Listen to the show on demand at our page at WRSI.com.

Thanks to Brady Rymer for a fun guest DJ set!  He’ll be at the Iron Horse tomorrow (Sunday) at 2 – get your advance tickets at IHEG.com (discount family four-pack!).  And we’ll see you this afternoon for Uncle Rock at the Eric Carle Museum (1:00).

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – LMNO
Uncle Rock – The Night the Lights Went Out (The Big Picture)
ID
The Real Tuesday Weld – Little Boxes (Sing Me to Sleep – Indie Lullabies)
Sones de Mexico Ensemble – Quiereme Mucho (Fiesta Mexicana)
Dog on Fleas – Green Grass of Summer (When I Get Little)
ID
Tom Waits – Young At Heart

Segment 2
T-Bone Burnett – Humans From Earth (Until the End of the World ST)
John Sheldon – Mighty Fine Hound
ID/prep to rock
Pixies – La La Love You (Doolittle)
Roy Handy & the Moonshot – That’s a Great Idea!!! ((I’m Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)

Segment 3
ID
Verve Pipe – Complimentary Love (A Family Album)
The Not-Its! – The Great Compromise (We Are the Not-Its!)
David Byrne – Don’t Fence Me In (Red Hot & Blue)
ID/book time with Ella (The Red Pyramid)
Sugar Free Allstars – In My Pocket
Candy Band – Batman (High Five)
ID

Segment 4
Brady Rymer Guest DJ set
Soul Finger – The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger
Picky Eater – Brady Rymer – new demos
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
Mail Myself to You – Pete Seeger – The Complete Carnagie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963
99 1/2 Wont Do – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Gospel Train
Light of Love – Brady Rymer & the Lil Band That Could – Live – Greenport, NY, June 2009

Segment 5:
Brady Rymer guest DJ set
musical bed: Whipped Cream – The Stokes – The Stokes Selected Favorites
Opening Day – Brady Rymer – home recording
Boogie Shoes – KC & the Sunshine Band – The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band
Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns – Having a Good Time with Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns
Just Say Hi – Brady Rymer – home recording
Beauty in the World – Macy Gray – Beauty in the World-Single
Musical Bed:Machine Gun – The Commodores – 20th Century Masters

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts – We Go Duck (Jungle Gym)
Dre Towey – Your House (Sugar On Top)
Andrew Bird – The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns (Twistable Turnable Man)
ID
Uncle Rock – Leave the Bees Be (The Big Picture)
Recess Monkey – Jet Pack (Final Funktier)
TMBG – Nonagon (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Violin (No!)
Keith Munslow – The Leftovers (Homemade Fun)
Dean Jones – Grow Little Flower (Napper’s Delight)
ID
Natalie Merchant – Topsy Turvy World
Johnny Cash – I Got a Boy and His Name is John
ID

Segment 2
Matthew Sweet – Good Night
Dala – Dream a Little Dream of Me (Sing Me to Sleep)
Laura Daisybee – Swing Swing With Me (Meltdown 2010)
ID/prep to rock)
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Punk Rock One Sock (Punk Rock One Sock)
Candy Band – Cookie Jar (High Five)
Lunch Money – Cookie As Big As My Head (Dizzy)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey – Moon Boots (Final Funktier)
Eddie Floyd – Big Bird
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – The Green Grass Grows All Around (Ranky Tanky)
Leslie Bixler, Chad Smith – Cole’s Train (Rhythm Train)
ID
Joanie Leeds – I’m a Rock Star

Segments 4 & 5
Mark Anderson Guest DJ Set:
Brian Wilson – Speed Turtle
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
Woody Guthrie – Red River Valley
Eels – Fresh Feeling
Georges Moustaki – Une Petit Chanson
Louis Armstrong & Billie Holliday – My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash
Care Bears on Fire – Everybody Else
Theresa Andersson – Birds Fly Away
Prince – Starfish & Coffee

Segment 6
ID
Elvis Costello – Veronica (Spike)
Jon Samson – Everything Is Music To Me (Another Kid’s Album)
Egg – Flip Flops (Sunny Side Up)
Cake – Mahna Mahna
ID
Joe’s Backyard Band – Cities with Seagulls
ID
TMBG – One Dozen Monkeys (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Welcome to May, and thanks to Mister G for coming by!  You can listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – No!
Me 3 – Apple (The Thin King)
Elizabeth Mitchell – Ladybug Picnic (You Are My Sunshine)
ID
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole… – Over the Rainbow What a Wonderful World
Chris Jones – Crawdad Song (House of Mercy Vol. 1, The Youngster Parade)
ID

Segment 2
Peter Rundquist – Effervescing Elephant
Pink Floyd – Bike (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
Recess Monkey – Pedal Power
ID/prep to rock
REM – Stand
Captain Bogg & Salty – Don’t Drink Sea Water
Tripping Daisy – Sigmund and the Seamonsters
ID

Segment 3:
Princess Katie & Racer Steve – Sand in my Sandwich (Tiny Cool)
Dick Dale – Miserlou
Starfish – Starfish and Coffee
ID
Prince – Get on the Boat (3121)
Billy Kelly – Springtime: It’s My Favorite
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Mister G In-studio

Segment 5
Wee Hairy Beasties – Road Safety Song (Animal Crackers)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – I Wanna Be Like You (This Beautiful Life)
ID/book time with Ella (Hoot)
Ozomatli – Love and Hope (Don’t Mess with the Dragon)
Justin Roberts – Pop Fly (Pop Fly)
Dan Zanes – Jump Up (Family Dance)
ID

Segment 6
Milkshake – Happy Place
Sly & the Family Stone – You Can Make It If You Try
Stevie Wonder – 1-2-3 Sesame Street (Songs from the Street)
ID
fIREHOSE – Epoxy, for Example (Flyin’ the Flannel)
Danny Adlerman & Friends – When I Grow Up (Listen Up!)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Apartment Four (Here Come the 123s)

Happy Earth Day weekend!  Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – ICU
Lunch Money – Wake Up World (Dizzy)
Haley Bonar – Beautiful You
ID
Uncle Rock (with Elizabeth Mitchell) – There Is No Away (The Big Picture)
ScribbleMonster – The Song of Life (Songs with No Character)
ID

Segment 2
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends – I Won’t Grow Up
Frances England – Spring has Sprung (Family Tree)
ID/prep to rock
Sippy Cups – Springtime Fantastic
Mike Doughty – 27 Jennifers (Golden Delicious)
The Not-Its – When I’m Five
Clementown – Polkabats

Segment 3
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks – Super
Robbert Bobbert – We R Super Heroes
Flaming Lips – Waitin’ for a Superman
ID
Princess Katie & Racer Steve – Tube Sox (Tiny Cool)
Natalie Merchant – The Janitor’s Boy (Leave Your Sleep)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Lennon’s Song – We Love, We Learn, We Grow
The Living Sisters – Cradle (Love to Live)
Red Hook Ramblers – Down By the Riverside
ID
Jimmies – What’s that Sound? (Make Your Own Someday)

Segment 5
Toots & the Maytals – Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (The Disney Reggae Club)
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band – Paw Paw Patch (Play!)
ID/book time with Ella (Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Roger Day – Inside My Cranium (Why Does Gray Matter?)
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Diablo Rojo
Roy Handy & the Moonshot – I Am a Dog!!! ((I’m Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)
ID

Segment 6
Sugar Free Allstars – Little Red Wagon (Funky Fresh & Sugar Free)
Walter T and the Rated-Gs – Rough Day at the Sandbox (Rough Day at the Sandbox)
Mister G – Sneaky Chihuahua (Pizza for Breakfast)
ID (Mister G at Pulaski Park tomorrow)
Ralph & Ralph – Arms of My Love (Opposites)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (live at Spare the Rock)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Science is Real (Here Comes Science)
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Sleepwalkers (No!)
Astrograss – Let Me Stay Up All Night (Let Me Stay Up All Night)
Ratboy Jr. – Floating Up (Smorgasboard)
ID
Bill Harley – Grownups Are Strange (Yes to Running)
Songeez – Love’s Enough
ID

Segment 2
Gustafer Yellowgold – Pinecone Lovely
School for the Dead – Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) (Live at Spare the Rock)
ID/prep to rock
Beatles – Birthday
Justin Roberts – It’s Your Birthday (Meltdown!)
The Jimmies – Somebody’s Birthday (Make Your Own Someday)

Segment 3
ID
Royal Order of Chords and Keys – Cruisin’ for a Snoozin’
Elvis Costello – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
Young Fresh Fellows – Picnic (Play)
ID
Alexandra & the Good Batch – Extended Playdate (Extended Playdate)
Baze & His Silly Friends – All My Silly Friends (One Little Smile)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ralph’s World – The Rhyming Circus
She & Him – Brand New Shoes
Ella Fitzgerald – You’re the Top (Cole Porter Song Book)
Bonerama – You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Funky Kidz)
Jose Conde – Cumbamba (Jazz Playground)
ID

Segment 5
ID
Dream Warriors – My Definition (And Now the Legacy Begins)
Bunny Clogs – Shpilkas (More! More! More!)
Hank Hooper – Hey! Batter! (Playground Fortune Teller)
ID/book time with Ella (Emily Winsnap & the Monster From the Deep)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – The Rattling Can

Segment 6
ID
Dar Williams – Babysitter’s Here (at Academy of Music 4/25)
Joe’s Backyard Band – Crow (Kick Up a Breeze)
Earth Wind & Fire – Sing a Song (Greatest Hits)
Keith Munslow – Spork (Homemade Fun)
Sweetback Sisters – Have You Seen My Chicken? (Chicken Ain’t Chicken)
ID
TMBG – E Eats Everything
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Listen any time you like at WRSI.com!  And see you Sunday at 2 for Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, with Mister G opening, at the Iron Horse!

Thanks to Clementown for the terrific guest DJ set.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – The Vowel Family
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band – Pop Goes the Weasel (Play!)
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion – Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)
ID
Gourds – Fossil Contender
Monty Harper – Roundy Round (Take Me to Your Library)
ID

Segment 2
Johnny Bregar – Dragonfly
Little Miss Ann – Mockingbird
ID/prep to rock
Hold Steady – Take Me Out to the Ballgame
ScribbleMonster – The World’s Greatest (Chocolate Milk)
Roy Handy & the Moonshot – Socks Are Overrated!!! ((I’m Gonna Be) Your Best Friend)
Quiet Two – Invisible Trousers (Make Some Noise)
ID/book time with Ella (Cornelia Funke – The Thief Lord)

Segment 3
Ralph & Ralph – Opposites
Dean Jones – Hail! Hail! The Gang’s All Here!
Mates of State – Jellyman Kelly
ID
John & Mark – People Have Good Reasons
Keith Munslow – Are You Gonna Eat That? (Homemade Fun)
Recess Monkey – Sack Lunch (Field Trip)
ID

Segments 4 & 5
Clementown guest DJ set:
Twilight Zone Theme
Bellville Rendez-vous – M&S
Yes, We Have No Bananas – Baily’s Lucky 7
Little Bed – Clementown
Big in Japan – Tom Waits
Little Old Money Maker – Meters
Radio One Radio Jingle – Jimi Hendrix
Fixing a Hole – Beatles
Fun Services – Phone Phreaks
Flea Keepers – Clementown
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Julie Andrews et al
Fistful of Dollars – Morricone
Shining Star – Earth Win & Fire
Runaway Waffle – Clementown
Man from UNCLE theme

Segment 6
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Luck
Run DMC – Reading Rainbow
Deee-Lite – Groove is in the Heart
Baby Loves Jazz – Duck Jam
ID
TMBG – Meet the Elements