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By Jack Silbert on October 7, 2015
3.5 stars out of 5 I’d seen the trailer a while ago, but by the time The Martian came out, I totally forgot what it was about. Martians, maybe? I saw a picture of Matt Damon looking all astronaut-y. Maybe he befriends a martian? Maybe he *is* a shape-shifting martian? (Ooh, not a bad idea […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Mars, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott
By Jack Silbert on October 6, 2015
EPISODE #201: SECRETS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Duran Duran — “Secret Oktober” Faith — “Soul Secrets” The Wooden Birds — “Secrets” Fields of the Nephilim — “Secrets” Jimmie Rodgers — “Secretly” Tullycraft — “Secretly Minnesotan” Pushy Parents — “Secret Secret” Very Truly Yours — “Girls Tell You Secrets” Nils Lofgren — “Secrets […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beat Happening, Belle & Sebastian, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, Faith, Fields of the Nephilim, Jimmie Rodgers, Leonard Cohen, Nils Lofgren, Pushy Parents, Tullycraft, unpopular music, Very Truly Yours, Wooden Birds, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on October 2, 2015
hMAG.com asked me to create a Joaquin-themed playlist, which I also annotated. Stay safe, everybody.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged hMAG, Hoboken, Hurricane Joaquin, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy
By Jack Silbert on September 29, 2015
EPISODE #200: MUSIC The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mendoza Line — “Baby, I Know What You’re Thinking” The Beach Boys — “Add Some Music to Your Day” Barry White — “Let the Music Play” Big Audio Dynamite — “Just Play Music!” Kim Fowley — “Music Is the Magic” Homescience — “Small Music” Lon […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged 200th episode, ABBA, Barry White, Beach Boys, Big Audio Dynamite, George Jones, Heron, Homescience, Kim Fowley, Liam Finn, Lon & Derrek Van Eaton, meta, Sly & the Family Stone, The Mendoza Line, The School, The Tripwires, unpopular music, Village People
By Jack Silbert on September 25, 2015
3.5 stars out of 5 My man Depp in a true-life organized crime story? There was no way I was going to miss this. I knew very little of the life of James “Whitey” Bulger and had only mentioned him once before on this website. So I was looking forward to learning a thing or […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Boston, Johnny Depp, Whitey Bulger
By Jack Silbert on September 25, 2015
Kevin Bacon in Black Mass and Ty Burrell
Posted in separated at birth | Tagged Black Mass, Kevin Bacon, Modern Family, Ty Burrell
By Jack Silbert on September 22, 2015
EPISODE #199: THE END OF THE WORLD The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] R.E.M. — “I’m Gonna DJ” Elvis Costello — “Waiting for the End of the World” Herman’s Hermits — “End of the World” Jens Lekman — “The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love” The Verlaines — “Doomsday” Elvis Perkins — “Slow […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Barry McGuire, Bob Dylan, Eels, Elvis Costello, Elvis Perkins, Herman's Hermits, Jens Lekman, Morrissey, R.E.M., Sloan, The Clash, Verlaines, Weekend, Willie Nile
By Jack Silbert on September 15, 2015
EPISODE #198: REQUESTS XI The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Super Furry Animals — “Venus & Serena” [for Allan] Wire — “Map Ref. 41°N 93°W” [for Jim] TV on the Radio — “Halfway Home” [for Judith] Temples — “Shelter Song” [for Efrain] Ray LaMontagne — “Julia” [for Jimmy] Leon Russell and Elton John — “If […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Aimee Mann, Airborne Toxic Event, Big Country, Bill Morrissey, Elton John, Graham Parker, Klark Kent, Lemonheads, Leon Russell, Luka Bloom, Procol Harum, Ray Lamontagne, Spoon, Stewart Copeland, Super Furry Animals, Temples, The Smithereens, TV on the Radio, unpopular music, Wire
By Jack Silbert on September 8, 2015
EPISODE #197: BENNY TUDINO’S in memory of Bari “Benny” Drishti The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Charlie Christian Jammers — “Waitin’ for Benny” Allo Darlin’ — “Europe” Otis Ball — “Slow Boat to Hoboken” Laura Marling — “Sophia” The Marys — “Mr. Woods” Louis Prima — “Angelina/Zooma Zooma” (medley) The Bouncing Souls — “The Pizza […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Allo Darlin', Amy Allison, Bari Drishti, Benny Drishti, Benny Tudino's, Bouncing Souls, Charlie Christian, Courtney Barnett, Gene D. Plumber, Hoboken, Laura Marling, Louis Prima, Macauley Culkin, Otis Ball, Personal & the Pizzas, pizza, Robyn Hitchcock, The Marys, The Pizza Underground, unpopular music
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