May 2016

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Aquarium Playlist, 5/31/16

By Jack Silbert on May 31, 2016

EPISODE #235: WHATEVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Dinosaur Jr. — “Whatever’s Cool With Me” The Monkees — “Whatever’s Right” The Clean — “Whatever I Do It’s Right” Colleen Green — “Whatever I Want” Elliott Smith — “Whatever (Folk Song in C)” Brian Wilson — “Whatever Happened” The Shivas — “Whatever” Oasis — “Whatever” […]

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Movie Review: Big Gold Dream — Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream

By Jack Silbert on May 31, 2016

3.5 stars out of 5 My bad, I didn’t really do my homework before seeing this. I assumed it was a more comprehensive survey of the Scottish music scene from the late 70s on. I even thought the title came from a Simple Minds’ album, which turns out to be New Gold Dream. So as […]

Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Alan Horne, Bar/None Reords, Bob Last, Edinburgh, Fast Product, Glasgow, Hillary Morrison, Hoboken, Postcard Records, Scotland | 2 Responses

Movie Review: The Nice Guys

By Jack Silbert on May 26, 2016

3 stars out of 5 Ah, OK, it all makes sense now: Director/co-writer Shane Black wrote the original Lethal Weapon. Because this is totally, totally the Lethal Weapon formula: mismatched buddies fightin’ crime and crackin’ wise. It’s 1977 in Los Angeles. The movie tries a little too hard to tell us “hey it’s 1977!” (The […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16

By Jack Silbert on May 24, 2016

EPISODE #234: WEEKEND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff — “Seven-Day Weekend” NRBQ — “It’s a Wild Weekend” Art Brut — “Good Weekend” Tom Petty — “Big Weekend” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Somewhere a Weekend of Sin” Terry Malts — “Where Is the Weekend?” Dr. Dog — “Weekend” Jason Lytle […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Big Dipper, Dr. Dog, Elvis Costello, Franklin Bruno, Jason Lytle, Jimmy Cliff, Karl Hendricks Trio, Kurt Baker, Memorial Day Weekend, NRBQ, Paul Westerberg, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Smith Westerns, Terry Malts, The Long Blondes, Tom Petty, unpopular music, Waxahatchee | Leave a response

Am I the Only Person Who Has Ever Been in a Restroom??

By Jack Silbert on May 17, 2016

Every day, there’s some article, some trending item, some YouTube video, about transgender people and restrooms. And there’s a law in North Carolina, part of which says, well, no, you can only go in the room corresponding to the equipment you were born with. Who wrote this law? Who’s posting these videos? Space aliens posing […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 5/17/16

By Jack Silbert on May 17, 2016

EPISODE #233: NYC POPFEST PREVIEW ’16 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] XTC — “This Is Pop?” Allo Darlin’ — “History Lessons” Big Quiet — “Maura and Dana” The Chesterfields — “Completely and Utterly” The Spook School — “Here We Go” Mercury Girls — “Ariana” Lake Ruth — “Through the Lychgates” The Primitives — “Really […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Allo Darlin', Alpaca Sports, Big Quiet, Eureka California, Lake Ruth, Mercury Girls, NYC Popfest, Simon Love, Spook School, The Chesterfields, The Chills, The Hairs, The Primitives, Tiny Fireflies, Trashcan Sinatras, XTC | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 5/10/16

By Jack Silbert on May 10, 2016

EPISODE #232: OTHER MUSIC TRIBUTE The downtown NYC record store will be closing on June 25. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ex Cops — “You Are a Lion, I Am a Lamb” Wire — “The Other Window” So Cow — “The Other One” Big Audio Dynamite — “Other 99” Camera Obscura — “Other Towns […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Audio Dynamite, Built to Spill, Camera Obscura, Eleanor Friedberger, Ex Cops, Extra Lens, Freedy Johnston, Game Theory, Gold-Bears, Outrageous Cherry, So Cow, The Police, unpopular music, Vivian Girls, Wire, X | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 5/3/16

By Jack Silbert on May 3, 2016

EPISODE #231: RECORD FAIR HAUL from albums purchased at the 2016 WFMU Record Fair The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mendoza Line — “Baby, I Know What You’re Thinking” Best Coast — “Heaven Sent” Konono N°1 — “Paradiso” The Ladybug Transistor — “Sneedle” The Flashing Lights — “Since They Were Crowned” Chris Von Sneidern […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Best Coast, Billy Paul, Chris Von Sneidern, Colleen Green, Konono N°1, Ladybug Transistor, Let's Active, Mitch Easter, Pansy Division, Red Dons, Richard Davies, Soul Asylum, The Flashing Lights, The Mendoza Line, The Moles, WFMU | Leave a response