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Bill Childs
May 4, 2009, 12:33:36 PM5/4/09
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Hi everyone,
Thanks to all of you who came out to the River's Meltdown Music and
Book Bash in March! We had a tremendous turnout, great music and
authors and other entertainment, and I sure hope you all had fun.
We're already making our plans for next year...
I've got a ton of stuff to tell you about in this e-mail -- a series
of great shows at the Iron Horse, some super cool guest DJ sets on the
radio show, and more. So please do read through it!
First, I'm thrilled to announce that we've been working with the Iron
Horse folks to put together an amazing series of shows over the coming
months. The No Nap Happy Hour series will be on Sunday afternoons at
2:00 (1:30 doors) at the Iron Horse (downtown Northampton). Most of
the shows will be $10 in advance, $13 at the door; tickets available
at http://iheg.com.
The shows we can announce so far are below. It's not overstating
things to say that this is as good a lineup of family music as you're
likely to find anywhere in the country...and this is just the start of
what we hope to be a long-standing series.
May 31 - Uncle Rock and the Playthings Trio kick off the series.
Uncle Rock played the Meltdown and has done a number of solo shows
here over the last couple of years, but this is the first local
appearance by his great trio, the Playthings. Check out Uncle Rock at
http://unclerock.com/ -- it'll be a great time. (Uncle Rock will also
guest DJ on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, on Saturday, May 30.)
July 26 - Lunch Money. Check out this great NPR All Things Considered
piece on Lunch Money - http://is.gd/mdj8 - and also check out their
website - http://lunchmoneymusic.com - and you should be convinced. I
just saw them in Brooklyn this last weekend and their shows are fun,
engaging, and guaranteed to make you and your kids happy. (Lunch
Money will guest DJ on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, on Saturday,
July 25.)
August 23 - Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Trio.
http://justinroberts.org/ Justin Roberts creates intelligent and
whimsical rock for the whole family and is one of the true stars of
the kindie rock scene, often playing festivals and the like. This is
a great opportunity to see Justin and the trio in an intimate setting.
September 20 - Deedle Deedle Dees. If you were at the Meltdown, these
guys need no real introduction; they co-headlined the event and rocked
the house. They call themselves an educational rock band (see
http://thedeedledeedledees.com/), but that doesn't remotely do them
justice. Terrific musicians, witty songwriters, and infectious live,
this show will be fantastic. They'll be playing lots of new songs
from the probably-by-then-released new record (which, yes, includes a
song about me wearing a dress to school).
In addition to the guest DJ sets mentioned above, we've got these
guest DJ sets airing on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child:
Saturday, June 6 - Monte Belmonte (mornings on 93.9 The River) and
Atticus (his son)
Saturday, June 13 - Ashley from the Jimmies
Saturday, June 20 - Ziggy Marley! Yes, Ziggy Marley. Ziggy will be
playing a family show in Boston on July 24 and spinning some tunes on
our show.
Saturday, June 27 - Recess Monkey takes over the whole darn show in
the lead-up to the River's Summer Recess with Recess Monkey on July 12
(free show downtown - details to come)
Saturday, July 11 - Adam from the Bunny Clogs
(And finally, while it's not a show we're putting on, Elizabeth
Mitchell is coming back to town, playing at the Eric Carle Museum on
Saturday, June 13.)
Okay, so, mark your calendars. And listen to the show -- Saturday
mornings, 8-10 on 93.9 The River (wrsi.com) or 7-9 on 103.3 VFR - to
hear more. (And, incidentally, did you know you can listen to our old
shows any time you like on our page on http://wrsi.com? You can.
Just go to "Spare the Rock" under "Hosts.")
And please come out to the shows -- the Iron Horse is taking a chance
on families coming out to these shows; let's show that it's a good
chance to take! Buy your tickets in advance, both to save some money
and to show your support for live music for families.
All right, I think that's enough for one e-mail. See you all around!
Rock,
Bill & Ella & sometimes Liam
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
http://sparetherock.com
Thanks to all of you who came out to the River's Meltdown Music and
Book Bash in March! We had a tremendous turnout, great music and
authors and other entertainment, and I sure hope you all had fun.
We're already making our plans for next year...
I've got a ton of stuff to tell you about in this e-mail -- a series
of great shows at the Iron Horse, some super cool guest DJ sets on the
radio show, and more. So please do read through it!
First, I'm thrilled to announce that we've been working with the Iron
Horse folks to put together an amazing series of shows over the coming
months. The No Nap Happy Hour series will be on Sunday afternoons at
2:00 (1:30 doors) at the Iron Horse (downtown Northampton). Most of
the shows will be $10 in advance, $13 at the door; tickets available
at http://iheg.com.
The shows we can announce so far are below. It's not overstating
things to say that this is as good a lineup of family music as you're
likely to find anywhere in the country...and this is just the start of
what we hope to be a long-standing series.
May 31 - Uncle Rock and the Playthings Trio kick off the series.
Uncle Rock played the Meltdown and has done a number of solo shows
here over the last couple of years, but this is the first local
appearance by his great trio, the Playthings. Check out Uncle Rock at
http://unclerock.com/ -- it'll be a great time. (Uncle Rock will also
guest DJ on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, on Saturday, May 30.)
July 26 - Lunch Money. Check out this great NPR All Things Considered
piece on Lunch Money - http://is.gd/mdj8 - and also check out their
website - http://lunchmoneymusic.com - and you should be convinced. I
just saw them in Brooklyn this last weekend and their shows are fun,
engaging, and guaranteed to make you and your kids happy. (Lunch
Money will guest DJ on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, on Saturday,
July 25.)
August 23 - Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Trio.
http://justinroberts.org/ Justin Roberts creates intelligent and
whimsical rock for the whole family and is one of the true stars of
the kindie rock scene, often playing festivals and the like. This is
a great opportunity to see Justin and the trio in an intimate setting.
September 20 - Deedle Deedle Dees. If you were at the Meltdown, these
guys need no real introduction; they co-headlined the event and rocked
the house. They call themselves an educational rock band (see
http://thedeedledeedledees.com/), but that doesn't remotely do them
justice. Terrific musicians, witty songwriters, and infectious live,
this show will be fantastic. They'll be playing lots of new songs
from the probably-by-then-released new record (which, yes, includes a
song about me wearing a dress to school).
In addition to the guest DJ sets mentioned above, we've got these
guest DJ sets airing on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child:
Saturday, June 6 - Monte Belmonte (mornings on 93.9 The River) and
Atticus (his son)
Saturday, June 13 - Ashley from the Jimmies
Saturday, June 20 - Ziggy Marley! Yes, Ziggy Marley. Ziggy will be
playing a family show in Boston on July 24 and spinning some tunes on
our show.
Saturday, June 27 - Recess Monkey takes over the whole darn show in
the lead-up to the River's Summer Recess with Recess Monkey on July 12
(free show downtown - details to come)
Saturday, July 11 - Adam from the Bunny Clogs
(And finally, while it's not a show we're putting on, Elizabeth
Mitchell is coming back to town, playing at the Eric Carle Museum on
Saturday, June 13.)
Okay, so, mark your calendars. And listen to the show -- Saturday
mornings, 8-10 on 93.9 The River (wrsi.com) or 7-9 on 103.3 VFR - to
hear more. (And, incidentally, did you know you can listen to our old
shows any time you like on our page on http://wrsi.com? You can.
Just go to "Spare the Rock" under "Hosts.")
And please come out to the shows -- the Iron Horse is taking a chance
on families coming out to these shows; let's show that it's a good
chance to take! Buy your tickets in advance, both to save some money
and to show your support for live music for families.
All right, I think that's enough for one e-mail. See you all around!
Rock,
Bill & Ella & sometimes Liam
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
http://sparetherock.com
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