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My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/22/12
EPISODE #25: THE SUN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beatles — “Here Comes the Sun” Pernice Brothers — “There Goes the Sun” Velvet Underground — “Who Loves the Sun” Beach Boys — “The Warmth of the Sun” Bill Withers — “Ain’t No Sunshine” Apples in Stereo — “Sun Is Out” Pianosaurus — “Sun […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/20/12
EPISODE #16: HAPPY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Housemartins — “Happy Hour” The Promise Ring — “Happy Hour” Rolling Stones — “Happy” Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins — “Happy” Clem Snide — “No One’s More Happy Than You” The Beat — “You Won’t Be Happy” Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “I Hope […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/13/12
EPISODE #15: ST. PATRICK’S DAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Pogues — “The Sickbed of Cuchulainn” Elvis Costello — “No Action” Thin Lizzy — “Jailbreak” The Men of No Property — “The Bogside Man” Sinéad O’Connor — “Mandinka” Boomtown Rats — “I Don’t Like Mondays” Van Morrison — “Jackie Wilson Said” U2 — “Beautiful […]
My Best Blog Post Ever!
Last week, Emotional Traffic by Tim McGraw debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. It is McGraw’s best album ever. How do I know that? There was a sticker proclaiming as much right on the album cover. And what was the source of this high praise? That venerable publication Rolling Stone? Perhaps AllMusic.com? Could it […]
Could You Make It Out to Jack?
“[Random public figure] replied to my Tweet!” gushed an otherwise austere friend. Socioeconomic levels be damned—there’s a bit of starf*cker in us all. These days, the methods of choice seem to be: • the aforementioned realm of social media, and • if we actually encounter a celebrity in person, a photo—due to the fact that […]
Thank You, R.E.M.
They weren’t my first favorite band—that honor goes to Queen, and next, the Police—but R.E.M. certainly had the biggest impact on me, from high school into adulthood. How did I find out about them? Rolling Stone magazine, probably. I know I bought the second album, Reckoning, first. I was 15 years old and music was […]
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