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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Alphabet of Nations
Patty Griffin – I Love
Black History Month ID
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
ID
Dr. John – Row Row Row Your Boat
Deedle Deedle Dees – A Song for Abigail Adams
Michelle Shocked – Got No Strings
ID

Segment 2
ID
Gustafer Yellowgold – Pancake Smackdown
Dean Jones – Wheelin’ and Dealin’
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
The Board of Education – Why Is Dad So Mad?
CandyBand – Octopus On My Head
ID

Segment 3
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Tamacun
Mister G – Run
ID
Buckwheat Zydeco – Skip to My Blues
Justin Roberts – New Haircut
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Clementown – Dutch Sneakers
Black History Month – Meters
Meters – They All Ask’d For You
Booker T & the MGs – Tic-Tac-Toe
Keith Munslow – Are You Gonna Eat That?
ID

Segment 5
Little Miss Ann – Sometimes
Kristy Harkshaw – Telephone Song
ID
Bari Koral Family Rock Band – Kick Drum Heart
Libertines – What Katie Did
ID
Yosi – Hole in the Ground

Segment 6
Laura Veirs – Tumblebee
Too Many Cookies – The Monkeys Are Breaking Out the Zoo
ID
Clifton Chenier – Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Green Grass Grows All ‘Round (in-studio)
Uncle Rock – Shadow Dance (Many Hands)
ID (Rani 3/3 First Churches and in-studio, Uncle Rock 3/10 Flywheel)
TMBG – I Am a Paleontologist
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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For real.  Scott will tell you about it here:

They’re playing at First Churches in Northampton on Saturday, March 3, at 10:30, and everyone gets the parts to make one, and your child, too, can play an abbreviated national anthem.

We’ll air an in-studio with them that morning, including this excellent version of “Zudio,” from Many Hands:

 

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Fibber Island
Eno/Cale – Been There, Done That
Dean Jones – Lucky
ID
Little Mo McCoury – God Gave Names to All the Animals
Grenadilla – Sunday Afternoon
ID

Segment 2
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Here We Go, Zudio
Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Kermit the Frog – African Alphabet
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Ramones – Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – Rattling Can
Robbert Bobbert – We R Super Heroes
ID

Segment 3
Tito Guest DJ Set
Hipwaders – My Dog Steve
Artichoke – Iguana
Holly Throsby – Putt, Putt
Butterflyfish – Lemonade
Lori Henriques – Something You Learn

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Buddy Holly – Rock Around with Ollie Vee
Richard Hell – The Kid with the Replaceable Head
Time-Outs – Clap Your Hands
Telephone Company – Bomb Pop
Hipwaders – Bubble Machine PSA
Superchicken – TV Theme
Band of Bees – Chicken Payback

Segment 5
Mills Bros – Diga Diga Doo
Twink – Three Wishes
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Le Grippe
Viv Stanshall – Are You Having Any Fun
Hipwaders – Last Song

Segment 6
ID
Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo
Uncle Rock – Shoe Bandit
ID (ROCK tomorrow at 10:30 at Florence Community Center, Rani Arbo next Saturday at First Churches, Uncle Rock 3/10 at Flywheel)
Laurie Berkner – We are Dinosaurs
Mates of State – Starman
ID
TMBG – Science is Real
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Want a sweet Valentine’s Day tune from Heidi Swedberg?  Download it here, just for today.  It’ll get grown a bit for her next full-length CD, but I love the two-ukes-and-vocals vibe.  Listen here:

[audio:https://sparetherock.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/OwlAndPussycat.mp3|titles=Heidi Swedberg – Owl And Pussycat]

Or download the MP3 here:

Heidi Swedberg – Owl & Pussycat

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Photosynthesis
Andrew Queen – Stone Soup
ID
Uncle Rock – Very Good Question
Miles Davis – Boplicity
Lori Henriques – It’s Hard to Wait for Your Birthday
ID

Segment 2
Bill Dwight Has Opinions About The Movies
Esquivel – It Had to Be You
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Vandals – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Jellydots – Race Cars Go
Barenaked Ladies – 7 8 9
ID

Segment 3
DeVotchKa – Comrade Z
Cat & a Bird – Bee Jive
Father Goose – Jane and Louisa
ID
Milkshake – Bottle of Sunshine
Deedle Deedle Dees – Little Red Airplane
ID
Replacements – A Toe Needs a Shoe

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Frances England (w/ Mates of State) – Place In Your Heart
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers – Road Runner
Flannery Brothers – Sunglasses
ID
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself
Judy Garland – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
ID

Segment 5
Matt Pond PA – Holiday Road
Okee Dokee Brothers – Lefty Lucy (live in-studio)
ID
Mo Phillips – Toes
Beatles – All You Need is Love
Glenn Miller – In the Mood
ID

Segment 6
Todd McHatton – Tommy Had a Super Towel
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
ID
Lunch Money – Cookie As Big As My Head
Ralph’s World – Coffee Song
The Board of Education – 8 Is a Number
ID
TMBG – Figure Eight
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Electric Car
Little Miss Ann – Waltzing Matilda
ID
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Diablo Rojo
Cake for Dinner – Sneaking Cookies
ID

Segment 2
Interview with Mayor Narkewicz
Caroline Herring – The City Grew Up Around Her
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio
Pop Rockets – TRUCKS
ID
The Not-Its! – Freeze Tag

Segment 3
Jeff Forrest – Donuts (We’re Not Kidding)
Avett Brothers – Kick Drum Heart
ID
Danny Adlerman – How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?
Justin Roberts – We Go Duck
John Wesley Harding – Sing Your Own Song

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Jimmies – Bonfire
Lucinda Williams – Born to Be Loved
ID
Bari Koral Family Rock Band – Hearts
Asylum Street Spankers – Be Like You
ID

Segment 5
TuneYards – You Yes You
Lunch Money – Come Over to my Dollhouse
Dean Jones – Frenzy
ID
Baby Loves Jazz Band – Purple’s My Favorite
Billy Kelly – People Really Like Milk
ID

Segment 6
ID
Uncle Rock – Disco Nap
Cat & a Bird – Lion & the Challengers
ID
Parliament – Mothership Connection
Recess Monkey – Jet Pack
ID
TMBG – The Guitar
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
Ella ID
TMBG – Happy Doesn’t Have to have an Ending
Lori Henriques Happy To Be Me
Haley Bonar – I Wanna Be Like You
ID
Keith Munslow – Watching All the Cars Go By
Elizabeth Mitchell – Car Car
ID

Segment 2
Trip Shakespeare – Snow Days
Astrograss – Drunken Sailor
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Sourwood Mountain
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Sippy Cups – Seven is the New 14
fIREHOSE – Whisperin’ While Hollerin’
ID

Segment 3
Dan Zanes & Friends – El Pescador
Prince – Starfish & Coffee
Bunny Clogs – Confessions of a Teenage Lima Bean
ID
Ralph’s World – At the Bottom of the Sea
ID
Thermals – At the Bottom of the Sea

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Beatles – Octopus’s Garden
Uncle Rock – There Is No Away (3/10 Flywheel)
ID
Etta James – Born on the Bayou
My Morning Jacket – Our World
ID

Segment 5
ID
Steve Forbert – Puff the Magic Dragon
Ellis Paul – Jackie Robinson
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In
North Mississippi Allstars – Freedom Highway
ID

Segment 6
Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Kermit the Frog – African Alphabet
Little Miss Ann – Put Out Your Hand
ID
Kimya Dawson & Antsy Pants – Tree Hugger
Baron Von Rumblebuss – Ooh La La (Play Me That Song)
REM – Stand
ID
TMBG – Dinner Bell
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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