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Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
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Welcome to the audio archives for Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child!  You can listen to recent shows by clicking on the triangles below.  Enjoy!

2010-02-06



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
 

2010-01-30

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Shine?
Erik Brandt & Matt Godsen - Lay Down Brothers & Sisters (The Youngster Parade)
Dean Jones - Lucky (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID
Von Swing Family - Stay Up All Night (Honey, Sugar Baby, Mine)
Justin Roberts - Fruit Jar (Pop Fly)
ID

Segment 2
Uncle Rock - There Is No Away (w/ Elizabeth Mitchell) (The Big Picture)
Elizabeth Mitchell - John the Rabbit (live at Spare the Rock)
BNL - Crazy ABCs (Snack Time)
ID/prep to rock
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Roy Handy & the Moonshot - Crayon Man!!!
ID

Segment 3
ScribbleMonster - I'm a Utility Pole (The World's Worst Dance Song) (Songs With No Character)
Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (All the Stuff and More)
Jimmies - Do the Elephant (Make Your Own Someday)
ID/book time with Ella - Queenie Peavy (Robert Burch)
Steve Lee - Wake Up
Hipwaders - Art Car (Educated Kid)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Mighty Imperials - Thunder Chicken
Zev Haber - Chicken Scratch
Sweetback Sisters - Have You Seen My Chicken? (Chicken Ain't Chicken)
Meters - Chicken Strut
ID
NRBQ - Accentuate the Positive

Segment 5
Mariana Iranzi - Pajaro Carpintero (Aventura Collage) (at Cup & Top 2/2)
XTC - My Bird Performs (Nonsuch)
Neil Brewer - Not Like You (Back in School)
ID
Renee & Jeremy - Wishing Well (C'mon)
Cake - Mahna Mahna (For the Kids)

Segment 6
ID
Uncle Rock - Buddy Holly's Got the Hiccups (The Big Picture)
Ralph's World - All Around the World (All Around Ralph's World)
Rhythm Child - I Can't Play Today (Eat a Bowl of Cherries)
Average White Band - Pick up the Pieces
ID
They Might Be Giants - One Everything (Here Come the 123s)
TMBG - Spare the Rock

2010-01-23



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Earthworm Ensemble - The Traveling Train (s/t)
Ella Fitzgerald - Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter Song Book)
ID
Enzo Garcia - Monkey Motions

Segment 2
ID
Dan Israel - Tomorrow Will Be Really Great (The Youngster Parade)
Caspar Babypants - I'm a Nut (More Please)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Crawdad (You Are My Sunshine) (Eric Carle 2/6, Meltdown 3/27)
ID/prep to rock
Board of Education - Rise and Shine (s/t) (at Cup & Top on February 15
The Go! Team - We Just Won't Be Defeated (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)

Segment 3
The Surfers - Underdog (Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits)
Jellydots - Where Is My Package?
Baze & His Silly Friends - Toddlerville (Toddlerville)
ID/book time with Ella (Loamhedge)
Raconteurs - Together
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - Come Play! (What a Ride!)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Orlee:
Amy Meyers - Oh, the Woods
Steve Weeks - Aaron and his Aeroplane
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Laura Nyro - Ooh Child
Beatles - Octopus's Garden
Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Segment 5
ElEmEnOs - The Great Lakes
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Ranky Tanky (ranky tanky)
ID
Dreamtree Shakers - Dream and You Will See (Dream and You Will See)
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Kooky's Cockoo Clock (Silly Songs for Kids)
ID

Segment 6
ID
AudraRox - I Can Do It By Myself!
Decemberists - Sons & Daughters (The Crane Wife)
Verve Pipe - Wake Up (A Family Album)
ID
TMBG - Cells (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock



2010-01-16

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

 


2010-01-09



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 (Daisy Mayhem at First Churches today at 3, doors at 2:30)
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




2010-01-02

Listen now: 

Happy New Year!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Meet the Elements
Brendan Taaffe - May Well the World Go (Little Boots)
Bob Dylan - Forever Young
ID
Telephone Company - Little Mermaid Time (Panda Brain)

Segment 2
Von Swing Family - Jambalaya (Honey, Sugar Baby Mine)
Tracey & Melissa Beehive - Five Feet High & Rising ('Til Things Are Brighter)
ID/prep to rock with Elijah
Charity & the JAMband - Get Your Booty Out of Bed (Party Like a Twinkle Star)
Tiny Masters of Today (feat. Karen O) - Hologram World (Bang Bang Boom Cake)
Alastair Moock - Belly Buttons (A Cow Says Moock)
ID

Segment 3
Danny Adlerman & Yosi & Kevin Kammeraad - ...and a Happy New Year
Renee & Jeremy - Right Now (C'Mon)
Asylum Street Spankers - Mommy Says Now! (Mommy Says Now!)
The Baby Grands - Diggin' a Hole to China
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Little Red Airplane (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Have You Ever Wondered (Silly Songs for Kids)
Rhythm Child - Everybody Is the One
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World (Remote Control Version)
ID

Segment 5
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem in-studio

Segment 6
ID
Todd McHatton - It's a Breeze
Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic (Electric Storyland!)
Talking Heads - Don't Worry About the Government (77)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
TMBG - Spare the Rock



2009-12-26



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Put it to the Test (Here Comes Science)
Billy Bragg &; Wilco - My Flying Saucer
Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring (Bawlers)
Stan Ridgway &; Pietra Wexstun - Bring It On the House
ID
Frances England - Daddy-O (Fascinating Creatures)
Earthworm Ensemble - Bang a Drum (s/t)
Kaiser Cartel - The Season Song (Park Slope Parents Vol.1)
ID

Segment 2
Dog on Fleas w/ Elizabeth Mitchell - Handsome Molly (High Mountain Songs)
The Good Ms. Padgett - So So Good (The Good Ms. Padgett)
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx - Auld Lang Syne
ScribbleMonster - Winter Wonderland
I'm From Barcelona - Collection of Stamps (Let Me Introduce My Friends)
Sgt. Major - Nellie the Elephant (Play)
ID

Segment 3
Flannery Bros - One Wasn't Enough
Jonathan Richman - That Kind of Music
Nields - Anna Kick a Whole in the Sky
Robbins in a Tree-O - Never Cook Your Sister in a Frying Pan (We're Not Kidding, a Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar)
ID/book time with Ella (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
Neko Case - This Little Light (The Tigers Have Spoken)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Marty Beller Guest DJ set:
ID
B-52s - Roam
AudraRox - Five Minutes More (world premiere)
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Stew - Smile
April March 

Segment 5
Marty Beller Guest DJ set, con't:
Green Day - Viva La Gloria
They Might Be Giants - Speed & Velocity
John Samson - Right Now
Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
Go-Gos - Vacation

Segment 6
Ella Jenkins - Kwanza Time
Gear Daddies - Zamboni
James Kochalka Superstar - Hockey Monkey
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Tres Muralistas (American History + Rock & Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Telephone Company - I Don'w Want to Shop (The King's Surprise)
The Verve Pipe - Be Part of the Band (A Family Album)
Board of Education - Ice Ages Are Fun! (Board of Education)
ID
They Might Be Giants - D is for Drums (Here Comes Science)


2009-12-19

Listen here:  

Segment 1

TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - O Tannenbum
Vince Guaraldi - Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas)
Ella Jenkins - Harmonica for Hanukkah (Holiday Times)
Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends - Jubilee (You Are My Sunshine)
ID
Dean Jones - Beautiful World (Beautiful World)
John Denver & the Muppets - When the River Meets the Sea (A Christmas Together)
ID

Segment 2
Barenaked Ladies - Hanukkah Blessings
Matt Surowiec & the Tricentennial Band - Ain't No Hole in the Washtub (Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas)
Low - Just Like Christmas (Christmas)
ID/prep to rock
ScribbleMonster - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (single)
CandyBand - I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas (Holiday Hootenanny)

Segment 3
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke - Rattlin' Can
Todd McHatton - Santa Flying in Your Sleigh (Christmas Songs)
Old 97's - Here It Is Christmas Time
ID
Verve Pipe - Complimentary Love (A Family Album)

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Uncle Rock holiday in-studio

Segment 5
ID
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - I Gotta Be Me (Easy)
Hipwaders - It's Wintertime (A Kindie Christmas)
Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You
Leon Redbone - Let It Snow
ID/book time with Ella (Olivia Helps with Christmas)

Segment 6
Wee Hairy Beasties - Dinosaur Christmas
Jingle Punx - Wonderful Christmastime
ID
XTC - Thanks for Christmas
Justin Roberts - Meltdown
ID
TMBG - Santa Claus
 

 

2009-12-12

Listen here: 

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - 9 Bowls of Soup (Here Come the 123s)
Martin Sexton - Holly Jolly Christmas (Family Christmas)
Wee Hairy Beasties - Yellow Snow PSA
Steve Weeks - Monkeys (Alphabet Songs II)
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - The Brooklyn Bridge Song (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)

Segment 2
New Standards - O Tannenbaum (Candy Cane)
Caspar Babypants - $9.99 (More Please!)
ID/prep to rock
Jingle Punx - Mele Kalikmimaka (Coal)
Leevees - How Do You Spell Chauunnuukkaaahhh?
Los Lobos - Heigh-Ho (Los Lobos Goes Disney)
ID

Segment 3
ID
Suburbs - Cows (In Combo)
Key Wilde & Mr Clarke - Big Pet Pig (Rise & Shine)
Milkshake - Shake It Up! (Great Day)
AudraRox - I Can Do It By Myself! (I Can Do It By Myself!)
ID/book time with Ella (Peter & the Starcatchers)
Lunch Money - I Love My Library (Dizzy)
Dean Jones - Roncando (feat. Uncle Rock) (Rock Paper Scissors)
Yosi & the Superdads - I Have a Little Dreidel (...and a Happy New Year) (Cup & Top on Tuesday after school - 4:00)
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Christmas in the Heart)
Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts (See You on the Moon)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - It's a Big World
Renee & Jeremy - It Makes You Feel Good
Readeez - When I Dance (Songeez)
ID

Segment 5
Suburbs - Rattle My Bones
Clementown - Kansas City Octopus (Polkabats and Octopus Slacks)
Uncle Rock - Too Many Presents (live) (Express Your Elf)
The Come Ons - More (Holiday Hootenanny)
Marcy Gregoire - Spittin' Seeds (Spring) (this afternoon at 4 at Thornes, tomorrow at Barts, next Wednesday at Cup & Top)

Segment 6
Asylum Street Spankers - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (A Christmas Spanking)
Of Montreal - Brush Brush Brush (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Sippy Cups - My Loose Tooth (The Time Machine)
Shins - They'll Soon Discover
Danielle Sansone - Too Much Coffee (Two Flowers)
ID
They Might Be Giants - Solid Liquid Gas (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock





2009-12-05

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Apartment Four (Here Come the 123s)
Keith Munslow - Spork (Homemade Fun) (12/18 at Thornes)
Bill Harley - 50 Ways to Fool Your Mother (tomorrow at Iron Horse)
Dennis Caraher - Chasing After Chickens (I Miss the Mud) (Today at Thornes)
ID/book time with Ella
Telephone Company - What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby (Panda Brain)

Segment 2
The New Standards - Favorite Things
Kimya Dawson - Happy Home (Keep On Writing)
ID/prep to rock
Hipwaders - The Books I Like to Read
Ben Kweller - The Things I Like to Do
Uncle Rock - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
ID

Segment 3
ID
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Purple People Eater (Ranky Tanky)
Trip Shakespeare - Snow Days (Across the Universe)
Devo - Working in a Coal Mine
Danny Adlerman & Friends - Tikkun Olam (Cup & Top 12/15 4:00)
ID
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set

Segment 5
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set

Segment 6
Bill Harley Guest DJ Set
Bill Harley - Barbie's Head is Missing (I Wanna Play)
ID
TMBG - Alphabet of Nations (Here Come the ABCs)
TMBG - Spare the Rock



2009-11-28


Segment 1
TMBG – It’s Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG – No! (No!)
Dean Jones w/ Felice Brothers – Mama Said No (Rock Paper Scissors)
ID
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – People Get Ready (Cover the World)
Brian Wilson – Vega-Tables (Smile)
Alan Sparhawk – Be Nice to People With Lice (See You on the Moon!)
ID
Segment 2
Caspar Babypants – Take the Sun (More Please!)
Gustafer Yellowgold – I’m From the Sun (live at Spare the Rock)
Bing Crosby – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
ID/prep to rock
Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now
Songeez – Love’s Enough (Songeez)
Bunny Clogs – Three Dogs and a Pancake (More! More! More!)
Replacements – Jungle Rock (All For Nothing)
ID
Segment 3
ElEmEnOs – The Planets
ID
Mama Doni – Channukah Fever (Channuka Fever)
Danny Adlerman & Friends – I’m Spending Hannukkah in Santa Monica (…and a Happy New Year)
ID (Danny & Yosi at Cup & Top on 12/15 at 4:00)
Mr. T Experience – Spider-Man (Greasy Kid Stuff 3)
Deedle Deedle Dees – Bring ‘Em In (History + Rock ‘n’ Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Billy Kelly – People Really Like Milk (Thank You For Joining the Happy Club)
ID/book time with Ella
Segment 4
ScribbleMonster – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Guest DJ set from Max Germer:
Medeski Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music
Lunch Money – Tricycle
Fountains of Wayne – Hey Julie
Lisa Loeb – Disappointing Pancake
School for the Dead – Ayla
Rosie Flores – Red Red Robin
Segment 5
Guest Dj set, continued:
Justin Roberts – Yellow Reflector
TMBG – C is for Conifers
Jack Johnson – Jungle Gym
K. McKarty – Like a Monkey in the Zoo
Fawns – Snow Day
Ralph’s World – We Are Ants
Segment 6
ID
Primate Fiasco – Bourbon St. Parade (later today at First Churches!)
Asylum Street Spankers – Everybody Loves My Baby (live at Spare the Rock)
Daisy Mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (Ranky Danky)
ID
TMBG – Put It To the Test (Here Comes Science)
TMBG – Spare the Rock

2009-11-21

Segment 1

TMBG - It's Spare the Rock

-Ella ID

TMBG - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Mister G - Run (Pizza for Breakfast)

Peter Rundquist - Bug Feathers (Bug Feathers)

Rock Your Baby - Pony Boy

ID

Bruce Springsteen - Erie Canal (Seeger Sessions)

 

Segment 2

Bill Harley - Grownups Are Strange

BNL - Pollywog in a Bog

Promo for Hot Chocolate Run

ID/prep to rock

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

ScribbleMonster - All Ready to Go

ID

 

Segment 3

ID

Polyphonic Spree - Running Away

Mr. Richard - The Hey Hey Song

Lanny Sherwin - Meltdown

Uncle Rock - Hold It In My Heart (Express Your Elf)

ID

David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In

 

Segment 4

ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

ID

Jellydots - It's Your Birthday (Jelly Jukebox)

Justin Roberts - It's Your Birthday (Meltdown)

Owl City - Fireflies (Ocean Eyes)

Sippy Cups - Starry Morning

The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You

ID

Fids & Kamily Awards:

11.  The Not-Its - When I'm Five

 

Segment 5

10.  Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)

ID

9. Captain Bogg & Salty - Don't Drink Sea Water (Emphatical Piratical)

8.  Billy Jonas - Eyes Wide Open (Happy Accident)

ID

7.  Gustafer Yellowgold - Melter Swelter (Mellow Fever) (Iron Horse 3-14)

6. Milkshake - Happy Place (Great Day)

 

Segment 6

5.  Ziggy Marley - Wings of an Eagle (Family Time)

4.  Peter Himmelman - My Trampoline

(My Trampoline)

ID

3. Recess Monkey - The Teens (Field Trip)

2.  Lunch Money - Everybody's Coming  the Zoo (Dizzy)

ID/book time with Ella

TMBG - Science is Real (Here Comes Science)  

TMBG - Spare the Rock

 

2009-11-14

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG -Shoehorn with Teeth (Lincoln)
Robbi K & Friends - Favorite Things (Music Makes Me Happy)
Butterflyfish - Ladybug (Ladybug)
ID
Harmonica Pocket - Spiders in My Breakfast (live at Spare the Rock)
Real Tuesday Weld - I Love the Rain

Segment 2
Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World
Bill Brickey - Down in the Valley
ID/prep to rock
Boogers - This Song is About Transportation!
Baze & His Silly Friends - Everyone Everywhere (Toddlerville)
Daddy A Go Go - It's a Kids' World (Eat Every Bean and Pea on Your Plate)
Jimmies - Bedhead (Make Your Own Someday
ID

Segment 3
Telephone Company - Bomb Pop (Panda Brain!)
Chuck Prophet - You Did
Board of Education - Ice Ages Are Fun! (at Cup & Top on 2/15)
ID
Jambo - It's a Good Day
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Take Me to Show & Tell
Trout Fishing in America - It's a Puzzle
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Dream Warriors - My Definition
Cathy & marcy - It's the Beatbox
Prince - Starfish and Coffee
Bunny Clogs - Confessions of a Teenage Lima Bean
Kool & the Gang - Funky Stuff
ID

Segment 5
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here is a Cloud
Money Mark - Robo Dancing (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down (Love Songs for Silly Things)
ID/book time with Ella
Dean Jones & Felice Brothers - Rock Paper Scissors
Southern Culture on the Skids - Te Ni Nee Ni Nu (Countrypolitan Favorites)

Segment 6
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Daisy Mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Deedle Deedle Dees - Party Girl (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
ID
TMBG - LMNO
TMBG - Spare the Rock





2009-11-07

 

Segment 1

TMBG - It's Spare the Rock

-Ella ID

TMBG - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (Here Comes Science)

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Bright Clear Day (Go Waggaloo)

School for the Dead - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla)

Liz Mitchell - You Are My Sunshine (You Are My Sunshine)

ID

Zee Avi - Honey Bee

David Tobocman - Home (I Count to Ten)

 

Segment 2

Lunch Money - Umbrella (Silly Reflection)

Frances England - Sleepyhead Mommy (Family Tree)
ID/prep to rock

ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)

Paul Westerberg - Love You in the Fall (Open Season)

Clementown - Bathtub Driver (Polkabats and Octopus Slacks - The Music!)

ID

Sugar Free Allstars - Bathtub Boy (Live)

Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Tell Them How You Feel (Songs for the Coolest Kids)

ID

 

Segment 3

Guest DJ set from Ben:

ID

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Wings - Heart of the Country

Weezer - Pork and Beans

Split Enz - I Got You

The Phenomenauts - (Don't Give Me That) Broccoli

 

Segment 4

ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

ID

Cloud Cult - Lucky Today (Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus)

Duplex! - Alive

Artichoke - Iguana

The Format - Does Your Cat Have a Mustache?

Zoe Lewis - Sheep (Folk Playground)

ID

 

Segment 5

Dean Jones (w/ Felice Brothers) - Sing Like a Sparrow

Theresa Andersson - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Funky Kidz)

ID/Beautiful Future plug/book time with Ella

Vampire Weekend - Horchata

Keith Munslow - Baby Brother (Homemade Fun)

Bill Harley - Wash Your Hands

ID

 

Segment 6

ID

Verve Pipe - Wake Up (A Family Album)

Eric Herman and the Invisible Band - Come Play (What a Ride)

Baze & His Silly Friends - Time of Your Life (Toddlerville)

The Shins - It's Okay, Try Again (Yo Gabba Gabba)

The Good Miss Padgett - Love My Kitty (The Good Miss Padgett)

Parker Bent - Lucky Day (Charlie Davidson's Tricycle Club)

Ratboy Jr. - Floating Up

ID

TMBG - Other Mother Song

TMBG - Spare the Rock

 


2009-10-31 Halloween!

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Hovering Sombrero '05 (Here Come the ABCs)
Tom Knight in-studio

Segment 2
Steve Weeks - 4 Little Girls
Telephone Company - The Old Man Song (Panda Brain)
ID/prep to rock
Baze and His Silly Friends - Scare Me Scare You!
Mighty Weaklings - The Monster Under My Bed
ID

Segment 3
REM and Muppet Rocker - Furry Happy Monsters
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Monty Harper - Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet
ID
Ralph's World - Monster
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
ScribbleMonster - A Monster Goes Rrraargh!
Los Straightjackets - Munsters Theme
Laura Freeman - My Brother's a Monster
Clementown - Skeleton Flowers
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Boogie Man
ID/play time with Ella

Segment 5
Tom Waits - Heigh Ho (The Marching Song)
ID
Pixies - Tony's Theme
Robbert Bobbert - We R Superheroes
School for the Dead - Superhero
ID
CandyBand w/ Detroit Youth Symphony - Monsters
Wee Scary Beasties - Pumpkinhead
Keith Munslow - Boogieman

Segment 6
ID
I'm From Barcelona - Just Because It's Different Doesn't Mean Scary (Yo Gabba Gabba)
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
ID
Uncle Rock - Picnic in the Graveyard
Sippy Cups - Day After Halloween
ID
TMBG - Experimental Film
TMBG - Spare the Rock
 

 

2009-10-24


Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - E Eats Everything
Sarah Lee & Johnny In-Studio
- If Mama Had Four Hands
- Take Me to Show-and-Tell

Segment 2
Wilco - What Light
Astrograss - The Homework Machine
Aric Bieganek - Central Park Kitty (live in-studio) (1:00 at Eric Carle Museum)
ID/prep to rock
Hipwaders - Twitchy
Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring 'Em In (History + Rock and Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
CandyBand - Wheels on the Bus (CandyBand)
ID

Segment 3
Pogues - Metropolis
Peter Himmelman - Feet (My Green Kite)
Terrible Twos - Lily Names Everthing Sandy (Jerzy the Giant)
Mr. Richard - Tummy Talk
ID/book time with Ella
The Roots - Lovely, Love My Family
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Family Tree
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Jim Armenti - The Great Pumpkin Roll (Town Center Library Project)
Vibrations - Ain't No Greens in Harlem
Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pipeline
Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly - Josie & the Pussycats
Danny Adlerman & Friends - How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck? (One Size Fits All)
ID


Segment 5
Dan Zanes in-studio:
Catch That Train
Rock Island Line
Moonlit Town

Segment 6
Sippy Cups - Magic Toast
NRBQ - RC Cola and a Moon Pie
Justin Roberts - Maybe the Monster
ID
TMBG - The Bloodmobile (Here Comes Science)


2009-10-17
Want to win Dan Zanes tickets? Send an e-mail to show AT sparetherock DOT com with the name of the DZAF song we played today.  One e-mail that I receive by the end of the day on Sunday will win!

 

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - What Is a Shooting Star?
The Nields - Percy on Pluto (Rock All Day, Rock All Night)
Little Mo' McCoury - Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Little Mo' McCoury)
ID
Trout Fishing in America - What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee (Family Music Party)
Lead Belly - Rock Island Line (Sings for Children)

Segment 2
Miles Davis - Move (Birth of the Cool)
Gunnar Madsen - Sun Comes Up
ID/prep to rock
B-52s - Rock Lobster
Miz B - Raise the Brain(Raise the Brain)
ID/book time with Ella

Segment 3
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Growl Growl (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Duplex! - Orange Popsicle (Worser)
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Jeans!
ID
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio
Jimmies - Do the Elephant (Live) (Trying Funny Stuff)
ID

Segments 4 & 5
Guest DJ set from Uncle Rock:
Dean Jones & the Felice Bros - Hail Hail the Gang's All Here
Paul McCartney & Wings - Magneto & Titanium Man
Daniel Lavoie - Le Baby Dragon
Alan Lomax - Down in the Valley
Donovan - Riki Tiki Tavi
Uncle Rock - The Night the Lights Went Out
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
Phillips Wonders - Hambone
Kim Walsh - The Troll
Tarantainas De La Casa Sin Pared
Pete Seeger - I Know a Little Girl
Dave Clark 5 - Live in the Sky
Dean Jones - Baby in My Pocket

Segment 6
(Dan Zanes ticket giveaway)
Dan Zanes & Friends - I Won't Grow Up (76 Trombones)
Rhythm Child - Riding on the Bus (Eat a Bowl of Cherries)
ID
Asylum Street Spankers - Don't Turn Out the Light (Mommy Says No!)
ID
TMBG - Particle Man
TMBG - Spare the Rock


2009-10-10


Thanks to Laura Doherty for her guest DJ set!  Remember, she's doing a benefit for Noho Pride this coming Thursday at 4:00 at the Florence Civic Center.  Tickets are available at Cup & Top Cafe.


Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - I C U
Deep Fried Pickle Project - Pickle Juice
Laura Doherty - El Train (Kids in the City)
ID
Gourds - Fossil Contender

Segment 2
The Good Ms. Padgett - So So Good
Asylum Street Spankers - Sidekick (Mommy Says No!)
ID/prep to rock
Deedle Deedle Dees - Put on the Dress (History + Rock 'n' Roll = Deedle Deedle Dees)
Artichoke - Marie Curie (26 Scientists)
Milkshake - Happy Place
ID

Segment 3
ID
Wee Scary Beasties - Pumpkinhead (Creepy Lullabies)
Dan Zanes - 76 Trombones
The Not-Its - When I'm Five (We Are the Not-Its)
Sippy Cups - Seven is the New Fourteen (Time Machine)
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
ID

Segments 4 & 5
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Laura Doherty guest DJ set
Human Tim + Robot Tim -
Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Bird and the Bee - Tonight You Belong to Me
Jannie B - My Pony
Jim Gill - The Banana Song
--
XTC - Ballet for a Rainy Day
Dan Zanes & Friends - Mole in the Ground
Erin Flynn & the Co-Op Band - Butterfly
Michelle Shocked - Strawberry Jam
Karen Banks - Oooh...It's Halloween
Ralph Covert - Salamander Green

Segment 6
ID
Uncle Rock - There's Love in My Food
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo)
ID
Henning Ohlenbusch - Carnival (Looks Like I'm Tall)
The Band - Live is a Carnival
ID/book time with Ella/concert announcement - TMBG - 12/31 - family show at 3, 14+ show at 8, Calvin
TMBG - Science is Real





2009-10-03



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - How Many Planets?
Hipwaders - The Books I Like to Read
Steve Weeks - Monkeys
Tarika Sammy - Hendry (African Playground)
ID
ScribbleMonster - Scratchy Records (Songs with No Character)

Segement 2:
Uncle Rock - Please Don't Make Me Laugh When I'm Upset (live at Spare the Rock)
Johnny Bregar - 9 lb hammer
ID/prep to rock
Captain Bogg & Salty - Emphatical Piratical
Pixies - La La Love You
Yosi & the Superdads - Funky Monkey

Segment 3
Soccer Team - I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again (Play)
Chris Collingwood - Cookie Jar
AudraRox - All My Toys Are Broken
ID
Artichoke - Elephant


Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Aric Bieganek guest DJ
Beatles - Nowhere Man
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
The Who - Boris the Spider
James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Aric Bieganek - Bright Lights, Big Kitty


Segment 5
Aric Bieganek guest DJ
Blitzen Trapper - Sleepytime in the Western World
John Vanderslice - Time Travel is Lonely
Paul Westerberg - Jingle
Golden Smog - Starman
Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World

Segment 6
ID
Mister G - Pony with a Problem
Renee & Jeremy - Do Do Do Do (C'mon)
Jellydots - Adventure Quest!
Bob Marley - Redemption Song (B is for Bob)
ID
TMBG - I Am a Paleontologist
TMBG - Spare the Rock



2009-09-26

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Electric Car
Ratboy Jr - Playing on the Patio

Segment 2
Ratboy Jr - Playing on the Patio, pt. 2
ID/prep to rock
Justin Roberts - Picture Day (Way Out)
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
ID

Segment 3
Spoon - Fitted Shirt
Donovan - I Love My Shirt
ID
Uncle Rock - (It's Hot! Don't Touch It!)
Earth Wind & Fire - Sing a Song
Wee Scary Beasties - Monster's Disco
ID

Segment 4
Keith Munslow guest DJ set:
(Doin' The) Boom Boom - Eli Paperboy Reed
Lollipop - Corn Mo
New Year's Eve in a Haunted House - Raymond Scott Orchestra
Brand New Key - Melanie
Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy- Dan Hicks
Spork - Keith Munslow (Homemade Fun)

Segment 5:
Keith Munslow guest DJ set:
Linus & Lucy - Vine Guaraldi Trio
Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson
Shuffle Off To Buffalo - The Boswell Sisters
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House - Cab Calloway
Are You Gonna Eat That? - Keith Munslow (Homemade Fun)

Segment 6
ID
Jellydots - Where Is My Package? (Jelly Jukebox)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
Dan Zanes - Cape Cod Girls (The Fine Friends Are Here!)
Michelle Shocked - Flying Lesson
ID
TMBG - One Everything



 

2009-09-19: 
 

Here's what we played:


Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Pirate Girls Nine
Sam Hinton - Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop (Loquat Rooftop)
ID
Fox & Branch - Bear Hunt
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel - Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
ID

Segment 2
Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (New Orleans Playground)
Booker T - Hey Ya (Potato Hole)
ID/prep to rock
Teddybears - Cobrastyle
Strange Kidz - Superhero
Ellen and Matt - Juice Box Rock
ID (and thanks to piratejokes.net)

Segment 3
Recess Monkey - Centipede Pirate
Board of Education - The Many Uses, and Dangers, of Commas
ID
Mighty Weaklings - It's Sunny When You Share
Robin Vaughan - What Do You Like More? (Rock 'n' Roll Coochicoo Revue)
ID
SteveSongs - On a Flying Guitar

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Egg - Zoom!
Flannery Bros - One Wasn't Enough
ID
Keith Munslow - Are You Gonna Eat That?
ID/book time with Ella
Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant
The Telephone Company - I-C-E C-R-E-A-M

Segment 5
Bruce Haack - Robot Dance
Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance (Extended Data Mix)
Robbert Bobbert - I Am a Clock
ID
Laura Doherty - Elevator Escalator
BNL - Crazy ABCs
Nields - ABC (Rock All Day, Rock All Night)
ID

Segment 6
Deedle Deedle Dees- Stand Up Straight (Let It Dee)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Underground Railroad (Freedom in a Box!)
ID
Dan Zanes (w/ Loudon Wainwright III) - All Around the Kitchen
Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Seeger Sessions)
ID
TMBG - My Brother the Ape (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock


2009-09-12: 

Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Roy G. Biv
Esquivel! - Begin the Beguine
Dog on Fleas - Beautiful World
Frances England - Animal Inside You
ID
Dan Zanes & Friends - Night Owl
ID

Segment 2
Dr. John - Row Row Row Your Boat
Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band - A Big Fat Pig (Zooboogie!)
Jon Langford - Take This Hammer
ID/prep to rock
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words (Question the Answers)
The Quiet Ones - Ultrafoot (Make Some Noise)
CandyBand - Pancake Mountain
ID

Segment 3
Obama speech

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Milkshake - Dance in the Sun
Mister G - Fun
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Jambalaya
ID/book time with Ella
Cathy & Marcy - Soup, Soup

Segment 5
Primate Fiasco - South Pole and the Pyramids (Geek Dreams)
Flannery Brothers - Jump Up and Down (Flannery Brothers)
Deedle Deedle Dees - Henry Box Brown (Freedom in a Box)
ID
Baby Loves Jazz Band - Scat Song
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Gotta Be Me

Segment 6
v/a - Chickens
Meters - Chicken Strut
Asylum Street Spankers - Super Frog
Medeski Martin & Wood - Where's the Music?
Shinyribs - Birthday is Over
ID
TMBG - Photosynthesis (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock



2009-09-05



Segment 1
TMBG - It's Spare the Rock
-Ella ID
TMBG - Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
Kimya Dawson - Sunbeams and Some Beans
White Stripes - We Are Going to Be Friends
ID
Kirsty Hawkshaw - Telephone Song
Elizabeth Mitchell - 3 is a Magic Number
ID

Segment 2
Northamptones - Mushaboom
Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler
ID/prep to rock
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Mommie - Shadow (Mommie's Dearest)
Guided by Voices - Hank's Little Fingers
Artichoke - Sea Urchin (26 Animals)
ID

Segment 3
Los Lobos - Jenny's Got a Pony
Meters - Ride Your Pony
Charity & the JAMband - Whatcha Gonna Bring?
ID
Mister G - Squirrels (Pizza for Breakfast)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
ID

Segment 4
ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
ID
Eric Herman & the Invisible Band - How to Move a Monster (What a Ride!)
Hipwaders - Twitchy
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
ID/prep to rock
Weezer - My Best Friend

Segment 5
Killian Mansfield - Starman (feat. Todd Rundgren)
Rocknoceros - Playground (Pink)
ID
Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Segment 6
Keith Munslow - Watchin' All the Cars Go By
Human Tim + Robot Tim - Lizard on My Leg
Southern Culture on the Skids - Camel Walk
ID
Deedle Deedle Dees - Aaron Burr
ID
TMBG - Speed and Velocity (Here Comes Science)
TMBG - Spare the Rock