Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Playlists

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Meet James Ensor Red Yarn in-studio [WJFF/KCMJ/KUTX: Gourds - Fossil Contender] 2nd set Glen Hansard - Winning Streak (new) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID ScribbleMonster - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Sleigh Bells - A/B Machines Trip Shakespeare - Two Wheeler, Four Wheeler ID WJFF/KCMJ: Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music KUTX: Jonathan Richman - Buzz Buzz Buzz 3rd set Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hole in the Bucket Turkey Anderson - There’s a Knot in the Lace of My Shoe ID Renee & Friends - Starfish & Coffee (feat. Maya Rudolph) (new) Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Imaginary Friend ID Flans ID They Might Be Giants - Omnicorn (new) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Letterbox Elizabeth Mitchell - Winter’s Come and Gone (in-studio) ID Renee & Friends - Precious (premiere) The Wiggly Tendrils - Ukulele Baby (new) Alastair Moock - People (new) ID Gustafer Yellowgold - Cakenstein (new) John & Mark - A Counting Error ID [KUTX/WJFF/KCMJ - Dan Zanes w/ Angelique Kidjo - Jamaica Farewell] 2nd set Frances England - Firefly ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Chibi Kodama - I’m Always Right (new) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir Recess Monkey ID Recess Monkey - Knocktopus [KUTX - Lunch Money - Awake] [WJFF/KCMJ -Talking Heads - Don’t Worry About the Government] 3rd set Michael Jackson - Rockin’ Robin Mista Cookie Jar w/ Aaron Nigel Smith - Sunshine Family (new) ID The Bazillions - Outside (new) Haley Bonar - Sing With Me Red Yarn - Old Molly Hare (new, Scottish Rite 8/15) ID Flans Dial-A-Song ID They Might Be Giants - Walking My Cat Named Dog (new) (Norma Tanega cover) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

It's our 10th anniversary show, and we're playing nothing but music from the very start of the show! 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Alphabet of Nations (in-studio) ID [First ever ID] Dan Zanes & Friends - Jump Up Frank Black - Jumpin’ Beans ID Elizabeth Mitchell - Ladybug Picnic Cake - Mahna Mahna ID Asylum Street Spankers - I’m My Own Grandpa Joe McDermott - My Cat Can Fly ID [WJFF/KCMJ - Ella Jenkins - Counting from 1 to 10 in Spanish] 2nd set Kelly Hogan - Senor El Gato ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Aquabats - Pizza Day [Ella Day Camp talk] Justin Roberts - Day Camp Suburbs - Cows [Ella cows & llamas talk] CandyBand - Get Up Already ID 3rd set Ella Fitzgerald - Don’t Fence Me In Lionrock - Fire Up the Shoesaw Sara Hickman - Radiation Man ID They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm (live in-studio) [Ella Dr. Worm] They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Ten Mississippi Randy Kaplan - Loquat Rooftop ID Red Yarn - Mr. Rabbit (Scottish Rite 8/15) Mil’s Trills - Say Hey! (new) ID Michael Franti & Spearhead - Once a Day (new) [KUTX/WJFF/KCMJ - The Deedle Deedle Dees - Birds of America Don’t Care-Oh] 2nd set Bill Withers - Lovely Day ID/prep to Rock (CARL) TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Rainbow Beast - Happy Clouds Lunch Money - Tiny Dinosaurs Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio Mr. Leebot & the Boogers - (Having a Blast) At the Pool ID [KUTX - Sweet Honey in the Rock - I Got Shoes] [WJFF/KCMJ - Justin Roberts - Dad Caught Stars] 3rd set Tegan & Sara - Everything is Awesome Brick Fiesta Interview Recess Monkey - Brick by Brick ID Luscious Jackson - Yeah Yeah No No Royal Order of Chords & Keys - Cookies & Milk Ratboy Jr. - Banana Stand ID They Might Be Giants - 813 Mile Car Trip They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Happy Doesn’t Have to Have An Ending Ratboy Jr. - The Wind Wants (new) Electric Company bumper Sumet Ong-Art - Our Sea (new) Red Yarn - Buckeye Rabbit (new) ID (Scottish Rite August 15) Renee & Jeremy - C’mon Mister G - El Leon y la luna (new) ID (by request for Trina) The Merry Macs - Marizy Doats [KUTX - Dan Wilson - Willie the King] [WJFF/KCMJ - Tripping Daisy - Sigmund & The Seamonsters] 2nd set Charlie Hope - From You (in-studio) ID/prep to Rock (Carl K) TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Superchunk - FOH Josh & the Jamtones - Race U Massive Nights bumper Madness - Our House The Not-Its! - Come Play At Our House ID 3rd set Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights - Meshugana ID Van McCoy - The Hustle Koo Koo Kanga Roo (feat. POS) - Shake It Well Play Date - Ninja Pajamas (feat. POS) (new) ID They Might Be Giants -Dinner Bell They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

What a week! TMBG's Danny Weinkauf came by Studio 1A, AND new music from Red Yarn and Andrew & Polly, AND a special appearance by NPR's Carl Kasell. Yes, Carl Kasell. I can hardly believe it either. 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - I Am A Paleontologist Danny Weinkauf in-studio Miles Davis - Venus De Milo [KUTX/WJFF/KCMJ - Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots] 2nd set Red Yarn - Mole in the Ground (new, at Scottish Rite 8/15) ID/prep to Rock (Carl K) TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Big Star - Thank You Friends Egg & Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - I Like Fruit 97x bumper Elizabeth Mitchell w/ Levon Helm - Mystery Train Yosi - Hole in the Ground [KUTX - Lunch Money - Spicy Kid] [WJFF/KCMJ -Dog on Fleas - Give It Away] 3rd set Andrew & Polly - Two Little Birds (new) Father Goose w/ Dan Zanes & Coolie Ranx - Constant Sorrow ID Milkshake - Bottle of Sunshine Cloud Cult - Good Friend ID They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (live) They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

You can watch one of Dale Watson's songs in studio 1A here: 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Stalk of Wheat Dale Watson in-studio [KUTX - Dan Zanes - Moonlit Town] [WJFF/KCMJ -Dan Zanes - Moonlit Town] 2nd set The Wiggly Tendrils - The Monster Song (new) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID CandyBand - Monsters Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing Lazy Bones bumper Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Jambalaya ID [KUTX - Rachel Loshak - Oh Girl] [WJFF/KCMJ - Renee & Jeremy - Magic Life] 3rd set Mister G - Vamonos (premiere) Jazzy Ash - Tandem Bike (premiere) ID The Bazillions - Q and U (new) Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home ID Flans Dial-A-Song They Might Be Giants - Thinking Machine They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - I Am Not Your Broom Gustafer Yellowgold in-studio   [KUTX - Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)]   [WJFF/KCMJ - Jonathan Richman - El UFO Man]   2nd set Quiet Company - At the First Sonogram (new) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Fastbacks - One of These Things Quiet Ones - Ultrafoot Lazy Bones bumper Ozomatli - Balloon Fest Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine ID   [WJFF/KCMJ -Lunch Money - You Were a Basket of Flowers]   3rd set Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out Brandi Carlile - Have You Ever ID The Que Pastas - First Day of Summer fiREHOSE - For the Singer of REM Bag of Hammers bumper REM - Shiny Happy People/Furry Happy Monsters ID Flans Dial-A-Song They Might Be Giants - Hello Mrs. Wheelyke They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Electric Car Lucky Diaz in-studio [WJFF/KCMJ/KUTX - I’m From Barcelona - Collection of Stamps] 2nd set Nick Drake - Pink Moon ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Dick Dale - Miserlou Yellow Whale - Mr. Tinkly Pants (new) The Not-Its! - Raise Your Hand Electric Company bumper Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers Todd McHatton - Ooh Shiny ID [KUTX - The Travoltas - Public Skool] [WJFF/KCMJ - Eric Herman - Time Machine] 3rd set Red Yarn - Ain’t Gonna Rain (new) ID Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star Us 3 - Cantaloup Lazy Bones bumper Dog on Fleas - Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step? ID They Might Be Giants - The Guitar They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - I Am Not Your Broom Lunch Money - Somehow a Frog Finds a Pond ID (frog bed) The Impressions - It’s All Right Barenaked Ladies - Things Recess Monkey - Lighter than Air (new) ID Fountains of Wayne - Trucks [WJFF/KCMJ/KUTX - Zee Avi - Don’t Worry, Be Happy] 2nd set Walter Martin - Sing to Me (feat. Karen O) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID XTC - Do What You Do The Bazillions - Super Hero Rock Band (new) 1977 bumper Play Date - Cardboard Box (new) Matthew Sweet - Scooby Doo ID [KUTX - Lucky Diaz - Tres Ratones] [WJFF/KCMJ - Primate Fiasco - Doggy in the Window] 3rd set the Good Miss Padgett - Mommy’s Lips Alastair Moock - You Might Be a Girl (premiere) (playing Northampton’s Parlor Room 6/27) (All Kinds of You And Me) ID Red Yarn - Grizzly Bear (new) Ratboy Jr. - What Does the Farm Do? (new) Talking Heads - Stay Up Late ID They Might Be Giants - Computer Assisted Design They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Flying V Bunny Clogs in-studio Okee Dokee Brothers - Big Rock Candy Mountain (w/ Hubby Jenkins from Carolina Chocolate Drops) ID [KUTX: Lunch Money - Miniature Things] 2nd set Alejandro Escovedo - Sad and Dreamy (the Big 1-0) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Babe the Blue OX - Surfin’ Minnesota Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World (Remote Control Version) Tribe Called Quest bumper Rhythm Child - Everybody is the One ID [WJFF/KCMJ: Bears & Lions - Pancakes] [KUTX: Elska - The Land of Lost Socks] 3rd set Wunmi - Rainbow Matt & Kim - Hoodie On (kid edit) (new) ID Turkey Anderson - There’s a Knot in the Lace of My Shoe Strumero - Jalon Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke ID Flans ID They Might Be Giants - Vote or Don’t They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Put It To The Test Doubleclicks in-studio [KUTX/KCMJ/WJFF: Whirlygigs - Sittin On a Cloud] 2nd set Elena Moon Park - Sol Nal (Asian Playground) (new) ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Terri Hendrix - Nerves Superchunk - FOH Bag of Hammers bumper Jimmies - Every Day’s a Holiday Terrible Twos - When I Get To Eleven [KUTX: Mates of State - Jellyman Kelly] [WJFF/KCMJ: Justin Roberts - Fruit Jar] 3rd set Pointed Man Band - Gypsy Whale Waltz (new) Telephone Company - Mustache ID Lucky Diaz & the Family jam Band - Lines and Dots Harmonica Pocket - Raindrops (new) The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun ID They Might Be Giants - Read a Book They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

It was fun to talk to Don Tate; check out his website! 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Robot Parade Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble - Cumbe ID Joe McDermott - My Cat Can Fly Loretta Lynn - High on a Mountain Top ID Laura Freeman - Indigo and Violet Dean Jones - Sing Like a Sparrow (feat. Felice Brothers) ID (Mister G at ACL) Mister G - Cocodrilio [59:00 version - Lunch Money - You Are Here] [KUTX - The Que Pastas - Gene the Brave] 2nd set Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID Fugazi - Waiting Room ScribbleJim ID ScribbleMonster - Chocolate Milk 97x bumper Frank Turner - I Still Believe Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band - Skunk Strut (new) ID (Lucky at Kaleidoscope Toys in Round Rock June 6) 3rd set Interview with Don Tate The Deedle Deedle Dees - Bring ‘Em In Jazzy Ash - Backyard Camping ID Recess Monkey - Get Your Ticket (new) Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix) ID They Might Be Giants - Got Getting Up So Down They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

It was super great to have Carrie Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs" come by and sing a couple of songs. You can see them sing one here: 1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID Flans dial-a-song ID They Might Be Giants - Glean (new) Carrie Rodriguez in-studio Lori Henriques - How Great Can This Day Be? (new) ID The Deedle Deedle Dees - Henry (Hudson), How Ya Gonna Find a Way? [59:00 version - Buddy Miller - Sneaky Snake] 2nd set Willie Nelson - Won’t You Ride in my Little Red Wagon ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID The Sippy Cups - Springtime Fantastic The Pixies - Tony’s Theme Bunny Clogs - 3 Dogs and a Pancake Not Unusual bumper Ralph’s World - The Great Outdoors Milkshake - Baltimore Jonathan Coulton - The Princess Who Saved Herself ID 3rd set Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - This Land is Your Land Shine & the Moonbeams - High Five ID The Pop Ups - Robot Dance Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Shake It Well (feat. POS) ID They Might Be Giants -I Am a Grocery Bag They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Particle Man Dan Zanes & Friends - Side by Side (w/ Father Goose) ID Brian Eno - I’ll Come Running Elizabeth Mitchell - Lovely Day ID Sara Hickman - Middle of a Little Country Road Elizabeth McQueen - This Little Piggy ID 2nd set Lead Belly - Rock Island Line ID/prep to Rock TMBG - Don’t Spare the Rock! ID CandyBand - Down By The Bay Justin Roberts - Meltdown The Ramones - Spider Man 1977 bumper Asylum Street Spankers - Sliver Lunch Money - Tiny Dinosaurs Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band - Piñata Attack (Spanish) ID [WJFF/KCMJ: The Board of Education - The Lonely Tomato] 3rd set Mates of State in-studio (Now, True Love Will Find You In The End) Frances England - Mind of my Own ID Prince - Starfish & Coffee ID Flans ID They Might Be Giants -Thinking Machine They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock