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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – LMNO
Stacey Peasley – Every Day
Steve Weeks – Birdsong
ID
Dog on Fleas – Buffalo Gals (feat. Elizabeth Mitchell)
Gustafer Yellowgold – Infinity (Infinity Sock)
ID
Jason Riley – Camptown Races

Segment 2
Sweetback Sisters – Cowboy Ham & Eggs
Sophie & les Petits – Les Trois Petits Cochons
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Weezer – Pork & Beans
Justin Roberts – Meltdown
ScribbleMonster – I’m a Utility Pole (The World’s Worst Dance Song)

Segment 3
CandyBand – Cookie Jar
Yuck – The Wall
Billy Kelly – The Family Garden
ID
The Little Bits – Dance Bounce Jump
Kindercastle – Ferris Wheel
Dan Zanes – Wonder Wheel
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Fountains of Wayne – Song of the Passaic
Bob Dylan – Watching the River Flow
ID
Rhymezwell – I Love Music
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
ID

Segment 5
Recess Monkey – Your Favorite Book
Paul Simon – Graceland
Mister G – Blast Off
ID
Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Gato Astronauto
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Segment 6
Deedle Deedle Dees – Teddy Days
Gourds – Country Days
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You
ID
The Missing Piece – Cucumber Canoe
ID
TMBG – House at the Top of the Tree
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – My Name is Kingof Socks
Lori Henriques – Happy To Be Me
Fugees – Happy To Be Me
ID
Father Goose – Island in the Sun
Lead Belly – Rock Island Line
ID
REM – Driver 8

Segment 2
Okee Dokee Brothers – Lucy & Tighty
Heidi Swedberg – Train Medley
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
…hole Surfers – Underdog
Mister G – Pam the Pug
The Missing Piece – Little Brown Dog
ID

Segment 3
Sugar Free Allstars & Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Cooperate
Alchemystics – Type A Prayer
ID
Flannery Brothers – Wake Up Song
Mr. Leebot – Bright Ideas
Lunch Money – Roller Coaster

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Royal Order of Chords & Keys – Punk Rock, One Sock!!! (Flywheel 1:30 Sunday with Mister G)
Kinder Castle – Beddie Bye
Salteens – I’m So Happy
ID
Cat & a Bird – Night Owl
Book Time with Ella (The Looking Glass Wars (Frank Beddor))

Segment 5
Shiprock & Anchordog in-studio
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do The Dog

Segment 6
ID
Frances England – Place in Your Heart (Mind of My Own)
Mates of State – Starman
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Keep On the Sunny Side (Sunny Day) (Eric Carle Museum today at 3:00)
Loretta Lynn – High on a Mountain Top
White Stripes – Rag and Bone
ID
TMBG – Robot Parade
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Click on the book cover to find an online independent bookseller carrying The Looking Glass Wars, which Ella talked about on today’s show.

Today at 3:00, Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower with very special guests Mates of State, at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.  It’s just $6 at the door, benefiting the Northampton Community Music Center!

Tickets will be sold starting at about 2:30.

You can listen on demand any time you like at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Pictures of Pandas Painting
Sophie & Les Petits – Le requin Vegetarien
ID
Caroline Herring – Seasons
ID
Justin Roberts – All Eyes On You
Tom Waits – Way Down in the Hole

Segment 2
Michael Franti – Closer to the Sky
Frances England – Sleepyhead Mommy
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
Paul Westerberg – Meet Me in the Meadow
Hipwaders – Educated Kid
Liz Phair & Doc Dauer – Everything’s Controlled by the Brain
ID

Segment 3
Mister G – Grilled Cheese
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Kinder Words
ID
ScribbleMonster – All Ready to Go
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Opposite Day
ID
Parliament – Mothership Connection

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mates of State – Like U Crazy
Lunch Money – You and Me and a Bottle of Bubbles
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Jubilee
Steve Earle – Every Part of Me
ID
Nields – Anna Kick a Hole in the Sky

Segment 5
Cloud Cult – The Birth: You Were Born
Gourds – Fossil Contender
Artichoke – Darwin
ID
Beatles – Octopus’s Garden
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Let’s Go Everywhere

Segment 6
Trout Fishing in America – What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee
ID
Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere
Dan Zanes – All Around the Kitchen
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Elvis is Everywhere
ID
TMBG – Science is Real
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Thanks to Lucky Diaz for the guest DJ set!

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – C is for Conifers
Hem – My Father’s Waltz
Buddie Emmons – Gravy Waltz
ID
Cat & a Bird – Surfer Turtle
Caspar Babypants – Speedy Centipede
ID

Segment 2
Asylum Street Spankers – Sidekick (live at the Iron Horse)
Robbie Schaefer – Fits Right In
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
ScribbleMonster – Just Happy To Be Me
Verve Pipe – Complimentary Love
ID
Daddy a Go Go – Come On, Get Happy

Segment 3
Skankin’ Pickle – Onyonghasayo
CandyBand – Down By the Bay
ID
The Not-Its! – Cheetah the Buffalo
Recess Monkey – Invisible Friend
Generation X – Ready Steady Go
ID
Lucky Diaz – Like Never Before

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mister G- Bugs (world premiere)
Rudy Trubitt – Wear My Pajamas to School
Byrds – So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
ID
Billy Kelly – Coney Island Washboard
Primate Fiasco – You Are My Sunshine
ID

Segment 5
Lucky Diaz Guest DJ set

Segment 6
ID
Brady Rymer – I Don’t Like Change
Booker T & Sharon Jones – Representing Memphis
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Lovely Day (Carle on 5/21)
Mates of State – Jellyman Kelly
ID
TMBG – Speed & Velocity
TMBG – Spare the Rock

(Man, I’ve been listening to a lot!)

Mister G – Bugs.  (In the interest of full disclosure, Ben’s a friend and I’ve helped him out scheduling shows, etc.  But I don’t have any financial interest in it.)  Most of the time, I shy away from artists who do much genre-hopping — jack of all trades, master of none and all that.  But Bugs goes all over the place — ska, bossa nova, rock, etc. — without feeling like it’s lurching randomly.  That’s largely because all of the songs have the steady presence of a skilled songwriter and the foundation of great performances (including Rani Arbo and others).  With this record, Mister G has managed to capture on CD the energy and engagement he has in his wildly popular live shows.  Circled tracks: “Bugs,” “Grilled Cheese,” “Snow Day,” “Shark in My Bathtub,” and “Pam the Pug.”  We’ll premiere “Bugs” on the show this Saturday.