1st set

They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock

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They Might Be Giants – Impossible

The Okee Dokee Brothers – Little Bird

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Joe & Odell Thompson – Love Somebody (Soldier’s Joy)

Cathy & Marcy with Chrstylez Bacon – Froggy Went A Courtin’

SaulPaul – Rise (in-studio)

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Bobby Bare – I Care

[KUTX/WFNU – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats – Me Cai, Per Me Levante

[WJFF – Oran Etkin – Eh La Bas

2nd set

Frances England – Little Star (new)

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Suburbs – Rattle My Bones

Throwing Muses – Counting Backwards

ScribbleMonster & His Pals – Do The Bounce

Weezer – My Best Friend

Ultrasonic Kids – BFF

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3rd set

Timbuk 3 – Facts About Cats

Miss Lynn’s Rainbow Machine – Animal Best Friends

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Josh Lovelace – Climb a Tree

Tim and the Space Cadets – Superhero

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They Might Be Giants – Happy Doesn’t Have to Have An Ending

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They Might Be Giants – Boss of Me (Country-Style)

Lee Dorsey – Yes We Can

SaulPaul – Love is the Dream (ft. Sean Ardoin)

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Little Folkies – Cooking in the Kitchen (new)

Todd McHatton – I Think I’m a Bunny

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JR JR – Back to the Land

[KUTX/WFNU – Apples in Stereo – Vocoder Ba Ba

[WJFF – Heidi Swedberg – Istanbul

2nd set

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family – Go Waggaloo

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Slothrust – Planetarium

Frank Turner – Our Lady of the Campfire

Marty I’m Afraid – (My Best Friend’s) The Axolotl

Alex the Astronaut – Haircut

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3rd set

Babe the Blue OX – Rube Goldberg

Johnny & the Raindrops – Life is Better on a Bicycle (new)

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Asylum Street Spankers – Everybody Loves My Baby

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down – There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

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They Might Be Giants – Doctor Worm (live at Spare the Rock)

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They Might Be Giants – Walking My Cat Named Dog

Little Folkies – Look at the Colors (new)

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SaulPaul – Texas Two Step WeMix

Strawbitty Yops – Bubble Song

Cloud Companion – Waking Up

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Richard Julian – Spring is Just Around the Corner

[KUTX/WFNU – Reggie Houston & Lori Henriques – Spring in the Air

[WJFF – Lunch Money – To Be A Fossil

2nd set

Elizabeth Mitchell – Little Spring (in-studio)

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The Sippy Cups – Springtime Fantastic

Donkey Hodie – Rock And Roll With It (new)

Uncle Rock – Rock & Roll Babysitter

I’m From Barcelona – Treehouse

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3rd set

Suzi Shelton & Benjamin ft. Katie Ha Ha Ha – Up In Our Treehouse

The Okee Dokee Brothers ft. Cathy Fink – Walking with Spring

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Dan & Claudia Zanes – A Friend in Springtime

Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell

Wild Child – Things We Love (new)

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They Might Be Giants – I haven’t Seen You In Forever

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They Might Be Giants – Thinking Machine

Wild Child – Animals (new)  

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Bananer Man – The Ballad of Fuzzy Wuzzy and Honey Woney (new)

Father Goose – Jamaica Ska

Laurie Berkner – Going on a Hunt (ska version)

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Justin Roberts – Long Walk Home

[KUTX/WFNU – Lisa Loeb- Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone

[WJFF – Jonathan Coulton – The Princess Who Saved Herself

2nd set

Jazzy Ash – Tuba Lullaby

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Skankin’ Pickle – I Missed the Bus

Mega Ran – Dino Stomp at the Playground 

Sweet – Little Willy

NoMeansNo – Wiggly Worm (radio edit)

Mike Park – Wigily Wigily Worm

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3rd set

Esther Crow – Inch Worm

Ratboy Jr. – Worms

Dog on Fleas – Worms

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Go Banana Go! – The Parts of a Worm

Booger Bubble – Sherman the Worm Man

Wee Hairy Beasties – Glow Worm

Koo Koo – 200 Worms

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They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm (live)

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This week, we’re celebrating South by Southwest, with a look back at almost 20 years of presenting shows there and a celebration of this year’s I Can Be Anything edition of The Breakfast Boogie, a tribute to Reading Rainbow!

1st set

They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock

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They Might Be Giants – Nonagon

Haley Bonar – I Wanna Be Like You (2013)

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Laura Freeman – Indigo and Violet (2013)

Gina Chavez – Bug Bug (2015 & 2016, Pan Am)

El Tule – Topo Chico (2018)

Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship – I Want a Donut (2018)

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Riders Against the Storm – Lifetime (2016, 2018, 2019)

[KUTX/WFNU – SaulPaul – Game Day (many years)

[WJFF – Mister G – Together As One

2nd set

Deedle Deedle Dees – A Song for Abigail Adams (live at SXSW 2013)

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Koo Koo & The Shackletons – Cat Party (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)

Bunny Clogs – 3 Dogs and a Pancake (2009)

Parker Woodland – The World’s On Fire (And We Still Fall In Love) (2022, 2024)

Lucky Diaz – Piñata Attack (2016, 2017, 2018, 2024)

Waco Brothers – Fox (2024)

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3rd set

Strawbitty Yops – Let’s Make Some Music

Hot Toast Music Company – Bang on a Drum

ID (I Can Be Anything – Tuesday morning 10 to no on at Radio East, details at thebreakfastboogie.com)

Uncle Jumbo – Curiosity

Mega Ran – The Story of Rap

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They Might Be Giants – Particle Man

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They Might Be Giants – In The Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle (ft. Robin Goldwasser)

Dandelion – Look Around (new)

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Strawbitty Yops – This Womxn

Lucius & Yo Gabba Gabba – Silly in the Rain

Andra Day – Rise Up

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Mates of State – True Love Will Find You In The End (1A)

[KUTX/WFNU – Jazzy Ash – Miss Mary Mack

[WJFF – Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer – Birthday Pup

2nd set

Frances England – You Are My Sunshine (new)

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CandyBand – Down By The Bay

Lunch Money – Cookie as Big As My Head

The Not-Its! – Brain Freeze

VIAL – Lemonade

Play Date – You and I (new)

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3rd set

Cults – Go Outside

Kelly Hogan – Señor El Gato

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Wild Child – Feelings (new)

Betty Who – I Am The Wind

Valerie June – Friendship

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They Might Be Giants – Electric Car (ft. Robin Goldwasser)

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They Might Be Giants – My Name is Kingof Socks

Lloyd H. Miller & Dean Jones – V-2 Schneider

Mr. Trololo – Trololo Song

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The Que Pastas – Jim the Giant

The Roughhousers – Toenail Soup

The Quiet Ones – Invisible Trousers

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Brandi Carlile – Have You Ever

[KUTX/WFNU – Moondog – From One To Nine

[WJFF – Medeski, Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music?

2nd set

David and Jad Fair – Six Dozen Cookies 

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Babe the Blue OX – Surfin’ Minnesota

R. Stevie Moore – Horse in Striped Pajamas

Surfers – Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adam & the Bull Shark – Terrible Terrible Beast

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3rd set

Pickles the Pirate – Calm Seas (Make Terrible Sailors)

Tom Waits – Bend Down the Branches

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Booger Bubble – My Mother’s Secretly a Robot

Bzots – Workin the Assembly Line

The Pastels – Speeding Motorcycle

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – Lucktricity

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They Might Be Giants – John Lee Supertaster

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