2021
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Movie Review: Dune
3.5 stars out of 5Never read Dune, never watched Dune. In middle school it seemed like a lot of dudes were reading it. Not. And even though I loved Sting and later, David Lynch, no interest in the movie. Decades went by, and finally I decided to check out the reboot — in a theater […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/2/21
EPISODE #459: DIWALI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTSZohrabai Ambalawali and Naushad — “Aai Diwali Aai Diwali” [ALTERNATE THEME]Richard & Linda Thompson — “I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight”Papercuts — “Staring at the Bright Lights” Jimmy Reed — “Bright Lights, Big City”Wild Carnation — “The Lights Are On”Bruce Springsteen — “Party Lights”Palomar — “Park Lights”Matthew Sweet […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/26/21
EPISODE #458: HALLOWEEN 2021The Frogs — “I’m Evil, Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]Wussy — “Halloween”Phoebe Bridgers — “Halloween” The Fleshtones — “Face of the Screaming Werewolf”Bettye Lavett — “Witchcraft in the Air”The Porchistas — “Mischief Night”Peach Kelli Pop — “Black Cat 13”Matthew Sweet — “Lady Frankenstein”Shiny Times — “Be a Ghost”Nick Jorgensen — “Dreams” Redd Kross — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/19/21
EPISODE #457: STICKYThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Velvet Underground — “I’m Sticking With You”Dennis Young feat. Sal Principato — “Sticky Feet” Robyn Hitchcock — “Dr. Sticky”The Wedding Present — “Sticky”Juniper — “Sticking With My Henry”Bryan Ferry — “Let’s Stick Together”Eels — “Stick Together”Paley Brothers — “Baby, Let’s Stick Together”Everly Brothers — “Stick With Me, Baby” […]
Movie Review: No Time To Die
2.5 stars out of 5And so, the pandemic-delayed movie we’d waited the longest for: Daniel Craig’s last hurrah as 007. Back in 2020, we had Craig’s turn as an SNL host (and the resultant meme), and Billie Eilish’s Bond theme. But then… a quantum of silence for 18 months. Talk about building anticipation! Was it […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/12/21
EPISODE #456: GOT MILK?The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Louis Jordan — “Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)”Joy Cleaner — “No Milk Today” The Operators — “Mild as Milk”Eugenius — “Buttermilk”Franklin Bruno — “Milkcrate”Robert Johnson — “Milkcow’s Calf Blues”Elvis Presley — “Milkcow Blues Boogie”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Sour Milk-Cow Blues”Jackie Lomax — “Sour […]
Movie Review: The Many Saints of Newark
3.5 stars out of 5I felt I owed it to David Chase to see this film in a theater. Way back, my coworker/friend Mona mentioned an upcoming HBO show, The Sopranos, that one of her fellow actors had scored a big part in. I thought it was maybe about opera singers. My cousin Ilene was […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/5/21
EPISODE #455: STRESSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Talking Heads — “Psycho Killer” [live]Bob Perry — “Man on the Brink” Nick Lowe — “Cracking Up”Bo Diddley — “Crackin’ Up”The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Cracking Up”Vivian Girls — “Tension”Jay Gonzalez — “Tension”Superchunk — “For Tension”Eddy Current Suppression Ring — “Anxiety” Blushing — “Pressure”Queen and David Bowie […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/21/21
EPISODE #453: NICE!The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Lithics — “Nice Alone”Colleen Green — “It’s Nice To Be Nice” The Jesus Lizard — “Mouth Breather”Kimya Dawson — “So Nice So Smart”English Beat — “Too Nice to Talk To”Todd Rundgren — “Be Nice to Me”Nellie McKay — “Won’t U Please B Nice”Paul McCartney — “Seize the Day”Screaming […]
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