May 2018
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Aquarium Playlist, 5/29/18
EPISODE #282: B&W The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The dB’s — “Black and White” Against Me! — “Black Me Out” Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires — “Underneath the Sheets of White Noise” Arcade Fire — “Black Mirror” The Avengers — “Thin White Line” Albumen — “Raven Black” Elliott Smith — “Bled White” […]
Movie Review: Solo—A Star Wars Story
3.5 stars out of 5 Richie Cunningham directing a Star Wars movie? My inner 8-year-old was doing backflips. And for the early going, he was the only one who was truly happy, as this film felt like it was made for little kids. (Which wouldn’t be the worst thing, would it?) Star Alden Ehrenreich, so […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/22/18
EPISODE #281: FAME dedicated to the memory of my friend Marie Morreale The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Blasters — “Marie Marie” David Bowie — “Fame” The Magnetic Fields — “Famous” The Nerves — “Are You Famous?” The Duke & the King — “If You Ever Get Famous” The Pastels — “Unfair Kind of […]
Movie Review: Disobedience
4 stars out of 5 Go for Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams getting it on, stay for a complex, thoughtful tale of hidden love, lust, family, and faith. I’m not going to reveal much of the plot, as director Sebastián Lelio has done a masterful job of slowly parceling out key details until we finally […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/15/18
EPISODE #280: DRIVING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beatles — “Drive My Car” Sneakers — “Driving” The Cars — “Drive” Adult Mom — “Drive Me Home” Big Bill Broonzy — “Too Many Drivers” Darren Hayman & the Secondary Modern — “Drive Too Fast” The Rolling Stones — “Driving Too Fast” M. Ward — […]
Coup d’État of MusicOn With Musikoff
My pal Brian Musikoff hosts a weekly show on radionope.com. Tonight I conducted a hostile takeover, playing an hour of artists that I associate with Pittsburgh. At this link you can see the playlist and stream or download the episode.
Aquarium Playlist, 5/8/18
EPISODE #279: ALONE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Gilbert O’Sullivan — “Alone Again (Naturally)” Bruce Springsteen — “When You’re Alone” Gorillaz — “All Alone” Brenda Lee — “All Alone Am I” Johnny Thunders — “So Alone” Ben Vaughn — “I’ll Stand Alone” La Sera — “I’m Alone” Sonny Boy Williamson — “Sad To Be […]
Movie Review: Avengers — Infinity War
3.5 stars out of 5 Years ago, I heard that phone numbers were seven digits long because the human brain can only handle seven distinct pieces of information at any one time. So how in hell am I supposed to follow what’s going on in Avengers: Infinity War? Sure, as a kid, I loved Marvel […]
Jack Silbert, curator