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Aquarium Playlist, 1/20/26

By Jack Silbert on January 20, 2026

EPISODE #677: ROBOTS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stereolab — “Robot Riot” Freedy Johnston — “Madeline’s Eye” The Buggles — “I Love You (Miss Robot)” Magnetic Fields — “The Little Robot Girl” Heather Cook — “Robot Prom” Dentist — “Robot” Dennis Young — “Radical Robots” Flaming Lips — “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/13/26

By Jack Silbert on January 13, 2026

EPISODE #676: NRBQanon Theme chosen by 2025 contest winner… Max Rosenthal!The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Portastatic — “Guessing” Skateboard Kyle — “Max” NRBQ — “Still in School” Bouncing Souls — “The Pizza Song”The Smiths — “Suffer Little Children” Against Me! — “Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners” NRBQ — “Crazy Like a Fox” White Rabbits — […]

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My Highly Subjective List of the Best Films of 2025

By Jack Silbert on January 13, 2026

Call me optimistic, call me someone who makes claims based on anecdotal evidence, “Call me… irresponsible…,” but I feel like maybe, maybe people are starting to go to movie theaters a little more? Like, I’ve been at crowded screenings recently that in the past few years would’ve just been me and my medium popcorn. Here […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 1/6/26

By Jack Silbert on January 6, 2026

EPISODE #675: ORIGINAL VERSIONS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Feelies — “Original Love” The Clique — “Superman” Bessie Banks — “Go Now” Tom Waits — “Jersey Girl”Bruce Springsteen — “Blinded by the Light” Love Positions — “Into Your Arms” James Ray — “Got My Mind Set on You” [pts. 1 & 2]Dolly Parton — […]

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Movie Review: Is This Thing On?

By Jack Silbert on January 2, 2026

3.5 stars out of 5 Alec Baldwin said it was the best movie of the year, and this was a slow New Year’s Day, so I found myself in a surprisingly crowded theater for Is This Thing On? Well, maybe Baldwin needs to see a few more films, but it was a decent, “grown-up” way […]

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Pandemic Cinema, Year 6

By Jack Silbert on January 1, 2026

A chronological list of non-current or non-theatrical movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2025. The great majority of them were new to me. Gaslight a.k.a. Angel Street (1940)Lousy Carter (2023)Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Homesteader Droopy (1954)Cops Is Always Right (1938)Juror #2 (2024)Wolfs (2024)The Hound and the […]

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