2024
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Movie Review: Alien — Romulus
4 stars out of 5 I was 10 when the original Alien came out so didn’t see it at the time, but even the poster was scary. Since then I think I only skipped part 4, despite the presence of Winona Ryder. So it was no surprise on an overcast late summer afternoon to find […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/24
EPISODE #606: SALUTING FLAGS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Feelies — “Flag Days”Roe Knows Best — “Capture the Flag” The Long Ryders — “Capturing the Flag” Broken Social Scene — “Capture the Flag” K’Naan — “Wavin’ the Flag”The Smile — “Waving a White Flag” Dido — “White Flag” Jack Silbert — “Red Flag U.S.A.” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/20/24
EPISODE #604: CATS IX The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Lee Dorsey — “The Kitty Cat Song”King Missile — “How To Remember Your Dreams” Colleen Green — “Big Surprise” The Wind-Ups — “Cat in the Hat Hat” Cupid and the Cowboy — “Alley Kat”Prince — “Velvet Kitty Cat” Dana Gillespie — “Cat’s Meow” Joe Montgomery — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/13/24
EPISODE #603: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER IX The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Rolling Stones feat. Paul McCartney — “Bite My Head Off”Motorists — “Barking at the Gates” Kynsy — “Dog Videos” Huey “Piano” Smith & the Clowns — “Scald-Dog” Savak — “Leash Biter”Grandaddy — “Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake” Juliana Hatfield — “Dirty Dog” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/6/24
EPISODE #602: 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS, WEEK 2 (COUNTRIES II) Lemonheads — “Two Weeks in Another Town” [ALTERNATE THEME]France Gall — “Made in France”Wilco — “Impossible Germany” Amanda X — “Guatelmala” Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians — “Egyptian Cream” Katrina & the Waves — “Mexico”Jack Silbert — “O Switzerland!” The Exbats — “Hey New Zealand” Van […]
Movie Review: Twisters
3.5 stars out of 5 Hmm, 3.5, what’s that on the Fujita scale? Seeing this movie was sort of a perfect storm for me: I dig weather porn, I have fond memories of Twister from back in 1996, plus I’m one of the countless throngs who fell in love with Daisy Edgar-Jones in Normal People. […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/30/24
EPISODE #601: 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS (GAMES II) John Williams — “Bugler’s Dream and Olympic Fanfare Medley” [ALTERNATE THEME]Rugby World Cup 2007 Stade de France crowd — “La Marseillaise”The Original Sins — “Sunshine Games” Curt Boettcher — “Keeper of the Games” [demo]Peter Gabriel — “Games Without Frontiers” Cadallaca — “Pocket Games”Rain Recordings — “Eye Games” John […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/23/24
EPISODE #600: MUSIC IV The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Bug Club — “Is This the Music You Like?”Larry Lurex (Freddie Mercury) — “I Can Hear Music” The Whatnauts — “Dance to the Music”Rebecca Turner — “What If Music?” Forclose — “Noise not Music”Sensational Country Blues Wonders — “I Can Hear the Music Play” The […]
Movie Review: Kinds of Kindness
4.5 stars out of 5 Welcome back, Yorgos! OK, director Yorgos Lanthimos hasn’t exactly been missing in action. His 2023 film Poor Things was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 4 of them. But he didn’t write that movie, or the one before, The Favourite. In fact, it’s been 7 years since Lanthimos and […]
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