Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

Archive of the show is here.

We had a great time today with Ben Rudnick and his friends Arnie and local hero Bruce. We'll be playing the songs they played for us next week along with a short interview. Thanks to Ben and Arnie for coming out here, and to Bruce for hosting us and providing some terrific recording equipment!

Here are the songs we played:

They Might Be Giants - No! (No!)
Thomas Fersen - Croque (French Playground)
Johnette Downing - Fish Dance (Music Time)
Beatles - Octopus's Garden (Abbey Road)
Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues - Great Big Boat (Caribbean Playground)
Justin Roberts - Willie Was a Whales (Yellow Bus)
Danny Adlerman & Friends - School Bus Driver (One Size Fits All)
Eddie Coker - Sadness Train (Hmmm...)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now (Hot)
SteveSongs - Elephant Hide and Seek (Marvelous Day!)
Two of a Kind - Love Makes a Family (Love Makes a Family)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - This Land Is Your Land (Naturally)
Cornell Hurd Band - Don't Wipe Your Face On Your Shirt (The Bottle Let Me Down)
Thunder Lords - Ice Cream Headache (Noisy Songs for Noisy Kids)
Neko Case & AC Newman & Friends - Twin Cinema (Twin Cinema)
Scribble Monster & His Pals - Dance Party (Best of Friends)
Bzots - How Much Is That Elephant? (Powered Up!)
Candy Band - Blackbird (Lollipunk)
Reverend Horton Heat - Jonny Quest/Stop That Pigeon (Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits)
Jonathan Richman - El UFO Man
The Telephone Company - Mustache (The King's Surprise?)
Leonardo - Do it Myself (Makin' Lemonade)
Ben Rudnick - I Got A New Friend (Blast Off!)
Steve Weeks - Professor Poindexter P. Puggleston's Prepostrapercopopulataportapipplephone (Alphabet Songs Vol. II - Ivan Idea)
Lucas Miller - The Chimichanga Song (I Was a Supa-Dupa Pupa)
Claudia Martinez - Nichim Vuil (World Playground 2)
Trout Fishing in America - My Best Day (inFINity)
Elizabeth Mitchell - Jubilee (You Are My Sunshine)
Milkshake - Bottle of Sunshine (Bottle of Sunshine)
Brady Rymer - It's All How You Look At It (Look At My Belly)
Dan Zanes (with Loudon Wainwright III) - All Around the Kitchen (Family Dance)
Ralph's World - Fly Me To The Moon (At the Bottom of the Sea)
Billy Jonas - Bear to the Left (What Kind of Cat Are You?)
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (Live) (Severe Tire Damage)