Thanks to the Royal Order of Chords and Keys for the rockin’ in-studio.  You can find details about the various things we talked about at:

• Whole Children’s project culminating in a Mother’s Day concert with Dan Zanes
• The Royal Order of Chords and Keys will be playing next week at the Springfield Community Music School (Facebook event page)

Listen on-demand anytime at WRSI.com‘s Spare the Rock page.

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Apartment Four
Michelle Shocked – Got No Strings (Folk Playground)
Ziggy Marley – Walk Tall (Family Time)
Brady Rymer & the Little Band that Could – One True You (Here Comes…)
ID
Brendan Taafe – Take Me Ridin’ in the Car

Segment 2
Talk with Valle Dwight
Dan Zanes – Hop Up Ladies
Brandi Carlile – Have You Ever (The Story)
Laura Freeman – Indigo and Violet (Color Wheel Cartwheel)
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees – Si Se Puede (American History + Rock ‘n’ Roll) (Forbes Library 2/10 11:00 am)
Terrible Twos – When I Get to Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl…)
ID

Segment 3
In-studio with Aric Bieganek & ROCK:
Cruisin’ for a Snoozin’
Punk Rock One Sock
Bright Lights, Big Kitty

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Ozomotli – Can’t Stop (Don’t Mess with the Dragon)
Egg – Zoom! (Sunny Side Up)
Los Lobos – The Ugly Bug Ball (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Daddy A Go Go – I Caught My Daddy Watching Cartoons (Come On, Get Happy)
Starfish – The Hoppity Song (Rocks)
Promo for Atkins Farm Activities

Segment 5
Girl Scouts Promo 1
The Not-Its – Come Play At Our House (We Are the Not-Its)
Charity & the JAMband – Row Row Row Your Boat
Mister G – Buster (Pizza for Breakfast)
ID
Ralph’s World – The Great Outdoors (All Around Ralph’s World)
Recess Monkey – S-L-Double-E-P Over (Tabby Road)
Lunch Money – Tricycle (Silly Reflection)
ID

Segment 6
ID
Aaron Nigel Smith – Everyone Loves to Dance (Everyone Loves to Dance)
Girl Scouts Promo 2
Dean Jones – Sing Like a Sparrow
School for the Dead – Rock and Roll Camper (The New You)
AudraRox – Short Attention Span (I Can Do It By Myself)
ID
They Might Be Giants – Cowtown (Lincoln)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

This time, in (pixelated) print.  The blog (Playing by the Book) is worth a subscription, too.

Longtime friend-of-the-show Aric Bieganek has a rockin’ new band, the Royal Order of Chords and Keys (R.O.C.K.).  They’ll be playing at the Meltdown, plus they’ve got a show at the Springfield Community Music Center a week from Saturday.  They came by the studio to record an in-studio to air this week; here’s a preview.  Does it rock?  Oh, yes, it rocks.

Tonight we recorded two promos with Ella’s girl scout troop to air on Saturday.  As you’ll hear, to find a girl scout cookie booth in the area, go to GSCWM.org!

The girls wrote the scripts with only a little bit of help and did a great job of recording their parts.  Through in some Esquivel!, and magic ensues.  Listen:

Girl Scout Cookie Promo 1

Girl Scout Cookie Promo 2

I’m very glad to be helping, even a little, with this project of Whole Children.  Here’s an excerpt from a recent e-mail:

We are thrilled to announce the formation of the Whole Children Community Choir, a chorus made up of kids with and without disabilities.

The chorus is forming now, with rehearsals starting in February, working up to a concert on Mother’s Day with Dan Zanes!

Rehearsals: Mondays, 5-6:15. p.m. in Hadley. Feb. 1 thru May 3 (there is a possibility of two rehearsals a week as the concert date gets closer). Price: $65. Siblings $55

If you are interested in having your child (ages 8 and up, younger kids with permission from the choir director) be a part of this exciting venture, please email Kim Holden at kim@wholechildren.org, or call Whole Children at 585- 8010. Please feel free to share this flier with other families who might be interested.

We’ll talk a lot more about this as the event approaches, but I’d encourage locals to sign up!

You can listen any time at our page at WRSI.com.

Fun visit from Danny & Yosi!  Here’s what we played:

Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – Pictures of Pandas Painting (Here Come the ABCs)
Charlie Hope – I’m Me! (I’m Me!)
The Whites – Keep On the Sunny Side (O Brother Where Art Thou?)
Ben Rudnick & Friends – I Need a Hand (A Frog Named Sam)
ID
Justin Roberts – All Eyes On You

Segment 2
Purple Stripes – Aba Daba Honeymoon
Moonlighters – Makin’ Wickey-Wackey Down in Waikiki (Surrender)
Joe McDermott – Come To Hawaii (Hawaiian Playground)
ID/prep to rock
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Boogers – This Song is About Transportation! (Road to Rock)
Verve Pipe – We Had to Go Home
ScribbleMonster – All Ready to Go (Songs With No Character)
ID

Segment 3
Los Lobos – I Wanna Be Like You (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
Hipwaders – Little Baby Brother (Educated Kid)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke – Favorite Names
ID
Billy Kelly – I Don’t Know! (Thank You for Joining the Happy Club)
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy Twiggy (Made in USA)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Egg – Summer Today (Sunny Side Up)
Baze & His Silly Friends – I Got the ABCs (feat. Ah-Choo)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – I Like Fruit (feat. Egg)
ID
Us 3 – Cantaloop

Segment 5
Danny & Yosi in-studio

Segment 6
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – Wildflowers (Ranky Tanky)
Velvet Underground – I’m Sticking With You
Deedle Deedle Dees – Tub-Tub-Ma-Ma-Ga-Ga (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID
Bunny Clogs – Olive’s Olives
ID
TMBG – Roy G. Biv (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

Now that we’re in 2010, let’s take a look at the River’s Family Music Meltdown and Book Bash.  So far we’ve announced:

Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
Uncle Rock & the Playthings
Dog on Fleas

…and a ton more to come!  I’m not sure there will be another single kids’ music event with a better lineup this year.  Certainly there won’t be a free event that comes close.

Plus, on the book side we’ve got Mo Willems and, just announced, Diane deGroat and Shelley Rotner, authors of Dogs Don’t Brush Their Teeth.  (Two more authors are yet to be announced.)

We’re also adding a third performance area this year, focusing more on storytelling and the like, and we’ll have activities, vendors, food, and all sorts of amazing other stuff for you to enjoy — and admission remains free.  Yes, free!

Last year we had around 2,000 people come through and have a great time.  If you’d like to talk about being a vendor or a sponsor, please get in touch with me (show AT sparetherock DOT com) and I’ll put you in touch with the relevant folks at the station.  Sponsorship and vendor prices will go up on January 15, so drop a line soon if you’re interested.