Our friends at Reelife Productions were at the Meltdown all day, and have posted a half-dozen videos of main stage performances.  Check ’em out (all in one video playlist):

Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Apartment 4
Frances England – That’s What Friends Are For
Caspar Babypants (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) – Dark of Night
ID
Ella Jenkins – Somebody’s Talking About Freedom
Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone
ID
Daniel Martin Moore – The Hour of Sleep (Acoustic Dreamland)

Segment 2
Laurie Anderson – Excellent Birds
Gustafer Yellowgold – Slim Gets In ‘Em (Infinity Sock)
John & Mark – Peopl Have Good Reasons
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
The Board of Education – 8 Is A Number
Daddy A Go Go – What a Wonderful World (feat. Erin Dangar) (Grandkid Rock)
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
ID

Segment 3
Ethan Rossiter & the Hartwells – Mood For Foods
ID
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Cookies & Milk
Sugar – Gee Angel
Bazillions – Preoposition
ID
Justin Roberts – We Go Duck
ID

Segments 4 & 5
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Billy Kelly guest DJ set:
Madness – Our House
Talking Heads – Don’t Worry About the Government
Billy Kelly – Coney Island Washboard
B-52s – Rock Lobster
Pants Pants Pants – Tater Tot

Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Cajun T’Air
Monkees – Gonna Buy Me a Dog
Billy Kelly feat. Davy Jones – Me and My Brand New Haircut
Lunch Money – I Want to Push Buttons
Billy Kelly feat. Molly Ledford – We Could Be Pen Pals

Segment 6
ID
Bunny Clogs – Confessions of a Teenage Lima Bean
Recess Monkey – Constellation Conga
Meters – Cissy Strut
ID
Cat & a Bird – Night Owl
Bonerama – You’ve Got a Friend in Me
ID
TMBG – The Guitar
TMBG – Spare the Rock

One of the great delights of doing the show has been working with my friend Jarret J. Krosoczka for the last three years producing the Meltdown.  Well, this year, he’s both nominated for and hosting the Children’s Choice Book Awards, the only national award voted on by kids.  So we figured we’d have him on to talk about that, to give a little preview of the next couple of Lunch Lady books, and to talk about his new picture book, due this fall.  And to discuss his planned awards show wardrobe.

You can vote right now, if, y’know, you’re a kid.  Jarrett’s hoping they can break 500,000 votes this year — help him out!

We’ll air the interview a week from Saturday (4/16), but you can listen now:

Interview

Segment 1

TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock

-Ella ID

TMBG – How Many Planets?

Robbi K & Friends – Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)

Dave Brubeck – Take Five

ID

Frances England – Best Friends (Family Tree)

Laura Freeman – Indigo and Violet (Color Wheel Cartwheel)

ID

Segment 2

Ratboy Jr. – Spaceman & Banana

Stan Ridgway – Spider’s Web

Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring

ID/prep to rock

TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock

Fugazi – Waiting Room

The Not-Its! – The Great Compromise

ScribbleMonster – Just Happy to Be Me (Look Both Ways)

Segment 3

Duplex – Freaky Rhesus

XTC – Life Begins at the Hop

ID

Sippy Cups – One Day Soon

Primate Fiasco – High Hopes

ID

White Stripes – We Are Going To Be Friends

Segment 4

ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

ID

Grupo Fantasma – Arroz Con Frijoles

Old 97’s – Bug Song (Demo)

ID

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Green Grass Grows All Around

Cat & a Bird – Lion & the Challengers

ID

Segment 5

Mo Willems guest DJ set

Segment 6

In the Nick of Time – Sneakers (People Places & Things)

Toots & the Maytalls – Louie Louie

ID

Two Man Gentlemen Band – Square Root of Two

Readeez – You Have a Heart

Steve Weeks – A Friend Like You

ID

TMBG – Four of Two

TMBG – Spare the Rock