Daniel Johnston
Aquarium Playlist, 11/10/20
EPISODE #408: JOEin honor of president-elect Joe BidenThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Daniel Johnston — “No More Pushing Joe Around”Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five — “Run, Joe”Smog — “Sleepy Joe”Full of Fancy — “Joe Is a Scientist”Frank Zappa — “Joe’s Garage”Ernest Tubb — “Two Glasses Joe”Buddy Holly — “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”The Folksmen — “Old […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/7/20
EPISODE #377: MONKEYSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Elliott Smith — “New Monkey”The Feelies — “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)”Boozoo Chavis — “Who Stole My Monkey?”Beastie Boys — “Brass Monkey”The Miracles — “Mickey’s Monkey”Robert Plant w/ Patty Griffin — “Monkey”Iron & Wine — “Monkeys Uptown”Bruce Springsteen — “Part Man, Part Monkey”Young […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/29/19
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 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/17/19
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 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/18/19
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 […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/1/14
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 […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/10/13
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 […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/5/12
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 […]
Daniel Johnston Day
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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