Belly Buttons
Grupo Fantasma – Gimme Some
Ratboy Jr. – Robot Pirate
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Debbie & Friends – Willy Won’t (More Story Songs & Sing Alongs)
REM – We Walk
Deedle Deedle Dees – Teddy Days (Freedom in a Box)
ID
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – This Land is Your Land

Segment 5
Asylum Street Spankers – Down By the Riverside (God’s Favorite Band)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me (Easy)
Dog on Fleas – Baby U
ID
Tim & the Space Cadets – Superhero
Vampire Weekend – White Sky

Segment 6
Earthworm Ensemble – Bang a Drum
Golden Earring – Radar Love
The Roots – Lovely, Love My Family
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – The Green Grass Grows All Around (Ranky Tanky)
ID
TMBG – Particle Man
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Monte’s Campout for Cancer Connection

March 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Monte, who does the morning show and is Program Director on WRSI, is starting his Campout for Cancer Connection this morning. He’ll be camping out on the courthouse lawn in downtown Northampton until he raises $20,000. Also, he hates camping.

Cancer Connection does amazing work supporting people with cancer — and their families — and I wish we’d had it in Fayetteville last summer when my dad was diagnosed and dying. While we got great services from the local hospice folks, Cancer Connection goes well beyond that. To learn more about the group, visit their website.

We’ve donated in past years, but since last summer, it’s become even more personally important to us. Ella and Liam each kicked in $10 this year, and we donated on top of that.

You should too. Go to WRSI.com and click on “Donate Now.” (And you can click on “Listen Live” to hear the broadcast.)

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Gustafer!

March 14, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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We had a ton of fun at the Iron Horse today with Gustafer Yellowgold. As always, the show was entrancing, and we got to hear a little bit about the next release — you can look forward to more from your favorite yellow friend in early 2011. Whole new story, ten new songs…whee!

Here’s a little part of a song I like a ton, “Quite Easily Lost”:

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2010-03-13 Playlist

March 13, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
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Listen on demand any time (that is, after all, what “on demand” means!) at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Employee of the Month
kd lang and the reclines – Watch Your Step Polka
Laura Daisybee – Swing Swing With Me
ID
Ginger Hendrix – Riding My Pony
The Von Swing Family – Crawdad
Gustafer Yellowgold – Getting in a Treetop
ID

Segment 2
Daniel Lanois – Under a Stormy Sky
Chris McKhool – Spider-Man (Jazz Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Royal Order of Chords and Keys – Cruisin’ for a Snoozin’
Milkshake – Enemies
I’m From Barcelona – Collection of Stamps
ID/book time with Ella (High Rhulain)

Segement3
Uncle Rock – Stop at a Mom ‘n’ Pop
Dean Jones – Frenzy
Flannery Brothers – Wake Up Song
ID
Baby Grands – Sugar Makes Me Loco
Ralph’s World – The Great Outdoors
Debbie & Friends – So, So Happy
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Uncle Albert (Admiral Halsey) – Paul & Linda McCartney
Everything I Own – Bread
Crimson And Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells

Segment 5
Welcome Back – John Sebastien
Theme from The Rockford Files – Mike Post
Silent E – Tom Lehrer
Tie A Yellow Ribbon – Tony Orlando and Dawn
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – The Puppini Sisters
Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Segment 6
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Hey, Bo Diddley
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You
Wee Hairy Beasties – Housefly Blues
ID
Board of Education – The Lonely Tomato
ID
TMBG – The Mesopotamians
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Book Time with Ella for March 13, 2010

March 13, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Ella talked about another Redwall book this week, this time High Rhulain. Look for it in your public library, or, if you like, click on the image below to find it available from an independent bookseller!

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We Are All Jay Leno Fans Now

March 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Or at least we will all need to turn on the Tonight Show on Monday, March 15, to see our friends Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (who will be playing the Meltdown) on stage, singing “I Love You Too” with Ziggy Marley! Wow.

Still Team Conan here, but that’ll be worth setting the TiVo.

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