Sep 11

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Number Two (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones – Little By Little (Many Hands)
White Stripes – We’re Going to Be Friends
ID
Steve Weeks – If I Were a Cup
Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was) – Baby Mine (Stay Awake)

Segment 2
Pete Seeger – We Shall Not Be Moved
Deedle Deedle Dees – Do The Turnout
Dan Zanes – Pay Me My Money Down (Night Time)
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Justin Roberts – Obsessed With Trucks
ID
The Go! – Knock Knock Banana

Segment 3
Big Bang Boom – Animal Sounds
New York Dolls – Dance Like a Monkey
ID
Artichoke – Mosquito
Robyn Hitchcock – Oceanside
Of Montreal – I Want to Have Fun
ID
Donna the Buffalo – Family Picture

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Billy Kelly – Everybody’s Got Their Underwear On
Liz Phair & Marc Dauer – We’re All Big Fans of Glands (The Body Rocks)
ID
Timbuk 3 – Facts About Cats
ID/book time with Ella
Peter Himmelman

Segment 5
ID
Primate Fiasco – Doggy in the Window (First Churches 9/12)
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do The Dog
ID
Frances England – Jacques Costeau (Mind Of My Own)
Elizabeth Mitchell – School Days
ID
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Segment 6
Jimmies – Cool to be Uncool
Uncle Rock – Shake It Off!
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Cleanup Time
ID
Joe’s Backyard Band – Crow
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – 13 O’Clock
TMBG – Four of Two
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2010-09-04 Playlist

Sep 04

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Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – My Name is Kingof Socks (Many Hands)
Us 3 – Apple (The Thin King)
ID
Jenny Lewis – Barking at the Moon
Terrible Twos – Amelia Minor
ID
Kimya Dawson – Happy Home (Keep on Writing)

Segment 2
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family – Sunny Day
Psapp – Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
The Call – Let the Day Begin
Brian Vogan – Wash Your Hands (Sing a Little Song)
Yosi – Hole in the Ground
ID

Segment 3
Weezer – Best Friend
Radioactive Chicken Heads – I Eat Kids (We’re Not Kidding)
ID
Brady Rymer – Pie
Neil Diamond – Porcupine Pie
ID
Frank Black – Jumpin’ Beans
Pixies – Bam Thwok
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Joe Jackson – Jumpin’ Jive
Primate Fiasco – High Hopes (at First Churches on 9/12)
ID
Mister G – Pizza for Breakfast
Aquabats – Pizza Day
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 5
Frances England – Mind Of My Own (Mind of My Own)
Waterboys – Whole of the Moon
Ralph’s World – Gotta Be Good
ID
Bazillions – Preposition

Segment 6
Len – Steal My Sunshine
Billy Kelly – The Dance From Outer Space
ID
SteveSongs – Ducks Hatching (Marvelous Day)
Jackie Lee – The Duck
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga (History + Rock ‘n’ Roll)
ID
TMBG – Put It to the Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Book Time with Ella for 9/4/2010

Sep 04


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Ella talked about Anne of Green Gables.  Click above to find it for sale from an independent bookseller!

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Playlist for 2010-08-28

Aug 28

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Meet James Ensor (Rev-105 Radio Archive)
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band – Pop Goes the Weasel (Play!)
Andrew Bird – The Twistable, Turnable Man
ID
Telephone Company – What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?
Caspar Babypants – All You Pretty Babies
ID
Butterflyfish – Lemonade (Ladybug)

Segment 2
Manu Chao – Bonga Bong (World Playground)
Moonlighters – Makin’ Wickey-Wackey Down in Waikiki
ID/prep to rock
Burke – Toadstool
The Jam – Going Underground
Uncle Rock – Thank You and Goodnight (The Big Picture)
ID

Segment 3
Clementown – Olf
Reverend Horton Heat – Jonny Quest/Stop That Pigeon
ID
Billy Kelly – The Ballad of Johnny Box
Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Modern English – Smiles & Laughter
ID/book time with Ella (The Truckers)
Frances England – Place In Your Heart
Mates of State – Jellyman Kelly
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family – Keep On The Sunny Side (feat. Levon Helm)
ID

Segment 5
Flannery Brothers – Big Kite
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Green Grass Grows All Around (live in-studio)
ID
REM – Stand (Green)
Moey’s Music Party – I Always Sit When I Eat
Randy Kaplan – Mama Don’t Allow (Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti)
ID

Segment 6
Dirty Sock Funtime Band – No Good Reason Party
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Secret Handshake
ID
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – Inspiration Information
Dog on Fleas – Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step?
Board of Education – Rise and Shine
ID
They Might Be Giants – Electric Car
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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Book Time With Ella: The Truckers

Aug 28

This week, Ella talked about The Truckers.  Find the whole trilogy by following this link:


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2010-08-21 Playlist

Aug 21

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

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Even Numbers
Randy Kaplan – Shampoo Me (live in-studio)
ID
Pete Seeger – Solartopia (w/ Dar Williams)
Gustafer Yellowgold – Punching Cheese
ID (Gustafer at the Carle on October 23 at 1)

Segment 2
Hullabaloo – Keep On the Sunny Side
Ben Rudnick & Friends – I Need a Hand
ID/prep to rock
TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio
Verve Pipe – Be Part of the Band
Sippy Cups – One Day Soon
ID

Segment 3
ID
Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter
Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now
ID
Justin Roberts – Cardboard Box
Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself
ID
Bazillions – Counting on a Friend
David Weinstone – Big Boom Whacker

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Lunch Money – Tricycle
Elizabeth Mitchell & Family – Elephants All Over the World
The Not-Its! – Fantastic
ID
Danny Adlerman – The Veggie Song
Okee Dokee Brothers – Hero

Segment 5
ID
Bzots – Two Months Security Deposit
XTC – Life Begins at the Hop
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Little Red Airplane
Astrograss – Drunken Sailor
Father Goose w/ Dan Zanes – Island in the Sun
ID

Segment 6
Billy Kelly – Me and My Brand New Haircut
Monkees – for Pete’s Sake
Roger Day – I Like Yaks!
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Mind Over Matter (Underground Playground)
Mavis Staples – Freedom Highway
ID
TMBG – Spider
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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2010-08-14 Playlist

Aug 14

We had a lot of fun celebrating five years on the air!  Listen any time at our on-demand page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Older
Submarines – Swimming Pool (in studio)
Dog on Fleas – Green Grass of Summer
ID
Ginger Hendrix – Stinky Trash
Johnny Cash – Nasty Dan (Children’s Album)
ID
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man

Segment 2
Barenaked Ladies – Things
Dan Zanes – Tonight Tonight (Many Hands)
Keith Munslow – Goin’ to the Beach (in-studio)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster – Chocolate Milk
Sippy Cups – Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland!)
ID

Segment 3
CandyBand – It’s Your Birthday
Tiny Masters of Today – Hey Mr. DJ (Bang Bang Boom Cake)
ID
Hipwaders – Educated Kid
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks – Birthday
ID
Built to Spill – Big Dipper
Bunny Clogs – Olive’s Olives
Laurie Berkner – Victor Vito
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (Ranky Tanky)
Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands
ID
Jimmies – Somebody’s Birthday (Make Your Own Someday)
Spoon – Fitted Shirt
Milkshake – Bottle of Sunshine
ID

Segment 5
Miles Davis – Move
Frances England – Charlie Parker
ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Sticks and Stones
ID/Book Time with Ella
Billy Kelly – We Say LA (Is This Some Kind of Joke?)
Justin Roberts – It’s Your Birthday (Meltdown!)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Lovely Day (Sunny Day)
David Tobocman – Lemonade School (Lemonade School)
Iron & Wine – Homeward, These Shoes
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Party Girl
Asylum Street Spankers – Sliver
ID
They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm
TMBG – Spare the Rock

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