November 2024
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Aquarium Playlist, 11/26/24
EPISODE #617: THANKSGIVING 2024 (TOGETHERNESS) Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Heatwave — “Happiness Togetherness”Big Dipper — “All Going Out Together” The 5th Dimension — “Living Together, Growing Together” Kool & the Gang — “Love & Understanding (Come Together)” Spiritualized — “Come Together”The Beatles — “Come Together” The Youngbloods — “Get Together” Eels — “Stick […]
Movie Review: Small Things Like These
4.5 stars out of 5 In my review of the excellent 2022 movie The Quiet Girl, I wrote that the “script is adapted from the novella Foster by Claire Keegan; will have to check out her work.” Since then I’ve indeed read the bulk of Keegan’s work, including her masterwork to date, Small Things Like These. My […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/19/24
EPISODE #616: REESE McHENRY and SHEL TALMY TRIBUTE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Reese McHenry — “I Do What I Want”Dirty Little Heaters — “Champions of Imperfection” Reese McHenry — “If He Don’t” Reese McHenry — “Someday I’ll See” Reese McHenry w/ Spider Bags — “Rose of Monmouth County”The Kinks — “You Really Got Me” […]
Movie Review: Anora
4 stars out of 5Brooklyn exotic dancer falls for son of a Russian oligarch, but daddy doesn’t approve. In different hands, this random draw from Hollywood’s Big Hat o’ Plots could’ve been: a raunchy comedy with Adam Sandler [large budget] or Rob Schneider [small budget] as the dad; a Pretty Woman-esque rom-com [full disclosure: Have […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXVII
So many of us will be completely staying at home for the next four years. This rundown of the shows I’ve checked out in the past handful of months may prove helpful. LOVED History of White People in America (YouTube) It’s a shame Martin Mull passed away, as we could use a MAGA-era installment of […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/5/24
EPISODE #614: ELECTION DAY 2024 Jon Langford — “Election Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]The 5th Dimension — “Save the Country”Joy Division — “Candidate” Alice Cooper — “Sedated” Carl Smith and Marshall Jones — “Put It to a Vote” Kiwi Jr. — “Undecided Voters”Faye — “Swing State” Jack Silbert — “Hello Walz” [spoken word]John Fogerty — “Vanz Kant […]
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