Daniel Johnston

Aquarium Playlist, 10/29/19

By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2019

EPISODE #354: HALLOWEEN 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stumpy Joe — “Halloween Song”Long Neck — “Halloween Parade” (demo)Graveface Records & Curiosities — “The Occurrence at the Omni Park Inn”The Pogues — “Haunted”King Khan & the Shrines — “Shivers Down My Spine”Roky Erickson & the Aliens — “I Walked With a Zombie”Antsy Pants — “Vampire”Daniel […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 9/17/19

By Jack Silbert on September 17, 2019

EPISODE #348: FASCINATING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fresh & Onlys — “Fascinated”R.E.M. — “Fascinating”The Feelies — “Deep Fascination”Human League — “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”The Cure — “Fascination Street”The Pixies — “I’m Amazed”Kimberley Rew — “I’m Amazed”White Town — “Bewitched”Jeff Lynne — “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”Wilco — “Magnetized”Stag — “The Bedazzler”Daniel Johnston with Yo La […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Daniel Johnston, Feelies, Human League, Jeff Lynne, Kimberley Rew, R.E.M., Ric Ocasek, Stag, the Cars, The Cure, The Fresh & Onlys, The Pixies, White Town, Wilco, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 6/18/19

By Jack Silbert on June 18, 2019

EPISODE #335: SUMMER 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Cars — “Magic”Colour Me Wednesday — “Queer for the Summer”Me in Capris — “Summer of Scowling”Secretary Legs — “Rerun Summer”First Base — “Don’t Let Me Down This Summer”Kate Jacobs — “Slacker Mom Summer Song”Phil Ochs — “In the Heat of Summer”Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/12/14

By Jack Silbert on August 12, 2014

EPISODE #141: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Let’s Active — “Every Dog Has His Day” Nellie McKay — “The Dog Song” Nina Nastasia — “A Dog’s Life” The Everly Brothers — “Bird Dog” Rufus Thomas — “Walking the Dog” Futureheads — “Hounds of Love” The Just Joans — “Durex Puppy” Young […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/1/14

By Jack Silbert on July 1, 2014

EPISODE #135: REQUESTS VIII The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Wang Chung — “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” [for Deb F.] Allan Sherman — “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” [for Deanna] Blondie — “Picture This” [for Brad Kleiman] Billy Bragg — “A New England” [for Chico] XTC — “Earn Enough for Us” [for Deb C-O] Southside Johnny […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/10/13

By Jack Silbert on September 10, 2013

EPISODE #93: ASK JACK, INSTALLMENT 7 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Smiths — “Ask” Question from John: What is love anyway? Does anybody love anybody anyway? Post-answer song: Daniel Johnston — “Love Defined” Question from Audrey: The cashier at the cafe in my office building where I get my lunch most days always […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged advice, American Music Club, Ask Jack, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Daniel Johnston, Dickie Goodman, Dum Dum Girls, Elska, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, James Brown, Neutral Milk Hotel, Phil Seymour, Ronnie Spector, The Smiths, Times New Viking, Tom Waits, unpopular music, Vivian Stanshall | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/5/12

By Jack Silbert on June 5, 2012

EPISODE #27: QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S DIAMOND JUBILEE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] THe Clean — “Diamond Shine” Sex Pistols — “God Save the Queen” The Stone Roses — “Elizabeth My Dear” Cynthia Nelson — “No Queen (The Gambler)” Noise Addict — “Pop Queen” Chuck Berry — “Little Queenie” Johnny Cash — “Ballad of a […]

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Daniel Johnston Day

By Jack Silbert on July 31, 2011

Yesterday I wore my Daniel Johnston t-shirt. No special reason; it was near the top of my t-shirt drawer. (T-shirt drawer #1, anyway. I have a lot of t-shirts.) I first learned of Daniel Johnston when I was a college DJ at Pittsburgh’s WRCT. The station had a recording of Daniel doing an impromptu over-the-phone […]

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