Talking Heads
Movie Review: Robot Dreams
4 stars out of 5 This film should not be confused with the 1984 flick Electric Dreams starring Virginia Madsen and Maxwell Caulfield, nor with the 1968 Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, basis for the 1982 movie Blade Runner. However, it does involve animals, robots, dreams, and the 1980s. Robot […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/19/23
EPISODE #556: ELECTRICITY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — “Electricity” Oneida — “I Wanna Hold Your Electric Hand”Fascinations Grand Chorus — “Electrical Delight” U2 — “The Electric Co.” Versus — “Let’s Electrify!” Bill Lloyd — “I Went Electric”Every Damn Day — “Electricity” Such Small Hands — “Electric Touch”Calcinator — “électrifié” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/8/23
EPISODE #550: NOWHERE Jaime Rose — “Nowhere” [ALTERNATE THEME]Ribbon Stage — “Nowhere Fast” The Wedding Present — “Getting Nowhere Fast”The Smiths — “Nowhere Fast”Big Eyes — ”Suddenly Nowhere” Talking Heads — “Road to Nowhere” Martha Reeves & the Vandellas — “Nowhere to Run”The Rock ’n’ Roll HiFives — “Running Nowhere” UV-TV — “Back to Nowhere”Young […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/10/23
EPISODE #520: FIRST SONGS ON FIRST ALBUMS Theme suggested by contest winner Ed Seifert. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Patti Smith — “Gloria”The Bongos — “In the Congo”The Feelies — “The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness”Blondie — “X Offender”The Ramones — “Blitzkrieg Bop” MC5 — “Ramblin’ Rose” (live)New York Dolls — “Personality Crisis”Television — “See […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/7/21
EPISODE #464: 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO IX) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Hank Williams — “Happy Rovin’ Cowboy” [Health and Happiness Show theme]soundbite — Jack on WNYC’s Morning Edition, 12/19/12 Gary Stewart — “Ten Years of This” Mac McCaughan — “I Hear a Radio”Hearty Har — “Radio Man ’56”All Ashore! — “Radio Sunshine”Freedy Johnston — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/5/21
EPISODE #455: STRESSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Talking Heads — “Psycho Killer” [live]Bob Perry — “Man on the Brink” Nick Lowe — “Cracking Up”Bo Diddley — “Crackin’ Up”The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Cracking Up”Vivian Girls — “Tension”Jay Gonzalez — “Tension”Superchunk — “For Tension”Eddy Current Suppression Ring — “Anxiety” Blushing — “Pressure”Queen and David Bowie […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/25/21
EPISODE #436: MEMORIES II (MEMORIAL DAY 2021)The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Talking Heads — “Memories Can’t Wait”Tim Foljahn — “Remember Me”Carlton Jumel Smith — “Remember Me”Freedy Johnston — “Remember Me”The Ramones — “I Remember You”Tuns — “My Memories”XL Kings — “Memories”The Proper Ornaments — “Memories”Marshall Crenshaw — “Like a Vague Memory”Daniel Johnston — “I Remember […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/19
EPISODE #346: FORMED A BAND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Art Brut — “Formed a Band” (early version)Butterglory — “She Clicks the Sticks”They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell — “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)”Rob Wasserman featuring Willie Dixon and Al Duncan — “Dustin’ Off the Bass”Owls of Now — “Lead Singer”Peter Holsapple & […]
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, 11/7/17
EPISODE #256: LIVE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Replacements — “Bastards of Young” (live) The Velvet Underground — “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together” (live) Yo La Tengo — “Big Day Coming” (live) Joy Division — “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (live) The Modern Lovers — “Dignified & Old” (live) Liquid […]
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