Portastatic

Aquarium Playlist, 1/13/26

By Jack Silbert on January 13, 2026

EPISODE #676: NRBQanon Theme chosen by 2025 contest winner… Max Rosenthal!The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Portastatic — “Guessing” Skateboard Kyle — “Max” NRBQ — “Still in School” Bouncing Souls — “The Pizza Song”The Smiths — “Suffer Little Children” Against Me! — “Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners” NRBQ — “Crazy Like a Fox” White Rabbits — […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Against Me!, Bouncing Souls, Hillary and the Democrats, Jewish Racing Team, Left Banke, Leonard Cohen, NRBQ, Portastatic, Skateboard Kyle, The Smiths, Torres, White Rabbits, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Movie Review: The Mastermind

By Jack Silbert on November 10, 2025

3.5 stars out of 5I left this movie thinking I’d be giving it a higher rating than the aggregated writers on Metacritic. Was surprised to see that, no, it was averaging 80 out of 100, with a handful of perfect 100s from a few top reviewers. Well, I guess there’s a new hardass in town! […]

Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, Alana Haim, Arthur Dove, Gaby Hoffmann, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Josh O'Connor, Kelly Reichardt, Montclair Museum of Art, Portastatic, Todd-o-Phonic Todd | 2 Responses

My Internet Radio Playlist, 11/17/15

By Jack Silbert on November 17, 2015

EPISODE #207: PEACE in solidarity with Paris The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Stade de France crowd, 2007 Rugby World Cup — “Le Marseillaise” Wire — “Dot Dash” Ya’akov Silbert — “Peace” Los Lobos — “Peace” Hot Chocolate Band — “Give Peace a Chance” Portastatic — “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” Elvis […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Belle & Sebastian, DAESH, Elvis Costello, George Harrison, Golden Grrrls, Hot Chocolate, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Los Lobos, Nick Lowe, Northern Picture Library, Paris, Paul McCartney, Portastatic, Wire, Ya'akov Silbert | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/3/13

By Jack Silbert on September 3, 2013

EPISODE #92: BACK TO SCHOOL 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Hives — “Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented” Rockpile — “Back to Schooldays” [live] Chuck Berry — “School Days” Josie Cotton — “School Is In” The Beach Boys — “Be True to Your School” Portastatic — “And I Was a Boy […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Apache Dropout, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello, Full of Fancy, J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies, Josie Cotton, MC5, Mogwai, NRBQ, Portastatic, Rockpile, school, Sex Clark Five, The Hives, The Pixies, The Replacements, The Secrets*, unpopular music | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/12/12

By Jack Silbert on June 12, 2012

EPISODE #28: ART The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Clean — “Art School” Superchunk — Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)” Nat King Cole — “Mona Lisa” The Modern Lovers — “Pablo Picasso” They Might Be Giants — “Meet James Ensor” Mission of Burma — “Max Ernst” Portastatic — “I’m in Love (With Arthur […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Black Lips, BLAST Gallery, I'm From Barcelona, Jonathan Richman, King Missile, Matthew Sweet, Mission of Burma, Modern Lovers, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Portastatic, Superchunk, The Band, The Clean, unpopular music | Leave a response