Ella talked (again?) about the Mysterious Benedict Society.  Click on the image below to find an independent bookseller selling it.

Shop Indie Bookstores

Quick reminder about tomorrow’s show and a longer-term reminder to jot some things down on your calendar.

First, tomorrow at 1, we’ve got Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem playing the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.  Tickets are just $6 at the door, and benefit the Northampton Community Music Center.  This is a must-see band, and if you’ve seen them, you must see them again.

We’ve also got most of the next season lined up:

8.7.10 • Princess Katie & Racer Steve

10.23.10 • Gustafer Yellowgold

1.22.11 • Royal Order of Chords & Keys

3.12.11 • Debbie & Friends

Also, this Sunday, Mister G, Primate Fiasco, and School for the Dead will be on the River Soundstage at Taste of Amherst for the Meltdown afternoon.  Free music for the whole family!

Finally, and I’ll write a lot more about this, especially once we confirm the rest of the lineup, but on September 26 at the Pines Theater, we’ll have a CD release show for the Many Hands CD, featuring Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem and the Deedle Deedle Dees.  As alluded to, there will be more on that lineup — some pretty amazing additions, I hope — but for now, just be sure to write that date down.

Listen on-demand at our page at WRSI.com. And thanks to Randy Kaplan for stopping by!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Nine Bowls of Soup
Brian Wilson – Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine
Elizabeth Mitchell – John the Rabbit (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
Renee & Jeremy – Rely
Dean & Britta – Making Me Smile (Sing Me to Sleep)
Charity & the JAMband – Whatcha Gonna Bring (Rock Your Socks Off)
ID

Segment 2
Justin Roberts – 2 x 4 (Jungle Gym)
Frances England – Daddy-O
Lunch Money – Nightlights (Silly Reflection)
ID/prep to rock
Liz Phair (& Marc Dauer) – Everything’s Controlled by the Brain (The Body Rocks)
Alexandra & the Good Batch – DEMAND (Extended Playdate)

Segment 3
Quazar & the Bamboozled – Can You Picture That?
Angelique Kidjo – Move on Up
ID
The Pop Ups – Outside Inside (Outside Voices)
Recess Monkey – Science Fair (Final Funktier)
ID/Book Time with Ella (Magic Or Not)
Recess Monkey – Book Time Bed
SteveSongs – No Good Toys
ID

Segment 4
Randy Kaplan In-Studio (20:45)
– My Little Laugh
– The Kids Are All Id
– I Got Plenty of Nuthin’

Segment 5
ID
Rhythm Child – Everybody is the One
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Sound of Sunshine
Sippy Cups – Don’t Remove the Groove (Time Machine)
Madness – Our House
ID

Segment 6
Starfish – My Name is No (Enter Sandbox)
Royal Order of Chords and Keys – Central Park Kitty
ID
Board of Education – 8 Is A Number
ID
TMBG – Older (Mink Car)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Thanks to Recess Monkey for the awesome new Book Time theme song!

Ella talked about the Edward Eager book Magic or Not? this week.  Click on its cover to find it for sale from an independent bookseller, or find a library near you!

Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Thanks to the Okee Dokee Brothers for coming by.  Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Rolling O
Sweet Colleens – Who’s My Pretty Little Baby (The Monkey Dance)
The Bramble Jam – Pancakes (Move Your Boots)
ID
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Hoodoo Voodoo (Mermaid Avenue
Earthworm Ensemble – We Are Birds (s/t)
ID

Segment 2
Bob Marley – One Love
Caspar Babypants – Free Like a Bird (Here I Am!)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster – I Wish I Lived in Michigan
R.O.C.K. – Cookies & Milk
Shonen Knife – Frogphobia (Brand New Knife)
Terrible Twos – Lilly Names Everything Sandy
ID

Segment 3
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun – Kooky’s Cuckoo Clock
Lonseome Brothers – Crossing with the Cuckoo
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve – Tiny Cool (Tiny Cool)
James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
ID/book time with Ella (Charlotte Sometimes)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Okee Dokee Brothers in-studio

Segment 5
ID
Justin Roberts – Never Getting Lost (Jungle Gym)
The Pop Ups – Up and Down (Outside Voices)
Recess Monkey – Beat-Box-a-Robot

Segment 6
Mr. Leebot – Good Bot
ID
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Human Tim + Robot Tim – Little Robot
ID
TMBG – Figure Eight
TMBG – Spare the Rock