Art Brut
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 […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/3/15
EPISODE #170: GOING TO ARIZONA The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Go-Go’s — “Vacation” The Beach Boys — “Airplane” R.E.M. — “Houston” Art Brut — “Arizona Bay” They Might Be Giants — “Tucson” The Dead Milkmen — “Big Lizard” Butterglory — “Cactus” The Magnetic Fields — “The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be” The […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/8/14
EPISODE #136: 2014 WORLD CUP The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Air Miami — “World Cup Fever” Les Paul — “Brazil” Wilco — “Impossible Germany” The High Llamas — “Holland” Sinéad O’Connor — “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” Art Brut — “Martin Kemp Welch Five-a-Side Football Rules!” The Beach Boys — “Our Team” The Decemberists — […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/24/14
EPISODE #134: SUMMER 2014 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Laura Stevenson — “Runner” Fountains of Wayne — “The Summer Place” The Incredible Casuals — “Summertime” Ella Fitzgerald w/ Louis Armstrong — “Summertime” The Explorers Club — “Summer Days, Summer Nights” Bob Dylan — “Summer Days” Ceremony — “The Summer The Sun” The Go-Betweens — “Summer’s […]
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