January 2023

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/31/23

By Jack Silbert on January 31, 2023

EPISODE #523: ICU The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Television — “See No Evil” r.i.p. Tom VerlaineJuliana Hatfield — “I See You”Split Enz — “I See Red”Gary Stewart — ”I See the Want To in Your Eyes” Groove Armada — “I See You Baby” (Fat Boy Slim remix)Amor de Días — “I See Your Face”Laura Veirs […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/24/23

By Jack Silbert on January 24, 2023

EPISODE #522: PSYCHEDELIA The Flaming Lips — “What Is the Light?” [ALTERNATE THEME]Rolling Stones — “We Love You”Brian Jonestown Massacre — “Anenome”Wizard Brain — “Lemon Sky”Sensational Country Blues Wonders — “The Psychedelic Cowboy Song” interview with Gary Van Miert of the Sensational Country Blues WondersSensational Country Blues Wonders — “There’s a Hole in the Fabric […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/17/23

By Jack Silbert on January 17, 2023

EPISODE #521: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2022 The Who — “Happy Jack” [live, ALTERNATE THEME]The Lemonheads — “Confetti”Girls on Grass — “Friday Night”Kiwi Jr. — “Unspeakable Things”The Exbats — ”Hey New Zealand” Oneida — “Beat Me to the Punch” Mercury Rev — “Holes”Brian Jonestown Massacre — “Wisdom”Nina Nastasia — “This Is Love”Sunshine and the Rain — “I […]

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Movie Review: M3GAN

By Jack Silbert on January 11, 2023

3 stars out of 5Yes, I’m giving this E, uh I mean 3, stars. Like last year’s Barbarian, the filmmakers here are trying to do something a little different within the horror genre, and I appreciate that. Unfortunately, M3GAN’s filmmakers don’t try very hard. The result is pretty fun and certainly watchable, but ultimately forgettable. […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/10/23

By Jack Silbert on January 10, 2023

EPISODE #520: FIRST SONGS ON FIRST ALBUMS Theme suggested by contest winner Ed Seifert. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Patti Smith — “Gloria”The Bongos — “In the Congo”The Feelies — “The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness”Blondie — “X Offender”The Ramones — “Blitzkrieg Bop” MC5 — “Ramblin’ Rose” (live)New York Dolls — “Personality Crisis”Television — “See […]

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My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2022

By Jack Silbert on January 9, 2023

It’s getting to be a bit of a drag for those of who like going out to the movies to see quality releases. Forced by finances, art theaters are devoting a chunk of their screens to big dumb Hollywood dreck. And many movies lucky enough to get a big-screen debut are quickly shuttled off to […]

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Movie Review: The Whale

By Jack Silbert on January 4, 2023

3.5 stars out of 5The film we’ve all been waiting for: Master storyteller Guillermo del Toro presents Pinocchio from the POV of the whale. Wait, this one is Brendan “Mummy” Fraser in a fat suit? Jiminy Crickets! There was so much advance buzz about Fraser’s comeback performance (I think the last time I saw him […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/3/23

By Jack Silbert on January 3, 2023

EPISODE #519: BEGIN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jan & Dean — Happy New Year promosR.E.M. — “Begin the Begin”Broadcast — “Before We Begin”Another Sunny Day — The Very BeginningEels — “The Beginning” Chicago — “Beginnings”Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey — “Begin Again”The Royal Arctic Institute — “We Begin on Familiar Ground”Wilco — “Where Do […]

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Pandemic Cinema, year 3

By Jack Silbert on January 1, 2023

A chronological list of non-current movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2022. The great majority of them were new to me. Foxes (1980)Poultry Pirates (1938)The Circus (1928)Metropolitan (1990)Saboteur (1942)The Velvet Underground (2021)The Screwy Truant (1945)The Swarm (1978)Wild at Heart (1990)Vertigo (1958)The Stork’s Holiday (1943)The […]

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