B.B. King

Movie Review: Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

By Jack Silbert on July 9, 2021

4 stars out of 5Well, it turns out a lot more people watch a documentary if it’s also airing on Hulu. But I love movie theaters and a trip to one can seem like a mini summer vacation (in this case, also time travel). So I went to see Questlove’s Summer of Soul on the […]

Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 1969, 20s movies, B.B. King, Harlem Cultural Festival, Nina Simone, Questlove, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, The Roots | 2 Responses

Aquarium Playlist, 7/31/18

By Jack Silbert on July 31, 2018

EPISODE #291: ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Replacements — “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” Howlin’ Wolf — “Moanin’ at Midnight” Polk Miller & his Old South Quartette — “Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M.” Gary U.S. Bonds — “Quarter to Three” B.B. King — “Three O’Clock Blues” Sputnik […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B.B. King, Cheap Trick, Chisel, Dukes of Stratosphear, Gary U.S. Bonds, Howlin' Wolf, Pale Lights, Peter Wolf, Polk Miller, Sputnik, Ted Leo, The Clientele, The Jam, The Replacements, U2, Wah! Heat, Waxahatchee, XTC | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 11/7/17

By Jack Silbert on November 7, 2017

EPISODE #256: LIVE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Replacements — “Bastards of Young” (live) The Velvet Underground — “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together” (live) Yo La Tengo — “Big Day Coming” (live) Joy Division — “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (live) The Modern Lovers — “Dignified & Old” (live) Liquid […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen, Elliott Smith, James Brown, Joy Division, Liquid Liquid, live music, Modern Lovers, R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel, Talking Heads, The Police, The Replacements, unpopular music, Velvet Underground, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 7/11/17

By Jack Silbert on July 11, 2017

EPISODE #244: PLEASE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Apples in Stereo — “Please” Clem Snide — “Please” The Beatles — “Please Please Me” Devo — “Please Baby Please” James Brown — “Please, Please, Please” The Karl Hendricks Trio — “Please Don’t” Brass Bed — “Please Don’t Go” The Drums — “Please Don’t Leave” […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Apples in Stereo, B.B. King, Beatles, Brass Bed, Chambers Brothers, Clem Snide, Devo, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, James Brown, Karl Hendricks Trio, La Sera, The Drifters, The Drums, The Smiths, unpopular music | 2 Responses

My Internet Radio Playlist, 2/17/15

By Jack Silbert on February 17, 2015

EPISODE #168: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015 (BLACK & BLUES) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Charley Patton — “Shake It and Break It” Bessie Smith — “Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair” Son House — “Preachin’ the Blues” (pt. 1) Robert Johnson — “Cross Road Blues” Mississippi John Hurt — “Avalon Blues” John Lee Hooker […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Black History Month, Blind Willie Johnson, Buddy Guy, Charley Patton, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Son House, Sonny Boy Williamson II, T-Bone Walker, the blues, Willie Dixon | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/13/14

By Jack Silbert on May 13, 2014

EPISODE #128: TOMORROW The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Shoes — “Tomorrow Night” B.B. King — “Tomorrow Night” Edwyn Collins — “Come Tomorrow, Come Today” Gorillaz — “Tomorrow Comes Today” The Feelies — “Tomorrow Today” Morrissey — “Tomorrow” Luke Rathborne — “Tomorrow” The Jackson 5 — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Iveys — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Beatles — […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B.B. King, Badfinger, Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Edwyn Collins, Eleanor Friedberger, Elton John, Feelies, Gorillaz, Leon Russell, Luke Rathborne, Morrissey, Rocketship, Shoes, The Iveys, The Jackson 5, unpopular music | 1 Response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/7/14

By Jack Silbert on April 7, 2014

EPISODE #123: SPRING CLEANING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Go-Betweens — “Spring Rain” Echo & the Bunnymen — “Do It Clean” LCD Soundsystem — “Dance Yrself Clean” Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Clean Money” M. Ward — “Clean Slate” Vehicle Flips — “The Clean Slate” Spoon — “Deep Clean” Camera Obscura — […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B.B. King, Camera Obscura, Dream Syndicate, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Jennifer O'Connor, LCD Soundsystem, M. Ward, Niall Connolly, Spoon, spring, spring cleaning, The Go-Betweens, The La's, unpopular music, Van Morrison, Vehicle Flips, X | 4 Responses

My Internet Radio Playlist, 2/19/13

By Jack Silbert on February 19, 2013

EPISODE #64: BLACK HISTORY MONTH The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] James Brown — “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” Ted Hawkins — “There Stands the Glass” Sam Cooke — “Lost and Lookin’” Dionne Warwick — “Don’t Make Me Over” Earth Wind & Fire — “Fantasy” The Jackson 5 — “The Love You […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Al Green, Arthur Alexander, B.B. King, Black History Month, Chocolate Genius, Dionne Warwick, Earth Wind & Fire, James Brown, Jimmy Scott, Michael Jackson, Prince, Ray Charles, Run-D.M.C., Sam Cooke, Ted Hawkins, The Jackson 5, The Supremes, Tracy Chapman, Wesley Willis | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/20/12

By Jack Silbert on August 20, 2012

EPISODE #38: NIGHT The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ray Charles — “(Night Time Is) The Right Time” Bruce Springsteen — “Night” Solomon Burke — “Tonight’s the Night” B.B. King — “Tomorrow Night” The Notes — “Those Days, Those Nights” The Monkees — “Daily Nightly” The Clientele — “The Garden at Night” R.E.M. — “Gardening […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged #Poundsign#, B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen, Dum Dum Girls, Elvis Presley, Monkees, Nick Lowe, night, R.E.M., Ray Charles, Ricky Nelson, Smith Westerns, Solomon Burke, The Bats, The Boys, The Clientele, The Notes, unpopular music | 4 Responses