Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 7/20/21
EPISODE #444: FOURS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Daryl Hall — “Something in 4/4 Time”Lloyd Cole — “Four Flights Up”Howlin’ Wolf — “Forty-Four”Drunken Prayer — “Four-Leaf Clover”Glenn Morrow’s Cry for Help — “44”Volcano Suns — “Four Letters”Butterglory — “Forty-Four”Dirty Fences — “Four-Leaf Clover”The Zombies — “Care of Cell 44”Fats Domino — “Let the Four Winds […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/13/21
EPISODE #443: HARD The Who — “Happy Jack” [live; ALTERNATE THEME]Keith Richards — “Take It So Hard”Cait Brennan — “A Hard Man To Love”Jimmy Cliff — “The Harder They Come”Life in a Blender — “Kiss Me Harder”Big Eyes — “Try Hard Kiss Ass”Syd Straw — “Think Too Hard”Boyracer — “He Gets Me So Hard”The Mekons […]
Movie Review: Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
4 stars out of 5Well, it turns out a lot more people watch a documentary if it’s also airing on Hulu. But I love movie theaters and a trip to one can seem like a mini summer vacation (in this case, also time travel). So I went to see Questlove’s Summer of Soul on the […]
Thank You, Delfino’s
On social media, my Amazon author page, dating sites, etc., I always mention my interest in sandwiches. I like ’em. And when you find a good sandwich, by god you stick with it. For the past 21 years, that’s meant a chicken parm from Delfino’s in Hoboken. Friday, July 2, was their last day in […]
Movie Review: A Rainy Day in New York
4 stars out of 5 I generally don’t review movies that are on streaming services (in this case, Amazon Prime Video), but I did not have the option of watching A Rainy Day in New York in a theater. What is this, Communist Russia?!? Now, there are those who will dismiss out of hand anything […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XX
Remember the first half of 2021? Yeah me neither. But I did keep track of all the TV shows I checked out, and herewith will share my thoughts on them with you. LOVED Pretend It’s a City (Netflix) This felt like a real pandemic gift, a cranky oasis. Fran Lebowitz became a huge fave of […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/29/21
EPISODE #441: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2021 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME]Prince — “Kiss” [Billboard No. 1, 4/19/86 – 4/26/86]Pet Shop Boys — “West End Girls” [No. 1, 5/10/86]Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer” [No. 1, 7/26/86]Bananarama — “Venus” [No. 1, 9/6/86]Huey Lewis & the News — “Stuck With You” [No. 1, 9/20/86 – 10/4/86]Cyndi Lauper — “True […]
Movie Review: The Sparks Brothers
4 stars out of 5Like many in my general age range (mesozoic), my first encounter with the band Sparks was their semi-hit collaboration with the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin, “Cool Places,” in heavy rotation on MTV in 1983. For many that would indeed prove to be the only encounter. But we, the proud and shamed music […]
Album Review: ‘Home’ by Terry McCarthy
4 stars out of 5Listen on Spotify hereListen/purchase on Apple Music hereIf there’s anything we anticipate from a Terry McCarthy album, it’s his warm strumming guitar, sharply observed lyrical details, and mildly groan-worthy titles indicating which number record this is for him: Wait, a Second!; The Charm; Go Fourth. But with his latest release, the […]
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