I sure enjoyed talking with Richard Chin for this feature story about our little show. If you want to see a little preview of Siama’s visit, check it out here:

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1st set

They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock

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They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm

Poco Drom – Purr Like a Platypus (new)

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Sweet Honey in the Rock – Look! Look! The Sun Woke Up

Justin Roberts – You Grew (new)

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SaulPaul – Home (feat. 123 Andres)

[WJFF/KCMJ – Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – I Sing The Body Electric

[KUTX – Morphine – Dawna

2nd set

Quiet Company – At the Birth (new)

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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!

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Professor Jefferson Band – Airplane of Paper (new)

CandyBand – Rock, Paper, Scissors

The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name

Buffalo Tom – Lolly Lolly Lolly Get your Adverbs Here

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3rd set

Charlie Hope – The One That I Love (in-studio)

Hooray Miss Marae – Can a Camel Dance? (new)

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Steve Weeks – Songbird (new)

Jasmine & Bleu – When the Sun is Shining (new)

Fishbone – Everyday Sunshine

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They Might Be Giants – Why Does the Sun Shine (live)

They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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THESE EVENTS ARE POSTPONED.

We are following the city and festival’s leads and postponing the programs below. We will have them at some point after Covid-19 has passed, with as much of the original lineups as is practical.

Gosh, they’ll be great.

After a quiet 2019, we are back like nobody’s business for SXSW 2020 with two ridiculously great unofficial events.

Up first, on Friday, March 20, from 10 am to 3:30 pm, we have a tribute to both Schoolhouse Rock and Daniel Johnston, supported by our friends at Springfree Trampoline. In addition to the artists listed on the poster, we’ll have the mighty Rockaroni & Cheese and, joining the Barton Hills Choir, Nakia. Just a buck for kids and five bucks for adults, with all proceeds benefiting the oldest (and I think best) stage in Austin, the Scottish Rite Theater.

Then the next day, from 3 to 7:30 pm, we’ll return to the Domain for maybe the fifth Rock + Read Festival! It’s free, with amazing music and local children’s authors. Thanks to Hat Creek Burger Company for their terrific support.

ROCK.

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1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Sleepwalkers Charlie Hope – Golden Slumbers (new) ID Dixie Chicks – Lullaby Baby Loves Jazz – Lullabye [KUTX – 123 Andres – Hola Amigo [WJFF/KCMJ – SaulPaul – Do That Hula Hoop 2nd set Josh Lovelace – Climb a Tree (in-studio) ID (prep to rock) TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bellbottoms Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter Schoolhouse Rock – I’m Just a Bill (Jack Sheldon) ID 3rd set Billy Bragg – Flying Saucer (in-studio) Elizabeth Mitchell – John the Rabbit (in-studio) ID Lunch Money – Roller Coaster Justin Roberts – Pop Fly ID The Deedle Deedle Dees – John Brown Dan Zanes & Friends – Erie Canal ID They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor (in-studio) They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock Read More

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Moles, Hounds, Bears, Bees, and Hares Mister G – Patas En El Aire/Paws in the Air Ziggy Marley – Cry, Cry Cry ID Laura Freeman – Big City Little City Lesley & the Flying Foxes – What Is the Purpose of My Eyebrows? ID Laurie Anderson – Excellent Birds (w/ Peter Gabriel) [KUTX – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Hot Sauce [WJFF/KCMJ – StevenSteven – The Unicorn and Princes Rainbow 2nd set Zee Avi – Don’t Worry, Be Happy ID (prep to rock) TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Miss Paula & the Candy Bandits – Marshmallow Song The Muffs – Kids in America Miz B – Raise the Brain Link Wray – Batman theme ID 3rd set Lloyd Miller ID Lloyd H. Miller – Henry Box Brown Andy Sprouts – A Butterfly Garden (new) ID Little Miss Ann – Over in the Meadow The Heavy – Better As One ID They Might Be Giants – Pirate Girls Nine They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock Read More

1st set  

They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock

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They Might Be Giants – Happy Doesn’t Have to Have an Ending

Ella Jenkins – My Little Blue Dreidel

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – 8 Days of Hannukah

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The Doubleclicks – Brand New Year (new-ish)

Charlie Hope – I Have a Little Dreidel (new)

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Slaid Cleaves – New Year’s Day

[KUTX – Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Unkulunkulu

[WJFF/KCMJ – Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Unkulunkulu/ The Weepies – Navigation

2nd set 

Elizabeth Mitchell – January, February (Last Month of the Year) (feat. Amy Helm & Marco Benevento) (Benevento Parish 1/16) 

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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!

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Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne

CandyBand – Ode to Joy

The Breeders – New Year

Jingle Punx – Chanukah, Oh Chanukah 

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3rd set 

Mama Doni Band – Chanukah Fever

Koo Koo Kanga Roo – Failing at my New Years Resolutions

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Old 97’s – Auld Lang Syne

Andy Sprouts – Garden Grooves (new)

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – This Will Be Our Year

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They Might Be Giants – Older (in-studio)

They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock

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