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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
TMBG – The House at the Top of the Tree
Simon & Garfunkel – At the Zoo
Gustafer Yellowgold – Four Leaved Clover
ID
Laura Veirs – Jamaica Farewell
Guy Davis – I Will Be Your Friend
ID

Segment 2
Musical Stew – States and Capitals
Randy Kaplan – My Little Laugh
Muppets – Danny Boy
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Incredible Chandler Travis Catualbirdomonic – First Warm Day
Alison Faith Levy – Like a Spinning Top
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Growl Growl

Segment 3
Spoon – The Underdog
Rabbit! – In My Blue Jeans
ID
Ratboy Jr. – Floating Up
Justin Roberts – Never Getting Lost
Terrible Twos – Caroline
ID
Matt & Kim – Daylight

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Dan Zanes – In the Basement (with Sharon Jones)
Baby Loves Jazz Band – Whole World In His Hands
Bruce Springsteen – This Land is Your Land (Live)
Billy Bragg – The Beach is Free
ID
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Central Park Kitty

Segment 5
Jonathan Coulton In-Studio
Princess Who Saved Herself
Mr. Fancy Pants
I’m Your Moon

Segment 6
ID
Eloise the Great – Everybody Let’s Jump
Alkaline Trio – Moving Right Along
ID
Alastair Moock & Friends – These Are My Friends
Okee Dokee Brothers – Small and Simple (with Elizabeth Mitchell)
Dramarama – What Are We Gonna Do?
ID
TMBG – What Is a Shooting Star?
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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We’re pleased to welcome you back to the Spare the Rock Cafetorium, this week featuring the brutal matchup between Rabbit! and The Pop-Ups.  Up first, Rabbit!’s “Magic”:

And here’s The Pop-Ups’ “Balloon”:

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Here’s the promo for this year’s Meltdown:

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The lineup is crazy good.  Deedle Deedle Dees, Robbi K & Friends, Ratboy Jr., Planet Z, Aric Bieganek, Alastair Moock & Friends, Brendan Taaffe, Nields, Anna Sobel Puppets, Tom Knight Puppets, Josh Gannon-Salomon Stories & Songs, Shiprock & Anchordog, Beethoven’s Wig, School for the Dead, Hey Dango.  Plus authors John Marciano, Lisa Yee, Eric Wight, Jeff Mack, and Heidi Stemple & Jane Yolen!

Saturday, March 31, 2012.  10-4.  JFK Middle School.  Rock.

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Listen any time you want at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
TMBG – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (in-studio)
Gustafer Yellowgold – Pumpkin Pied
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Green, Green Rocky Road
Israel Kamakawaiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
ID
Josh Levine – The Wheel Deal

Segment 2
Haley Bonar – Beautiful You
Caspar Babypants – A Thousand Tiny Doughnuts
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Presidents of the USA – Peaches
The Not-Its – Vacation
ID
Boogers – In Wonder With the World

Segment 3
Fishbone – Everyday Sunshine
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Cookies & Milk
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In
Ratboy Jr. – Banana Stand
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Uncle Rock – Polar Bear Over There
NRBQ – Accentuate the Positive
Father Goose – By and By (with Cherise King)
ID
Pizzicato Five – Good
ID

Segment 5
TMBG In-studio
(Dr. Worm, Dr. Worm minor key, New York City)

Segment 6
Telephone Company – Panda Brain
Okee Dokee Brothers – Bullfrog Opera
ID
Duke Otherwise – My Uncle the Aunt
Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
The Pop-Ups – Math Rock
ID
TMBG – Put It to the Test
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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This time up, we’ve got Rocknoceros’s “Early Worm” up against Jim Gill’s “Living Inside of a Jar.”  Feel free to comment, but the only official way to vote is using the poll at the end of this poll.  Play nicely.

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