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Movie Review: Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

By Jack Silbert on July 9, 2021

4 stars out of 5Well, it turns out a lot more people watch a documentary if it’s also airing on Hulu. But I love movie theaters and a trip to one can seem like a mini summer vacation (in this case, also time travel). So I went to see Questlove’s Summer of Soul on the […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 10/20/20

By Jack Silbert on October 20, 2020

EPISODE #405: NEWThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]X — “The New World”Amy Bezunartea — “New Villain”The Verlaines — “New Kind of Hero”Mose Allison w/ Amy Allison — “This New Situation”Trøn & DVD — “New Kings”Brower — “Two Thousand Twenty New Tanks”Tricky — “Brand New You’re Retro”Hüsker Dü — “New Day Rising”The Moles — “What’s the […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Amy Allison, Brower, Deerhunter, Elvis Costello, Hüsker Dü, Magnetic Fields, Mitch Easter, Mose Allison, The Moles, The Roots, Tricky, Trøn & DVD, Verlaines, Vic Chesnutt | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 5/5/20

By Jack Silbert on May 5, 2020

EPISODE #381: CINCO DE MAYO (FIVE) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Elvis Costello & The Roots featuring La Marisoul — “Cinco Minutos Con Vos”Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — “Five”Spit-take — “Five or Six”Radiator Hospital — “Five & Dime”Angel Olsen — “Hi-Five”Mull Historical Society — “5 More Minutes”Igloo — “Five Hours”Yo La Tengo — “Five […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Angel Olsen, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Field Mice, Igloo, Joan Jett, Johnny Cash, La Marisoul, Mull Historical Society, Radiator Hospital, Spit-take, The Clientele, The Roots, The Scene Is Now, The Ventures, Yo La Tengo | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 7/24/18

By Jack Silbert on July 24, 2018

EPISODE #290: I WANT TO BELIEVE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] R.E.M. — “I Believe” My Bloody Valentine — “I Believe” Big Bill Broonzy — “I Believe I’ll Go Back Home” Edwyn Collins — “I Still Believe in You” The Beach Boys — “You Still Believe in Me” Carla Thomas — “My Man Believes […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Alan Parsons Project, Badfinger, Beach Boys, Big Bill Broonzy, Bruce Springsteen, Carla Thomas, Colin Blunstone, Dwight Yoakam, Edwyn Collins, Elvis Costello, Fastbacks, John Lurie, Marvin Pontiac, Monkees, My Bloody Valentine, R.E.M., Sugar, The Roots | Leave a response

My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/26/14

By Jack Silbert on August 26, 2014

EPISODE #143: WIRE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Fall — “Totally Wired” Coconut Records — “Wires” Leonard Cohen — “Bird on the Wire” Felice Brothers — “Chicken Wire” Elvis Costello and the Roots — “Tripwire” Lowen & Navarro — “Walking on a Wire” [live] Richard & Linda Thompson — “Walking on a Wire” The […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Calexico, Coconut Records, Elvis Costello, Felice Brothers, Leonard Cohen, Lowen & Navarro, Lucinda Williams, Manhattan Love Suicides, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Stiff Little Fingers, Superchunk, The Cramps, The Fall, The Roots, U2 | Leave a response