January 2019
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Aquarium Playlist, 1/29/19
EPISODE #317: BEATLESQUE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Brian Jonestown Massacre — “All Around You [intro]”The Spongetones — “She Goes Out With Everybody”The Sneetches — “Love Comes My Way”Robyn Hitchcock — “Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)”Higgins — “Drop Off”Cheap Trick — “World’s Greatest Lover”Elliott Smith — “Little One”Ron Sexsmith — “The Grim Trucker”Liam Finn […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/22/19
EPISODE #316: BODY PARTS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Pylon — “The Human Body”Bob Neuwirth — “Sweet and Shiny Eyes”Digital Underground — “No Nose Job”Ron Sexsmith — “Music to my Ears”Screaming Females — “Broken Neck”The School — “Shoulder”The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “The Asp at my Chest”Darren Hanlon — “Elbows”The Replacements — “Staples […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/15/19
EPISODE #315: OUT OF LEFT FIELD Theme suggested by contest winner Max Rosenthal. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Gregg Allman — “Out of Left Field”Howe Gelb — “Left of Center”Sloan — “Left of Centre”Suzanne Vega — “Left of Center”Skateboard Kyle — “Max”Marc Ribot w/ Syd Straw — “Knock That Statue Down”The Frogs — “Where’s Jerry Lewis?”Ben Vaughn Combo […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/8/19
EPISODE #314: FOREVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Johnny Ace — “Pledging My Love”Yo La Tengo — “Forever”Sam Cooke (as Dan Cook) — “Forever”Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River — “Forever”Pinact — “Forever”The Ballroom — “Forever”Roy Wood — “Forever”The Explorers Club — “Forever”The Beach Boys — “Forever”Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers — “The Wild One, Forever”Todd […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2018
We can perhaps track my physical recovery by my attendance at entertainment events: In 2017, I saw 172 musical performances, while in 2018 that total jumped to 444. And while I only saw 22 new-release films in the theater in 2017, in 2018 I was back in the high life again with 39. It was […]
Movie Review: The Favourite
4 stars out of 5 As I’ve stated before, costume dramas aren’t really my thing. But in the past 2.5 years, Yorgos Lanthimos — with The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Dogtooth (which I saw on home video) — has quickly become one of my fave filmmakers. Plus, we all know my […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/1/19
EPISODE #313: NEW TO ME IN 2018, PT. 2 In 2018, I saw 444 musical performances by 372 different acts, 234 of which I was seeing for the first time, 221 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 years, indicated […]
Jack Silbert, curator