2021
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Aquarium Playlist, 9/14/21
EPISODE #452: END OF SUMMER IIIThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Michael Shelley — “Summer, I Pissed You Away” [non-LP version]Calvin Johnson — “(I’ve Still Got) Sand in My Shoes” Speed the Plough — “Take Me”Lost Balloons — “Change Your Mind”Taylor Swift — “August”Edward Rogers — “Last of the Summer Wine”Chad & Jeremy — “A Summer […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/7/21
EPISODE #451: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 (NEW YORK II)Cat Power — “New York” [ALTERNATE THEME]Richard Hell & the Voidoids — “Downtown at Dawn” [Destiny Street Repaired version]The Drifters — “On Broadway” John Lennon — “New York City”Amy Allison & the Maudlins — “I Was Born in NYC”Laura Cantrell — “14th Street”Rufus Wainwright — “14th Street”Leonard […]
Movie Review: Flag Day
4 stars out of 5I was looking forward to the Sean Penn movie Flag Day, and it was certainly promoted, and yet, now three weekends in, it’s not really playing anywhere! (OK, OK, it’s playing in Manhattan, which is very close to me, but, I save the city for special occasions.) And then a headline […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/31/21
EPISODE #450: DIAMONDSThe Rolling Stones — “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” [ALTERNATE THEME] r.i.p. Charlie WattsDan Penn — “Diamonds”Son Volt — “Diamonds and Cigarettes” Dany Laj & the Looks — “Diamond in the Rough”Shirley Bassey, Kanye West, Jay-Z — “Diamonds Are Forever”Willie Nelson — “Ocean of Diamonds”Sharon Van Etten w/ Glass Ghost — “Like a Diamond”Them — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/24/21
EPISODE #449: CATS VIThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Dave “Baby” Cortez — “Catnip”The Lucksmiths — “Cat in Sunshine” The Wailers — “What’s New Pussycat”Peach Kelli Pop — “Hello Kitty Knife”Naked City — “Snagglepuss”John Wesley Harding — “Monkey and his Cat”Luna — “The Owl and the Pussycat”The Carter Family — “Kitty Waltz”Thee Speaking Canaries — “When […]
Movie Review: Stillwater
3.5 stars out of 5My thought process on deciding to see this movie, which from the trailer looked, you know, dusty and not that interesting: 1) I’m a fan of Matt Damon and he usually chooses quality projects. 2) Oh, it was directed by Tom McCarthy, who I love: The Station Agent, The Visitor, Win […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/17/21
EPISODE #448: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER VIThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Jayhawks — “Dogtown Days”The Rolling Stones — “Walking the Dog” [live on air]Jack White — “Why Walk a Dog?”They Might Be Giants — “Dog Walker”Potty Mouth — “Dog Song”The Extra Lens — “Dogs of Clinic 17”The Narrator — “Panic at Puppy Beach”Dogmo from […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/3/21
EPISODE #446: 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS, WEEK 2 (GOLD) delayed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemicJohn Williams — “Olympic Fanfare” [partial; ALTERNATE THEME]UV-TV — “Gold”Simple Minds — “New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)”Syd Straw — “Golden Dreams”Health & Happiness Show — “Woman of Gold”The Natvral — “Tears of Gold”Daft Punk — “Harder Better Faster Stronger”Bouncing Souls — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/27/21
EPISODE #445: 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS (JAPAN) delayed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemicLeo Arnaud — “Bugler’s Dream” [ALTERNATE THEME]Tom Waits — “Big in Japan”Green — “Big in Japan”All About Chad — “Japanese Couple in Reverse”Ween — “Japanese Cowboy”Maita — “Japanese Waitress”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Tokyo Storm Warning”Graham Parker — “Discovering Japan”The Spinto […]
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