November 2023
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What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXV
This edition is a little skimpy (slower time of year? fewer new shows due to writers/actors strikes?). I’d like to say I filled my time enjoying the splendor of nature but I think I was just watching more old movies on TCM. Anyway, here’s my TV wrap-up from the past six months. LIKED A LOT […]
AquariumPlaylist, 11/28/23
EPISODE #566: HURT The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Elmore James — “It Hurts Me Too” West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band — “I Won’t Hurt You”Timi Yuro — “Hurt” Pianosaurus — “A Little Love (Never Hurt)” Terry McCarthy — “It Hurts” Patsy’s Rats — “It’s Gonna Hurt” Giant Sand — “Hurtin’ Habit” Patsy Cline — […]
Movie Review: The Marvels
1.5 stars out of 5 The credits list three screenwriters but I have to think ChatGPT was behind this script, because it does not make a lick of sense. (Keywords: SUPERHEROES + NOT-YET-BLED-DRY YOUNG FEMALE AUDIENCE + OUTER SPACE) I’m a big fan of Brie Larson and the first Captain Marvel movie was… eh, mostly […]
Movie Review: Napoleon
4 stars out of 5 Going in, I readily admit I didn’t know very much about Napoleon, besides that he was a military guy who had a Napoleon complex. So I learned an awful lot from watching this film. But beyond just that, as the younger dude who was the only other person staying till […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/21/23
EPISODE #565: THANKSGIVING 2023 Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Overmountain Men — “Leaving England” The Glands — “Mayflower”The Give — “Massachusetts” Billy Ward & the Dominoes — “Rock Plymouth Rock” Screaming Females — “Electric Pilgrim” The Only Ones — “The Happy Pilgrim” Victoria Williams w/ Julian Lennon — “The Pilgrim’s Tale” Satan’s Pilgrims — […]
Movie Review: The Holdovers
3.5 stars out of 5 You can go see this movie or, just watch the trailer, as there isn’t too much difference. Meet Paul Giamatti; he’s a curmudgeonly teacher! Now meet a bunch of students left behind over winter break at a fancy school — and Giamatti has to oversee them! Throw in the cafeteria […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/14/23
EPISODE #564: RIVERS Yo La Tengo — “The River of Water” [ALTERNATE THEME]John Cozz — “The Passaic River” The Special Pillow — “Hudson River Dreamboat”Bruce Springsteen — “The River” House of Usher — “River to River” The Beths — “River Run: Lvl 1” Chuck Willis — “Going to the River” R.E.M. — “Find the River” […]
Movie Review: Priscilla
3.5 stars out of 5 I read Peter Guralnick’s superb two-volume Elvis Presley biography, but it is not at all fresh in my mind. And thus far, I haven’t watched the 2022 Elvis movie. So I was pleased to revisit the Priscilla years, and Sofia Coppola is much more my speed than Baz Luhrmann. This […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/7/23
EPISODE #563: ANGER Public Image Ltd. — “Rise” [ALTERNATE THEME]Rolling Stones — “Angry” Noun — “Just How Angry I Am”Marvin Gaye — “Anger” Nice Try — “Angry” George Usher — “The Angry Smile of a Lonely Man” Ex Void — “Angry at You Baby” Sleater-Kinney & Fred Schneider — “Angry Inch” Neil Young — “Angry […]
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