This time, in (pixelated) print.  The blog (Playing by the Book) is worth a subscription, too.

Longtime friend-of-the-show Aric Bieganek has a rockin’ new band, the Royal Order of Chords and Keys (R.O.C.K.).  They’ll be playing at the Meltdown, plus they’ve got a show at the Springfield Community Music Center a week from Saturday.  They came by the studio to record an in-studio to air this week; here’s a preview.  Does it rock?  Oh, yes, it rocks.

Tonight we recorded two promos with Ella’s girl scout troop to air on Saturday.  As you’ll hear, to find a girl scout cookie booth in the area, go to GSCWM.org!

The girls wrote the scripts with only a little bit of help and did a great job of recording their parts.  Through in some Esquivel!, and magic ensues.  Listen:

Girl Scout Cookie Promo 1

Girl Scout Cookie Promo 2

I’m very glad to be helping, even a little, with this project of Whole Children.  Here’s an excerpt from a recent e-mail:

We are thrilled to announce the formation of the Whole Children Community Choir, a chorus made up of kids with and without disabilities.

The chorus is forming now, with rehearsals starting in February, working up to a concert on Mother’s Day with Dan Zanes!

Rehearsals: Mondays, 5-6:15. p.m. in Hadley. Feb. 1 thru May 3 (there is a possibility of two rehearsals a week as the concert date gets closer). Price: $65. Siblings $55

If you are interested in having your child (ages 8 and up, younger kids with permission from the choir director) be a part of this exciting venture, please email Kim Holden at kim@wholechildren.org, or call Whole Children at 585- 8010. Please feel free to share this flier with other families who might be interested.

We’ll talk a lot more about this as the event approaches, but I’d encourage locals to sign up!

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

Fun visit from Danny & Yosi!  Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Pictures of Pandas Painting (Here Come the ABCs)
Charlie Hope – I’m Me! (I’m Me!)
The Whites – Keep On the Sunny Side (O Brother Where Art Thou?)
Ben Rudnick & Friends – I Need a Hand (A Frog Named Sam)
ID
Justin Roberts – All Eyes On You

Segment 2
Purple Stripes – Aba Daba Honeymoon
Moonlighters – Makin’ Wickey-Wackey Down in Waikiki (Surrender)
Joe McDermott – Come To Hawaii (Hawaiian Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Boogers – This Song is About Transportation! (Road to Rock)
Verve Pipe – We Had to Go Home
ScribbleMonster – All Ready to Go (Songs With No Character)
ID

Segment 3
Los Lobos – I Wanna Be Like You (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Hipwaders – Little Baby Brother (Educated Kid)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – Favorite Names
ID
Billy Kelly – I Don’t Know! (Thank You for Joining the Happy Club)
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy Twiggy (Made in USA)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Egg – Summer Today (Sunny Side Up)
Baze & His Silly Friends – I Got the ABCs (feat. Ah-Choo)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – I Like Fruit (feat. Egg)
ID
Us 3 – Cantaloop

Segment 5
Danny & Yosi in-studio

Segment 6
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Wildflowers (Ranky Tanky)
Velvet Underground – I’m Sticking With You
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID
Bunny Clogs – Olive’s Olives
ID
TMBG – Roy G. Biv (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock