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In Real Life w/ Kimzilla & Emily: Happy Jack
What an honor to be interviewed on the great WFMU program In Real Life about my disability, recovery, and more. An extended podcast version is available here.
Aquarium Playlist, 4/30/19
EPISODE #328: MY 2019 WFMU RECORD FAIR DJ SET The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fleshtones — “Destination Greenpoint”The Incredible Casuals — “Records Go Round”Big Eyes — “Back From the Moon”Pinact — “Seams”The Fastbacks — “Everything I Don’t Need”Liquid Liquid — “Optimo”Pylon Reenactment Society — “Messenger”Stag — “The Bedazzler”Sunshine & the Rain — “It’s All […]

Book Review: ‘The Day the Cow Sneezed’ by James Flora
Originally published on the Media Darlings blog, October 2011 For a long stretch of time there, it seemed like every album I bought — and I buy a lot of albums — had some connection to Irwin Chusid. His name appeared in reissue liner notes for Esquivel (whose 50s/60s “space-age bachelor pad music” helped spawn […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/19/19
EPISODE #322: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2019 (HOBOKEN) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] artists participating in Women Who Rocked the Hoboken Sound events at WFMU’s Monty Hall, March 23/24, 2019:Karyn Kuhl Band — “Be Your Friend (deluxe mix)”Wild Carnation — “Acid Rain and ‘The Big One’” The Wygals — “Eat a Horse”Long Neck — “Matriarch”Tiny […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/4/18
EPISODE #309: 7TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO VOL. VI) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Joy Division — “Transmission” The Iguanas — “9-Volt Heart” The Selecter — “On My Radio” listener Hoboken Jack legal ID for WFMU Versing — “Radio Kinski” The Original Sins — “Radio Friendly” Laura Cantrell — “Can’t Wait” The Beach Boys — […]

Album Review: ‘Great & Solemn Wild’ by Marybeth D’Amico
4 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Word on the street was that Pat Byrne was releasing an album. Yet it wasn’t from his rocking band They Live!, nor was it selections from his fondly remembered WFMU comedy show Prove It All Night. Rather, Byrne had produced and was releasing a […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/5/17
EPISODE #260: 6TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO VOL. V) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Replacements — “Left of the Dial” (live) The Blasters — “Border Radio” ZZ Top — “Heard It on the X” M. Ward — “Pirate Radio” Stephen Chopek — “Radio Caroline” Boys’ Star Library — “History of the Radio” [listener Hoboken […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/3/16
EPISODE #231: RECORD FAIR HAUL from albums purchased at the 2016 WFMU Record Fair The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mendoza Line — “Baby, I Know What You’re Thinking” Best Coast — “Heaven Sent” Konono N°1 — “Paradiso” The Ladybug Transistor — “Sneedle” The Flashing Lights — “Since They Were Crowned” Chris Von Sneidern […]

How Not To Go Viral
This morning, September 4, 2012, a dream died, live on the air. It was a dream that lasted 595 days, only to be coldly snuffed out when former NFL defensive end Michael Strahan was officially named the permanent co-host of Live! With Kelly. And though my efforts to land the job ultimately fell short, I […]
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