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With a guest DJ set from Yosi, call-ins from ScribbleJim and Kevin Kammeraad, new music from Paul Westerberg (yes, new music from Paul Westerberg!), and more.

http://sparetherock.com/20060923.mp3

2006-09-16 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Bill Childs — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:58:37 +0000

http://sparetherock.com/20060916.mp3

With new music from Robbi K, Miles of Smiles, and more!

2006-09-12 Swimming with Sharks

Bill Childs — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:06:09 +0000

http://masstort.org/sharks/20060912.mp3

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 2006-09-09

Bill Childs — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:49:58 +0000

With new music from Josh Levine, Dogs on Fleas, and more, plus a live performance by Dennis Caraher and a call from ScribbleJim and Kevin Kammeraad.

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for 9/2/06

Bill Childs — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:33:57 +0000

They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage)
Uncle Rock – Disco Nap (Plays Well With Others)
Music for Aardvarks & Other Mammals – Bellybutton Song (Sing Along with Putumayo)
Tom Lehrer – L-Y (The Remains of Tom Lehrer)
Elizabeth Mitchell – What Goes On (You Are My Little Bird)
Toots & the Maytalls – Freedom Train (World Playground 2)
Dan Zanes – I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister (Catch That Train!)
–song ID
Frank Sinatra – Too Marvelous for Words (The Capitol Years)
Ellen and Matt – Side by Side (Best Friends)
–song ID
Suburbs – Rattle My Bones (Love is the Law)
ScribbleMonster – I Wish I Lived in Michigan (single)
Kevin Kammeraad – Best Poem Ever (Tomato Collection)
Danny Adlerman – School Bus Driver (One Size Fits All)
Audrarox – Short Attention Span (Audrarox)
Telephone Company – I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M (The King’s Surprise)
Joel Caithamer – Bobby’s Been Bad but Wanda’s Been Worse (Activate!)
Yosi – On Top of Spaghetti (What’s Eatin’ Yosi?)
Aquabats – Turn Off the Idiot Box
Milkshake – School (Bottle of Sunshine)
Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life (True Stories)
Deedle Deedle Dees – Ina Mina Dika (Let It Dee)
–song ID & legal ID (9:01)
–interview with Kevin Kammeraad & ScribbleJim
Gourds – Education Song (Heavy Ornamental)
Eric Ode – A Camel Met a Turtle (I Love My Shoes)
Dog on Fleas – Green Grass of Summer (When I Get Little)
The Nields – Going to the Zoo (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
Dennis Caraher – The Elephant Played Electric Guitar (Dog Bone Town)
Darrell Scott/Kid Pan Alley – Rainforest (Kid Pan Alley)
–song ID
Prince – Starfish & Coffee (Sign O’ The Times)
Bzots – Make a Friend (Powered Up!)
Trout Fishing in America – It’s a Puzzle (My Best Day)
–song ID
TMBG – Impossible (Bed Bed Bed)

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for 8/26/06

Bill Childs — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:48:42 +0000

This week’s episode is guest-hosted by Oklahoma-based kids’ singer Monty Harper. Enjoy!

They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul (Flood)
Tim Cain – Drum Thang (Marooned On Tim’s Island)
Disney – I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (Lion King Soundtrack)
Joe McDermott – Baby Kangaroo (Everywhere You Go)
Monty Harper – Humming Bird Hum (Paws Claws Scales & Tales)
Are you prepared to get spooked?
Carole King – The Ballad of Chicken Soup (Really Rosie)
Disney – Grim Grinning Ghosts – (Walt Disney World Resort Official Album)
The Who – Boris the Spider (My Generation – The Very Best of the Who)
Monty Harper – Creepy Crawly Party Time (Our Wacky World)
Erin Lee & Marci – The Moonlight Wolfbite Batjuice Jamboree (Snowdance)
Are you prepared to rock?
Elton John – Crocodile Rock (Greatest Hits)
The Beatles – Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine Songtrack)
Pete Townshend – Over the Top (The Iron Man)
Paul McCartney – Smile Away (Ram)
Bill Haley & The Comets – See You Later Alligator (The Best of 50′s Rock)
Monty Harper – Tsunami Band (Paws Claws Scales & Tales Enhanced CD)
Are you prepared for love?
Disney – A Whole New World (Aladdin Soundtrack)
The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Pet Sounds)
The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand (Past Masters Volume One)
Monty Harper – Love This Baby (The Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD)
Paul Simon – Father and Daughter (Surprise)
Are you prepared to dance?
Don’t Make Me Dance – Tom Chapin, Some Assembly Required
Disney – Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack)
Mr. Billy – Chugga Chugga Choo Choo (Batteries Not Included)
Monty Harper – The Gentlemen Are Dancing On Their Toes (Imagine That)
Disney – Transformation (Brother Bear Soundtrack)
Are you prepared for fun?
Barry Louis Polisar – I’m a 3-Toed, Triple-Eyed, Double-Jointed Dinosaur (Family Concert)
Jessica Harper – Nora’s Room (Nora’s Room)
Fatcat & Fishface – Fatcat & Fishface (Horrible Songs for Children)
Katherine Dines – Flea Fly Flow Mosquito (Hunk ta Bunk ta Chants)
Tom Lehrer – Silent E (The Remains of Tom Lehrer)
They Might Be Giants – Snail Shell (John Henry)

And some comments from Monty:

Howdy, Listeners!

I’d like to thank Bill and Ella for giving me the opportunity to put together a show. I am now in awe of the fact that they do a two hour show each week. It’s fun, but it’s a lot of work. I don’t know how Bill manages it but I’m sure glad he does.

My co-host and 5-year-old daughter Evalyn predictably stole the show. I let her pick out nearly all the songs, and gave her veto power over the few I suggested. There was a natural emphasis on Disney, since she is in a Disney phase right now with her music. I felt a bit conflicted because one of the things I love about Spare the Rock is that we get to hear all kinds of independent music we might not hear otherwise. But the Disney stuff is great too and Evalyn made a few non-obvious choices, so I went with it.

The Beatles, Beach Boys, The Who, Elton John and other classic rock selections came from Bill’s request that I feature some music that isn’t necessarily kids’ music but that might appeal to kids. Evalyn helped pick these out as well. All the songs are familiar favorites of hers and mine.

I played a bunch of my own songs, which may seem self-serving, and I guess it is, but Evalyn genuinely very much wanted me to play them. She’s proud of her daddy, what can I say?

I didn’t realize how quickly two hours of air time can eat up songs. We had way more songs on our list than we actually used. When we had to cut songs, I dropped the stuff you’d be more likely to hear on another Spare the Rock episode.

We organized the songs loosely into categories for each set. This came about after we made our list, and noticed some commonalities that lead to the themes. It was fun to work with Evalyn in grouping and ordering the songs, and she had definite ideas about how she wanted them presented.

I have no idea where Bill and Ella were on Saturday, but I hope they don’t mind the flights of fancy Evalyn and I took them on. That feature of our conversations arose spontaneously and we had a lot of fun with it. [Ed. note: I will be/was in Austin, Texas, seeing some friends, and Ella will be/was in Saugerties, New York, also seeing friends.]

I mentioned the compilation CD, Free Prize Inside, a couple of times during the show. It was originally my intent to feature more artists from the CD but we ran short on time. You can only obtain a copy from the artists on the CD, but I never got around to listing who they are. Therefore, I thought I’d list them here, if that’s ok. Visit a show by any of these artists, and you can get your hands on a copy. It really is a cool CD.

Free Prize Inside
1. Imagination Movers, “Clean My Room”
2. Steve Songs, “Gravity”
3. Monty Harper, “I Go Bananas”
4. Will Hale, “Make Me Laugh”
5. Mr. Billy, “Seuss On The Loose”
6. Erin Lee & Marci, “This Year”
7. The Doo-Dads, “The Ball Song”
8. Ken Lonnquist, “X-Ray Specs”
9. Two of a Kind, “The Double Life of Amphibians”
10. Macaroni Soup!, “Stinky Cake”
11. Lou Del Bianco, “Dawn Puccini”
12. Beth & Scott and Friends, “Hello, My Name Is Joe”
13. Andy “The Music Man” Morse, “R-I-N-G-O”
14. Susan Salidor, “The Boo Boo Gets Better By and By”
15. Barry Louis Polisar, “Early Sunday Morning”

Like I said, it was fun doing the show. We were listening to it again this evening and really enjoying the music and Evalyn’s antics! I hope you enjoy it too!

http://sparetherock.com/20060826.mp3

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for 8/19/06

Bill Childs — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:41:01 +0000

It’s a sleepy morning, at least for me, but here we are.

They Might Be Giants – Wake Up Call (No!)
Ariane Moffatt – Le Matin en Patins (French Playground)
Miles Davis – Move (Birth of the Cool)
Us 3 – Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (Hand on the Torch)
John Lithgow w/ Madeline Peyroux – Sunny Side of the Street (Sunny Side of the Street)
Ralph’s World – The Coffee Song (At the Bottom of the Sea)
Brian Wilson – Vega-Tables (Smile)
Justin Roberts – Day Camp (Way Out)
–song ID
Lucas Miller – Sail Away with Books (single)
Monty Harper – Paws Claws Scales and Tales (Paws Claws Scales and Tales)
SteveSongs – No Good Toys
Cat’s Pajamas – Read to Me
Pointer Sisters – Pinball Number Count (Songs from the Street)
–song ID
ScribbleMonster – White Tail Deer (A Curious Glimpse of Michigan)
Ticklefish – Slug Bug (Icky Sticky)
Mary’s Danish – Mr. Floosack (Circa)
Ramones – Spider-Man (Saturday Morning Cartoon’s Greatest Hits)
Sippy Cups – I Wanna Be Elated
Mr. “S” – Frankie the French Fry (Songs for Family, Friends & Frogs)
Teacher & the Rockbots – Water Cycle (Science)
Imagination Movers – Calling All Movers (Calling All Movers)
Spoon – Fitted Shirt (Girls can Tell)
–song & legal ID
Trout Fishing in America – My Best Day (My Best Day)
Nields – The Unicorn (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
–song ID
Henning Ohlenbusch – Carnival (Looks Like I’m Tall)
Lunch Money – Rollercoaster (Silly Reflection)
Dennis Caraher – Little Bit Late (Dog Bone Town)
Owen Duggan – At the Codfish Ball (An Elephant Never Forgets)
Deedle Deedle Dees – Ina Mina Dika (Let It Dee)
Gustafer Yellowgold – Pterodactyl Tuxedo (Wide Wild World)
Gunnar Madsen – Tuna Fish (Ants in My Pants)
Loretta Lynn – High On A Mountain Top (Van Lear Rose)
Uncle Rock – Break a Few Eggs (Plays Well With Others)
Happy Monster – Do Your Ears Hang Low (Rhythm with Rhymes)
–song ID
La Sonora Dinamita – A Mover La Colita (World Playground 2)
Erin Flynn & the Co-Op Band – Looby Loo (Dreamers of Dreams)
Gwendolyn & the Good Time Band – Freedom of the Heart [Ooodily, Ooodily] (s/t)
Mr. David – Playground (The Great Adventures of Mr. David)
REM – We Walk (Murmur)
Enzo Garcia – Let’s Make Pizza (LMNO Music)
–song ID
They Might Be Giants – Impossible (Bed Bed Bed)

Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for 8/12/06

Bill Childs — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:22:29 +0000

Our anniversary show, plus a guest DJ set from Amy Davis from The Lovely Mrs. Davis Tells You What To Think. MP3 at http://sparetherock.com/20060812.mp3.

They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm (Severe Tire Damage) (as if we could start with anything else)
The Nields – Anna, Kick a Hole in the Sky (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)
Uncle Rock – It’s a Mermaid (Here We Go!)
Lunch Money – Miniature Things (Silly Reflection)
Asheba – Little Anancy (Caribbean Playground)
Brady Rymer – Every Day Is A Birthday (Every Day Is A Birthday)
– song ID (including an excerpt from our first show)
Justin Roberts – It’s Your Birthday (Meltdown!)
John Sheldon – Roller Skating Baby (Mighty Fine Hound)
Stevie Wonder – 1-2-3 Sesame Street (Songs from the Street)
–song ID
Thunderlords – Old Man Olaf (Noisy Songs for Noisy Kids)
Candy Band – Rock, Paper, Scissors (More Candy)
Talking Heads – Stay Up Late (Little Creatures)
Pencilhead and the Playground Punks – Wedgie (Punk Salad)
The Go! Team – Junior Kickstart (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
The RTTs – Turn It Up Mommy (Turn It Up Mommy)
Audrarox – Short Attention Span (AudraRox)
Shonen Knife – Frogphobia (Brand New Knife)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – Chocolate Milk (Chocolate Milk)
–song ID
(Guest set by Amy Davis)
Parker Bent – Count On
Frances England – Digging in the Dirt
Justin Roberts – Billy the Bully
Dan Zanes – Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Warren Zanes – Mating Calls
Hipwaders – Twitchy
James Superstar Kochalk – Hockey Monkey
Guv’ner – Lucky Ladybug
Wilson Lake & the Rock Bass – Kersplash
Charity & the JAMband – Whatcha Gonna Bring
Jill Sobule – Survivor
Don Robertson – The Happy Whistler
Bobby Bare – Singin’ in the Kitchen
Andy Offutt Irwin – Maribel
Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul
–conversation with Amy Davis
They Might Be Giants – Robot Parade (Live)

2006-08-10 Swimming with Sharks

Bill Childs — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:19:47 +0000

Alan Vogel and Bill Childs discussing the legal news of the day, including legal education, judicial confirmation hearings, motorcycles, and more.

http://masstort.org/sharks/20060810.mp3

8/5/06 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Bill Childs — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:24:13 +0000

They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constaninople) (Flood)
Mr. David – Hello! (The Great Adventures of Mr. David)
Dan Zanes – Hello Hello (EP)
Cat’s Pajamas – Senor Don Gato (Reading Rocks)
Asheba – Ahmahlittle Pumpkin (Children are the Sunshine)
Justin Roberts – I Chalk (Meltdown!)
ScribbleMonster & His Pals – Pick Up the Toys (Best of Friends)
–song ID
Beatles – Good Day Sunshine (Revolver)
Milkshake ID
Milkshake – Bottle of Sunshine (Bottle of Sunshine)
Johnny Bregar – Moon (Stomp Yer Feet!)
Babaloo – Room For Everyone (Room For Everyone)
–song ID
Miz B – Raise the Brain (Raise the Brain)
REM – Stand (Green)
RTTs – Snack Time (Turn It Up Mommy!)
Joel Caithamer – Bobby’s Been Bad but Wanda’s Been Worse (Activate!)
Terrible Twos – When I Get To Eleven (If You Ever See An Owl)
Candy Band – Get Up Already (LolliPunk)
Replacements – Seen Your Video (Let It Be)
–interview with Asheba
–Legal ID
Baby Loves Jazz – 10 Little Monkeys (Baby Loves Jazz)
Frances England – Charlie Parker (Fascinating Creatures)
Asylum Street Spankers – I Am My Own Grandpa (The Bottle Let Me Down)
–song ID
Purple Stripes – Aba Daba Honeymoon (s/t)
Rebecca Frezza – Tall and Small (Tall and Small)
Kid Koala – Fruit Belt (See You on the Moon)
Lunch Money – Roller Coaster (Silly Reflection)
–ScribbleJim phone interview
Ralph’s World – We Are Ants (Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro)
Yosi – Eat, Repeat (What’s Eatin’ Yosi?)
– Justin Roberts intervew
Erin Flynn & the Co-Op Band – Mary Mack (Dreamers of Dreams)
The Quiet Ones – How Fast Can You Run (Make Some Noise)
Roger Day – Ready to Fly (Ready to Fly)
–song ID
They Might Be Giants – Free to Be You and Me

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