Playlist for 4/14/2012 – guest hosts the Belmontes!

Apr 14

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

1 Songs from movies we like
-TMBG: Seven
-Dan Zanes “Tomorrow”
-Annie “Hard Knock Life”
-Neil Diamond “Turn on Your Heart light”
-My Morning Jacket ”Our World”
-The Riverbottom Nightmare Band
2 Songs to learn things by and are you prepared for hair me
-The Kelly Family “Ain’t Gonna Pee Pee My Bed”
-Interjections:Schoolhouse Rock songs
-Preamble Schoolhouse Rock
-50 States song Wakko from Animaniacs
Prepared to Rock
-KISS “God Gave Rock & Roll To You”
3 Songs about being different
-The Darkness |”I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
-I’m From Barcelona “Just Because It’s Different”
-Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo
-Sesame Street Mobity Mosley’s Months
-The Trashmen Surfin Bird/Family Guy

4 Song of Love and Unicorns and Pixies
-Ronnettes Be My Baby
-Ramones Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
-Erasure “Always” Song from Robot Unicorn Attack
-Pixies “La La Love You”

5 Song in other languages and that sound like they are from other planets
-Joe Hisaishi Studio Ghibli “Country Road”
-Ana Tijoux “La Bala”
-Feist “A Commotion”
-Rubblebucket “Came Out Of A Lady”

6 Stooges and Stuff
-Three Stooges “Swinging The Alphabet”
-The Stooges “No Fun”
-Gregory Brothers “Double Rainbow”
-Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
TMBG

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You could buy our house.

Apr 11

As I announced a while ago, we’re moving to Austin this summer.  Our house, in the center of Florence, is now on the market and I think it’s just lovely.  So maybe you should buy it?  I think yes.

You can see a description and a bunch of pictures of it here, and there will be an open house this Sunday (April 15) from 1 to 3.  We’re represented by Natasha Yakovlev of The Murphy’s Realtors; e-mail her for  additional information or call 413-320-9864.

Seriously, we adore the house and the neighborhood.  We wish we could move both to Texas.  If you’re potentially in the market for a house in the Pioneer Valley, it might work for you.

In  more show-related news, I hope to have more specifics about how the show will continue after the move.  Soon.

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2012-04-07 Playlist

Apr 07

Listen any time at our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
TMBG – Alphabet Lost and Found
Kathleen Edwards – Alphabet Produce
Tom Chapin – Farmer’s Market Good
ID
Uncle Rock – Very Good Question
Dog on Fleas – Beautiful World

Segment 2
Robyn Hitchcock – I Often Dream of Trains
Caspar Babypants – Eleanor the Elegant Elephant
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
The Not-Its! – I’ve Got a Goat
ID
The Board of Education – Eight Is a Number

Segment 3
The Hipwaders – Educated Kid
Decemberists – Sons and Daughters
ID
Ellen & Matt – Tickle Bug
Jonathan Richman – Road Runner
Billy Kelly – Springtime: It’s My Favorite
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mo Phillips – Toes
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga
ID
Medeski Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music?
Sly & the Family Stone – Dance to the Music

Segment 5
Princess Katie & Racer Steve – Tiny Cool
Gillian Hills – Zou Bisou Bisou
Keith Munslow – Spork
ID
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Punk Rock One Sock live in-studio
Brian Vogan – Firefighter
ID
Okee Dokee Brothers – Can You Canoe?

Segment 6
The Pop Ups – Pop Up City
Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Have Fun
Dan Zanes – Jump Up
ID
TMBG – Birdhouse in Your Soul
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Green River Festival Meltdown Stage!

Apr 03

We’ll be back at the Green River Festival again this year — July 14-15 — with the best in family music.  We’ll be joining in the celebration of Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday (we’ll have some special surprises to announce between now and then), along with a generally amazing lineup.  Check out who we’ve confirmed so far:

  • Sarah Lee & Guthrie & Johnny Irion
  • Mister G
  • Flannery Brothers
  • Sweetback Sisters
  • Deedle Deedle Dees
  • Alastair Moock & Friends
  • Eloise the Great
  • Uncle Rock
  • Dog on Fleas
  • Royal Order of Chords and Keys

And, as in past years, we’ll have the Meltdown Stay Up Late Stage (or something like that), with other acts into the evening, including:

  • Session Americana
  • Sun Parade
  • Peter Mulvey
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Frost Heaves (CD release show)
  • Alchemystics

Details, including the schedules, soon…

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Melted Down.

Apr 02

Holy smokes, the Meltdown was fun.

Wanna do it again next year?  Saturday, March 30.

(And yes, even though we’re moving away, the Meltdown will continue, I’m pretty certain.)

Thanks to all of the artists, authors, illustrators, vendors, bouncing people, librarians, fencers, gymnasts, circus arts people, radio sales people…everyone.  You all rock.

Pictures to come.

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Playlist for Meltdown Saturday! (3/31/2012)

Mar 31

It’s Meltdown Saturday!  What are you doing reading this?  Get to JFK!

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
ID
TMBG – My Brother the Ape
NRBQ – Animal Life
Frances England – Animal Inside You
ID
Nields – With Catlike Tread
Elizabeth Mitchell – Mr. Rabbit
ID
Paul Westerberg – Mr. Rabbit

Segment 2
ID
v/a – Felt Around the World (handaid.org)
Recess Monkey – Fiddlehead Fern
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Ellen & Matt – Playground
ScribbleMonster – Just Happy To Be Me
ID

Segment 3
CandyBand – Down By The Bay
Cloud Cult – Help
ID
School for the Dead – Superhero
Paper Moon – Your Attitude Towards Cuttlefish
ID
Alastair Moock & Friends – Ladybugs’ Picnic

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – The Golem
Hey Dango – You Can Be
ID
Ratboy Jr. – Are We There Yet
Robbi K & Friends – Favorite Things
ID

Segment 5
Paul Simon – Under African Skies
ID
Jose Conde – Cumbamba
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Diablo Rojo
ID
Grenadilla – Oh Sing a Song to the Sun

Segment 6
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Don’t Throw the Doll Into the Potty
Phineas McBoof – Are You Awesome?
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Hula Hoop Soup
Us 3 – Cantaloop
ID
TMBG – Lazyhead and Sleepybones
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Meltdown! Saturday!

Mar 30

All the details are at RiverMeltdown.com.  Short version: you wanna be there.  Amazing music, authors, activities, vendors, fun!  Download the whole program here (PDF)

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