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By Jack Silbert on September 17, 2013
EPISODE #94: FIRE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Move — “Fire Brigade” The Stolen Hearts — “Fire” Bruce Springsteen — “Fire” Willie Nile — “I’m on Fire” Dwight Twilley — “I’m on Fire” They Might Be Giants — “You’re on Fire” Bobby Bare Jr. — “Your Goat Is On Fire” Brian Eno — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged AA Bondy, Bobby Bare Jr., Boomtown Rats, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Dwight Twilley, fire, Grant McLennan, Hank Williams, Housemartins, The Move, The Stolen Hearts, They Might Be Giants, unpopular music, Waco Brothers, Willie Nile
By Jack Silbert on September 16, 2013
According to Forbes magazine: the world’s highest-paid DJs in 2013… …and the lowest-paid:
Posted in internet radio playlists, satire, unpopular music | Tagged Calvin Harris, Forbes, Forbes magazine, internet radio, Jack Silbert, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on September 10, 2013
EPISODE #93: ASK JACK, INSTALLMENT 7 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Smiths — “Ask” Question from John: What is love anyway? Does anybody love anybody anyway? Post-answer song: Daniel Johnston — “Love Defined” Question from Audrey: The cashier at the cafe in my office building where I get my lunch most days always […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged advice, American Music Club, Ask Jack, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Daniel Johnston, Dickie Goodman, Dum Dum Girls, Elska, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, James Brown, Neutral Milk Hotel, Phil Seymour, Ronnie Spector, The Smiths, Times New Viking, Tom Waits, unpopular music, Vivian Stanshall
By Jack Silbert on September 3, 2013
EPISODE #92: BACK TO SCHOOL 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Hives — “Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented” Rockpile — “Back to Schooldays” [live] Chuck Berry — “School Days” Josie Cotton — “School Is In” The Beach Boys — “Be True to Your School” Portastatic — “And I Was a Boy […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Apache Dropout, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello, Full of Fancy, J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies, Josie Cotton, MC5, Mogwai, NRBQ, Portastatic, Rockpile, school, Sex Clark Five, The Hives, The Pixies, The Replacements, The Secrets*, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on August 27, 2013
EPISODE #91: THE END OF SUMMER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bruce Springsteen — “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” Life in a Blender — “Summer Goes Too Fast” New York Dolls — “End of the Summer” Dar Williams — “The End of the Summer” Palma Violets — “Last of the Summer Wine” Florence & […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Bill Monroe, Bruce Springsteen, Butterglory, Dar Williams, Florence & the Machine, Full of Fancy, Life in a Blender, Manhattan Love Suicides, Michael Shelley, New York Dolls, Palma Violets, summer, The Fabulous Poodles, The Field Mice, The Shangri-Las, Those Darlins, unpopular music, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on August 20, 2013
EPISODE #90: REQUESTS VI The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bob Hillman — “Everyone’s an Actor in New York” [for Sarah] Mel Torme — “Careless Hands” [for Ken] Kraftwerk — “Tour de France” [for Kate] The Magnetic Fields — “Papa Was a Rodeo” [for Audrey] Jerry Lewis — “Come Rain or Come Shine” [for Elyse] […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Allman Brothers Band, Beach Boys, Bob Hillman, Dengue Fever, Grant Hart, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Lewis, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Magnetic Fields, Mel Torme, Milky Wimpshake, New Pornographers, Roxy Music, Simple Minds, The Clash, unpopular music, Vehicle Flips
By Jack Silbert on August 13, 2013
EPISODE #89: HELL The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Steve Earle featuring Allison Moorer — “Heaven or Hell” The Volcano Suns — “Descent Into Hell” The Clash — “Straight to Hell” Elvis Costello — “This Is Hell” The Duke & the King — “The Morning I Get to Hell” Times New Viking — “Half Day […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Allison Moorer, Curtis Mayfield, Dum Dum Girls, Eels, Elvis Costello, hell, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Roadside Graves, September Girls, Steve Earle, The Clash, The Duke & the King, The Jam, the Schramms, They Might Be Giants, Times New Viking, Tom Waits, unpopular music, Volcano Suns, White Stripes
By Jack Silbert on August 6, 2013
EPISODE #88: HEAVEN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Human Hearts — “The Heavenly Jukebox” The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now” The Mockers — “Pearly Gates” Prefab Sprout — “Pearly Gates” Jimmy Scott — “Heaven” Carl Wilson — “Heaven” The Psychedelic Furs — “Heaven” Robyn Hitchcock & the […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Be Good Tanyas, Carl Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Fats Domino, Franklin Bruno, Game Theory, Gorillaz, heaven, Jimmy Scott, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Prefab Sprout, Psychedelic Furs, Raveonettes, Robyn Hitchcock, The Cure, The Human Hearts, The Mockers, The Pixies, The Shangri-Las, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on July 31, 2013
It was 1997 and I felt like an ass. I’d moved to Hoboken from central Jersey three years earlier. It was closer to my job, closer to my East Village girlfriend, and there was Pier Platters and Maxwell’s: a world-class record store and one of the best rock clubs anywhere. Except Pier Platters—which was on […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged Hoboken, Maxwell's, New Jersey, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on July 30, 2013
EPISODE #87: MAXWELL’S The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Honorable mention: The Schramms — “Torn in Two” Health & Happiness Show — “How To Breathe” The Mekons — “Hard To Be Human Again” The dB’s — “Neverland” Saw at Maxwell’s three times: Kate Jacobs — “George Says” Bern & the Brights — “As Long As […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Ben Vaughn, Bern & the Brights, Chris Stamey, dB's, Feelies, Freedy Johnston, Health & Happiness Show, Higgins, Hoboken, Jonathan Richman, Kate Jacobs, Luna, Marshall Crenshaw, Maxwell's, Mekons, New Jersey, Robyn Hitchcock, Stuyvesant, Swingin' Neckbreakers, the Schramms, unpopular music, Yo La Tengo
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