Art Brut
Aquarium Playlist, 4/12/22
EPISODE #482: PSYCHIC The Who — “Happy Jack” [acoustic; ALTERNATE THEME]Neil Young — “If You Could Read My Mind”The Goon Sax — “Psychic”Joy Cleaner — “My Psychic Dent (Is Acting Up Again)”Dog Date — “Psychic Clay”Castle Black — “Psychic Surgery”Hüsker Dü — “Terms of Psychic Warfare”Crocodiles — “Sunday (Psychic Conversation 9)”Art Brut — “I Am […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/9/21
EPISODE #425: BREAKFAST The Who — “Happy Jack” [acoustic; ALTERNATE THEME]Orange Juice — “Breakfast Time”Art Brut — “Awkward Breakfast”The Incredible Casuals — “Love Gets Breakfast”Tom Waits — “Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson)”The Magnetic Fields — “The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee”High Waisted — “Cereal”They Might Be Giants featuring Elma Mayer […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/24/20
EPISODE #410: THANKSGIVING 2020Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Los Cripis — “I’m Going To Buy Food”R. Stevie Moore — “Puttin’ Up the Groceries”Robert Johnson — “Come On in my Kitchen”Kicking Giant — “Appetite”Bob Dylan — “Gotta Serve Somebody”Young Marble Giants — “Salad Days”Waitresses — “Bread and Butter”Spare Snare — “Taking on the Sides”Game Theory […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/19
EPISODE #346: FORMED A BAND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Art Brut — “Formed a Band” (early version)Butterglory — “She Clicks the Sticks”They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell — “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)”Rob Wasserman featuring Willie Dixon and Al Duncan — “Dustin’ Off the Bass”Owls of Now — “Lead Singer”Peter Holsapple & […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/9/19
EPISODE #338: SUBWAYS AND TRAINS dedicated to my friend Leo The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Ella Fitzgerald — “Take the A Train”New York Dolls — “Subway Train”adult mom — “J Station”Tom Waits — “Downtown Train”the marshmallows — “Hoboken”The Jam — “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”The Bats — “In the Subway”Art Brut — “The […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/20/18
EPISODE #269: WINTER OLYMPICS 2018 (LOVE) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Superchunk — “Winter Games” Randy Newman — “Korean Parents” Fire Town — “Carry the Torch” The Bangles — “Eternal Flame” Wondermints — “Ski Party” Paul McCartney — “Figure of Eight” Warren Zevon featuring David Letterman — “Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)” Art Brut […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/19/17
EPISODE #249: KEN BURNS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ex Cops — “Ken” Frank Sinatra — “The Brooklyn Bridge” (saluting Ken Burns’ Brooklyn Bridge, 1981) XTC — “Statue of Liberty” (The Statue of Liberty, 1985) Jack Frost — “Civil War Lament” (The Civil War, 1990) Stephen Chopek — “Radio Caroline” (Empire of the Air: […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16
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 […]
Book Review: ‘I Formed a Band’ by Eddie Argos
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase I don’t remember how the band Art Brut entered my life a decade ago — did I read a review? did my friend Christine recommend them? — but that debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, really did it for me. Soon my buddies Allan and Jim […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/5/15
EPISODE #179: VIN SCELSA TRIBUTE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Ramones — “It’s Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)” Vin Scelsa — Intro to Dion Dion — “King of the New York Streets” Lucinda Williams — “Six Blocks Away” Bob Hillman — “Everyone’s an Actor in New York” Arthur Alexander […]
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