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We had a ton of fun with Trout Fishing in America coming by.  Check out this video of them performing “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” in our studio:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Zeros
Trout Fishing in America in-studio

Segment 2
Elizabeth Mitchell – You Are My Sunshine
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Paul Westerberg – Love You in the Fall
ScribbleJim ID
ScribbleMonster – All Ready to Go!
ID

Segment 3
Fatboy Slim – Rockafeller Skank
Alastair Moock guest DJ set
ID (mention Joanie at Carle 9/28)
TMBG – Letter/Not a Letter
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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We really enjoyed having The Doubleclicks come by the studio and we’ll air the chat and songs this weekend.  For now, you can check out the video of the title track from their kids’ record, Worst Superpower Ever:

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Early in the morning after rawking as the opener for They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton was kind enough to come by our studios.  We’ll air the in-studio with him on March 24, but you can listen now:

[audio:http://sparetherock.com/CoultonMarch2012.mp3|titles=Jonathan Coulton on Spare the Rock]

And you can watch the (partial) video for “The Princess Who Saved Herself” (the first performance ever other than actually recording it for Many Hands):

And for Mr. Fancy Pants:

This has been a pretty cool week.

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We had a great time hanging out with They Might Be Giants this afternoon (they’re at the Calvin tonight! You should go!).  We’ll air our chat on March 17, but if you want to listen now:

[audio:http://sparetherock.com/TMBGMarch2012.mp3|titles=TMBG on Spare the Rock]

And you probably want to listen, since it has music (including a crazy minor key version of Dr. Worm) and news about the next kids’ stuff they’ll be doing!  (Like, news you haven’t seen anywhere else, I’m pretty sure.)

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On my regular (grownup) shift on the River on Sunday, I did a short interview with John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants.  They’ll be on the station Thursday afternoon before their show at the Calvin (don’t have tickets yet? get ’em now), and we’ll record an in-studio with them to air probably on March 17.  You can listen to Sunday’s interview here:

[audio:https://sparetherock.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Flansinterview.mp3|titles=Flans Interview]

Jonathan Coulton is opening the show, and we’ll be getting him in the studio too.

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For real.  Scott will tell you about it here:

They’re playing at First Churches in Northampton on Saturday, March 3, at 10:30, and everyone gets the parts to make one, and your child, too, can play an abbreviated national anthem.

We’ll air an in-studio with them that morning, including this excellent version of “Zudio,” from Many Hands:

 

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