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Aquarium Playlist, 3/18/25

By Jack Silbert on March 18, 2025

EPISODE #633: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2025 Velvet Underground — “All Tomorrow’s Parties” [ALTERNATE THEME]Sassyhiya — “Boat Called Predator”Doris Troy — “Ain’t That Cute” Hussy — “Hey Bob” Brigitte Bardot — “Harley Davidson” Soccer Mommy — “Abigail”The Breeders — “Cannonball” Sexpod — “Go” Chelsea Wolfe — “House of Self-Undoing” Emma Swift — “The Resurrection Game” Skirting […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 3/11/25

By Jack Silbert on March 11, 2025

EPISODE #632: ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2025 (FEAR)a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Rogue’s March album Never Fear Rogue’s March — “I’m in Love — But Not With You” [ALTERNATE THEME]Joe Hurley & Rogue’s March — “I Knew This Would Happen”Siouxsie & the Banshees — “Fear (of the Unknown)” Public Enemy — “Fear of […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Best Coast, CR & the Nones, Eyelids, Joe Hurley, Joe Hurley's All-Star Irish Rock Revue, John Cameron Mitchell, Matthew Sweet, Public Enemy, Radioactivity, Robbie Robertson, Rogue's March, Siouxsie & the Banshees, St. Patrick's Day, The Auteurs, UV-TV, White Fence | Leave a response

Movie Review: Parthenope

By Jack Silbert on March 5, 2025

3.5 stars out of 5 In the past handful of years, I’ve become lightly addicted to vintage, melancholy summer-by-the-shore movies, with extra points if they’re European. They’re generally slow-paced, in beautiful settings, sexy, with complicated relationships, and often contain a coming-of-age element. Parthenope is a modern Italian film that checks all the boxes yet still […]

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Movie Reviews: 2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

By Jack Silbert on March 4, 2025

LIVE ACTION The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Croatia) 4 stars out of 5 It’s 1993 in Eastern Europe and military personnel have stopped and boarded a passenger train, demanding to see everyone’s papers. Tension builds as the officers get closer and closer to the compartment we’ve become familiar with, including a family and […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 3/4/25

By Jack Silbert on March 4, 2025

EPISODE #631: DARK Ezra Cohen — “Kiss Me in the Dark” [ALTERNATE THEME]Yo La Tengo — “When It’s Dark”Dwight Yoakam — “Some Dark Holler” Frankie Cosmos — “Too Dark” James Carr — “The Dark End of the Street” Grass Jaw — “Dark Months”Old Town Crier — “Into the Dark” The Resonars — “Dark on You […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/25/25

By Jack Silbert on February 25, 2025

EPISODE #630: LIGHTThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (The Barbusters) — “Light of Day” Sam Phillips — “Reflecting Light” Freedy Johnston — “Trick of the Light” Smut — “How the Light Felt”Bruce Springsteen — “Blinded by the Light” Jennifer O’Connor — “The Color and the Light” Robert Forster — “Let Your […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/18/25

By Jack Silbert on February 18, 2025

EPISODE #629: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2025Tampa Red — “Happy Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]Brenda & the Tabulations — “Who’s Lovin’ You” Earl Lewis & the Channels — “The Gleam in Your Eye” The Chantels — “I Can’t Take It” Dangerdoom feat. Talib Kweli — “Old School Rules”Faye Adams — “I’ll Be True” Freddy King — “Have You […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Archie Bell and the Drells, Brenda and the Tabulations, Chantels, Dangerdoom, Earl Lewis and the Channels, Faye Adams, Freddie King, Freddy King, Friends of Distinction, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, MF Doom, Talib Kweli, Tampa Red, The Dixie Cups, The Ethics, The Jesters, The Marvelettes, The Originals, The Paragons | Leave a response

SNL 50

By Jack Silbert on February 16, 2025

Chris Pinehosted 1 time.

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2025 Kennedy Center Honors

By Jack Silbert on February 13, 2025

“President” Donald Trump replaced the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees with braindead loyalists, who immediately installed him as the once great organization’s chairman. Soon after, the Kennedy Center announced the slate of 2025 recipients for its Honors. • Kid Rock • Scott Baio • Arnold Palmer’s schlong • Hannibal Lecter • The Hamburglar • Kyle […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/11/25

By Jack Silbert on February 11, 2025

EPISODE #628: VALENTINE’S DAY 2025 (HEARTBREAK II)Erika Sherger — “Valentine” [ALTERNATE THEME]Stevie Wonder — “Tuesday Heartbreak”Laura Cantrell — “Don’t Break the Heart” Bruce Springsteen — “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” Elvis Presley — “You’re a Heartbreaker” Sensational Country Blues Wonders — “I’m a Heartbreaker”Fascinations Grand Chorus — “Sunny Day (A Tale of Heartbreak)” Pale Lights […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Erika Sherger, Fascinations Grand Chorus, Johnny Cash, La Sera, Laura Cantrell, Los Campesinos, Pale Lights, Roseanne Cash, Sensational Country Blues Wonders, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Nobody, The Hypos, Tiny Lights, Valentine's Day | Leave a response