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Aquarium Playlist, 8/15/23
EPISODE #551: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER VIII The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Bob Dylan & The Band — “Kickin’ My Dog Around” Frankie Cosmos — “If I Had a Dog”The Specials — “Do the Dog”Flatt & Scruggs — ”Old Salty Dog Blues” Eels — “Dog’s Life” Syd Straw — “Howl”Morrissey — “I Am Not a […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/3/21
EPISODE #446: 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS, WEEK 2 (GOLD) delayed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemicJohn Williams — “Olympic Fanfare” [partial; ALTERNATE THEME]UV-TV — “Gold”Simple Minds — “New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)”Syd Straw — “Golden Dreams”Health & Happiness Show — “Woman of Gold”The Natvral — “Tears of Gold”Daft Punk — “Harder Better Faster Stronger”Bouncing Souls — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/13/21
EPISODE #443: HARD The Who — “Happy Jack” [live; ALTERNATE THEME]Keith Richards — “Take It So Hard”Cait Brennan — “A Hard Man To Love”Jimmy Cliff — “The Harder They Come”Life in a Blender — “Kiss Me Harder”Big Eyes — “Try Hard Kiss Ass”Syd Straw — “Think Too Hard”Boyracer — “He Gets Me So Hard”The Mekons […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/2/19
EPISODE #337: 4TH OF JULY 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” [live]Vic Chesnutt — “Independence Day”Elliott Smith — “Independence Day”Neil Finn — “Independence Day”Beach Boys — “Spirit of America”The I Don’t Cares — “King of America”Elvis Costello — “Brilliant Mistake”The Chills […]
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, 1/16/18
EPISODE #264: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2017 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Matthew Sweet — “I’ve Been Waiting” U2 — “I Will Follow” Los Straitjackets — “Gatecrasher” Reigning Sound — “Lyin’ Girl” Nick Lowe — “Somebody Cares for Me” Syd Straw — “Future 40’s (String of Pearls)” Dave Alvin — “King of California” Howe Gelb — […]
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