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My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/24/14
EPISODE #134: SUMMER 2014 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Laura Stevenson — “Runner” Fountains of Wayne — “The Summer Place” The Incredible Casuals — “Summertime” Ella Fitzgerald w/ Louis Armstrong — “Summertime” The Explorers Club — “Summer Days, Summer Nights” Bob Dylan — “Summer Days” Ceremony — “The Summer The Sun” The Go-Betweens — “Summer’s […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/10/14
EPISODE #132: FATHER’S DAY 2014 with in-studio guests California Chrome and Banksy The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Adrian Belew — “Oh Daddy” Brian Eno and Karl Hyde — “Daddy’s Car” Beach Boys — “Child Is Father of the Man” The Dismemberment Plan — “Daddy Was a Real Good Dancer” Morrissey — “Don’t Make Fun of […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/3/14
EPISODE #131: CRACKED WINDSHIELD The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Doug Martsch — “Cracked and Crazed” The Modern Lovers — “She Cracked” David Bowie — “Breaking Glass” Nick Lowe — “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass” Joy Division — “Glass” [live] East Ghost West Ghost — “…And We’ll Call It ‘Plexiglass’” Blondie — “Heart of […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/27/14
EPISODE #130: NYC POPFESTS PAST The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Pooh Sticks — “Let the Good Times Roll” The Smittens — “Something Sassy” Pants Yell! — “A New City Life” Allo Darlin’ — “Some People Say” Tender Trap — “Do You Want a Boyfriend” White Town — “Cut Out My Heart” The Pains of […]
Album Review: ‘Twee Blues, Vol. 1’ by Colin Clary
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase (or download two tracks) I like the indie pop, and I like record stores. Some years back, there were Mittens, and there were Smittens, as I’d flip through the racks. Smittens had the better band name, but a woman I found intriguing was friends with Mittens. So […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/20/14
EPISODE #129: HOPE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Frank Sinatra — “High Hopes” Nick Lowe — “Hope for Us All” Antony & the Johnsons — “Hope There’s Someone” The Clientele — “I Hope I Know You” Tom Waits — “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” Scott McCarl — “I Hope” Dump […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/13/14
EPISODE #128: TOMORROW The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Shoes — “Tomorrow Night” B.B. King — “Tomorrow Night” Edwyn Collins — “Come Tomorrow, Come Today” Gorillaz — “Tomorrow Comes Today” The Feelies — “Tomorrow Today” Morrissey — “Tomorrow” Luke Rathborne — “Tomorrow” The Jackson 5 — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Iveys — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Beatles — […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/6/14
EPISODE #127: MOTHER’S DAY 2014 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Oingo Boingo — “Mama” Slade — “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” The Ramones — “Mama’s Boy” The Jackson 5 — “Mama’s Pearl” LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out” Devo — “Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)” Jenny Lewis — “Jack Killed Mom” Maria Callas […]
Album Review: “We Already Have Birds That Sing” by Life in a Blender
4 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Last summer, when I did a 4th-of-July-themed episode of my wildly unpopular internet-radio show, my buddy Dave asked if I’d play “In the USA” from Life in a Blender’s 1988 debut album. Now hold on a cotton-picking second: Sure, Dave’s a buddy, but A) we […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/29/14
EPISODE #126: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Kinks — “Alcohol” Dean Martin — “Hey Brother, Pour the Wine” Stick McGhee — “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee” Fountains of Wayne — “Mexican Wine” The National — “All the Wine” Amy Allison — “The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter” THe Pogues — “Streams of Whiskey” George […]
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