Nina Simone
Aquarium Playlist, 2/21/23
EPISODE #526: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 Nina Simone — “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” [ALTERNATE THEME]Jerry Butler — “Only the Strong Survive” The Fairfield Four — “Who Stole My Old Shoes?”The Dramatics — “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”A Tribe Called Quest — ”1–2 Crush on You” Big Maybelle — “Ain’t To Be Played With” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/26/22
EPISODE #484: WIND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Roy Orbison — “Borne on the Wind”Deena and Chasing Colours — “Everybody Knows the Way the Wind Blows”Beach Boys — “Let the Wind Blow”Fats Domino — “Let the Four Winds Blow”They Might Be Giants — “I Hear the Wind Blow”Ian & Sylvia — “Four Strong Winds”Jimi Hendrix […]
Movie Review: Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
4 stars out of 5Well, it turns out a lot more people watch a documentary if it’s also airing on Hulu. But I love movie theaters and a trip to one can seem like a mini summer vacation (in this case, also time travel). So I went to see Questlove’s Summer of Soul on the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/16/16
EPISODE #220: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2016 (JAZZ) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Illinois Jacquet — “Jivin’ With Jack the Bellboy” Clifford Brown and Max Roach — “The Blues Walk” Eric Dolphy — “Hat and Beard” Ella Fitzgerald — “Undecided” Dinah Washington — “I Could Write a Book” Nina Simone — “Wild Is the Wind” […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/30/13
EPISODE #74: REQUESTS V The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mice — “Little Rage” [for Yary] Hospitality — “Betty Wang” [for Deb] The Ramones — “The KKK Took My Baby Away” [for Shawn] The Smiths — “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” [for Patrick] Traffic — “Coloured Rain” [for Joe] […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 10/29/12
EPISODE #48: FRANKENSTORM Bruce Springsteen — “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” The Left Banke — “There’s Gonna Be a Storm” The Carter Family — “The Storms Are on the Ocean” King’s Daughters & Sons — “A Storm Kept Them Away” Sonny & Cher — “It’s Gonna Rain” Reigning Sound — “Stormy Weather” Echo & […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/13/11
EPISODE #2: WORK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello — “Welcome to the Working Week” Nothing Painted Blue — “Career Day” R.E.M. — “Finest Worksong” Nina Simone — “Work Song” Nellie McKay — “Work Song” Roy Orbison — “Working for the Man” Bruce Springsteen — “Working on the Highway” Devo — “Working in […]
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