2013-01-19 Playlist

Jan 24

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Impossible
Steve Weeks – Change of Heart (new)
ID
Louis Armstrong – On the Sunny Side of the Street
Lunch Money – To Be a Fossil
ID

Segment 2
School for the Dead – Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
ID
Justin Roberts – Meltdown
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Kinder Words
The Mr. T Experience – Unpack Your Adjectives
ID
Mr. Leebot – It Wasn’t Me (on next week)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – I Want to Hold Your Ear
ID

Segment 3
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
ID
Quiet Company – Are You a Mirror? (Or a Window?) (new)
Ratboy Jr. – Champion of the Universe (new)
(Ashley ID?)
The Nields – Butterfly
ID
TMBG – Science is Real
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Playlist for 2013-01-12

Jan 24

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Lincoln, Washington, and that Jefferson Guy
Ella Fitzgerald – Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Ziggy Marley – Wings of an Eagle
ID
Jimmies – Bonfire
Willie Nelson – Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
ID
Christina Marrs – Ramblin’ Round

Segment 2
Renee & Jeremy – (I Wanna Be Like) Madam Curie
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Dressy Bessy – Electrified
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – Favorite Names
Mighty Weaklings – The Monster Under My Bed
ID
Moona Luna – It’s 12 O’Clock (new)

Segment 3
Harmonica Pocket – Spiders in My Breakfast
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music
ID
Ratboy Jr. – Backyard Camping (new)
Frances England – Free to Be Me
Bazillions – Similes & Metaphors (new)
ID
TMBG – I Am a Grocery Bag
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2013-01-05 Playlist

Jan 05

Listen on-demand at our page at PRX.org!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Alphabet Lost and Found
Cat Doorman – Effervescing Elephant (new)
Pink Floyd – Bike
ID
Ratboy Jr. – Space Kid & Banana (new)
The Ukulady – Chickens & Dinosaurs (new)
ID
Astrograss – Freak Out!

Segment 2
Elena Moon Park – San Toki
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Todd McHatton – Ooh Shiny (new)
The Not-Its! – Full Tilt (new)
Miz B – I’m In Love
Throwing Muses – Counting Backwards
ID
Mommie – Shadow (Connells)

Segment 3
Tim and the Space Cadets – 2nd Grade Show (new)
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Hot Sauce (new)
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
ID
TMBG – Dr. Worm/Famous Polka (Live)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Howdy, Charlottesville!

Jan 04

I’m super pleased to announce that a new station — 106.1 The Corner, in Charlottesville, Virginia — has picked up the show!  The Corner is a commercial AAA station not unlike the River, with a real commitment to community and an eclectic playlist.  They’ll be airing the show Sunday mornings starting this weekend.

Adding them into our current affiliates, Spare the Rock is now heard on five stations, two commercial and three non-commercial!  Here’s when you can hear us, all times local:

The show is distributed by PRX, and you can listen on demand at their website too.  And if you know of a radio station where we’d be a great fit, let me know (show AT sparetherock DOT com) or send them to our syndication information page!

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2012-12-29 Playlist

Jan 03

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Particle Man
Mates of State – I Am a Scientist
ID
Tim & the Space Cadets – Endless Summer (new)
Bazillions – Perimeter Around the Area (new)
Boxtop Jenkins – Wag More (feat. Indigo Girls) (new)
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Snowforts & Sandcastles (feat. Molly Ledford)

Segment 2
Papa Crow – Barking Spiders (new)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne
Matthew Sweet – Hombre Secreto (new)
Ramones – Let’s Dance
ID
The Not-Its – Kidquake! (new)
Candy Band – Ken Lost His Head
ID

Segment 3

The Jimmies – I Want a Hippopotamus for Kwanzaa
Play Date – Imagination (new)
ID
I’m From Barcelona – Just Because It’s Different Doesn’t Mean Scary
Matt & Kim – It’s Alright
ID
TMBG – Why Does the Sun Really Shine
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2012-12-22 Playlist

Jan 03

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – O Tannenbaum
Sufjan Stevens – O Come O Come Emmanuel (new)
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Kooks (new)
Elvis Presley – There’ll Be Peace in the Valley
ID
Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick – Christmastime is Wunnerful (new)

Segment 2
Toni Wang – (Twinkle Twinkle) Little Star (new)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Everyday People
The Jimmies – Cool to Be Uncool
ID
Jingle Punx – Wonderful Christmastime

Segment 3
Nat “King” Cole – The Happiest Christmas Tree
Brady Rymer – Love Me For Who I Am
ID
Lunch Money – Original Friend
Lucky Diaz – Quite Like You
Rosy Grier – It’s Alright to Cry
ID
TMBG – Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2012-12-15 Playlist

Dec 15

Listen any time you like on demand over at PRX.org!

Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – My Name is Kingof Socks
Willie Nelson – I’m My Own Grandpa
ID
Cat Doorman – All the Birds (new)
Dan Zanes – I’m Counting the Days (Until Christmas)
ID
The Ukulady – Unlikely Friends (with TV’s Frank) (new)

Segment 2
Justin Roberts – Heart of Gold (new)
ID/prep to Rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
ID
Boogers – This Land is Your Land (new)
Artichoke – Coffee and Pi: Daydream of a Mathematician (new)
ID
Fountains of Wayne – I Want an Alien for Christmas
Tim & the Space Cadets – Superhero
ID
Sweetback Sisters – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Segment 3
T. Rex – New York City
Mama Doni – Chanukah Fever
ID
Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis
Moona Luna – What Time Is It? (new)
Deedle Deedle Dees – Vegetarian Tyrannosaurus Rex
ID
TMBG – I Am a Paleontologist
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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