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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Why Does the Sun Shine?
Erik Brandt & Matt Godsen – Lay Down Brothers & Sisters (The Youngster Parade)
Dean Jones – Lucky (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID
Von Swing Family – Stay Up All Night (Honey, Sugar Baby, Mine)
Justin Roberts – Fruit Jar (Pop Fly)
ID

Segment 2
Uncle Rock – There Is No Away (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) (The Big Picture)
Elizabeth Mitchell – John the Rabbit (live at Spare the Rock)
BNL – Crazy ABCs (Snack Time)
ID/prep to rock
White Stripes – My Doorbell
Roy Handy & the Moonshot – Crayon Man!!!
ID

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster – I’m a Utility Pole (The World’s Worst Dance Song) (Songs With No Character)
Ramones – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (All the Stuff and More)
Jimmies – Do the Elephant (Make Your Own Someday)
ID/book time with Ella – Queenie Peavy (Robert Burch)
Steve Lee – Wake Up
Hipwaders – Art Car (Educated Kid)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mighty Imperials – Thunder Chicken
Zev Haber – Chicken Scratch
Sweetback Sisters – Have You Seen My Chicken? (Chicken Ain’t Chicken)

Meters – Chicken Strut
ID
NRBQ – Accentuate the Positive

Segment 5
Mariana Iranzi – Pajaro Carpintero (Aventura Collage) (at Cup & Top 2/2)
XTC – My Bird Performs (Nonsuch)
Neil Brewer – Not Like You (Back in School)
ID
Renee & Jeremy – Wishing Well (C’mon)
Cake – Mahna Mahna (For the Kids)

Segment 6
ID
Uncle Rock – Buddy Holly’s Got the Hiccups (The Big Picture)
Ralph’s World – All Around the World (All Around Ralph’s World)
Rhythm Child – I Can’t Play Today (Eat a Bowl of Cherries)
Average White Band – Pick up the Pieces
ID
They Might Be Giants – One Everything (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Earthworm Ensemble – The Traveling Train (s/t)
Ella Fitzgerald – Don’t Fence Me In (Cole Porter Song Book)
ID
Enzo Garcia – Monkey Motions

Segment 2
ID
Dan Israel – Tomorrow Will Be Really Great (The Youngster Parade)
Caspar Babypants – I’m a Nut (More Please)
Elizabeth Mitchell – Crawdad (You Are My Sunshine) (Eric Carle 2/6, Meltdown 3/27)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education – Rise and Shine (s/t) (at Cup & Top on February 15
The Go! Team – We Just Won’t Be Defeated (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)

Segment 3
The Surfers – Underdog (Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits)
Jellydots – Where Is My Package?
Baze & His Silly Friends – Toddlerville (Toddlerville)
ID/book time with Ella (Loamhedge)
Raconteurs – Together
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band – Come Play! (What a Ride!)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Orlee:
Amy Meyers – Oh, the Woods
Steve Weeks – Aaron and his Aeroplane
Lulu – To Sir With Love
Laura Nyro – Ooh Child
Beatles – Octopus’s Garden
Beatles – Yellow Submarine

Segment 5
ElEmEnOs – The Great Lakes
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Ranky Tanky (ranky tanky)
ID
Dreamtree Shakers – Dream and You Will See (Dream and You Will See)
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun – Kooky’s Cockoo Clock (Silly Songs for Kids)
ID

Segment 6
ID
AudraRox – I Can Do It By Myself!
Decemberists – Sons & Daughters (The Crane Wife)
Verve Pipe – Wake Up (A Family Album)
ID
TMBG – Cells (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Thanks to the Royal Order of Chords and Keys for the rockin’ in-studio.  You can find details about the various things we talked about at:

• Whole Children’s project culminating in a Mother’s Day concert with Dan Zanes
• The Royal Order of Chords and Keys will be playing next week at the Springfield Community Music School (Facebook event page)

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Apartment Four
Michelle Shocked – Got No Strings (Folk Playground)
Ziggy Marley – Walk Tall (Family Time)
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could – One True You (Here Comes…)
ID
Brendan Taafe – Take Me Ridin’ in the Car

Segment 2
Talk with Valle Dwight
Dan Zanes – Hop Up Ladies
Brandi Carlile – Have You Ever (The Story)
Laura Freeman – Indigo and Violet (Color Wheel Cartwheel)
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees – Si Se Puede (American History + Rock ‘n’ Roll) (Forbes Library 2/10 11:00 am)
Terrible Twos – When I Get to Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl…)
ID

Segment 3
In-studio with Aric Bieganek & ROCK:
Cruisin’ for a Snoozin’
Punk Rock One Sock
Bright Lights, Big Kitty

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ozomotli – Can’t Stop (Don’t Mess with the Dragon)
Egg – Zoom! (Sunny Side Up)
Los Lobos – The Ugly Bug Ball (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Daddy A Go Go – I Caught My Daddy Watching Cartoons (Come On, Get Happy)
Starfish – The Hoppity Song (Rocks)
Promo for Atkins Farm Activities

Segment 5
Girl Scouts Promo 1
The Not-Its – Come Play At Our House (We Are the Not-Its)
Charity & the JAMband – Row Row Row Your Boat
Mister G – Buster (Pizza for Breakfast)
ID
Ralph’s World – The Great Outdoors (All Around Ralph’s World)
Recess Monkey – S-L-Double-E-P Over (Tabby Road)
Lunch Money – Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Aaron Nigel Smith – Everyone Loves to Dance (Everyone Loves to Dance)
Girl Scouts Promo 2
Dean Jones – Sing Like a Sparrow
School for the Dead – Rock and Roll Camper (The New You)
AudraRox – Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Cowtown (Lincoln)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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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

You can listen to the show any time at our page at WRSI.com.

So fun to have Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem in the studio!  Here again is some video from their visit:

No book time with Ella this week, since it’s an all-Bill show (except for the in-studio).

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Meet the Elements
Brendan Taaffe – May Well the World Go (Little Boots)
Bob Dylan – Forever Young
ID
Telephone Company – Little Mermaid Time (Panda Brain)

Segment 2
Von Swing Family – Jambalaya (Honey, Sugar Baby Mine)
Tracey & Melissa Beehive – Five Feet High & Rising (‘Til Things Are Brighter)
ID/prep to rock with Elijah
Charity & the JAMband – Get Your Booty Out of Bed (Party Like a Twinkle Star)
Tiny Masters of Today (feat. Karen O) – Hologram World (Bang Bang Boom Cake)
Alastair Moock – Belly Buttons (A Cow Says Moock)
ID

Segment 3
Danny Adlerman & Yosi & Kevin Kammeraad – …and a Happy New Year
Renee & Jeremy – Right Now (C’Mon)
Asylum Street Spankers – Mommy Says Now! (Mommy Says Now!)
The Baby Grands – Diggin’ a Hole to China
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Little Red Airplane (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun – Have You Ever Wondered (Silly Songs for Kids)
Rhythm Child – Everybody Is the One
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Hey World (Remote Control Version)
ID

Segment 5
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem in-studio

Segment 6
ID
Todd McHatton – It’s a Breeze
Sippy Cups – Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland!)
Talking Heads – Don’t Worry About the Government (77)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Put it to the Test (Here Comes Science)
Billy Bragg & Wilco – My Flying Saucer
Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring (Bawlers)
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun – Bring It On the House
ID
Frances England – Daddy-O (Fascinating Creatures)
Earthworm Ensemble – Bang a Drum (s/t)
Kaiser Cartel – The Season Song (Park Slope Parents Vol.1)
ID

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas w/ Elizabeth Mitchell – Handsome Molly (High Mountain Songs)
The Good Ms. Padgett – So So Good (The Good Ms. Padgett)
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne
ScribbleMonster – Winter Wonderland
I’m From Barcelona – Collection of Stamps (Let Me Introduce My Friends)
Sgt. Major – Nellie the Elephant (Play)
ID

Segment 3
Flannery Bros – One Wasn’t Enough
Jonathan Richman – That Kind of Music
Nields – Anna Kick a Whole in the Sky
Robbins in a Tree-O – Never Cook Your Sister in a Frying Pan (We’re Not Kidding, a Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar)
ID/book time with Ella (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
Neko Case – This Little Light (The Tigers Have Spoken)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Marty Beller Guest DJ set:
ID
B-52s – Roam
AudraRox – Five Minutes More (world premiere)
Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Stew – The Smile
April March –

Segment 5
Marty Beller Guest DJ set, con’t:
Green Day – Viva La Gloria
They Might Be Giants – Speed & Velocity
Jon Samson – Right Now
Sundays – Here’s Where the Story Ends
Go-Gos – Vacation

Segment 6
Ella Jenkins – Kwanza Time
Gear Daddies – Zamboni
James Kochalka Superstar – Hockey Monkey
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tres Muralistas (History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Telephone Company – I Don’w Want to Shop (The King’s Surprise)
The Verve Pipe – Be Part of the Band (A Family Album)
Board of Education – Ice Ages Are Fun! (Board of Education)
ID
They Might Be Giants – D is for Drums (Here Comes Science)