Mere Days until the Dees

Feb 22

Advance tickets — a crazy good deal — for the Deedle Deedle Dees show this Saturday at Flywheel are available now at BrownPaperTickets.com. $5 per ticket, or $15 for a family four-pack.  (It’ll be $7 and $20 at the door, so get on it!)

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Playlist for 2011-2-19

Feb 19

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Particle Man
Sunshine Collective – I Just Wanna Play
Sarah Lee & Johnny – Don’t I Fit in My Daddy’s Shoes?
ID
Mark Erelli – My Darling
Dennis Caraher (with Emma Henderson) – I Love My Mom
ID
Joe’s Backyard Band – Cities with Seagulls

Segment 2
Black History month intro – Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong – When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
Elizabeth Mitchell – You Are My Sunshine
Caspar Babypants – Mister Rabbit (with Charlie Hope)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Paul Westerberg – Mister Rabbit
Big Star – Ballad of El Goodo
ID
RTTs – Snack Time

Segment 3
Black History Month intro – George Clinton
Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
Groove Kid Nation – Wheels on the Bus
ID
Rythm Child – Everybody is the One

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Billy Kelly – It’s Close Enough
Monty Harper – Bat Man
Cat & a Bird – Bat Bada Bing
CandyBand – Batman
ID
School for the Dead – Superhero live in-studio

Segment 5
Black History Month – Sly & the Family Stone
Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
Ah-Choo – w/ Laura Daisybee – I Love Myself
Book Time with Ella w/ Lisa Papademetriou
Prince – Starfish & Coffee

Segment 6
Deedle Deedle Dees – Henry Box Brown (2/26 at Flywheel, 3/26 at Meltdown)
ID
Jay Mankita – Eat Like a Rainbow (Picnic Playground)
April Smith – Colors
ID
Okee Dokee Brothers – Neighbors
Keith Munslow – Every Day is a Summer Day
ID
TMBG – Don’t Let’s Start
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Book Time with Ella for 2-19-11

Feb 19

We enjoyed having Lisa Papademetriou stop by the studio and chat about her writing.  Remember, Cup & Top is hosting an ice skating party at the Florence Civic Center on Friday in celebration of her new book, Ice Dreams:


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Playlist for 2011-2-12

Feb 12

Thanks to Jim from ScribbleMonster and to the Alchemystics for helping out with the show!  Head down to First Churches to see the Alchemystics this morning at 10:30!

Listen any time on demand on our page at WRSI.com!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
Ella Fitzgerald – My Funny Valentine
Jeremy Plays Guitar – Valentines
ID
Songeez – You Have a Heart
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
Dog on Fleas – Beautiful World
ID

Segment 2
Gustafer Yellowgold – Wisconsin Poncho
Father Goose – Island in the Sun (it’s a Bam Bam Diddly!)
ID/prep to rock
The Not-Its! – B.A.T.H.
Peter Himmelman – Little Bitty Baby
Music for Aardvarks – Mighty Milo
ID

Segment 3
Alchemystics in-studio:
– Rise Up
– Type of Prayer
– Overcome

Segments 4 & 5:
ScribbleMonster guest DJ set
ID
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – Sesame Street Theme
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – I Want To Hold Your Ear
ID
Scribble Monster & Steve Weeks – Clink, Clank
Steve Weeks – Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath
ID

Sesame Street – Pat, Pat, Patty Pat
ScribbleBunny – Stop! (A Spare the Rock Exclusive!)
ID
ScribbleMonster featuring Racer Steve – Someday, Little Children
Princess Katie and Racer Steve – Tiny Cool
ID
Kevin Kammeraad and the Tomato Collection Friends – Numbers Everywhere

Segment 6
ID
Cat & a Bird – Bee Jive
Frances England – Place in Your Heart
ID
Mister G – Snow Day
Justin Roberts – Snow Day
Fawns – Snow Day
ID
TMBG – My Name is Kingof Socks (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Deedle Deedle Dees – Tickets On Sale Now!

Feb 09

Valley favorites the Deedle Deedle Dees will make their triumphant return to Flywheel on Saturday, February 26, at 1:00, and you can buy discounted advance tickets now.  They’re just $5 per ticket or $15 for a family four-pack, and can be ordered at Brown Paper Tickets starting today.

The Dees will be doing a special Black History Month show featuring tunes about Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hamer, Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige, Henry Box Brown, and other folks worthy of song — including some songs never before performed in the Valley.

Tickets are, again, just $5 in advance, $15 for a family four-pack (and infants are free).  A better deal cannot be found in all the thirteen colonies.

The show is part of the No Nap Happy Hour series, presented by Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child and Hilltown Families.

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Exclusive: New Gustafer Yellowgold Video!

Feb 05

We’re taking part in the weeklong celebration of All Things Gustafer Yellowgold (at least All Things Gustafer Yellowgold’s Infinity Sock), which means today — and today only — you get to see a preview of the video for the song “Cheddar” (also played on today’s show).  Check it out:

(Note that use of the song does not imply any endorsement of the Green Bay Packers, although I am, kinda, rooting for them tomorrow.)

Pre-order the CD/DVD set either through their online store or through a little outfit called Amazon.

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2011-02-05 Playlist

Feb 05

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Spider
Haley Bonar – Beautiful You
Frank Sinatra – Sunny Side of the Street
ID
Lennon’s Song – We Love, We Learn, We Grow
Dan Israel – Tomorrow Will Be Really Great
ID

Segment 2
Brady Rymer – Keep Up With You
Spiral Up Kids – In the Fiddle is a Song
Special
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Fastbacks – Goodbye, Bird
Deedle Deedle Dees – Rancher Ants
Matt Clark – Cardboard Box
ID

Segment 3
Baze & His Silly Friends – My Family
Jon Samson – Everything Is Music To Me
ID
Salteens – All My Friends Are Different
Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Walk Don’t Walk
Ventures – Walk Don’t Run
ID
Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts – This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
The Que Pastas – In the Sea
Frances England – Jacques Costeau
ID
Cat & a Bird – Cat & a Bird
Feist – Mushaboom (Mocky remix)
ID
April Smith & the Great Picture Show – Say, Say, Oh Playmate (Joey’s Song for Kids Vol 1)

Segment 5
Drive By Truckers – Everybody Needs Love
Book Time with Ella
Earthworm Ensemble – The Traveling Train
Kinks – Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
Trout Fishing in America – Count on Me (Good Enough to Eat)
ID

Segment 6
Billy Kelly – We Could be Pen Pals (with Molly Ledford)
ID
Lunch Money – Original Friend
Bramble Jam – Mariposa Mi Nina
ID
Funky Mama – Sing!
Gustafer Yellowgold – Cheddar
ID
TMBG – Roy G Biv (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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