December 2022

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New Year’s Resolutions 2023

By Jack Silbert on December 31, 2022

1. Attend my first rodeo. Oh wait.2. Bring back phrase “23 skidoo.”3. Market computerized sex doll with tag line “Any USB port in a storm.”4. Shamelessly promote the free indiepop show I’m presenting at Pet Shop, 193 Newark Avenue in Jersey City on Thursday, February 9, featuring the bands Joy Cleaner, the Human Hearts, and […]

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Movie Review: White Noise

By Jack Silbert on December 30, 2022

4 stars out of 5Don DeLillo’s White Noise, from 1985, is considered one of the great satirical novels of modern literature. I finally got around to reading it 3 years ago. In summing up my thoughts in my Goodreads review, I said that while I didn’t think it was a masterpiece, I found the book […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 12/27/22

By Jack Silbert on December 27, 2022

EPISODE #518: BEST NEW-TO-ME 2022 PT. 2 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Weird Nightmare — “Lusitania”The Dracu-Las — “Tell You the News”The Fiendz — “Run Away With Me”Melissa Cherie — “Nvrland” Jonny Couch — “Upside Down” Angel Dean & Sue Garner — “Handle Them With Care”Timeshares — “King of Shame”Wednesday — “Handsome Man”Faye — “No […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Angel Dean, Artsick, Dark Tea, Dion Lunadon, Dracu-Las, E.R. Jurken, Faye, Gully Boys, Hello Mary, Horsegirl, Jonny Couch, Laveda, Melissa Cherie, On Being an Angel, PowerSnap, Smut, Sue Garner, Sweet Knives, The Fiendz, Timeshares, Van Chamberlain, Wednesday, Weird Nightmare, Widowspeak | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 12/20/22

By Jack Silbert on December 20, 2022

EPISODE #517: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2022 Darlene Love — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Minus 5 — “Festival of Lights (Hanukkah Song)”Colleen Green — “Christmas Is for Everyone”Mighty Sparrow — “Postcard to Sparrow”The Everly Brothers — “Put My Little Shoes Away” Charles Brown — “Please Come Home for Christmas” gobbinjr — “Xmas Without You […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Cecil Gant, Charles Brown, Colleen Green, Darlene Love, Dump, Everly Brothers, Gobbin Jr., holiday music, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, Kirsty MacColl, Pogues, Roy Orbison, The Mighty Sparrow, The Minus 5, The Supremes, Titus Andronicus | Leave a response

Aquarium Playlist, 12/13/22

By Jack Silbert on December 13, 2022

EPISODE #516: BEST NEW-TO-ME 2022 PT. 1 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Oceanator — “Heartbeat”Last Minet — “Don’t Hold Back”Jug & the Bugs — “Car Starts To Shake”Shinner — “Cowabunga Peppermill” Sleepers Union — “Come On” Chatham Rabbits — “Come Home”Beams — “A Flower Blossomed”Myriam Gendron — “La Jeune Fille en Pleurs”Pussy Gillette — “Cabron” […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Abbie From Mars, Al Olender, Baba Ali, Beams, Blood Lemon, Chatham Rabbits, Church Girls, Desert Sharks, High., Ivan Julian, Jug & the Bugs, Last Minet, Myriam Gendron, Oceanator, Phantom Handshakes, Pierce Turner, Pigeon Pit, Pussy Gillette, Renee Maskin, Shinner, Sir Synthesis, Sleepers Union, Substitute, Surfbort, Yeah Baby | Leave a response

What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIII

By Jack Silbert on December 6, 2022

Not nearly as many new shows on the list this edition. Is it possible that I watched less TV?!? Perish the thought! Still, I’m not quite sure of the reason. Was I busier watching additional seasons of previous favorites? Or tuning in to more movies, specials, and one-off documentaries? Or just fewer compelling new series? […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 12/6/22