Vivian Girls

Aquarium Playlist, 10/18/22

By Jack Silbert on October 18, 2022

EPISODE #508: FOR BETTER OR WORSE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Manfred Mann — “No Better, No Worse”The Beatles — “Getting Better”Jennifer O’Connor — “It’s Gonna Get Worse”Blushh — “Make It Better” Big Troubles — “Make It Worse”Divine Fits — “Baby Get Worse”Don Covay — “It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need)”Gazebos — “There Are […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 5/10/22

By Jack Silbert on May 10, 2022

EPISODE #486: IMAGINATION The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Exploding Flowers — “Imagine All Possibilities”Robert Forster — “Let Me Imagine You”Brian Wilson — “Your Imagination”The Temptations — “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”Bill Withers — “My Imagination”Joan Jett — “Make Believe”The Easybeats — “The Land of Make Believe”Kitty Wells — “Making Believe”Conway Twitty — “It’s […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 10/5/21

By Jack Silbert on October 5, 2021

EPISODE #455: STRESSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Talking Heads — “Psycho Killer” [live]Bob Perry — “Man on the Brink” Nick Lowe — “Cracking Up”Bo Diddley — “Crackin’ Up”The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Cracking Up”Vivian Girls — “Tension”Jay Gonzalez — “Tension”Superchunk — “For Tension”Eddy Current Suppression Ring — “Anxiety” Blushing — “Pressure”Queen and David Bowie […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 11/27/18

By Jack Silbert on November 27, 2018

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 — […]

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EP Review: ‘Gross Dominance’ by Resounding No

By Jack Silbert on June 8, 2018

4.5 stars out of 5 Click to sample or purchase I never got the chance to see Sarah C.’s previous group, the Soft Maybes. But it gave me a big smile when I learned that the bassist’s new band was called Resounding No. And now I’m smiling even more widely, because the trio has delivered […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 12/26/17

By Jack Silbert on December 26, 2017

EPISODE #263: NEW TO ME IN 2017 In 2017, I saw 172 musical performances by 152 different acts, 90 of which I was seeing for the first time, 84 of them brand-new to me. Of those, I was inspired to buy 23 records. (I also purchased debut records by 7 acts that I’d seen in […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 5/10/16

By Jack Silbert on May 10, 2016

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 […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/29/14

By Jack Silbert on July 29, 2014

EPISODE #139: FUN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beach Boys — “Fun, Fun, Fun” Of Montreal — “Fun-Loving Nun” Sourpatch — “Fun” Sly & the Family Stone — “Fun” The Dead Boys — “Ain’t It Fun” X — “We’re Having Much More Fun” Vic Chesnutt — “Fun/Party/ShoestringStore” Alpaca Sports — “Just for Fun” Josef […]

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My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/19/13

By Jack Silbert on March 19, 2013

EPISODE #68: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Nellie McKay — “Mother of Pearl” The Shangri-Las — “The Dum Dum Ditty” Sleater-Kinney — “Little Babies” Vivian Girls — “Take It As It Comes” Wild Flag — “Romance” Big Eyes — “Since You Left” Emmylou Harris — “Lonely Girl” Dolly Mixture — […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Eyes, Billie Holiday, Claire's Diary, Dolly Mixture, Emmylou Harris, Go-Go's, Grass Widow, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Nellie McKay, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, The Shangri-Las, unpopular music, Vivian Girls, Wild Flag, Women's History Month | 6 Responses

My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/10/12

By Jack Silbert on January 11, 2012

EPISODE #6: CRAZY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Feelies — “Crazy Rhythms” Nellie McKay — “Crazy Rhythm” Prince — “Let’s Go Crazy” James Brown — “I Go Crazy” Outrageous Cherry — “Pretty Girls Go Insane” Big Dipper — “The Insane Girl” Black Keys — “Psychotic Girl” The Crazy Teens — “Crazy Date” Pylon — […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Dipper, BLack Keys, BLAST Gallery, Crazy Teens, Feelies, internet radio, James Brown, Magnetic Fields, Nellie McKay, Outrageous Cherry, Prince, Pylon, The Cramps, Vivian Girls, Willie Nelson | 1 Response