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Aquarium Playlist, 5/12/20
EPISODE #382: HAIR The Hollywood Argyles — “Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]Kimberley Rew — “My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Baby’s Got a Brand New Hairdo”They Might Be Giants — “Let Your Hair Hang Down”The Lucksmiths — “Yunta Hair”Frankie Rose & the Outs — “Little Brown-Haired Girls”Talulah […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/19/19
EPISODE #357: CLOTHING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jonathan Richman — “Everyday Clothes”American Music Club — “Blue and Grey Shirt”Sparks — “Angst in my Pants”Cake — “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”Lisa Germano — “You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses”Yo La Tengo — “Autumn Sweater”Belle & Sebastian — “Long Black Scarf”Sharkmuffin — “Leather Gloves”Don and Dewey — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/21/19
EPISODE #331: ABORTION RIGHTS The A’s — “A Woman’s Got the Power” [ALTERNATE THEME]Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five — “I’m Alabama Bound”Warren Zevon — “Play It All Night Long”Neil Young — “Southern Man”Screaming Females — “My Body”Nick Lowe — “Born a Woman”Alice Cooper — “Only Women Bleed”Sleater-Kinney — “Call the Doctor”Cinema Cinema — “Lady […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/15/19
EPISODE #315: OUT OF LEFT FIELD Theme suggested by contest winner Max Rosenthal. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Gregg Allman — “Out of Left Field”Howe Gelb — “Left of Center”Sloan — “Left of Centre”Suzanne Vega — “Left of Center”Skateboard Kyle — “Max”Marc Ribot w/ Syd Straw — “Knock That Statue Down”The Frogs — “Where’s Jerry Lewis?”Ben Vaughn Combo […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/18/18
EPISODE #298: YOM KIPPUR (HUNGER) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Long Neck — “Hunger (Apology Song)” The Beach Boys — “Gettin’ Hungry” Bruce Springsteen — “Hungry Heart” The Searchers — “Hungry for Love” Billy Childish — “I Am the Strange Hero of Hunger” [poem] Duran Duran — “Hungry Like the Wolf” X — “The […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/28/18
EPISODE #295: CATS III The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The A-Bones — “Cat Nip” Colour Me Wednesday — “Cat Hair” Franklin Bruno — “Cat-Scratch Fever” The Smittens — “Cats for Cats” Elf Power — “The Cat Trapped in the Wall” Alejandro Escovedo — “Shave the Cat” Devo — “Pink Pussycat” Louis Jordan & His […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/19/17
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: […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/7/15
EPISODE #175: BREAD (PASSOVER 2015) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Joy Division — “Passover” Jonny — “Bread” The Felice Brothers — “Take This Bread” King Khan & his Shrines — “Welfare Bread” Ceramic Dog — “Bread and Roses” Bitch Magnet — “White Piece of Bread” Slint — “Breadcrumb Trail” Louis Jordan — “Beans and […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 11/26/13
EPISODE #104: THANKSGIVING 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” The Glands — “Mayflower” The Beach Boys — “Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)” The Bee Gees — “Massachusetts” The Foxglove Hunt — “Mayflower Compact” The Yardbirds — “Ten Little Indians” The Byrds — “I Am a Pilgrim” Lake […]
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