Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

18/07/2025

In addition to sending us some memories about our twenty years on the air, if you really want to do something to celebrate, make an extra donation to K*TX 98.9 or your local community or public station. It's never been more important to support your local public radio station. Help keep us and everything else you love about public media strong and going.

Congress just voted to cut public media funding, and K*T and K*TX stand to lose an estimated $1.2 million a year. Your support is more critical than ever. Every dollar fuels the local reporting, music and podcasts you value. Donate today at donate.kutx.org.

15/07/2025

This week, we’ll take a break from celebrating our 20th birthday by celebrating the new record from Go Banana Go and Flula Borg; they’re taking over the whole darn show with a raucous guest DJ set. Flula may be the funniest person I’ve ever spoken to?

09/07/2025

Get out there, friends.

EVENT LOCATION: This event is taking place INSIDE Dell Hall at the Long Center located at 701 W. Riverside Drive in Austin, TX 78704.

07/07/2025

So. We turn 20 years old next month. Objectively weird.

I'd love to hear from you and your kids and your grandkids and your band members and everyone else what the show (or our events or the label) has meant to you as part of our on-air celebration.

I'll make a donation to Kerr County flood relief for each submission.

Details, some history, and how to submit:

https://sparetherock.com/wordpress/ramblings/twenty-years/

05/07/2025

We love the Hill Country and know we’ve got listeners out there. And we’re a summer camp family—your radio pal Liam is working at one in New England right now, the same one your radio pal Ella worked at (and they both attended), and I went to summer camp for years and worked at one as well.

The news is devastating. Help how you can. Much love to the families who are going through the unimaginable.

After Independence Day floods in Kerr County and San Saba County, KXAN viewers asked us how they can help.

26/06/2025

If you like what we do here on the big show, know that we can only do it because of K*TX. If you haven’t joined, now’s the time. Even if you aren’t in Central Texas, it’ll feel good. I promise. Tell ‘em we sent you!

Defeat the Dark Side!
Support K*T Austin and K*TX during our Summer Membership Drive by showing your support at donate.kutx.org

23/06/2025

15/06/2025

As you probably know, we do the show now from Minnesota. Yesterday was a devastating day but it also showed our resilience and hope.

Love y’all.

03/06/2025

Hi. Happy Pride. Protect trans kids.

If you’d like to help It Gets Better Project—doing the work to help LGBTQ kids, who need love and support more than they have in a long time—you could consider buying Let All The Children Boogie, a fantastic David Bowie tribute record we put out that supports their work. Or you could just go donate to them! Or both! (Yes, you can also stream it, and that helps a little too. But buying it rules. It looks like Amazon still has a copy or you can get the digital version from Bandcamp below!)

We’ll celebrate Pride throughout the month on the show. I hope you will too. Love you all.

20 track album

23/05/2025

I was just thinking about how central Putumayo was to expanding the popular boundaries of children’s music. I did not know Dan but he was a force for good in family music.

RIP Dan Storper

19/05/2025

All sorts of great opportunities to vote for K*TX-adjacent things, but I’ll especially encourage you to vote for Rock the Park for best family festival under Kids & Family!

Vote for the people and places that make Austin so unique

31/03/2025

Hey. What's up. Happy Trans Day of Visibility, friends. Rock on.

“You don't owe them anything!”