Book Time with Ella for 2-26-11

Feb 26

Ella talked about Howl’s Moving Castle.  You can find it at an independent bookseller by following the link below:


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Mere Days until the Dees

Feb 22

Advance tickets — a crazy good deal — for the Deedle Deedle Dees show this Saturday at Flywheel are available now at BrownPaperTickets.com. $5 per ticket, or $15 for a family four-pack.  (It’ll be $7 and $20 at the door, so get on it!)

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Playlist for 2011-2-19

Feb 19

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Particle Man
Sunshine Collective – I Just Wanna Play
Sarah Lee & Johnny – Don’t I Fit in My Daddy’s Shoes?
ID
Mark Erelli – My Darling
Dennis Caraher (with Emma Henderson) – I Love My Mom
ID
Joe’s Backyard Band – Cities with Seagulls

Segment 2
Black History month intro – Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong – When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
Elizabeth Mitchell – You Are My Sunshine
Caspar Babypants – Mister Rabbit (with Charlie Hope)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Paul Westerberg – Mister Rabbit
Big Star – Ballad of El Goodo
ID
RTTs – Snack Time

Segment 3
Black History Month intro – George Clinton
Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
Groove Kid Nation – Wheels on the Bus
ID
Rythm Child – Everybody is the One

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Billy Kelly – It’s Close Enough
Monty Harper – Bat Man
Cat & a Bird – Bat Bada Bing
CandyBand – Batman
ID
School for the Dead – Superhero live in-studio

Segment 5
Black History Month – Sly & the Family Stone
Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
Ah-Choo – w/ Laura Daisybee – I Love Myself
Book Time with Ella w/ Lisa Papademetriou
Prince – Starfish & Coffee

Segment 6
Deedle Deedle Dees – Henry Box Brown (2/26 at Flywheel, 3/26 at Meltdown)
ID
Jay Mankita – Eat Like a Rainbow (Picnic Playground)
April Smith – Colors
ID
Okee Dokee Brothers – Neighbors
Keith Munslow – Every Day is a Summer Day
ID
TMBG – Don’t Let’s Start
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Book Time with Ella for 2-19-11

Feb 19

We enjoyed having Lisa Papademetriou stop by the studio and chat about her writing.  Remember, Cup & Top is hosting an ice skating party at the Florence Civic Center on Friday in celebration of her new book, Ice Dreams:


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Playlist for 2011-2-12

Feb 12

Thanks to Jim from ScribbleMonster and to the Alchemystics for helping out with the show!  Head down to First Churches to see the Alchemystics this morning at 10:30!

Listen any time on demand on our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
Ella Fitzgerald – My Funny Valentine
Jeremy Plays Guitar – Valentines
ID
Songeez – You Have a Heart
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
Dog on Fleas – Beautiful World
ID

Segment 2
Gustafer Yellowgold – Wisconsin Poncho
Father Goose – Island in the Sun (it’s a Bam Bam Diddly!)
ID/prep to rock
The Not-Its! – B.A.T.H.
Peter Himmelman – Little Bitty Baby
Music for Aardvarks – Mighty Milo
ID

Segment 3
Alchemystics in-studio:
– Rise Up
– Type of Prayer
– Overcome

Segments 4 & 5:
ScribbleMonster guest DJ set
ID
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – Sesame Street Theme
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – I Want To Hold Your Ear
ID
Scribble Monster & Steve Weeks – Clink, Clank
Steve Weeks – Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath
ID

Sesame Street – Pat, Pat, Patty Pat
ScribbleBunny – Stop! (A Spare the Rock Exclusive!)
ID
ScribbleMonster featuring Racer Steve – Someday, Little Children
Princess Katie and Racer Steve – Tiny Cool
ID
Kevin Kammeraad and the Tomato Collection Friends – Numbers Everywhere

Segment 6
ID
Cat & a Bird – Bee Jive
Frances England – Place in Your Heart
ID
Mister G – Snow Day
Justin Roberts – Snow Day
Fawns – Snow Day
ID
TMBG – My Name is Kingof Socks (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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