Nirvana
Aquarium Playlist, 1/23/18
EPISODE #265: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beach Boys — “Shut Down” Lindsey Buckingham — “Shut Us Down” A.C. Newman — “They Should Have Shut Down the Streets” Colour Me Wednesday — “Shut” Jawbreaker — “Down” Higgins — “Shut It” Nirvana — “Downer” The Monkees — “Goin’ Down” Bruce Springsteen — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/18/17
EPISODE #245: HIGH SCHOOL inspired by my 30-year high school reunion The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Jerry Lee Lewis — “High School Confidential” The MC5 — “High School” Cayucas — “High School Lover” Jonathan Richman — “Maybe a Walk Home From Natick High School” The Mountain Goats — “Fall of the Star High School […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/2/15
EPISODE #183: PLANES PLANES PLAINS PLAIN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Planes — “Feed” Tim Foljahn — “Plain as Day” Fairport Convention — “The Plainsman” Bill Callahan — “Small Plane” The Modern Lovers — “Astral Plane” Frank Black — “(I Want To Live on an) Abstract Plain” Roxy Music — “Virginia Plain” The […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/12/15
EPISODE #180: ASK JACK, INSTALLMENT 10 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Smiths — “Ask” Question from Audrey: Here’s a question for ASK JACK that’s been bugging me for almost a year: Last Summer at a Rascal Flatts concert, the woman sitting behind me knew every word to every song and was enthusiastically singing […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/22/14
EPISODE #125: NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Leadbelly — “Bring a Little Water Sylvie” The Yardbirds — “Drinking Muddy Water” Lucinda Williams — “I Asked for Water He Gave Me Gasoline” Ella Fitzgerald — “Black Coffee” Squeeze — “Black Coffee in Bed” They Might Be Giants — “Please Pass the Milk” Nirvana […]
Cobain Lives!
Or, at least, the Hoboken Reporter picked up my recent essay about Kurt Cobain. Thanks!
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Kurt Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994, but we didn’t learn the news until Friday, April 8. Can you imagine that today, three days passing? No distraught tweet from Courtney Love? No Instagram of the body from an assistant coroner, whose account is taken down the next day? It was bad enough […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 11/13/12
EPISODE #50: ASK JACK, INSTALLMENT 3 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Question from Dave: I just this moment finished Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies. Is the second book in the epic trilogy going to be as good? Post-answer song: The Jasmine Minks — “Poppy White” Question from Jadine: Riddle me this… Stay here or […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/25/12
EPISODE #43: ATONEMENT Lucinda Williams — “Atonement” Pet Shop Boys — “It’s a Sin” INXS — “Original Sin” George Usher — “Unforgivable Sin” The Smithereens — “Sorry” Morrissey — “Suedehead” R.E.M. — “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” Nirvana — “All Apologies” Razorcuts — “Sorry to Embarrass You” Dolly Mixture — “Sorry to Leave You” Josef […]
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