Spare the Rock

Spare the Rock Spoil the Child

For over fifteen years Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child has been providing the soundtrack to thousands of childhoods around the country. The show plays “indie music for indie kids,” including the best of music aimed at kids (like Dan Zanes, Moona Luna, Ella Jenkins, Pierce Freelon, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lunch Money, Caspar Babypants, and They Might Be Giants) right along side kid-friendly tracks from the likes of The Ramones, Mike Doughty, Ella Fitzgerald, Brian Eno, Pizzicato Five, Andrew Bird, Fishbone, and more.

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Episode One: Episode 1: 2020-06-28 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Created by: Spare the Rock

USA under 5's 6-10 11+

Started: June 29th, 2020

Status: Active, 217 episodes

Kind: Episodic

Language: English

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Episode 19: 2020-11-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{59:00 | November 23rd, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – No! Elliott Park interview Elliott Park – To The Moon and Back (new) Glenn Miller – Rhapsody in Blue ID Taj Mahal – Great Big Boat [WJFF/KCMJ – Cloud Cult – Best Time Of My Life

Episode 18: 2020-11-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{59:00 | November 16th, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – I Just Want to Dance Amyliza de Jesus & Marla Vannucci – Kindness is King Ziggy Marley w/ Ben Harper – Play With Sky (new) ID Dean Jones & Jacky Davis – Where Does Your Mind Wan

Episode 17: 2020-11-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{59:00 | November 12th, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Boat of Car (feat. The Other Thing Brass Band) Haley Bonar – I Wanna Be Like You Mates of State – Pink Sugar Elephants ID Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem – They All Ask’d For You (in-s

Episode 16: 2020-10-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{58:59 | October 19th, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Alphabet Lost and Found Caspar Babypants – Live Like a Baby (new) ID Lunch Money – To Be a Fossil Lucky Diaz – El Sol Tesega ID The Sunny Smiles Three – Rainbow Rise (new) [WJFF

Episode 15: 2020-10-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{58:59 | October 12th, 2020}

Episode 14: 2020-10-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{58:59 | October 5th, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Apartment Four Dean Jones & Jacky Davis – Better Together (new) ID The Pointer Sisters – Pinball Number Count Asylum Street Spankers – Everybody Loves My Baby Joanie Leeds – RBG

Episode 13: 2020-09-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{59:00 | September 28th, 2020}

This week’s show and promos are up: http://sparetherock.com/wordpress/for-stations/ or go directly to the Dropbox folder: http://tinyurl.com/strdownload If you have Dropbox and would like to be added to this folder (so you automatically get the updated fi

Episode 12: 2020-09-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
^{58:57 | September 21st, 2020}

1st set They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants – Number Two Mister G – Earth Beneath Your Feet (new) ID Elizabeth Cotten – Freight Train Elizabeth Mitchell – This Land is Your Land ID Katrina & the Waves – Walking on Sunshine

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Created by: Spare the Rock
Started: June 29th, 2020
Status: Active, 217 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English

USA under 5's 6-10 11+

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Spare the Rock Spoil the Child

There are 217 episodes

Episode One: Episode 1: 2020-06-28 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

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Episodes

Episode 19: 2020-11-22 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 59:00 | November 23rd, 2020

Episode 18: 2020-11-15 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 59:00 | November 16th, 2020

Episode 17: 2020-11-08 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 59:00 | November 12th, 2020

Episode 16: 2020-10-18 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 58:59 | October 19th, 2020

Episode 15: 2020-10-11 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 58:59 | October 12th, 2020

Episode 14: 2020-10-04 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 58:59 | October 5th, 2020

Episode 13: 2020-09-27 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 59:00 | September 28th, 2020

Episode 12: 2020-09-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child 58:57 | September 21st, 2020