They Might Be Giants
Aquarium Playlist, 5/12/20
EPISODE #382: HAIR The Hollywood Argyles — “Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]Kimberley Rew — “My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Baby’s Got a Brand New Hairdo”They Might Be Giants — “Let Your Hair Hang Down”The Lucksmiths — “Yunta Hair”Frankie Rose & the Outs — “Little Brown-Haired Girls”Talulah […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/4/20
EPISODE #368: NEED Thelonious Monk — “Well You Needn’t” [ALTERNATE THEME]Sunshine & the Rain — “All We Need”The Kinks — “I Need You”The Muffs — “I Need You”The Who — “I Need You”The Beatles — “I Need You”Rufus Wainwright — “Sometimes You Need”LL Cool J — “I Need Love”Elva — “I Need Love”Slim Harpo — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/10/19
EPISODE #360: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Original Sins — “She’s on my Side”Electric Light Orchestra — “Hold on Tight”The Church — “Under the Milky Way”Squeeze — “Up the Junction”They Might Be Giants — “Ana Ng”The Minus 5 — “Hotel Senator”Mates of State — “Proofs”The Ladybug Transistor — “Meadowport Arch”Peter Holsapple […]
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, 6/11/19
EPISODE #334: HEY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Little Richard — “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey”Karyn Kuhl Band — “Hey Kid”Basic Bitches — “Hey Kid”Alvvays — “Hey”OutKast — “Hey Ya!”Rocketship — “Hey, Hey Girl”Louis Prima & Keely Smith — “Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!”Eels — “Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)”Luna — “Hey Sister”Bruce Springsteen — “Hey […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/23/19
EPISODE #327: FRIENDS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The White Stripes — “We’re Going To Be Friends”The English Beat — “Best Friend”Talulah Gosh — “My Best Friend”Queen — “You’re My Best Friend”R.E.M. — “All the Right Friends” (1983)The Wedding Present — “You Should Always Keep in Touch With Your Friends”They Might Be Giants featuring Brian […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/2/19
EPISODE #324: LUCKY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Bruce Springsteen — “Lucky Town”Big Eyes — “Lucky You”Original Sins — “You’re So Lucky”Heatmiser — “Get Lucky”JD McPherson — “Lucky Penny”Gene Turonis (a.k.a. Gene D. Plumber) — “Always Get Lucky”Ella Fitzgerald — “I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So”The Ohio Express — “Lucky”They Might Be Giants — “Lucky Ball […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/27/18
EPISODE #308: START The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Rolling Stones — “Start Me Up” Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom — “The Party Starts Now!!” Arcade Fire — “Ready To Start” They Might Be Giants — “Don’t Let’s Start” Vivian Girls — “Before I Start To Cry” The Black Lips — “Starting Over” John Lennon — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/14/18
EPISODE #293: FIRE II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Jimi Hendrix Experience — “Fire” Mount Eerie — “Forest Fire” David Bowie — “(You Will) Set the World on Fire” The Byrds — “This Wheel’s on Fire” Ben Vaughn — “Fire in the Hole” Bruce Springsteen — “I’m on Fire” The Ladybug Transistor — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/22/18
EPISODE #281: FAME dedicated to the memory of my friend Marie Morreale The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Blasters — “Marie Marie” David Bowie — “Fame” The Magnetic Fields — “Famous” The Nerves — “Are You Famous?” The Duke & the King — “If You Ever Get Famous” The Pastels — “Unfair Kind of […]
Jack Silbert, curator