Six Years!

Aug 11

I didn’t even notice until after recording this Saturday’s show, but it marks six years on the air — we first broadcast at 6 in the morning on August 12, 2005, on the then-brand-new Valley Free Radio.  (We moved over to the River a couple of years later, in February 2008, though the show still airs on VFR as well.)  That’s over 32,000 minutes of hand-picked music and rambling and Book Times with Ella and in-studios and general rawking.

Thanks to all of you for listening, supporting, singing, and dancing!  Here’s to six more.

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Playlist for 8/6/2011

Aug 06

You can listen online any time at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Particle Man
The Missing Piece – Cucumber Canoe
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World
ID
Bunny Clogs – Midtown Greenway (More! More! More!)
Frances England – Animal Inside You (Family Tree)
ID

Segment 2
AudraRox – Moms & Dads
Ziggy Marley (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) – Wings of an Eagle
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Elvis Costello – Radio, Radio
Rush – The Spirit of Radio
ID
Tiny Masters of Today – Hey, Mr. DJ

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster – I Wish I Lived in Michigan
ID
Jimmies – Every Day’s a Holiday (Practically Ridiculous)
Sippy Cups – Seven is the New 14
ID
Jonathan Coulton – Nemeses

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Dean Jones & Felice Bros – Frenzy
Ben Rudnick & Friends – I Need a Hand (Live)
ID
Dan Zanes w/ Andrew Bird – I Don’t Need Sunny Skies
Don Robertson – The Happy Whistler
ID
John & Mark – A Counting Error

Segment 5
School for the Dead – Ayla (A Beautiful Day in the Woods)
The Board of Education – The Lonely Tomato
ID
Peter Himmelman – My Green Kite
Givers – Up Up Up
ID

Segment 6
Harmonica Pocket – Spiders in My Breakfast
The Go! Team – Wrath of Marcie
ID
Chris Kenner – I LIke It Like That
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Ranky Tanky
Meters – Chicken Strut
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Secret Handshake
ID
TMBG – Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Playlist for 7/30/2011

Jul 30

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Number Two
Sophie & Les Petits – Un, deux, trois
ID
Sweetback Sisters – Texas Bluebonnets
Ella Jenkins – Pick a Bale of Cotton
Jayhawks – This Little Light of Mine
ID
Lori Henriques – Outside My Door

Segment 2
Andrew Bird – Twistable Turnable Man Returns
Frank Black – Jumpin’ Beans
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Nirvana – Sliver
The Not-Its! – Great to Be a Kid
Fastbacks – Goodbye, Bird
Recess Monkey – Invisible Friend (feat. Molly Ledford)

Segment 3
Justin Roberts – Day Camp (Way Out)
The Boy Least Likely To – When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
ID
Bazillions – Super Sonic Rocket Bike
Clementown – Bathtub Driver
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Ulysses S. Dee in-studio

Segment 5
Hipwaders – Go Go Girl
The Cars – Good Times Roll
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Have Fun
Medeski Martin & Wood – Let’s Go
ID

Segment 6
Posies – Dream All Day
Egg – Nothing Better (Hard-Boiled)
ID
Danny Adlerman – School Bus Driver
Paul Westerberg – Whisper Me Luck
ID
TMBG – Mr. Me
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Playlist for 7/23/2011

Jul 23

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Other Father Song
Readeez – You Have a Heart
Gustafer Yellowgold – Infinity
Chris & the Alphabets – Count It Higher (Sesame Street Old School)
ID
Dean Jones – Little By Little (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
Be Good Tanyas – Littlest Bird
ID
Heidi Swedberg – Paw Paw Patch

Segment 2
Mick Cooke – Playtime for the Penguins (Down at the Zoo)
Dan Bern – Not Too Young for a Song
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter
Elvis Costello – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love & Understanding?
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – Hey Pepito
ID
Lunch Money – Dizzy

Segment 3
Roy Handy & the Moonshot – I’m a Vampire
Vampire Weekend – White Sky
The Not-Its! – TV’s Watching Me
ID
Ramones – Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Mr. Richard – Pots ‘n’ Pans
ID (Cathy Fink guest DJ set second half)
Frank Turner – I Still Believe

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Cathy Fink Guest DJ set

Segment 5
Cathy Fink Guest DJ set and interview

Segment 6
ID
Mister G – Grilled Cheese
Paper Moon – Your Attitue Towards Cuttlefish
ID
Dar Williams – Echoes
Rudy Trubitt – Wear My Pajamas to School
ID
TMBG – Particle Man
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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New Deedle Deedle Dees Song

Jul 19

Lloyd Miller (a/k/a Ulysses S. Dee) of the Deedle Deedle Dees played a great set at Tuesday Market today, and then stopped by the studio for a visit we’ll air on July 30.  But you can check out a song from their forthcoming (as yet unnamed) album now:

 

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