2010-03-06 Playlist

Mar 06

Listen any time you like at our page at WRSI.com!

I think I said three different things about when the Gustafer Yellowgold show will be.  It is a week from tomorrow — on Sunday, March 14.

Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)
REM – Man on the Moon
Gustafer Yellowgold – Tiny Purple Moon (Wide Wild World)
ID
Jad & David Fair – 100 Yellow Pencils

Segment 2
Jon Samson – The Conductor (Kid’s Album)
Human Tim + Robot Tim – Anna-Lee (Pop of the Tots)
Uncle Rock – Very Good Question
ID/prep to rock
Baze & His Silly Friends – Happy Happy Birthday (Toddlerville)
Clementown – The Bathtub Driver (Polkabats and Octopus Slacks)
Posies – Dream All Day (Frosting on the Beater)
Sippy Cups – One Day Soon (The Time Machine)
ID

Segment 3
Cloud Cult – The Will of a Volcano
John& Mark – A Counting Error (John and Mark’s Children’s Record)
ID
Debbie & Friends – Opposite (Story Songs and Sing Alongs)
Recess Monkey – Something Happens in the Teens
XTC – Do What You Do
Deedle Deedle Dees – Little Red Airplane (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Daddy A Go Go – Come On Get Happy
Uncle Rock – You Look Good in the Rain (The Big Picture)
ID/Book Time with Ella (Time Quake)
Jonathan Richman – Springtime in New York
Richard Julian – Spring is Just Around the Corner
Keith Munslow – Every Day is a Summer Day
ID

Segment 5
Renee & Jeremy – Do Do Do Do Do
Cornershop – Brimful of Asha
ID
Charlie Hope – I’m Me!
Dreamtree Shakers – Dream and You Will See
Dean Jones (w/ Uncle Rock) – Roncando (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID

Segment 6
School for the Dead – Periscope
Peter Himmelman – Imagination (My Trampoline)
Dan Zanes & Friends – Panama
Four Tet – Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
ID
TMBG – We’re the Replacements
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2010-02-27 Playlist

Feb 27

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – What Is a Shooting Star?
Dog on Fleas – Lima Bean (Beautiful World)
Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham – Ginger Snaps (L’Avventura)
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold – Mustard Slugs (Have You Never Been Mellow?)
Billy Jonas – What Kind of Cat Are You? (What Kind of Cat Are You?)
ID

Segment 2
Fountains of Wayne – Valley Winter Song
Asylum Street Spankers – When I Grow Up
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees – Ina MIna Dika (Let It Dee)
Pop Rockets – Trucks!
Uncle Rock – Secret Spaceman (The Big Picture)

Segment 3
Milkshake – Happy Place
Justin Roberts – Backyard Super Kid (Pop Fly)
Mr. Richard – Butterfly Day (Polka Dot Puzzle)
ID/book time with Ella (The Vampire Photograph)
Primate Fiasco – Muppet Show Theme/Mahna Mahna
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Danny Adlerman & Friends – Africa Calling
Leslie Bixler & Chad Smith – Little Lions (and Stampede) (Rhythm Train)
Steve Weeks – If I Was a Cup
ID

Segment 5
Stephen Kung – Your Smile
Madness – Tarzan’s Nuts
SteveSongs – Fast Monkey
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Tennessee Wig Walk
Keith Munslow – The Leftovers (Homemade Fun)
Flannery Brothers – New Day
ID

Segment 6
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun – Spider’s Web (Silly Songs for Kids)
Tom Waits – Underground
Hank Hooper – Human Fly
Paper Moon – Your Attitue Towards Cuttlefish
ID
Ralph’s World – All About Bob
ID
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start

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2010-02-20 Playlist

Feb 20

Thanks to the great Board of Education for stopping by the studio.  And we’ll see you Sunday at 2 for AudraRox at the Iron Horse!

You can listen to the show any time you like by visiting our on-demand page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Welcome to the Jungle
George Carver – Jungle Swingers
Los Lobos – The Bare Necessities
ID
8 1/2 Souvenirs – Happy Feet
Andrew Bird & the Preservation Jazz Band – Shake It & Break It
ID

Segment 2
Don Robertson – The Happy Whistler
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang – Anatomy (live at Spare the Rock)
Banjos for Babes – Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
ID/prep to rock
James Kochalka Superstar – Hockey Monkey
Weakerthans – Tournament of Hearts
ScribbleMonster – Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
Jeff Forrest – Donuts (We’re Not Kidding)
ID

Segment 3
Pixies – Bam Thwok
Alex the Seal – Big Bunny in My Backyard
Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights – More Cowbell
Quiet Ones – My Keyboard (Make Some Noise)
ID
Teddybears – Cobrastyle
Sippy Cups – Seven is the New 14
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox – Five Minutes More
Charity & the JAMband – Get Your Booty Out of Bed
Verve Pipe – Wake Up
Skankin’ Pickle – I Missed the Bus
ID/book time with Ella (The Time Travelers)

Segment 5
Board of Education In-Studio

Segment 6
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d for You
Lucas Miller – I Don’t Wanna Be Part of the Food Chain
Kool & the Gang – Jungle Boogie
ID (Audra reminder)
TMBG – My Brother the Ape (Here Comes Science)

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2010-02-13 Playlist

Feb 13

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones – Baby in My Pocket (Rock Paper Scissors)
Jon Samson – Nothing Rhymes with Orange (CoCreative Music Kids Album)
ID
Ella Fitzgerald – The Muffin Man
Dreyer Family Band – Home (Family Photograph)
Banjos for Babes – Home Sweet Home
ID

Segment 2
Frances England – Fascinating Creatures
Little Mo’ McCoury – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo’ McCoury)
ID/prep to rock
Uncle Rock – Shake It Off
Generation X – Ready Steady Go
ScribbleMonster – A Monster Goes Rrraargh! (Best of Friends)
ID

Segment 3
Vampire Weekend – Horchata
Nields – Who Are You Not to Shine (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Yosi – Hole in the Ground
ID
Slavic Soul Party – Never Gonna Let You Go
Supersuckers – Rubber Biscuit
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox – You Can’t Crawl in a Dress (world premiere)
Flannery Brothers – Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things
Sleater-Kinney – Lions and Tigers (Off With Your Head single)
ID
Board of Education – Ice Ages Are Fun! (s/t)
Justin Roberts – Big Field Trip (Pop Fly)

Segment 5
Angelique Kidjo – Battu (African Playground)
Rhythm Child – Everybody is the One
Michael Franti – Say Hey (I Love You)
Robbi K – Feel da Beat (Music Makes Me Happy)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
ID

Segment 6
Black History Month Intro
Jackson 5 – ABC
Paul Westerberg – Mr. Rabbit (Stereo)
Neil Brewer – Three Kids in a Car
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga
ID/book time with Ella (Farmer Boy)
They Might Be Giants – Science is Real (Here Comes Science)

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2010-02-06 Playlist

Feb 06

Listen on demand any time you like by visiting the Spare the Rock page at WRSI.com!  And we’ll see you at the Eric Carle Museum at 1:00 (12:30 doors) for Elizabeth Mitchell & Family!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Flying V (Here Come the ABCs)
Caspar Babypants – Robin on a Wire
Marlo Thomas – Free to Be…You and Me
Submarines – Fern Beard (Honeysuckle Weeks)
ID
Haley Bonar – I Wanna Be Like You
We 3 – Apple (The Thin King)
ID

Segment 2
Dan Zanes & Friends – Malti (Family Dance)
Dean Jones – Sing Like a Sparrow (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education – 8 Is a Number (s/t)
Pianosaurus – Ready to Rock (Groovy Neighborhood)
Yosi – & the Superdads – Funky Monkey
ID

Segment 3
Apples in Stereo – The Bird That You Can’t See (Discovery of the World)
Roy Handy & The Moonshot – Space Kitty!
Rocknoceros – Get a Hat On (Pink!)
ID/book time with Ella (Legend of Luke)
Blondie – One Way Or Another (Best of Blondie)
Kenny Young & the Eggplants – Rage Against the Washing Machine
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Hey Bo Diddley
Jenny Lewis – Barking at the Moon (Bolt)
Zee Avi – Honey Bee (Zee Avi)
Funky Mama – What Would You Do? (Grandma’s House)
ID
James Brown – Make It Funky (Part 1)

Segment 5
Linus – Humpty Dumpty (Youngster Parade)
Aaron Nigel Smith – Simon Says (Everyone Loves to Dance!)
Baby Loves Jazz Band – Duck Jam (Greatest Hits Vol 1)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In (American History + Rock ‘n’ Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees) (Forbes Library Wednesday at 11, Toy Box at 1:30)
AudraRox – I Like to Pretend
Devotchka – Comrade Z (A Mad and Faithful Telling)
ID

Segment 6
Alastair Moock – Two Mommies (A Cow Says Moock)
Ralph’s World – Easy Ryders
Phish – Backwards Down the Number Line
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Bear to the Left (Ranky Tanky)
ID
TMBG – Put It To The Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2010-01-30 Playlist

Jan 30

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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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