February 2023
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Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp—Quantumania
2 stars out of 5It was a drizzly winter day on the Jersey shore and I had hours to kill. “Oh, I’ll see a movie,” I thought. Alas, Asbury Park’s art theater isn’t open mid-week in the off-season. I had no choice but to go to the mall multiplex. This, of course, was no problem […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/28/23
EPISODE #527: HATE EPISODE II In response to an idiotic so-called “Day of Hate” by white-supremacist neo-Nazi fuckfaces that never actually materialized. Spoiler alert: Love always wins. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Clash — “Hateful” Reese McHenry — “I Hate Waiting”Eric’s Trip — “Hate Song”Ramona — ”Hater’s Ball Parade” They Might Be Giants — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/21/23
EPISODE #526: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 Nina Simone — “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” [ALTERNATE THEME]Jerry Butler — “Only the Strong Survive” The Fairfield Four — “Who Stole My Old Shoes?”The Dramatics — “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”A Tribe Called Quest — ”1–2 Crush on You” Big Maybelle — “Ain’t To Be Played With” […]
Movie Review: Infinity Pool
4 stars out of 5I can imagine Mike White handing this in as a stand-alone episode of White Lotus and getting immediately fired and banned by HBO. In Infinity Pool, writer/director Brandon Cronenberg gives us his own version of an existentially bored couple at a tropic resort, but because of that last name, you can […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/14/23
EPISODE #525: VALENTINE’S DAY 2023 (CRUSHES) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Tsunami — “Valentine” Bruce Springsteen — “Crush on You”Juniper — “Everybody’s Got a Crush on Chad”The Clash — ”1–2 Crush on You” Bad Moves — “Crushed Out” Let’s Whisper — “This Might Not Be a Crush”Sweater Girls — “Space Crush”Yum Yums — “Crush on […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/7/23
EPISODE #524: 2/9/23 “HEROES OF INDIEPOP” PET SHOP SHOW PREVIEW Jack Silbert, promoter and emcee The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Mary Lou Lord — “His Indie World” Tullycraft — “Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend’s Too Stupid To Know About”Wimp Factor Fourteen — “Train Song”Vehicle Flips — ”Diplomacy, Home and Abroad” The Gazetteers — “Trapped Inside […]
Movie Review: Women Talking
3.5 stars out of 5Well, I can’t say the title didn’t give me a heads-up. There is a lot of talking. Do you know that play A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking? Like, multiply that. The more I read about the true story this is sort of based on, the more I wish this […]
Jack Silbert, curator