On Saturday’s show, it’ll be mostly (all?) holiday music. Plus, the River is going commercial free from 6:00 Friday until 6:00 Saturday, so there will be even more show than usual. And! A guest DJ set from Ashley from the Jimmies (with brand new music from them) and an in-studio from Uncle Rock (including what is now my favorite Christmas carol, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?”).

So turn on the radio while you open presents, if you do that. Turn on the radio when you’re not opening presents, if you don’t.

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

Thanks to Elizabeth Mitchell and Storey for guest DJing, and to Brendan Taaffe for stopping by too!  You can watch a video of one of Brendan’s songs here:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Brendan Taaffe in-studio
– Saw a Ship
– Well May the World Go
– Daddy Fox

Segment 2
Asylum Street Spankers – Linus and Lucy
Dan Zanes – Tonight Tonight (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
ScribbleMonster – Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
Muckafurgason – Dictionary
Bazillions – Super Sonic Rocket Bike
ID

Segment 3
Fountains of Wayne – I Want an Alien for Christmas
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party
ID/book time with Ella (Oracles of Delphi Keep by Victoria Laurie)
Roots – Lovely, Love My Family
Lunch Money – You and Me and a Bottle of Bubbles
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Elizabeth Mitchell Guest DJ set
some children see him- rufus and martha wainwright
santa claus is coming to town- ella jenkins
soulful christmas- james brown
the last month of the year- the staples singers
just like christmas- low

set 2
the coming of jah- low
children go where i send thee- johnny cash
yuki- elizabeth mitchell and you are my flower
run rudolph run- chuck berry

Segment 6
Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis
Hipwaders – It’s Wintertime
Wee Hairy Beasties – Yellow Snow PSA
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Road Trip
Pomplamoose – Up on the Housetop
ID
TMBG – Meet the Elements

Ella talked about Oracles of Delphi Keep.  Follow the link to find it for sale:

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Thanks to Justin Roberts for the crazy fun guest DJ set!

Listen on demand at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Empty Bottle Collector
Herb Alpert/Mocean Worker – Bittersweet Samba
ID
Asylum Street Spankers – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Barenaked Ladies – Pollywog in a Bog
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band – Froggie Went A Courtin’
ID

Segment 2
ID
Sufjan Stevens – The Friendly Beasts
Neil Brewer & Friends – Not Like You
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
ScribbleMonster – Clink, Clank (Look Both Ways)
Robbert Bobbert – We R Super Heroes
Que Pastas – Common Denominator
Jingle Punx – You Gotta Get Up
ID

Segment 3
Yosi & the Superdads ID
Yosi & the Superdads – She Just Doesn’t Get It (…and a Happy New Year)
Beatles – Octopus’s Garden
ID
Uncle Rock – Too Many Presents
The Come Ons – More
ID
Elvis Costello – What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love, and Understanding?

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Justin Roberts Guest DJ set:
Bob Dorough – Zero, My Hero
Tom Lehrer – Silent E
Trashmen – Surfer Bird
Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Beach Boys – Vegetables
Willy Wonka – Oompa Loompa

Segment 5
Justin Roberts Guest DJ set, con’t
Kinks – People Take Pictures of Each Other
Harry Nilsson – Think About Your Troubles
Free Design – Kites are Fun
Randy Newman – Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
Meat Puppets – Swimming Ground
Loudon Wainwright III – The Swimming Song

Segment 6
ID
Justin Roberts – Snow Day
Pomplamoose – Always in the Season
ID
Lunch Money – Getaway Car (Original Friend)
Brian Eno – I’ll Come Running (Another Green World)
ID
TMBG – Working Undercover For the Man

Hey, look at that, Many Hands is number one!  And fully half of the top ten comes from artists on the CD.  Congratulations to everyone on the list, and remember: it’s a fantastic gift.  Locals can get it at Turn It Up!, Toy Box, Cup & Top, A2Z, and presumably some other places; everyone else, ask at your local retailer or order from Amazon or iTunes or whatever.

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Nine Bowls of Soup
New Standards – Rock and Roll (Rock and Roll)
Elizabeth Mitchell – Keep on the Sunny Side
ID
Ziggy Marley w/ Willie Nelson – This Train
Gustafer Yellowgold – Penguin Day (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID

Segment 2
ID
Marvin Pontiac – Small Car
Lunch Money – Miniature Things
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx – Chanuka
Boogers – I Wish I Was a Mole
Baby Grands – Dinosaur (Baby Grands II)
ID

Segment 3
Recess Monkey – Jet Pack (Final Funktier)
King Missile – Get Up (Surprise Your Pig)
ID
Dean Jones – Rock Paper Scissors (Rock Paper Scissors)
Luv Clowns – Draw
Big Bang Boom – Spare the Rock
Justin Roberts – Cardboard Box
Debbie and Friends – Willy Won’t

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Mama Doni
Mama Doni – The Legend Of Sour Cream Vs. Apple Sauce
Billy Sherwood, Rockin’ Hannukah
GrooveBarbers – I Have A Little Dreidel
Mama Doni – Honey, This Ain’t Money
The Hit Crew – 8 Little Lights of Mine
Tor Hyams & Jkidz – This Is chanukah

Segment 5
Guest DJ set from Mama Doni

Ruby and Ava Lockner – Is It Chanukah or Hannukah?
Graham Clarke – Five Little Latkes
Shira Kilne – Ocho Kandelikas
Barenaked Ladies – Hannukah Blessings
Woodie Guthrie – Hannukah Dance
Mama Doni – Chanukah Fever

Segment 6
Pianosaurus – (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the) Toystore (Groovy Neighborhood)
Jonathan Richman – Corner Store
ID
Uncle Rock – Please Don’t Make Me Laugh When I’m Upset (live at Spare the Rock) (at Flywheel 12/11)
Generation X – Ready Steady Go
The Not-Its! – Green Light, Go!
ID
TMBG featuring Marty Beller – Speed and Velocity
TMBG – Spare the Rock

My full column about our ballot for the Fids & Kamily Awards is over at Valley Kids (page 26).  But I thought I’d put the list here too.  It tracks the eligibility dates for Fids & Kamily, so, for example, Frances England’s Mind of My Own will be eligible next year.

1 (tie). Elizabeth Mitchell – Sunny Day

1 (tie).  Justin Roberts – Jungle Gym

1 (tie).  Various Artists – Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti (note: I have made back what I put into this record, so the F&K organizers all agreed that it was okay for me to vote for it)

4.  Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Ranky Tanky

5.  Dean Jones (with the Felice Bros.) – Rock Paper Scissors

6-10 (all tied for 6th):

Deedle Deedle Dees – American History + Rock ‘n’ Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees

The Not-Its! – Time Out to Rock

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Underground Playground

Uncle Rock – The Big Picture

Recess Monkey – Final Funktier