Seattle’s Board of Education played a fun in-studio that we’ll air on Saturday.  In it, among other things, I attempt to foment a rivalry with other Seattle-based family bands.  Was I successful?  You’ll have to listen to find out.

In the meantime, enjoy this video from the in-studio:

Listen whenever you’d like at our page at WRSI.com.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Zeroes (Here Come the 123s)
Dean Jones – Baby in My Pocket (Rock Paper Scissors)
Jon Samson – Nothing Rhymes with Orange (CoCreative Music Kids Album)
ID
Ella Fitzgerald – The Muffin Man
Dreyer Family Band – Home (Family Photograph)
Banjos for Babes – Home Sweet Home
ID

Segment 2
Frances England – Fascinating Creatures
Little Mo’ McCoury – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo’ McCoury)
ID/prep to rock
Uncle Rock – Shake It Off
Generation X – Ready Steady Go
ScribbleMonster – A Monster Goes Rrraargh! (Best of Friends)
ID

Segment 3
Vampire Weekend – Horchata
Nields – Who Are You Not to Shine (Rock All Day Rock All Night)
Yosi – Hole in the Ground
ID
Slavic Soul Party – Never Gonna Let You Go
Supersuckers – Rubber Biscuit
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
AudraRox – You Can’t Crawl in a Dress (world premiere)
Flannery Brothers – Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things
Sleater-Kinney – Lions and Tigers (Off With Your Head single)
ID
Board of Education – Ice Ages Are Fun! (s/t)
Justin Roberts – Big Field Trip (Pop Fly)

Segment 5
Angelique Kidjo – Battu (African Playground)
Rhythm Child – Everybody is the One
Michael Franti – Say Hey (I Love You)
Robbi K – Feel da Beat (Music Makes Me Happy)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo ID
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Gotta Be Me
ID

Segment 6
Black History Month Intro
Jackson 5 – ABC
Paul Westerberg – Mr. Rabbit (Stereo)
Neil Brewer – Three Kids in a Car
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga
ID/book time with Ella (Farmer Boy)
They Might Be Giants – Science is Real (Here Comes Science)

On Saturday’s show, Ella discussed the book Farmer Boy. Find it at an independent bookseller via this link:

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Hilltown Families can hook you up.  Rock.

The Deedle Deedle Dees played to a full house at Forbes Library this morning, with a slightly stripped-down lineup (but worry not, the full Dee experience will be at the Meltdown).  Here they are playing Nellie Bly:

On Sunday, February 21, we’re psyched to welcome AudraRox to the Iron Horse Music Hall in the No Nap Happy Hour!  The show is at 2:00 (doors at 1:30), and you can buy a family four-pack in advance only for just $30.

You’ve seen her on Sesame Street:

And here she is at last year’s KindieFest, playing “You Can’t Crawl in a Dress”:

Live, the band is wild and fun and just great.  Be there, won’t you?

Listen on demand any time you like by visiting the Spare the Rock page at WRSI.com!  And we’ll see you at the Eric Carle Museum at 1:00 (12:30 doors) for Elizabeth Mitchell & Family!

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Flying V (Here Come the ABCs)
Caspar Babypants – Robin on a Wire
Marlo Thomas – Free to Be…You and Me
Submarines – Fern Beard (Honeysuckle Weeks)
ID
Haley Bonar – I Wanna Be Like You
We 3 – Apple (The Thin King)
ID

Segment 2
Dan Zanes & Friends – Malti (Family Dance)
Dean Jones – Sing Like a Sparrow (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education – 8 Is a Number (s/t)
Pianosaurus – Ready to Rock (Groovy Neighborhood)
Yosi – & the Superdads – Funky Monkey
ID

Segment 3
Apples in Stereo – The Bird That You Can’t See (Discovery of the World)
Roy Handy & The Moonshot – Space Kitty!
Rocknoceros – Get a Hat On (Pink!)
ID/book time with Ella (Legend of Luke)
Blondie – One Way Or Another (Best of Blondie)
Kenny Young & the Eggplants – Rage Against the Washing Machine
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Elizabeth Mitchell – Hey Bo Diddley
Jenny Lewis – Barking at the Moon (Bolt)
Zee Avi – Honey Bee (Zee Avi)
Funky Mama – What Would You Do? (Grandma’s House)
ID
James Brown – Make It Funky (Part 1)

Segment 5
Linus – Humpty Dumpty (Youngster Parade)
Aaron Nigel Smith – Simon Says (Everyone Loves to Dance!)
Baby Loves Jazz Band – Duck Jam (Greatest Hits Vol 1)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In (American History + Rock ‘n’ Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees) (Forbes Library Wednesday at 11, Toy Box at 1:30)
AudraRox – I Like to Pretend
Devotchka – Comrade Z (A Mad and Faithful Telling)
ID

Segment 6
Alastair Moock – Two Mommies (A Cow Says Moock)
Ralph’s World – Easy Ryders
Phish – Backwards Down the Number Line
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Bear to the Left (Ranky Tanky)
ID
TMBG – Put It To The Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock