Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 11/27/18
EPISODE #308: START The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Rolling Stones — “Start Me Up” Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom — “The Party Starts Now!!” Arcade Fire — “Ready To Start” They Might Be Giants — “Don’t Let’s Start” Vivian Girls — “Before I Start To Cry” The Black Lips — “Starting Over” John Lennon — […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XVI
OK, maybe I’m starting to get that “holy crap, there are just too many TV shows” feeling just a little bit. Must focus and catch up over the holidays! There are entire second seasons I’ve allowed to languish while indulging in new shows. And note to self: Cancel that Hulu membership before the free trial […]
Movie Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
4 stars out of 5 I generally only review movies that can be seen in a theater, but the Coen Brothers are maybe my all-time favorite filmmakers, and this was kind of in theaters for a few days, so… I’m reviewing it! My blog, my rules. I’ll end the suspense: I liked it a whole […]
Movie Review: Boy Erased
4 stars out of 5 I first noticed Joel Edgerton in the 2013 Leo version of The Great Gatsby, in which the Aussie struggled with an American accent. By 2015, he impressed me in Black Mass. But to be honest, I still confused him with Joel Kinnaman from The Killing. From now on, I promise […]
Right in Tune, Right in Town: Tunes in Hoboken
I’ve been a regular customer at the Tunes record store in Hoboken since they opened back in 1995, and have made so many friends there over the years. (Also been to a ton of gigs featuring at least one staff member.) So it was a real pleasure to write this feature article about Tunes for […]
Album Review: ‘Accidental Achievement’ by the Royal Arctic Institute
I started writing this review just for Salt in Wound, but began to realize, “Huh, there is a lot of Hoboken in it, maybe I should pitch this to hMAG.” And that is in fact what I did.
Movie Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web
3 stars out of 5 As Meatloaf once said, Claire Foy: Don’t be sad, ’cause two out of three ain’t bad. Foy has had a real nice 2018, with Unsane and First Man, but her luck finally ran out. Not that The Girl in the Spider’s Web is bad — it’s certainly watchable — just […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/13/18
EPISODE #306: STOP The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Queen — “Don’t Stop Me Now” The Kinks — “Stop Your Sobbing” The English Beat — “Ranking Full Stop” Pylon — “Stop It” Belle & Sebastian — “I Want the World To Stop” Against Me! — “Stop!” Spring Fever — “Stop” The Black Keys — “Stop […]
Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
4 stars out of 5 It was late 1977. My family went to a record store, and my sister and I were each allowed to buy one album. She selected the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and I chose News of the World by Queen. I listened to it over and over and over again, poring […]
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