2020
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Aquarium Playlist, 11/10/20
EPISODE #408: JOEin honor of president-elect Joe BidenThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Daniel Johnston — “No More Pushing Joe Around”Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five — “Run, Joe”Smog — “Sleepy Joe”Full of Fancy — “Joe Is a Scientist”Frank Zappa — “Joe’s Garage”Ernest Tubb — “Two Glasses Joe”Buddy Holly — “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”The Folksmen — “Old […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/3/20
EPISODE #407: ELECTION DAY 2020The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]David Johansen — “Sinking Ship”Public Enemy — “State of the Union (STFU)”Karyn Kuhl Band — “It’s Over”The Magnetic Fields — “The Day the Politicians Died”Robyn Hitchcock — “The President” [2020 version]50ft Furies — “Goodbye Patriarchy”Top Nachos — “Canada”Howard Ivans — “Trump Is a Punk (And I […]
Movie Review: Shorts 6 — It Hurts to Laugh (comedy; Chicago International Film Festival)
Blocks (USA) 3 stars out of 5 Not affiliated with the Lego Movie series, but the popular connecting blocks do play a role here. We have a stressed-out mom and something strange starts happening. It’s basically one joke, but likable enough. Play Schengen 2.5 stars out of 5 Cute and timely concept — gamers pitching […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/27/20
EPISODE #406: HALLOWEEN 2020The Fall — “Fiery Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Method Actors — “Halloween”Beach Day — “Dracula’s Daughter”New York Dolls — “Frankenstein”The Schizophonics — “Like a Mummy”Bruce Springsteen — “Ghosts”Warren Zevon — “Werewolves of London”Peter Stampfel — “Werewolf”Tracy Morgan (as Tracy Jordan) — “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”TV on the Radio — “Wolf Like Me”Mark Robinson — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/20/20
EPISODE #405: NEWThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]X — “The New World”Amy Bezunartea — “New Villain”The Verlaines — “New Kind of Hero”Mose Allison w/ Amy Allison — “This New Situation”Trøn & DVD — “New Kings”Brower — “Two Thousand Twenty New Tanks”Tricky — “Brand New You’re Retro”Hüsker Dü — “New Day Rising”The Moles — “What’s the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/13/20
EPISODE #404: OLDThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Modern Lovers — “Old World”Amy Rigby — “The Old Guys”The Beatles — “Old Brown Shoe”The Pogues — “The Old Main Drag”Dr. Dog — “My Old Ways”Of Montreal — “Old Familiar Way”Smog — “Cold Blooded Old Times”Lianne Smith — “Old Times’ Sake”Neil Young — “Old Man”I Am the […]
Movie Review: On the Rocks
4 stars out of 5A bunch of people seemed surprised that I went to a movie theater. They’re perhaps forgetting that for the overwhelming majority of films I go to see, the attendance has always been well under 25% capacity. Regardless, going to the movies was one of the main things I’ve missed during the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/6/20
EPISODE #403: YOUNGThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Pooh Sticks — “Young People”Big Eyes — “Young, Dumb, and Bored”Trøn & DVD (feat. Sb the Moor & Travis Stever) — “Young, Dope, Proud”Jennifer O’Connor and Travis Stever — “Young Turks”Allo Darlin’ — “Still Young”Suede — “So Young”Japandroids — “Younger Us”The Clientele — “When You and I […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/29/20
EPISODE #402: NONSENSEShooby Taylor — “Stout-Hearted Man” [ALTERNATE THEME]T. Lance & the Coctails — “Aba-Daba-Do Dance”Mahna Mahna & the Two Snowths — “Mahna Mahna”Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps — “B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go”Little Richard — “Tutti Frutti”The Crystals — “Da Doo Ron Ron”The Police — “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”The Beatles — “Ob-La-Di, […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/22/20
EPISODE #401: AUTUMN 2020The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Manhattan Love Suicides — “Autumn Fades In”Joe Pernice — “Here Comes September”The Clientele — “Lyra in October”Overlake — “Unnamed November”Karyn Kuhl Band — “November Leaves”Tripod Jimmie — “Autumn Leaves”Teenage Fanclub — “Fallen Leaves”Bob Dylan — “Autumn Leaves”Tom Waits — “Last Leaf”Ron Sexsmith — “Autumn Light”Robyn Hitchcock & […]
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