June 2019
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What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XVII
I may need to rethink my classic DVR strategy. Famously, I’ve burned through shows that I don’t really like first, saving the good ones for “dessert.” But there are simply too many shows, arrgh!!, and I have ended up stockpiling entire seasons of shows I want to watch, and yet am totally caught up on […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/25/19
EPISODE #336: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2019 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME]Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — “I Love Rock n’ Roll” [Billboard No. 1, 3/20/82 – 5/1/82]Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney — “Ebony and Ivory” [No. 1, 5/15/82 – 6/26/82]The Human League — “Don’t You Want Me” [No. 1, 7/3/82 – 7/17/82]John Cougar Mellencamp — […]
Movie Review: The Dead Don’t Die
4.5 stars out of 5 Yes, I respond very positively to movies that are well-made and entertaining. But when a film also appeals to your own bizarro subset of sensibilities, that’s a rare and special thing, and that’s what The Dead Don’t Die is to me. Either independent movies used to be quirkier or I […]
Album Review: ‘Omnidirectional’ by the Schramms
I’ve been a fan of the Schramms since moving to Hoboken back in 1994. I’m thrilled that they’ve released their first studio album in nearly 20 years, and was quite honored to write a review for hMAG.
Aquarium Playlist, 6/18/19
EPISODE #335: SUMMER 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Cars — “Magic”Colour Me Wednesday — “Queer for the Summer”Me in Capris — “Summer of Scowling”Secretary Legs — “Rerun Summer”First Base — “Don’t Let Me Down This Summer”Kate Jacobs — “Slacker Mom Summer Song”Phil Ochs — “In the Heat of Summer”Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/11/19
EPISODE #334: HEY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Little Richard — “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey”Karyn Kuhl Band — “Hey Kid”Basic Bitches — “Hey Kid”Alvvays — “Hey”OutKast — “Hey Ya!”Rocketship — “Hey, Hey Girl”Louis Prima & Keely Smith — “Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!”Eels — “Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)”Luna — “Hey Sister”Bruce Springsteen — “Hey […]
Review: ‘Hey Kid’ by the Karyn Kuhl Band
The new EP by Hoboken’s own Karyn Kuhl Band, Hey Kid, will be released on June 21, but is available for pre-order now. I wrote a review for hMAG.
Movie Review: Godzilla — King of the Monsters
4 out of 5 stars As the very beginning flashes back to 2014, I wondered if I was watching a sequel to some Godzilla movie I’d never seen. Later, when David Strathairn shows up as a serious military dude, I thought, “Hmm, I do vaguely remember him as a serious military dude,” and worried that […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/4/19
EPISODE #333: HALF DEVIL The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Sputnik — “333”The Rolling Stones — “Sympathy for the Devil”Robert Plant — “Angel Dance”INXS — “Devil Inside”The Mighty Lemon Drops — “Like an Angel” (original 7″ version)Steve Earle — “The Devil’s Right Hand”Rogue’s March — “If I Was an Angel”The Beatles — “Devil in Her Heart”k.d. […]
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