By Jack Silbert on December 23, 2024
4 stars out of 5 This rock doc checks all the boxes: sex, drugs, sibling rivalry, breaking up, getting the band back together. There’s one tiny problem: It’s quite possible you have no idea who they are. Yes, lovers of glammy power pop absolutely worship Redd Kross, and record store ghouls have certainly come across […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, Andrew Reich, documentaries, Go-Go's, Redd Kross, Sonic Youth, White Stripes
By Jack Silbert on March 26, 2024
EPISODE #583: 55 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Sensational Happy Travelers — “March Theme”Freezing Hands — between-song banter, Live at the Tap ’n Bottle, Tucson, AZ, 2/22/24 Sammy Hagar — “I Can’t Drive 55”The Ladybug Transistor — “95 Miles Per Hour” The Sadies — “120 Miles Per Hour” Stef Chura — “Speeding Ticket” Devo — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Darren Hayman, Devo, Freezing Hands, Go-Go's, Jug & the Bugs, Ladybug Transistor, Liz Phair, Sammy Hagar, Sensational Happy Travelers, Stef Chura, Straitjacket Fits, The Sadies, Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt
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 January 5, 2021
EPISODE #416: CLUBSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Guided by Voices — “A Salty Salute”The Beatles — “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”Courtney Barnett — “Anonymous Club”Ted Leo — “The Little Smug Supper Club”The Go-Go’s — “Club Zero” The Fall — “Susan vs. Youth Club”Colin Clary — “Bad Girl Club”Dum Dum Girls — “Lost Boys and […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged B-52's, Beatles, Colin Clary, Courtney Barnett, Dum Dum Girls, Elvis Costello, Go-Go's, Guided by Voices, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ted Leo, The Fall, The Specials
By Jack Silbert on September 8, 2020
EPISODE #399: CANCELED CONCERTS II The Who — “Happy Jack” (live) [ALTERNATE THEME]Luna — “Slash Your Tires”Teenage Halloween — “Holes”I Am the Polish Army — “Setup”Alejandro Escovedo — “Horizontal”Joan of Narc — “e.x.”Jennifer O’Connor — “Mountains”M. Ward — “Chinese Translation”Laura Cantrell — “Roll Truck Roll”Robyn Hitchcock — “Dismal City”Built to Spill — “Never Be the […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Alejandro Escovedo, Built to Spill, Go-Go's, I Am the Polish Army, Jennifer O'Connor, Joan of Narc, Laura Cantrell, Luna, M. Ward, Molten High, Robyn Hitchcock, Teenage Halloween, They Might Be Giants, Wire Troop
By Jack Silbert on August 4, 2020
EPISODE #394: GO-GO, GOING, GONEThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Go-Go’s — “Turn To You”Smokey Robinson & the Miracles — “Going to a Go-Go”The Jackets — “At the Go-Go”Cheap Trick — “I Dig Go-Go Girls”East River Pipe — “Times Square Go-Go Boy”Next Time Passions — “Going There”Hospitality — “Going Out”The Monkees — “Goin’ Down”Emma Swift […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Alvvays, Cheap Trick, East River Pipe, Emma Swift, Feelies, Go-Go's, Hospitality, Jeanines, Jennifer O'Connor, Magnetic Fields, Monkees, Next Time Passions, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Jackets
By Jack Silbert on January 14, 2020
EPISODE #365: COOL COOL (COOL II) Theme suggested by contest winner Felicia Sapienza Spitz. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Digable Planets — “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”Paul Shaffer & the World’s Most Dangerous Band — “Dress Cool”The Feelies — “Real Cool Time”King Missile — “Jesus Was Way Cool”Killdozer — “The Pig Was Cool”Nick Cave […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Digable Planets, Feelies, Go-Go's, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Killdozer, King Missile, New Edition, Nick Cave, Paul Shaffer, Phoenix, Velvet Underground
By Jack Silbert on October 17, 2017
EPISODE #253: L.A. MUSICIANS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] X — “Los Angeles” The Blasters — “Marie Marie” Los Lobos — “Don’t Worry Baby” Dream Syndicate — “Too Little, Too Late” The Turtles — “Me About You” The Bangs — “Getting Out of Hand” The Go-Go’s — “How Much More” Redd Kross — “Peach […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Best Coast, Black Flag, Colleen Green, Dream Syndicate, Dum Dum Girls, Go-Go's, Los Angeles, Los Lobos, Randy Newman, Redd Kross, The Bangles, The Bangs, The Blasters, The Minutemen, The Turtles, unpopular music, Upset, X
By Jack Silbert on March 3, 2015
EPISODE #170: GOING TO ARIZONA The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Go-Go’s — “Vacation” The Beach Boys — “Airplane” R.E.M. — “Houston” Art Brut — “Arizona Bay” They Might Be Giants — “Tucson” The Dead Milkmen — “Big Lizard” Butterglory — “Cactus” The Magnetic Fields — “The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be” The […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Alejandro Escovedo, Arizona, Art Brut, Bandana Splits, Beach Boys, Butterglory, Colin Clary, Dead Milkmen, Flamin' Groovies, Freedy Johnston, Glen Campbell, Go-Go's, Jon Langford, Karl Hendricks Trio, Magnetic Fields, R.E.M., Raymond Scott, They Might Be Giants, unpopular music, Waco Brothers
By Jack Silbert on March 19, 2013
EPISODE #68: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Nellie McKay — “Mother of Pearl” The Shangri-Las — “The Dum Dum Ditty” Sleater-Kinney — “Little Babies” Vivian Girls — “Take It As It Comes” Wild Flag — “Romance” Big Eyes — “Since You Left” Emmylou Harris — “Lonely Girl” Dolly Mixture — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Eyes, Billie Holiday, Claire's Diary, Dolly Mixture, Emmylou Harris, Go-Go's, Grass Widow, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Nellie McKay, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, The Shangri-Las, unpopular music, Vivian Girls, Wild Flag, Women's History Month
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