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Aquarium Playlist, 7/21/26
EPISODE #693: HOSPITALS Felice Brothers — “Ambulance Man” Monster Bobby — “Let’s Check Into a Hospital Together” Mark Robinson — “Hospital Bruiser” Fugazi — “Waiting Room” Prisonshake — “Favorite Hospital”Boyracer and Beatnik Filmstars — “Hospital Song” The Smiths — “Girlfriend in a Coma” Robyn Hitchcock — “Surgery” Brian Jonestown Massacre — “Open-Heart Surgery” Bunnygrunt — […]
Movie Review: Jackass — Best and Last
3 stars out of 5I said basically everything I wanted to say about the Jackass franchise four years ago in my review of Jackass Forever. Since then, Johnny Knoxville has turned up as a host on the unsuccessful series Prank Panel and also the reboot Fear Factor: House of Fear, and starred in the streaming […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/16/26
EPISODE #692: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2026 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Monkees — “I’m a Believer” [Billboard No. 1, 12/2/66 – 12/23/66 and 1/7//67 – 2/11/67]The Rolling Stones — “Ruby Tuesday” [No. 1, 3/4/67]The Supremes – “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” [No. 1, 3/11/67]The Beatles — “Penny Lane” [No. 1, 3/18/67]The Turtles — […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXX
Jeez, I watched a lot of shows from last November through May. There was that blizzard, and I was laid up a few times for medical reasons. But still, this seems like a lot of shows. Better time management? More hermit-like tendencies? Anyway, here are my thoughts on the programs I viewed. LOVED The American […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/7/26
EPISODE #691: SUMMER 2026 Carson McHone — “In the Summer the Streets Burned” The Breeders — “Saints” Catholic Girls — “Summer Boy” Bedsit Poets — “The Summer That Changed”The Lil’ Hospital — “Summer Reading” Miyolophone — “Summersong”The Knockout Pills — “Summertown Rundown” Bad Bad Hats — “Bored in the Summer” Celibate Rifles — “Summer Holiday […]
Movie Review: Disclosure Day
4.5 stars out of 5 I love me some later-day Spielberg, but he hasn’t given us the “full Spielberg” in a long while. OK, even while I’m typing that, I’m thinking, “Wait, he wrote and directed the superb Fablemans just four years ago, and it’s basically autobiographical. How much more ‘full Spielberg’ do you want?” […]
Movie Review: Backrooms
3 stars out of 5 OK, here’s the deal. I was incredibly tired when I went to see Backrooms last week. As I sat down to write this review, I admitted to myself that I had dozed off sporadically in the second half of the movie, perhaps missing some key connections, so didn’t think I […]
Movie Review: Star Wars — The Mandalorian and Grogu
3.5 stars out of 5 I guess this is what passes for a Star Wars movie these days? Say what you want about George Lucas, but even at his worst it felt like the fate of the galaxy was at stake. Supposedly this flick was planned as a TV series but rejiggered for the big […]
Movie Review: Omaha
4 stars out of 5Walking out of the Clairidge theater, I turned to my pal the ticket clerk and said, “I really need to mix in an upbeat film now and then.” Omaha was my second consecutive real downer at the movies. Which is not to say I didn’t like it – quite the contrary. […]
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