Playlist for farewell (grownup) show

Jul 01

As I’ve mentioned, we’re moving to Austin, Texas, this summer.  Spare the Rock will continue, but Monte was kind enough to let me do a farewell grownup shift playing anything I wanted Saturday night, June 30.  Here’s what I played:

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Replacements – Alex Chilton

Big Star – September Gurls

Figgs – Regional Hits

LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio

Unknown Prophets – Summer Heat

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TMBG – The Shadow Government

Jonathan Coulton – Sucker Punch

Ting Tings – Guggenheim

Poster Children – If You See Kay

Babe the Blue Ox – Surfin’ Minnesota

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Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On

Luna – California (All The Way)

Clem Snide – Action

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – All Hail Dracula

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Dream Warriors – My Definition

Prince – When Doves Cry

Yo La Tengo – Mr. Tough

Cloud Cult – Journey of the Featherless

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Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – Sloop John B

Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times

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Fuzzy – Flashlight

Sonic Youth – 100%

Free Kitten – Surf’s Up

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Van Halen – Jump

Brassy – Hit ‘Em Hard

Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid

Tune-Yards – Gangsta

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Morphine – Thursday

Arcwelder – Favor

Built to Spill – Big Dipper

The New Standards – Such Great Heights

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Mary’s Danish – Yellow Creep Around

De La Soul – Me Myself and I

Voice of the Beehive – Independence Day

X – 4th of July

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Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – California Uber Alles

Public Enemy – Bring the Noise

NoMeansNo – Madness and Death

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Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray

Billy Bragg – Waiting for the Great Leap Forward

Velocity Girl – I Can’t Stop Smiling

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Walker Kong – Pulitzer Prize

Walt Mink – Zero Day

Dambuilders – Shrine

Local H – All the Kids Are Right

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Mates of State – Long Way Home

Flaming Lips – Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Tom Waits – I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

School for the Dead – Journal of Lies

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Soul Coughing – True Dreams of Wichita

Sleater Kinney – You’re No Rock and Roll Fun

Husker Du – Could You Be the One?

Archers of Loaf – Web in Front

Soul Asylum – Sometime to Return

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Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Hold Steady – Massive Nights

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Replacements – Let It Be

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Playlist for 6-30-2012

Jun 30

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
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TMBG – Wake Up Call
Vieux Diop – Sing Lo-Lo
Eno/Cale – Been There Done That
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Ella Fitzgerald – Slap that Bass
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
ID

Segment 2
Jellyfish – I Wanna Stay Home
Medeski, Martin & Wood – All Around the Kitchen
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – Blowin’ in the Wind
Terri Hendrix – Nerves
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Roy Handy & the Moonshot – Space Kitty!
Dressy Bessy – Electrified
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Segment 3
Alison Faith Levy & Rudy Trubitt – Deja Vu
Hey Dango – At the Beach
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Cloud Cult – Journey of the Featherless
Lunch Money – Puzzle Pieces Within
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Frances England – Mind of My Own

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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Gruff Rhys – Beacon in the Darkness
Elizabeth Mitchell – Bling Blang
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War – Why Can’t We Be Friends
Deedle Deedle Dees & IMPACT Repertory Theatre – Time Machine
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Woody & Arlo Guthrie – Don’t You Push Me Down

Segment 5
Andrew Bird – The Twistable Turnable Man Returns
Hullabaloo – My Eyes
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Johnny Cash – One and One Makes Two
Sugar Free Allstars – Love Train
Isaac Hayes – The Grumps
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Mates of State – 17 Pink Sugar Elephants

Segment 6
Breeders – Divine Hammer
Ellen & Matt – Playground
XTC – Playground
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself
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TMBG – Alphabet of Nations (extended version)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2012-06-23 Playlist

Jun 23

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
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TMBG – Happy Doesn’t Have to Have an Ending
Johnny Cash – I Love You Because
Frances England – Daddy-O
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Kimya Dawson – Happy Home (Keep On Writing)
Elizabeth Mitchell – Jubilee
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Segment 2
Lunch Money – To Be a Fossil
Steven Courtney – Bag of Dreams
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
The Posies – Dream All Day
ScribbleMonster – I Wish I Lived in Michigan
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Danny Adlerman – The Veggie Song
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Segment 3
Deedle Deedle Dees & IMPACT Repertory Theatre – Time Machine
Daniel Hales & The Frost Heaves – Bubble Test
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Polyphonic Spree – Heart of Gold
Terrible Twos – Jump Jump Jump
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Kinder Angst – Do It Yourself (with Deborah Harry)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Rocketfuel
The Roots – Lovely, Love My Family
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Guided By Voices – Hold On Hope

Segment 5
Steve Lee – Wake Up
New York Dolls – Dance Like a Monkey
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The Missing Piece – Little Brown Dog
Beck – Where It’s At
Jimmies – What’s that Sound?
ID

Segment 6
Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter
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Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (for Saskia)
Los Lobos – Heigh Ho
Jawbone – Popsicle Soup
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TMBG – Electric Car
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2012-06-16 Playlist

Jun 16

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
TMBG – O, Do Not Forsake Me
Randy Kaplan – Green Green Rocky Road
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Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers – King Tut
Lead Belly – Red Bird
Charlie Hope – Two Little Blackbirds
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Little Mo McCoury – You’ve got a Friend in Me

Segment 2
Papa Crow – That’s the Life for Me
Willie & the Wheel – Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Jimmies – Cool to be Uncool
Starfish – My Name is No!
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Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly

Segment 3
Mister G – Run
Primate Fiasco – Apples and Bananas
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School for the Dead – Superhero (live at Spare the Rock)
Stan Ridgway – Ice Cream Octopus
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Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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Cat & a Bird – Constellation Bound
Jonathan Coulton – I’m Your Moon (live at Spare the Rock)
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The Pop-Ups – Connect the Stars
Prince – Starfish and Coffee
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Segment 5
Billy Kelly – Oh My Dog
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey do the Dog
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Parker Bent – Scooch Back
Deedle Deedle Dees – Ah Ahimsa
Papas Fritas – Vertical Lives
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Ella Fitzgerald – A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Segment 6
Sunshine Collective – I Just Wanna Play
Cults – Go Outside
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Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be You
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
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TMBG – Subliminal
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2012-06-09 Playlist

Jun 09

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
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TMBG – Other Father Song
Sarah Lee Guthrie – Bright Clear Day
Dan Zanes – Moonlit Town (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
Brian Eno – I’ll Come Running
Steve Weeks – A Friend Like You
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Segment 2
Keller Williams – Hula Hoop to Da Loop
Martin Zeller – Down in the Valley
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Apples in Stereo – Energy
Liz Phair – Everything’s Controlled By the Brain
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CandyBand – Ken Lost His Head

Segment 3
Southern Culture on the Skids – Camel Walk
George Carver – They Got Feet
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Mister G – Grilled Cheese
Moona Luna – H2O (Science Fair)
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Toots & the Maytalls – Take Me Home, Country Roads

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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XTC – Helicopter
The Not-Its! – Helicopter
Lunch Money – Dizzy
Alison Faith Levy – Like a Spinning Top
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Luscious Jackson – Goo

Segment 5
Justin Roberts – Pop Fly
Craig Finn & Baseball Project – Don’t Call Them Twinkies
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Visqueen – Centerfield
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In
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Frances England w/ Mates of State – Place in Your Heart

Segment 6
Frank Black – (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain
Terrible Twos – Math Stomp
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Ziggy Marley – Family Time
Los Straitjackets – Cavalcade
Bari Koral – Kick Drum Heart
ID
TMBG – Alphabet of Nations
TMBG – Spare the Rock.

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2012-06-02 Playlist

Jun 02

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
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TMBG – Zeroes
Elizabeth Mitchell – The Happy Song
Doc Watson – Green Grass Grew All Around
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You
Your Imaginary Friend – Alabama Mississippi
ID
Primate Fiasco – Sunny Side of the Street

Segment 2
Tom Waits – Heigh Ho
Randy Kaplan – Little Bee
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Mr. T Experience – Unpack Your Adjectives
Egg – Sunny Side Up
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Segment 3
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Country Girl
Jonathan Richman – New England
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Frances England – Fast Train to Grandma’s
Kinks – Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
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Babe the Blue Ox – Surfin’ Minnesota
Suburbs – Rattle My Bones

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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REM – Stand
Always Saturday – Summer Something
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
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Ray Charles – You Are My Sunshine
We-Bop – It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
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Dog on Fleas – Fortunate Mistake

Segment 5
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Bag of Hammers
Billy Kelly – Don’t Worry About the Government
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Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
Aquabats – Idiot Box
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Justin Roberts – We Go Duck

Segment 6
Sleater Kinney – Lions and Tigers
Deedle Deedle Dees – Little Red Airplane
ScribbleMonster – Loud and Soft
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Nields – Butterfly
Beach Boys – Vegetables
ID
TMBG – Science is Real
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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