We're Diggin'

Especially with my current state of wanderlust, I (and the girls) are loving the song "Road Trip" from Ellis Paul's new CD Dragonfly Races that has been playing recently on XMKids. Ellis will be performing here in Atlanta on March 9th, but we are, unfortunately, not able to go to the show, because, as it goes, I will be away on a trip.

Rumpus Room - Rebecca Frezza

This week is Rebecca Frezza in the Rumpus Room. We love Rebecca - "I Want to Fly Like Superman!" - and the harmonies her band creates. We were luck enough to get to see her perform once, and I hope we get to again one day again soon. Her new CD (Special Kind of Day) is coming our soon (I think April 8th), and it is great. A nice mix of songs for special days throughout the year.



New CD - Not Live:

Snow Day

Sidewalk Chalk

Play List:

Music in My Heart

Tall and Small

I'm A Kid

Sweet Harmony

Show Me!

It Goes ...

It Wasn't Me

Bee in a Tree

Monster in My Room

I Know I'm Going to Drive A Car

Won’t Let The Rain Keep Fallin’

Big Truck

13 under 13 - 22Feb2008

1. Alvin & The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor (17 weeks)
2. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want is You (7 weeks)
3. Reliant K - We Are The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (6 weeks)
4. The Doo-Dads - Mama Be Right Back (5 weeks)
5. The Naked Brothers Band - If That's Not Love (22 weeks)
6. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (6 weeks)
7. Amy Adams - Happy Working Song (13 weeks)
8. Fraggle Rock - Fraggle Rock Theme
9. TMBG - Seven Days Of the Week (2 weeks?)
10. Father Goose/Coolie Ranx - Bam Bam (23 weeks)
11. The Jimmies - What's That Sound? (18 weeks)
12. Transformers Soundtrack - Transformers (debut)
13. Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here (9 weeks)

New Music:
Mr. Saxophone - Welcome to the Jungle Gym

"Past Freshness Date":
Eileen Barton -If I Knew You Were Coming I'd a Baked a Cake (debut)

We're Diggin'

The couple of songs from the The Doo-Dads that have been playing on XMKids. I don't care much for the video that I found on YouTube; it doesn't seem to capture what I hear in the songs. Go listen to the clips at CDBaby, especially "Mama Be Right Back" and "Daddy Got a Day Off".

TMBG Special Special

This week, TMBG took over XMKids and put on a great show. The closest we've gotten to seeing TMBG live so far is at the Spare the Rock show in Brooklyn, where drummer Marty Beller came and played "D is for Drums." But the girls will get to go to the TMBG family show in Atlanta next month (I will unhappily have to miss it).

We are really enjoying the new Here Come the 123s CD, released this week.

Zooglobble has a great list of TMBG Links.

Playlist:

Seven Days A Week (My fave 123 so far)

Apartment 4

Hot Dog (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)

Impossible

No!

Clap Your Hands

Where Do They Make Balloons

Don't Cross the Street in the Middle

Beep Beep - The Playmates

Long Tall Texan - Murray Kellum

Mr. Zeros

Nonagon (Camille's fav 123)

I Can Add

My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone

Alphabet of Nations

E Eats Everything

Here Comes W

QU

Alphabet Lost and Found

Higglytown Heroes

One Dozen Monkeys (Chloe's fav 123)

C is for Conifers

Mesapotamians

Bed Bed Bed

Fibber Island

13 under 13 - 8Feb2008

1. Reliant K - We Are The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (4 weeks)
2. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want is You (5 weeks)
3. Fraggle Rock - Fraggle Rock Theme
4. Alvin & The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor (15 weeks)
5. The Doo-Dads - Mama Be Right Back (3 weeks)
6. The Naked Brothers Band - If That's Not Love (20 weeks)
7. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (4 weeks)
8. The Jimmies - What's That Sound? (16 weeks)
9. Amy Adams - Happy Working Song (11 weeks)
10. Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here (7 weeks)
11. Father Goose/Coolie Ranx - Bam Bam (21 weeks)
12. Meredith Brooks - Every Dog (13 weeks)
13. Eileen Barton -If I Knew You Were Coming I'd a Baked a Cake (debut)

New Music:
Asylum Street Spankers - You Only Love Me For My Lunch Box

"Past Freshness Date":
Asylum Street Spankers - Be Like You (22 weeks)

TMBG Very Special Special

As reported over at Zooglobble, They Might Be Giants is taking over XMKids this weekend (I suppose in lieu of a Rumpus Room concert.

Catch them on XMKids at (Eastern Time):
11pm Friday
9am Saturday
5pm Saturday
noon Sunday

Yeah for the XMKids Homeschoolers

The latest caller to Kenny was a homeschooler. Perhapd XM Kids should consider some cool show in the middle of the day directed at the homeschooling crowd out there (including us). Could be pretty cool, I think.

Rumpus Room - Peter Himmelman

This week is Peter Himmelman in the Rumpus Room. I loved the live sound of Peter Himmelman. The pianist was fantastic and added a lot to the music.


Good luck to Peter Himmelman at the Grammy Awards next week!




Play List:

Feet

A Dozen Roses

Little Bitty Baby

A World Where You Only Eat Candy

Theo

My Green Kite

Maybe Is A Bad Word

Sherm the Worm

My Best Friend Is a Salamander

13 under 13 - 1Feb2008

1. Reliant K - We Are The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (3 weeks)
2. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want is You (4 weeks)
3. Alvin & The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor (13 weeks)
4. Fraggle Rock - Fraggle Rock Theme
5. The Jimmies - What's That Sound? (15 weeks)
6. Amy Adams - Happy Working Song (10 weeks)
7. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (3 weeks)
8. The Naked Brothers Band - If That's Not Love (19 weeks)
9. The Doo-Dads - Mama Be Right Back (2 weeks)
10. Father Goose/Coolie Ranx - Bam Bam (20 weeks)
11. Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here (6 weeks)
12. Meredith Brooks - Every Dog (12 weeks)
13. Asylum Street Spankers - Be Like You (22 weeks)

"Past Freshness Date":

New Music:

TMBG - Seven Days A Week

Rumpus Room News

This weekend the Peter Himmelman will be playing on the Rumpus Room show. Peter's CD My Green Kite has been nominated for a Grammy Award.

We're Diggin'

A Justin Roberts song that I don't think I've heard before

"Everything Else Starts with E" from Great Big Sun. It may be an "oldie" but who cares? It's awesome! Too bad I couldn't find a video for it...

No Night Owls on the Animal Farm?

Chloe called in to talk to Kenny and request "I Wish I Lived In Michigan" by ScribbleMonster. When Chloe told him she had just got up (really she had been up for almost an hour playing in her room) at 10:15, he had to double-check that she was in fact in the Eastern time zone. Anyone who knows us knows that my kids take after their dad and are night owls...

Luck - Not the Skidoo Kind

At first, it seemed that Robbie wasn't taking calls. But then, he gave the XMKids phone number, and Chloe tried immediately and got through right away. He asked her what she was having for dinner (pizza and carrots) and if she ate her carrots like a rabbit...

Chloe's request? As Robbie had already said he was going to play Roger Day, she asked for "Chocolate Milk" from ScribbleMonster. Roger Day and ScribbleMonster were her two top choices tonight, and she had a hard time choosing between the two.

Robbie played their conversation on the air, which thrilled both girls! She didn't tell him where she was from, so either he remembered her, or he's got caller id :)

Dirk on the Phone

Chloe said that she wanted to call in and talk to Jerk the Chipmunk. Camille and I thought Dirk might get quite a bit insulted by the misnomer, so we saved him the pain and corrected her. Chloe called in to the Animal Farm and asked to speak with Dirk. She wanted to know if he was related to Alvin, but no, he is just a friend. He asked her what her favorite show was, and she said she only watched movies and that her favorite movie is Cinderella. Since the conversation didn't air, I'm not quite sure what else went on in the conversation. Dirk hung up without asking Chloe what song she wanted to hear. But Kenny had just played "Chocolate Milk" from ScribbleMonster so we'll say that was her choice.

Rumpus Room - Bari Koral Family Rock Band

This week is Bari Koral in the Rumpus Room. The band played a bunch of great songs, a few of which we knew from listening to XM Kids. All in all, I thought it was a great concert, and we look forward to adding The Bari Koral Family Rock Band CD to our collection.





Play List:

Let's Join In

A Day at the Beach

Packing up My Own Backpack

Jump

Back to School

Dad's New Car

The Farm Song

Ride in My Jet Plane

All Sing the Same Thing

Dance All Day

Nothing I Wouldn't Do

Clap It Left, Clap It Right

I Wanna Play in a Rock & Roll Band

13 under 13 - 25Jan2008

1. Fraggle Rock - Fraggle Rock Theme
2. Alvin & The Chipmunks - Witch Doctor (12 weeks)
3. Reliant K - We Are The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (2 weeks)
4. The Jimmies - What's That Sound? (14 weeks)
5. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want is You (3 weeks)
6. Amy Adams - Happy Working Song
7. The Naked Brothers Band - If That's Not Love (18 weeks)
8. Father Goose/Coolie Ranx - Bam Bam (19 weeks)
9. Dar Williams - The Babysitter's Here
10. Meredith Brooks - Every Dog (11 weeks)
11. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Luck (2 weeks)
12. Asylum Street Spankers - Be Like You (21 weeks - back up from 13)
13. The Doo-Dads - Mama Be Right Back (debut)

"Past Freshness Date":

The Shins - It's OK, Try Again (17 weeks)

New Music:

They Might Be Giants - Seven Days A Week

The Monsters at Our House Go Yeah

because Kenny is playing "A Monster Goes Rarrrgh!" from ScribbleMonster.

Strike Two

How's your belly laugh? The kids calling in are really funny...enough to get us all laughing along. Great theme!!

But, Camille (the first caller to Robbie tonight) requested "Rock n Roll Babysitter" from Uncle Rock, and Robbie couldn't find it. Sigh. I thought XMKids would have a greater breadth of music than that! The Plays Well With Others CD was a Gooney Bird Kids top pick in the 2006 Fids and Kamily Awards.

Missing CDs

Chloe called this morning to ask Kenny to play "Best of Friends" from ScribbleMonster. Unfortunately, he couldn't find it. He asked if she mind if he played The Michigan Song instead, and she acquiesed. We think XMKids should have the "Best of Friends" CD!