December 2018
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New Year’s Resolutions 2019
1. Partially shut down government until congressional Democrats give me $5 billion for a border collie. 2. Reveal to world that all this time, HTML has been shorthand for Hotmail. 3. Every time someone says 2019, mutter, “You know, Normie, 19 was the average age of soldiers killed in Vietnam.” 4. Research if Roy Rogers’ […]
Movie Review: Holmes & Watson
1 star out of 5 Is movie comedy dead? What was the last really funny, wide-appeal film? In my lifetime, it seemed like mini-generations passed the torch, making each era’s silly but solid flicks: people from Python, SNL, SCTV, The State, Freaks & Geeks. But it truly feels like the torch has been extinguished. Will […]
Movie Review: Ben Is Back
4 stars out of 5 The movie takes place on December 24, and I watched it on December 24, so that was pretty cool. Quick review: Really good but it’s a bummer. Ben (actor of the moment Lucas Hedges) is a young addict in recovery who has come home for Christmas. And maybe he shouldn’t […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/25/18
EPISODE #312: NEW TO ME IN 2018, PT. 1 So far in 2018, I’ve seen 427 musical performances by 360 different acts, 224 of which I was seeing for the first time, 211 of them brand-new to me. Of those, I was inspired to buy 64 records. (I also purchased debut records by acts I’d seen in previous […]
Movie Review: Spider-Man — Into the Spider-Verse
4 stars out of 5 I was confused by the trailer: Was this a kiddie movie? Having seen all the other Spider-Man movies, was I obligated to see this one as well? I mean, it’s a cartoon, right? Although, comic books are cartoons by definition. So maybe this was the preferable way to see a […]
Movie Review: Creed II
4 stars out of 5 I was glad they made this sequel, because it’s pretty cool to have a film series within a film series: i.e. Creed II is Rocky VIII. Well, kudos to all involved, because — if not quite as artfully made as the first Creed — it more than gets the job […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/11/18
EPISODE #310: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2018 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Velvet Monkeys — “Everything Is Right”Pylon Reenactment Society — “Messenger”The Feelies — “What Goes On”Superchunk — “What a Time to be Alive”Overlake — “Can Never Tell”Joy Cleaner — “Easter Tuesday”Guided by Voices — “Echos Myron”Sunshine & the Rain — “It’s All in Your Mind”Built to […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/4/18
EPISODE #309: 7TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO VOL. VI) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Joy Division — “Transmission” The Iguanas — “9-Volt Heart” The Selecter — “On My Radio” listener Hoboken Jack legal ID for WFMU Versing — “Radio Kinski” The Original Sins — “Radio Friendly” Laura Cantrell — “Can’t Wait” The Beach Boys — […]
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