January 2018
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Aquarium Playlist, 1/30/18
EPISODE #266: MOON II salute to the simultaneous full moon/blue moon, supermoon, and lunar eclipse on 1/31/18 The Fall — “Fiery Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME] R.I.P. Mark E. Smith George Harrison — “Here Comes the Moon” Jimmie Dale Gilmore — “Blue Moon Waltz” Nick Drake — “Pink Moon” Screaming Females — “Black Moon” The White Stripes […]
Movie Review: Phantom Thread
4 stars out of 5 Upon first seeing the trailer, I must admit I wasn’t too excited to see this. I often avoid period pieces — and I had no idea when this was set; upper-class England could be the 19th, 20th, or 21st century — and as anyone who’s ever looked at me could […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/23/18
EPISODE #265: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beach Boys — “Shut Down” Lindsey Buckingham — “Shut Us Down” A.C. Newman — “They Should Have Shut Down the Streets” Colour Me Wednesday — “Shut” Jawbreaker — “Down” Higgins — “Shut It” Nirvana — “Downer” The Monkees — “Goin’ Down” Bruce Springsteen — […]
Movie Review: The Commuter
1 star out of 5 The warning signs were all there. It’s a January release (as with the end of summer, a traditional dumping ground for shitty movies). The poster proclaimed, “From the director of The Shallows [which I awarded 2.5 stars] and Non-Stop [1.5 stars].” And it stars Liam “Anything for a Buck” Neeson, […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/16/18
EPISODE #264: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2017 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Matthew Sweet — “I’ve Been Waiting” U2 — “I Will Follow” Los Straitjackets — “Gatecrasher” Reigning Sound — “Lyin’ Girl” Nick Lowe — “Somebody Cares for Me” Syd Straw — “Future 40’s (String of Pearls)” Dave Alvin — “King of California” Howe Gelb — […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2017
In my first talk with Joe Reda, the prosthetist at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, he asked about my goals. One of very few that I mentioned, back in December 2016, was regaining the ability to walk to my local movie theater. I achieved that goal by the spring, and […]
Movie Review: The Disaster Artist
3.5 stars out of 5 Back when I was urging everyone to see the movie Room, a couple of friends were singing the praises of the cult hit The Room. Well, I finally saw The Room (thanks Stephen) and… it is very bad; it is an odd, strangely compelling viewing experience; but… we live in […]
Movie Review: Star Wars — The Last Jedi
4.5 stars out of 5 Among the downers related to my extended hospitalization and rehabilitation was that I didn’t get to see Rogue One in the theaters. Since age 8, I’d seen every Star Wars movie on the big screen, as the good Lord intended. I eventually rationalized to myself that Rogue One was a […]
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