On his third solo record, 2002’s Circus Town , Tommy Womack, former member of the Bis-Quits/Government Cheese, recorded this sprawling paean to the Replacements. The song is full of allusions to classic […]
Month: April 2010
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight […]
The Masked Marauders
It’s 1969. Rolling Stone magazine alludes to a mysterious super-group called the Masked Marauders comprised of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The group is reportedly set […]
Avi Buffalo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Session
Friday, during the first hour of the SIRIUS/XMU show, I am re-airing the Avi Buffalo session recorded last Fall at Infrasonic Sound Studios in Alhambra, CA. A stripped down set with Avi on guitar/vocals, and Rebecca […]
The Cellos :: Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman)
“Who are you?” “I am the Japanese Sandman.” And so begins the 1957 Doo Wop jam that is “Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman).” I’m working on […]
The Love Language :: Heart To Tell
The Love Language : “Heart To Tell” from their forthcoming Merge release, Libraries (July 13th). MP3: The Love Language :: Heart To Tell ——————— + Download The Love Language DRM free via eMusic’s 35 free MP3 no risk . . . Only the good […]
Sevens :: Paul McCartney & Wings/Arrow Through Me
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) “Arrow Through Me,” off 1980’s Back To The Egg , finds McCartney dipping into his Stevie Wonder […]
Tom Waits/DJ Lee ‘Baby’ Sims :: Jim Jarmusch’s “Down by Law”
Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits go together like, well, a shot bourbon and a glass of beer. But you already knew that. Back when I was still doing free-form radio, downtown, prior to the […]
The Meters :: Live 1977: The Showboat Lounge & Bottomline NYC
As promised, continuing with the New Orleans related posts during Jazz Fest, here are two Meters shows from 1977 that I’ve posted several times since 2005. Call it tradition. I acquired the following 1977 Meters […]
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
The Fantastic Expedition is one of the world’s greatest country rock albums, ahead of its time and seriously overlooked even today. I would take it over Sweetheart of the Rodeo any day, as […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight […]
Sevens :: Roky Erickson/Devotional Number One
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) Roky Erickson is among the most tortured of our pop ingénues. The Austin singer-songwriter, founding […]
James Booker :: Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1978
Ahoy there. I featured this rare 1978 live recording, from the Montreux Jazz Festival , on AD in October of 2005 as part of the original Live Upload Series. I suspect a good […]
Flashez :: NYC’s Punk Magazine, 1977
Interview with John Hallstrom & Legs McNeil of New York’s Punk Magazine by Stephen MacLean from Flashez, 1977. Ref. Radio Birdman, Patti Smith, Saints, Ramones, Television, anti-intellectualism et al. + […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Cold Splinters, A Mixtape
Welcome to the fourth installment of an irregular series in which I highlight some of my favorite voices online and beyond. Thus far we’ve featured sets by Raven Sings The Blues , Ponytone and, most […]