2012-07-07 Playlist
Jul 07
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Jul 07
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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
Read MoreJun 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
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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
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?
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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
Jun 16
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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
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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
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)
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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
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TMBG – Alphabet of Nations
TMBG – Spare the Rock.