December 2024
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New Year’s Resolutions 2025
1. Do much, much better job camouflaging my drones.2. Take Godzilla to his old stomping grounds.3. Mount my new musical Rodgers & Hammer Time!4. Be ready when push notifications come to shove notifications.5. Make sure I’m well-rested before beginning any prZzzzzzzzzzzz…..6. After Robert Kennedy Jr. ravages the U.S. health system, pitch new designer clothing line […]
Movie Review: Born Innocent — The Redd Kross Story
4 stars out of 5 This rock doc checks all the boxes: sex, drugs, sibling rivalry, breaking up, getting the band back together. There’s one tiny problem: It’s quite possible you have no idea who they are. Yes, lovers of glammy power pop absolutely worship Redd Kross, and record store ghouls have certainly come across […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/17/24
EPISODE #620: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024Darlene Love — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” [ALTERNATE THEME]Gene D. Plumber & the Plumber’s Helpers — “Mele Kalikimaka”Nicole Atkins — “The Sweetest Season” Franklin Bruno — “Invisible Mistletoe” Pylon Reenactment Society — “Christmas Daze” Ed Seifert — “Last December”Phoebe Bridgers — “So Much Wine” 1039 Washington Appreciation Society — “Alone […]
Movie Review: Y2K
3.5 stars out of 5 I began to realize a girlfriend wasn’t right for me when she couldn’t pay attention to Kyle Mooney’s previous screenwriting effort, the ingenious Brigsby Bear. Now it’s 7 years later, the SNL vet has added director to his credits, and I went to the theater alone to see Y2K. Mooney, […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/3/24
EPISODE #618: 13th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO XII) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Rollers — “Turn On the Radio”The Silos — “Just This Morning” Oceanator — “Last Summer” Mojo Nixon — “Pirate Radio” Mary Weiss — “Cry About the Radio”Alison Brown and Steve Martin — “Bluegrass Radio” Jon Langford — “Nashville Radio” The Doors — […]
Movie Review: Gladiator II
4 stars out of 5 All I remembered about the first Gladiator, from 2000, is that I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, and also that it was one of the movies which made me realize that even though Russell Crowe seemed like a jerk in real life, he was a […]
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