2013-09-28 Playlist

Sep 26

Listen on demand at PRX.org!

Thanks to Joanie Leeds for guest DJing — you can see her at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA, on Saturday morning at 11!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Electric Car
Elizabeth Mitchell – John the Rabbit (live in-studio)
ID
Red Yarn & Friends – Bob the Rabbit (new)
Cloud Cult – Help
Psapp – Everybody Wants to be a Cat
ID
Joanie Leeds Guest DJ set

Segment 2
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself (live in-studio)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Peelander-Z – Taco Taco Tacos
Sippy Cups – Seven is the New Fourteen
1977 Bumper
Superchunk – FOH (new)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke Don Mario’s Song
ID

Segment 3
ACL underwriting
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Born to Roll
The Bright Siders – Forever Friends (new)
ID
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
Slavic Soul Party – Never Gonna Let You Go
ID
TMBG – Four of Two
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2013-09-21 Playlist

Sep 26

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We had a ton of fun with Trout Fishing in America coming by.  Check out this video of them performing “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” in our studio:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Zeros
Trout Fishing in America in-studio

Segment 2
Elizabeth Mitchell – You Are My Sunshine
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Paul Westerberg – Love You in the Fall
ScribbleJim ID
ScribbleMonster – All Ready to Go!
ID

Segment 3
Fatboy Slim – Rockafeller Skank
Alastair Moock guest DJ set
ID (mention Joanie at Carle 9/28)
TMBG – Letter/Not a Letter
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2013-09-14 Playlist

Sep 26

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – What is a Shooting Star?
Heidi Swedberg Guest DJ Set

Segment 2
Poochamungas (w/ Emily Hurd) – Games We Played (new)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
The Julie Ruin – Cookie Road (new)
Moona Luna – It’s 12 O’Clock
Loud Sounds Bumper
Muffs – Kids in America
Django Jones – P-O-P (new)
ID

Segment 3
Elizabeth Mitchell & Dan Zanes – So Glad I’m Here (new)
Lloyd H. Miller – Brooklyn By Bike (new)
ID
Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing
Mr. Gabe – Five Little Monkeys (new)
ID
TMBG – Stalk of Wheat (live)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Playlist for 9-7-2013

Sep 07

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Put It to the Test
Lori Henriques – Counting by Six is Sublime (new)
Doubleclicks – Clever Girl (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
Wilco – What Light
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – 8000 Feet (new)
Telephone Company – Bomb Pop
ID
Sweet Honey in the Rock – Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me

Segment 2
Lloyd H. Miller – Gowanus Canal (new
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
Uncle Rock – Too Many Presents
Massive Nights bumper
Tim & the Space Cadets – The Greatest Party Ever
CandyBand – Down By the Bay
ID
ScribbleMonster – I’m a Shark (I Rock, I Swim) (new)

Segment 3
ID
The Verve Pipe – I’m Not Sleeping In (Cuz It’s Saturday) (new)
Sunshine Collective – I Just Wanna Play
ID
Frances England – Bicycle Built for Two (w/ Molly Ledford) (new)
The Boy Least Likely To – When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
ID
TMBG – I Am a Paleontologist
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Tooting Our Own Horn

Sep 06

I’m feeling pretty darn good. In tomorrow’s mail, Spare the Rock Records is:

– Sending the Haitian People’s Support Project another $10,000 from Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti.

– Sending Girls Inc. $8,803 from Science Fair.

– Sending the Woody Guthrie Foundation $2,177.70 from Keep Hoping Machine Running.

By the end of 2013, the label will hit a cumulative total of $100,000 in donations.

Thanks to Dean Jones, Molly Ledford, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Jeff Giles — producers on the albums — and the over 50 amazing artists who have contributed songs.  Huge thanks also to Stephanie Mayers for her remarkable PR work and all the folks at Virtual Label for making it all work.

Visit the label’s page for more information about the releases.

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