By Jack Silbert on January 10, 2023
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 […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Blondie, Feelies, MC5, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Ramones, Richard Hell, Talking Heads, television, The Ambivalent Brothers, The Bongos, Velvet Underground
By Jack Silbert on December 22, 2020
EPISODE #414: NEW TO ME IN 2020 + LIVE HIGHLIGHTSIn the pandemic year of 2020, I only saw 100 performances by 95 different musical acts. Of those, 38 acts were new to me, and I bought music by 9 of those acts. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Anderson Council — “Sitting on a Cloud”Special […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Anderson Council, Dramarama, ESSi, Grip Weeds, Joan of Narc, John Wesley Harding, Kamikaze Palm Tree, Lionties, No Men, Special Friend, Sylvan Esso, The Big Easy, The Bongos, Top Nachos, Veronica Bianqui, Wesley Stace, Wire Troop
By Jack Silbert on March 31, 2020
EPISODE #376: CANCELED CONCERTSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fleshtones — “The World Has Changed”Mike Daly & the Planets — “Here She Comes Again”The Health & Happiness Show — “I Do”Long Neck — “Lichen”gobbin jr. — “Afraid of Me”The Bongos — “Barbarella”Tammy Faye Starlite & the Angels of Mercy — “I Knew Jesus (Before He […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Eyelids, Fleshtones, Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help, Gobbin Jr., Health & Happiness Show, Laura Cantrell, Long Neck, Mike Daly & the Planets, Parquet Courts, psych-O-positive, Rogue's March, Tammy Faye Starlite, The Bongos, Tom Barrett, Tuff Sunshine, Wild Carnation, Yung Wu
By Jack Silbert on November 20, 2015
The great James Mastro (The Bongos, Health & Happiness Show, etc.) owns Guitar Bar and Guitar Bar Jr. in Hoboken. Awesome guy Pete Martinez (The Coffin Daggers, Stuyvesant, etc.) owns the Drum Den in Hoboken. The two shops got together and had a baby in Jersey City Heights: Guitar Bar Drum Den. I wrote an […]
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Drum Den, Guitar Bar, Guitar Bar Drum Den, Guitar Bar Jr., Health & Happiness Show, Hoboken, James Mastro, Jersey City, Jersey City Heights, Jersey City Independent, Pete Martinez, Stuyvesant, The Bongos, The Coffin Daggers
By Jack Silbert on October 9, 2013
EPISODE #97: “IN THE” The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Bongos — “In the Congo” The 6ths (w/ Lou Barlow) — “In the City in the Rain” The Jam — “In the City” The June Brides — “In the Rain” The Dramatics — “In the Rain” Frank Sinatra — “In the Wee Small Hours […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Built to Spill, Chris Stamey, Frank Sinatra, Junior Boys, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Lou Barlow, Richard Lloyd, The 6ths, The Bongos, The Dramatics, The Jam, The June Brides, unpopular music, White Stripes
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