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By Jack Silbert on March 4, 2026
EPISODE #683: ALIVE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Frankie Cosmos — “Being Alive” Electric Light Orchestra — “I’m Alive” Jackson Browne — “I’m Alive” Queen — “Keep Yourself Alive”Tom Waits — “What Keeps Mankind Alive” The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Stay Alive” Bern & the Brights — “As Long As I’m Alive” […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beastie Boys, Bern & the Brights, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Prophet, dB's, Electric Light Orchestra, Frankie Cosmos, Jackson Browne, Neil Sedaka, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Queen, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits
By Jack Silbert on March 4, 2025
EPISODE #631: DARK Ezra Cohen — “Kiss Me in the Dark” [ALTERNATE THEME]Yo La Tengo — “When It’s Dark”Dwight Yoakam — “Some Dark Holler” Frankie Cosmos — “Too Dark” James Carr — “The Dark End of the Street” Grass Jaw — “Dark Months”Old Town Crier — “Into the Dark” The Resonars — “Dark on You […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Blind Willie Johnson, David Johansen, Dolly Mixture, Dwight Yoakam, Exploded View, Ezra Cohen, For Against, Frankie Cosmos, Grant McLennan, Grass Jaw, Grass Widow, James Carr, Jeffrey Runnings, New York Dolls, Old Town Crier, Reese McHenry, The Resonars, They Might Be Giants, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on January 14, 2025
EPISODE #624: FIRE IIIinspired by the January 2025 southern California wildfiresThe Olivia Tremor Control — “California Demise 3” [ALTERNATE THEME]M. Ward — “Fuel for Fire”Beach Boys — “Santa Ana Winds” The Dracu-Las — “Fire” The Resonars — “Forest Fire” Television — “The Fire”22° Halo — “Big Fire” XTC — “Great Fire” Mount Eerie — “Huge […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Dracu-Las, Felice Brothers, Frankie Cosmos, M. Ward, Mount Eerie, Neko Case, Olivia Tremor Control, Sam & Dave, television, The Resonars, XTC
By Jack Silbert on August 15, 2023
EPISODE #551: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER VIII The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Bob Dylan & The Band — “Kickin’ My Dog Around” Frankie Cosmos — “If I Had a Dog”The Specials — “Do the Dog”Flatt & Scruggs — ”Old Salty Dog Blues” Eels — “Dog’s Life” Syd Straw — “Howl”Morrissey — “I Am Not a […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, dogs, Eels, Flatt & Scruggs, Frankie Cosmos, Harry Nilsson, Jay Som, Julian Cope, Morrissey, Nina Nastasia, Robbie Robertson, Syd Straw, The Band, The Specials, Tom Waits, Wednesday
By Jack Silbert on April 18, 2023
EPISODE #534: AS-IS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Harry Styles — “As It Was” John Cozz — “As Long As I’m With You”The Rubinoos — “As Long As I’m With You”Bern & the Brights — ”As Long As I’m Alive” 2nd Grade — “As Long As We Can Talk About It” Amy Rigby — “As […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged 2nd Grade, Alejandro Escovedo, Amy Rigby, Bern & the Brights, Billie Holiday, Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Cosmos, Harry Styles, Hefner, John Cozz, Johnny Cash, Rubinoos, The Bats, The Sadies, The Smithereens
By Jack Silbert on August 30, 2022
4 stars out of 5You have to hand it to Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates — they’ve churned out a couple of super-talented kids. Greta Kline has been a fave of mine for a while, via her band Frankie Cosmos. And now Owen Kline has written and directed a self-assured feature debut which is by […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, Dave the Spazz, Frankie Cosmos, Greta Kline, Kevin Kline, Owen Kline, Phoebe Cates, Princeton Record Exchange, WFMU
By Jack Silbert on August 9, 2022
EPISODE #499: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER VII Lindsey Buckingham — “Holiday Road” [ALTERNATE THEME]Colleen Green — “I Wanna Be a Dog”Bee Bee Sea — “This Dog Is the King of the Losers”Little Hag — “Leash”Tindersticks — “Just a Dog”Pet Shop Boys — “Suburbia”The Go-Go’s — “Good Girl”Trying — “Dog Videos”Belle and Sebastian — “Dog on […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Bee Bee Sea, Belle & Sebastian, Colleen Green, Electric Light Orchestra, Frankie Cosmos, Go-Go's, Lindsey Buckingham, Little Hag, Long Neck, Olivia Newton-John, Pet Shop Boys, Ronnie Self, Terry Jacks, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Trying
By Jack Silbert on November 12, 2019
EPISODE #356: MODES OF TRANSPORT The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Dionne Warwick — “Trains and Boats and Planes”C.W. McCall — “Convoy”Laura Cantrell — “Roll Truck Roll”Lightnin’ Hopkins — “Automobile”Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers — “The Airplane Song”Flowers — “Boat Song”Colin Clary — “She’s a Motorcycle”Eternal Summers — “Pogo”Grandaddy — “Skateboarding Saves Me Twice”Pink […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Against Me!, C.W. McCall, Colin Clary, Descendents, Dionne Warwick, Eternal Summers, Flowers, Frankie Cosmos, Grandaddy, Guided by Voices, Laura Cantrell, Laura Jane Grace, Lightnin' Hopkins, Pink Floyd, Smittens, The Pastels, The Replacements
By Jack Silbert on December 25, 2018
EPISODE #312: NEW TO ME IN 2018, PT. 1 So far in 2018, I’ve seen 427 musical performances by 360 different acts, 224 of which I was seeing for the first time, 211 of them brand-new to me. Of those, I was inspired to buy 64 records. (I also purchased debut records by acts I’d seen in previous […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Baby, Character Actor, Clint Michigan, Dave Davies, Frankie Cosmos, Guts Club, Hunger Anthem, Izzy True, JD McPherson, Loamlands, Long Neck, Overlord, Psilocybe, Rat Fancy, Resounding No, Rest Ashore, Ron Gallo, Rose Ette, Snakeskin, Swearin', The Goon Sax, The Shacks
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