July 2023
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Aquarium Playlist, 7/25/23
EPISODE #548: SOMEWHERE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Tom Waits — “Somewhere” The Cucumbers — “Gotta Start Somewhere”Jon Brion — “Gotta Start Somewhere”Bo Diddley — ”Somewhere” Laura Cantrell — “Somewhere, Some Night” Steve Earle — “Somewhere Out There”Lydia Loveless — “Somewhere Else”American Music Club — “Somewhere”Tom Petty — “Somewhere Under Heaven” The Goon Sax — […]
Movie Review: Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
3.5 stars out of 5 In the Mission: Impossible films, protagonist Ethan Hunt famously disguises himself with rubber masks. At age 61, Tom Cruise is starting to look like he’s always wearing a rubber mask. But by gum, he can still crank out an entertaining action spectacle. And despite the return of writer/director Chris McQuarrie, […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/18/23
EPISODE #547: LOOSE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]James Brown — “Give It Up or Turnit a Loose” La Luz — “Loose Teeth”Kimya Dawson — “Loose Lips”T-Bone Burnett — ”Shake Yourself Loose” Sex Clark Five — “Can’t Shake Loose” Sly & the Family Stone — “Loose Booty”Fabian — “Turn Me Loose”Black Flag — “Loose Nut”Cecil […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIV
As the writers’ strike necessarily drags on — and now the actors are joining them on the picket line — we may run out of new scripted shows. Fear not, I will once again be your guide to series you might’ve missed. Here are the programs I’ve checked out in the past half year-plus. LOVED […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/11/23
EPISODE #546: TIGHT Booker T. & the MG’s — “Time Is Tight” [ALTERNATE THEME]Rolling Stones — “Too Tight” Tallies — “Wound Up Tight”John Lee Hooker — “Big Legs, Tight Skirt”CachaBacha — ”Stitch Me Tight” Electric Light Orchestra — “Hold On Tight” Matthew Sweet — “Hold On Tight”The Beatles — “Hold Me Tight”Explorers Club — “Hold […]
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
4 stars out of 5 I was 12 when Raiders of the Lost Ark came out, and the lost ark of the Covenant was mentioned in the Haftorah portion at my bar mitzvah. Needless to say, I have an awful of lot of emotional energy invested in the character of Indiana Jones. And though hard […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/4/23
EPISODE #545: 4TH OF JULY 2023 The Thousand Pities — “Fourth of July” [ALTERNATE THEME]Chatham Rabbits — “Fourth of July” Philosopher Pirate — “Panic Forth”Meat Puppets — “Lake of Fire”Vehicle Flips — ”City of Fireworks” Siouxsie & the Banshees — “Fireworks” Aberdeen — “Fireworks”Jeff Tweedy — “C’mon America”Fastbacks — “In America”Bruce Springsteen — “Born in […]
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