Seattle’s Board of Education played a fun in-studio that we’ll air on Saturday.  In it, among other things, I attempt to foment a rivalry with other Seattle-based family bands.  Was I successful?  You’ll have to listen to find out.

In the meantime, enjoy this video from the in-studio:

Listen whenever you’d like at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones – Baby in My Pocket (Rock Paper Scissors)
Jon Samson – Nothing Rhymes with Orange (CoCreative Music Kids Album)
ID
Ella Fitzgerald – The Muffin Man
Dreyer Family Band – Home (Family Photograph)
Banjos for Babes – Home Sweet Home
ID

Segment 2
Frances England – Fascinating Creatures
Little Mo’ McCoury – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo’ McCoury)
ID/prep to rock
Uncle Rock – Shake It Off
Generation X – Ready Steady Go
ScribbleMonster – A Monster Goes Rrraargh! (Best of Friends)
ID

Segment 3
Vampire Weekend – Horchata
Nields – Who Are You Not to Shine (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Yosi – Hole in the Ground
ID
Slavic Soul Party – Never Gonna Let You Go
Supersuckers – Rubber Biscuit
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox – You Can’t Crawl in a Dress (world premiere)
Flannery Brothers – Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things
Sleater-Kinney – Lions and Tigers (Off With Your Head single)
ID
Board of Education – Ice Ages Are Fun! (s/t)
Justin Roberts – Big Field Trip (Pop Fly)

Segment 5
Angelique Kidjo – Battu (African Playground)
Rhythm Child – Everybody is the One
Michael Franti – Say Hey (I Love You)
Robbi K – Feel da Beat (Music Makes Me Happy)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
ID

Segment 6
Black History Month Intro
Jackson 5 – ABC
Paul Westerberg – Mr. Rabbit (Stereo)
Neil Brewer – Three Kids in a Car
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga
ID/book time with Ella (Farmer Boy)
They Might Be Giants – Science is Real (Here Comes Science)

On Saturday’s show, Ella discussed the book Farmer Boy. Find it at an independent bookseller via this link:

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Hilltown Families can hook you up.  Rock.

The Deedle Deedle Dees played to a full house at Forbes Library this morning, with a slightly stripped-down lineup (but worry not, the full Dee experience will be at the Meltdown).  Here they are playing Nellie Bly: