June 2018
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Movie Review: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
4.5 stars out of 5 Even the trailer made me cry, so I couldn’t wait to see this documentary. I guess I had two main Mister Rogers periods in my life: I would’ve been among the second batch of devoted O.G. viewers in the early 70s. Then, in my college years, I wound up in […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/26/18
EPISODE #286: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2018 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME] Bee Gees — “Love You Inside and Out” [Billboard No. 1, 6/9/79] The Knack — “My Sharona” [No. 1, 8/25/79 – 9/29/79] Michael Jackson — “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” [No. 1, 10/13/79] Michael Jackson — “Rock With You” [No. 1, 1/19/80 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/19/18
EPISODE #285: SUMMER 2018 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Colleen Green — “Cold Shoulder” LFO — “Summer Girls” Marshall Crenshaw — “Starless Summer Sky” The Only Ones — “Lovers of Today” Big Star — “Hung Up With Summer” 14 Iced Bears — “Summer Nights” Bauhaus — “Endless Summer of the Damned” No Joy — […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XV
So sometimes your personal life changes and you fall behind on your shows but then maybe your personal life changes again so you catch up on your shows. Anyhoo, this is what I’ve been watching recently. LOVED The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale (Netflix) Back in the day, Talk Soup was my jam. Kinnear, […]
Movie Review: Hereditary
3.5 stars out of 5 This movie is seriously f’ed. Enjoyable would be the wrong word, but… it holds your attention, that’s for sure. This psychological thriller/horror tale is slow and tense, with occasional helpings of “OMG, that is really messed up.” First things first: I don’t think I’m supposed to find Toni Collette extremely […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/12/18
EPISODE #284: SUICIDE The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Always Sad” [ALTERNATE THEME] Queen — “Don’t Try Suicide” Unrest — “Teenage Suicide” Gravediggaz — “1-800 Suicide” The dB’s — “Amplifier” (1982) Bert Jansch — “Needle of Death” The High Water Marks — “Suicide” Jersey McDermott — “Suicide Again” INXS — “Suicide Blonde” Young Fresh Fellows […]
EP Review: ‘Gross Dominance’ by Resounding No
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to sample or purchase I never got the chance to see Sarah C.’s previous group, the Soft Maybes. But it gave me a big smile when I learned that the bassist’s new band was called Resounding No. And now I’m smiling even more widely, because the trio has delivered […]
Movie Review: Action Point
2.5 stars out of 5 I’m a fair-weather fan of Johnny Knoxville, but this movie was on my radar because of its loose connection to Vernon, New Jersey’s infamous Action Park (where my friend Therese used to work). What sealed my decision to see it was noticing that the writers were John Altschuler and Dave […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/5/18
EPISODE #283: THE CITY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bruce Springsteen — “Meet Me in the City” The Babies — “Meet Me in the City” Ted Leo — “Run to the City” Teenage Fanclub — “Into the City” Gold-Bears — “In This City, I’m Invincible” Titus Andronicus — “In a Big City” Bouncing Souls […]
Freedy Johnston Returns
Wow, it was a real thrill for me to interview Freedy Johnston, a longtime favorite of mine, and to hang out in the studio for a bit as he records his next album. I then wrote an article and took photos for hMAG.com.
Jack Silbert, curator