2014-05-03 Playlist & Stream

Apr 30

ALL KILLER NO FILLER. In-studio from Story Laurie, world premiere from the Okee Dokee Brothers, new music from The Pop Ups and Recess Monkey and Cloud Cult. Plus Spoon and Superchunk and Lunch Money and oh my heavens.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Stalk of Wheat (live version)
Story Laurie – Who Grew My Soup (new)
Story Laurie in-studio
Segment 2
Cloud Cult – You Were Born (live) (new)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Folk Implosion – I’m Just a Bill
Pixies – Tony’s Theme
WKRP Bumper
Superchunk – FOH
Recess Monkey – the Great Diorama (new)
ID
Segment 3
PB&JF Promo
Lunch Money – Somehow a Frog Finds a Pond
Spoon – The Underdog
ID
The Pop Ups – All These Shapes (new)
Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble – Cumbe
Bag of Hammers bumper
Okee Dokee Brothers – Echo (world premiere)
ID
TMBG – What Is a Shooting Star?
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2014-04-26 Stream & Playlist

Apr 25

With a guest DJ set from Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants, new music from Sugar Free Allstars, Walter Martin (Walkmen), and so much more! Listen now:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Wake Up Call
Renee & Jeremy – Share
Walter Martin – It’s a Dream (new)
Tribe Called Quest bumper
The Roots – Lovely, Love My Family
ID
REM – Fall on Me
Tim & the Space Cadets – Superhero (in-studio)
ID
Segment 2
Justin ID
Justin Roberts – Thought It Was a Monster
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
The Ramones – Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio
Sugar Free Allstars – My Daddy’s Record Collection (new)
Bag of Hammers bumper
The Not-Its! – Green Light, Go!
ID
Segment 3
PB&JF Promo
Danny Weinkauf guest DJ set
ID
TMBG – What Is a Shooting Star?
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2014-04-19 Playlist & Stream

Apr 17

Listen right now!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – I Am a Grocery Bag
Banana Baron – The Baron’s Bicycle Balloon (new)
Ryan Adams – When Pigs Fly
ID
Father Goose – Constant Sorrow (w/ Dan Zanes & Coolie Ranx) (new)
Son Volt – Windfall
ID
Hullabaloo – Trombone Man (new)

Segment 2
Willie Nelson – I’m My Own Grandpa
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Danny Weinkauf – The Moon is Made of Cheese (new)
The White Stripes – Rag & Bone
Loud Sounds bumper
Matt & Kim – Daylight
Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter
ID

Segment 3
PB&JF Promo
Frank Turner – I Still Believe
ID
Recess Monkey – Shutterbug (world premiere)
Quazar & the Bamboozled – Can You Picture That?
ID
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – This Land is Your Land
Lee Alexander – Erie Canal (new)
Tribe Called Quest bumper
Dog on Fleas – Hundredaires (new)
ID
TMBG – Zeros
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Playlist and Stream for 2014-04-12

Apr 12

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – I Am a Paleontologist
Danny Weinkauf in-studio
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Down in the Valley
Segment 2
The Whirlygigs – Mooshpie (new)
ID/prep to rock (LENA!)
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
CandyBand – Godzilla/Iron Man
Weezer – My Best Friend
Danimal – Fun Fa Fun Fun Fun (new)
Hit Em Hard bumper
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself
Frances England – Free to Be Me
ID
Segment 3
PB&JF Promo
Lucky Diaz interview
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Cantaba La Rana (world premiere)
ID
The Deedle Deedle Dees – Si Se Puede!
Zee Avi – Rainbow Connection (new)
ID
TMBG – The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Gordon Dean Hartrick, the Official Great Granddaddy of Spare the Rock • 1915-2014

Apr 10

beehive

[Ed.: I’ve added the full obituary at the end of the post; click on “Read More” to see it.]

The kindest and most decent man I’ve ever known, my Granddaddy Gordon Hartrick, shown here with Ella (admiring his beehives around ten years ago), with Cogie Ann, his late-in-life love, and with my Grandmother Alma (on their honeymoon), died peacefully yesterday in his home in the Arkansas Ozarks.  We’re playing Elizabeth Mitchell’s version of “Down in the Valley” this week in his memory.

He was the most curious and smartest person in any room (those facts were not unrelated), he had a remarkable breadth and depth of interests and knowledge, and he was filled with joy regarding just about everything. He cared and loved deeply.

cogie ann

It is no coincidence that one of his last words was “joy,” spoken of his children — likely both his children and the broader category, including the many foster children and other children that he and my grandmother Alma cared for (something that resulted in the Klan burning a cross in their yard, as my grandmother had the humanity to bring a burnt black child to the clinic for treatment). He rejoiced in the delights of the world, of nature, of his friends, of his family.

honeymoon

There will be an obituary [after the jump] — and his life’s details were remarkable (CCC, riding the rails, forestry, beekeeping, and so much more) — but it all comes down, for me, to joy.  Joy in all things.

Every time I sign something with my middle name (Gordon) or fill out a form with Liam’s middle name (also Gordon) — and every time I fill out something with Ella’s middle name (Alma) — I am honored to be associated with him and my Grandmother, and hope we are worthy successors to their names and their lives.

Even at 98, it feels too early for him to be gone.


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