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Aquarium Playlist, 6/7/16
EPISODE #236: MUHAMMAD ALI TRIBUTE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cassius Clay — “Round 1: I Am the Greatest” Simon & Garfunkel — “The Boxer” Morrissey — “Boxers” Of Montreal — “My Favorite Boxer” Eels — “Prizefighter” LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out” Palomar — “Knockout” Skatalites — “Knock Out Punch” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/31/16
EPISODE #235: WHATEVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Dinosaur Jr. — “Whatever’s Cool With Me” The Monkees — “Whatever’s Right” The Clean — “Whatever I Do It’s Right” Colleen Green — “Whatever I Want” Elliott Smith — “Whatever (Folk Song in C)” Brian Wilson — “Whatever Happened” The Shivas — “Whatever” Oasis — “Whatever” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16
EPISODE #234: WEEKEND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff — “Seven-Day Weekend” NRBQ — “It’s a Wild Weekend” Art Brut — “Good Weekend” Tom Petty — “Big Weekend” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Somewhere a Weekend of Sin” Terry Malts — “Where Is the Weekend?” Dr. Dog — “Weekend” Jason Lytle […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/10/16
EPISODE #232: OTHER MUSIC TRIBUTE The downtown NYC record store will be closing on June 25. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ex Cops — “You Are a Lion, I Am a Lamb” Wire — “The Other Window” So Cow — “The Other One” Big Audio Dynamite — “Other 99” Camera Obscura — “Other Towns […]
Book Review: ‘I Formed a Band’ by Eddie Argos
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase I don’t remember how the band Art Brut entered my life a decade ago — did I read a review? did my friend Christine recommend them? — but that debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, really did it for me. Soon my buddies Allan and Jim […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/19/16
EPISODE #229: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ian Hunter — “Shades Off” [poem] Sly & the Family Stone — “Poet” First Aid Kit — “To a Poet” Morrissey — “Sister, I’m a Poet” The Sights — “Everyone’s a Poet” Of Montreal — “A Collection of Poems About Water” Grandaddy — “Jed’s […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/12/16
EPISODE #228: GENRE BOYS AND GIRLS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Blur — “Girls & Boys” BMX Bandits — “Disco Girl” Frank Zappa — “Disco Boy” Ben Lee — “Pop Queen” T-Bone Walker — “Bobby Sox Blues” Merle Haggard — “Honky Tonk Man” [in memory of] Johnny Horton — “Honky-Tonk Man” The Rolling Stones […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/8/16
EPISODE #223: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2016 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Björk — “It’s Oh So Quiet” Daddy Issues — “All My Girls” Household — “Desperate Times” The Marshmallows — “Battle of the Sexy” Nice Try — “No Big Deal” Bern & the Brights — “Beautiful Morning” k.d. Lang — “Miss Chatelaine” Skeeter Davis […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/1/16
EPISODE #222: SUPER TWOS-DAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Yo La Tengo — “By Two’s” Bruce Springsteen — “Two Hearts” The Human Hearts — “Two Knives” Against Me! — “Two Coffins” Brakesbrakesbrakes — “Two Shocks” The Go-Betweens — “I Need Two Heads” Neutral Milk Hotel — “Two-Headed Boy” Obits — “Two-Headed Coin” Trevor Moss […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/23/16
EPISODE #221: HELP The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beatles — “Help!” The Apartments — “Help” Eli “Paperboy” Reed — “Help Me” Elvis Presley — “Help Me” Philip Glass — “Help Me” Joni Mitchell — “Help Me” The Animals — “Help Me Girl” The Beach Boys — “Help Me Rhonda” Liz Phair — “Help […]
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