January 2013
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Separated at Birth XXIII
Matthew Rhys as a 1981 guy on TV’s The Americans and actual 1981 American TV guy John Ritter
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/29/13
EPISODE #61: ASK JACK, INSTALLMENT 4 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Smiths — “Ask” Question from Anastasia: How long is too long for continuous sock wear? Post-answer song: Tobin Sprout — “Angels Hang Their Socks on the Moon” Question from Michael: Why do language professors hate Pimsleur? Post-answer song: Vic Chesnutt — “Strange […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/22/13
EPISODE #60: REQUESTS IV The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Allo Darlin’ — “Atlantic City” [for Ryan] Camera Obscura — “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken” [for Jimmy] Beat Happening — “Playhouse” [for Jim] Donnie & Joe Emerson — “Baby” [for Anastasia] R.E.M. — “Nightswimming” [for Deb] Lorraine Leckie — “Don’t Giggle at the Corpse” […]
Movie Review: Gangster Squad
3 stars out of 5 It’s not bad and it’s not good. It certainly isn’t original. But I have to hand it to Gangster Squad, this is an entertaining movie. Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours, if you like guys in fedoras, guns, old-timey cars, and junk like that. Gangster Squad […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/15/13
EPISODE #59: MONEY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Monty Python — “The Money Song” Chain and the Gang — “What Is a Dollar?” John Lee Hooker — “I Need Some Money” Pet Shop Boys — “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” Bruce Springsteen — “Easy Money” Mudhoney — “The Money Will Roll Right In” […]
Movie Review: 56 Up
4 stars out of 5 First of all, this is not a quickie sequel to This Is 40, and thank goodness for that. It is, however, definitely a sequel, the 8th installment in Michael Apted’s fascinating “Up” documentary series. (Apted was an assistant on the first one, Seven Up!, back in 1964, and has been […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/8/13
EPISODE #58: BIRDS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Trashmen — “Surfin’ Bird” Niall Connolly — “Seagull” Eels — “I Like Birds” Michael Jackson — “Rockin’ Robin” Leonard Cohen — “Bird on a Wire” The Beatles — “And Your Bird Can Sing” M. Ward — “I’ll Be Yr Bird” Megan Reilly (w/ John Wesley […]
Roll On, Corolla: A Boy & His Car
I don’t want to get all Giving Tree on you, but the car and I really did go a long way back. All the way to October 4, 1991. On that day, at Jim Coleman Toyota in Bethesda, Maryland, I took ownership of a brand-new, end-of-model-year, light blue Corolla. The address we wrote on the […]
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
4 stars out of 5 Zero Dark Thirty makes Argo look like My Little Pony. The stakes are that much higher, the preparation that much longer, the tension that much greater. And you can’t help but compare the films. It’s almost like Zero Dark Thirty is a sequel where they could only get Kyle Chandler […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2012
What?!? I only saw 29 movies in the theater this year? I know Sandy slowed me down, but still! I think I was on a record pace early in the year. What happened? I don’t know, but I know I let you down and I promise I’ll try harder in 2013. Yet again, I’ll say: […]
Jack Silbert, curator