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By Jack Silbert on November 19, 2013
EPISODE #103: THE BAND I WAS GIVEN In a recent Facebook meme, I “gave” a band to each of the listed individuals, and they selected a favorite song. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Feelings — “Friends Rock and Roll” [for Gary M.] The dB’s — “Black and White” [given to me by Steve […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Crowded House, dB's, Facebook, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jonathan Richman, MC5, Modern Lovers, popular music, Richard Thompson, Smashing Pumpkins, Talking Heads, The Coctails, The Feelings, The Replacements, U2, unpopular music, Van Halen, Yung Wu
By Jack Silbert on November 12, 2013
EPISODE #102: MYSTERY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cheap Trick — “Magical Mystery Tour” The Modern Lovers — “Fly Into the Mystery” [live] R.E.M. — “Mystery to Me” [demo] Roy Orbison — “She’s a Mystery to Me” The Rezillos — “Mystery Action” Vic Chesnutt — “Mystery” The Cramps — “Mystery Plane” Elvis Costello — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Cheap Trick, Eels, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Junior Parker, Little Junior's Blue Flames, Modern Lovers, mystery, R.E.M., Rezillos, Roy Orbision, Sebadoh, Spoon, Steve Earle, The Cramps, unpopular music, Vic Chesnutt, Young Fresh Fellows
By Jack Silbert on November 5, 2013
EPISODE #101: MISTER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The National — “Mr. November” Yo La Tengo — “Mr. Tough” Jean Knight — “Mr. Big Stuff” Keith Relf — “Mr. Zero” The Inmates — “Mr. Unreliable” The Marys — “Mr. Woods” Big Dipper — “Mr. Woods” The Kinks — “Mr. Songbird” Elvis Costello & the […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beatles, Big Dipper, Chris Isaak, E.L.O., Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, Fairport Convention, Jean Knight, Keith Relf, Kinks, The Byrds, The Inmates, The Killers, The Marys, The National, The Replacements, unpopular music, Wire, Yardbirds, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on November 3, 2013
Maybe you’ve seen the name Frank B. on this site. Back in early 2008, Frank Boscoe invited me to become a contributor to Salt in Wound. Twenty years earlier, he was my music director at WRCT, the radio station of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Frank had a strong influence on my developing musical […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged #Poundsign#, Carnegie Mellon, Frank Boscoe, Jerry Fuchs, Leital Molad, meta, Pittsburgh, Rob Christiansen, Stephen Vesecky, The Gazetteers, unpopular music, Vehicle Flips, WFXIV, Wimp Factor 14, Wimp Factor Fourteen, WNYC, WRCT
By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2013
EPISODE #100: HALLOWEEN Note: This playlist was originally intended to be episode #48 on October 30, 2012. But with the justified fear of losing power to Superstorm Sandy, I did a special storm-themed episode on October 29. And then promptly lost power for a full week. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Dream Syndicate […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bobby Bare Jr., Dream Syndicate, Efrain Calderon, Halloween, Hurricane Sandy, John Wesley Harding, Lake, Lou Reed, Magnetic Fields, Megan Reilly, P.F. Sloan, Pop Will Eat Itself, R.I.P. Lou, Rare Books, Superstorm, Superstorm Sandy, The 10p Mixes, The Cramps, The Minus 5, The Misfits, They Might Be Giants, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on October 22, 2013
EPISODE #99: 99th EPISODE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Dan Pickett — “99 1/2 Won’t Do” Lake — “Sing 99 & 90” People Like Us — “I’m 89” The Nails — “88 Lines About 44 Women” The Individuals — “Dancing With My Eighty Wives” Efrain Calderon — “55 Reasons” Bobby “Blue” Bland — “36-22-36” […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Aimee Mann, Beatles, Blind Melon, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Chris Stamey, Dan Pickett, Efrain Calderon, Elvis Costello, Lake, numbers, numerology, People Like Us, Prince, Radiohead, Rare Books, Sam Cooke, The Go-Betweens, The Individuals, The Nails, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on October 15, 2013
EPISODE #98: HELLO/GOODBYE w/ guest co-host Banksy The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Magnolias — “Hello or Goodbye” Lupe Fiasco ft. Unkle — “Hello Goodbye (Uncool)” From Bubblegum to Sky — “Hello Hello Hi” The Apples in Stereo — “Hello Lola” Amos Lee — “Hello Again” The Cars — “Hello Again” Todd Rundgren — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Amos Lee, Apples in Stereo, Banksy, Bill Monroe, Dusty Springfield, From Bubblegum to Sky, Luna, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Hopkin, Mekons, Oingo Boingo, Solomon Burke, the Cars, The Field Mice, The Magnolias, The Postmarks, Todd Rundgren, unpopular music, Willie Nelson
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
By Jack Silbert on October 1, 2013
EPISODE #96: VACATION The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beach Boys — “Kokomo” HEHFU — “Learning Dutch” The Model Rockets — “International Airplane” The Shaggs — “Who Are Parents” Explosions in the Sky — “Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean” The Textones — “Vacation” The Young Fresh Fellows — “Empty Set Takes […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Apples in Stereo, Aruba, Beach Boys, Brian Eno, Dressy Bessy, Explosions in the Sky, HEHFU, Model Rockets, Ramones, The Gay, The Gazetteers, The Shaggs, The Textones, Tullycraft, unpopular music, vacation, Young Fresh Fellows
By Jack Silbert on September 24, 2013
EPISODE #95: AUTUMN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Field Mice — “An Earlier Autumn” The Flaming Lips — “My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion” Yo La Tengo — “Autumn Sweater” Robyn Hitchcock — “Autumn Is Your Last Chance” The Kinks — “Autumn Almanac” The Shins — “Fall of ’82” Teenage Fanclub — “The Fall” Jens […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged autumn, Big Star, Earth Wind & Fire, Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, Jens Lekman, Joe Henry, Kinks, Matthew Sweet, Olivia Tremor Control, Robyn Hitchcock, Teenage Fanclub, The Best Friends Group, The Field Mice, The Shins, unpopular music, Yo La Tengo
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