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Aquarium Playlist, 6/19/18

By Jack Silbert on June 19, 2018

EPISODE #285: SUMMER 2018 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Colleen Green — “Cold Shoulder” LFO — “Summer Girls” Marshall Crenshaw — “Starless Summer Sky” The Only Ones — “Lovers of Today” Big Star — “Hung Up With Summer” 14 Iced Bears — “Summer Nights” Bauhaus — “Endless Summer of the Damned” No Joy — […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 9/19/17

By Jack Silbert on September 19, 2017

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: […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/24/13

By Jack Silbert on September 24, 2013

EPISODE #95: AUTUMN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Field Mice — “An Earlier Autumn” The Flaming Lips — “My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion” Yo La Tengo — “Autumn Sweater” Robyn Hitchcock — “Autumn Is Your Last Chance” The Kinks — “Autumn Almanac” The Shins — “Fall of ’82” Teenage Fanclub — “The Fall” Jens […]

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Movie Review: Big Star—Nothing Can Hurt Me

By Jack Silbert on July 27, 2013

4 stars out of 5 OK, I’m counting this as a new movie I saw in the theater this year. But don’t tell anybody that I really watched it “on-demand” in the comfort and privacy of my own home. Hey, this is the new world we live in. Schlep to Manhattan in the heat, humidity, […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 10/2/12

By Jack Silbert on October 3, 2012

EPISODE #44: REQUESTS III The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Clem Snide — “Moment in the Sun” [for Audrey] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “A Teenager in Love” [for Don Rauf] Jack White — “Freedom at 21” [for Lisa] Wilson Pickett — “Land of 1,000 Dances” [for Shawn] Big Star — “Motel […]

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