Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 1/29/19
EPISODE #317: BEATLESQUE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Brian Jonestown Massacre — “All Around You [intro]”The Spongetones — “She Goes Out With Everybody”The Sneetches — “Love Comes My Way”Robyn Hitchcock — “Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)”Higgins — “Drop Off”Cheap Trick — “World’s Greatest Lover”Elliott Smith — “Little One”Ron Sexsmith — “The Grim Trucker”Liam Finn […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/22/19
EPISODE #316: BODY PARTS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Pylon — “The Human Body”Bob Neuwirth — “Sweet and Shiny Eyes”Digital Underground — “No Nose Job”Ron Sexsmith — “Music to my Ears”Screaming Females — “Broken Neck”The School — “Shoulder”The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “The Asp at my Chest”Darren Hanlon — “Elbows”The Replacements — “Staples […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/15/19
EPISODE #315: OUT OF LEFT FIELD Theme suggested by contest winner Max Rosenthal. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Gregg Allman — “Out of Left Field”Howe Gelb — “Left of Center”Sloan — “Left of Centre”Suzanne Vega — “Left of Center”Skateboard Kyle — “Max”Marc Ribot w/ Syd Straw — “Knock That Statue Down”The Frogs — “Where’s Jerry Lewis?”Ben Vaughn Combo […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/8/19
EPISODE #314: FOREVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Johnny Ace — “Pledging My Love”Yo La Tengo — “Forever”Sam Cooke (as Dan Cook) — “Forever”Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River — “Forever”Pinact — “Forever”The Ballroom — “Forever”Roy Wood — “Forever”The Explorers Club — “Forever”The Beach Boys — “Forever”Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers — “The Wild One, Forever”Todd […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2018
We can perhaps track my physical recovery by my attendance at entertainment events: In 2017, I saw 172 musical performances, while in 2018 that total jumped to 444. And while I only saw 22 new-release films in the theater in 2017, in 2018 I was back in the high life again with 39. It was […]
Movie Review: The Favourite
4 stars out of 5 As I’ve stated before, costume dramas aren’t really my thing. But in the past 2.5 years, Yorgos Lanthimos — with The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Dogtooth (which I saw on home video) — has quickly become one of my fave filmmakers. Plus, we all know my […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/1/19
EPISODE #313: NEW TO ME IN 2018, PT. 2 In 2018, I saw 444 musical performances by 372 different acts, 234 of which I was seeing for the first time, 221 of them brand-new to me. Of those, I was inspired to buy 64 records. (I also purchased debut records by acts I’d seen in previous years, indicated […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2019
1. Partially shut down government until congressional Democrats give me $5 billion for a border collie. 2. Reveal to world that all this time, HTML has been shorthand for Hotmail. 3. Every time someone says 2019, mutter, “You know, Normie, 19 was the average age of soldiers killed in Vietnam.” 4. Research if Roy Rogers’ […]
Movie Review: Holmes & Watson
1 star out of 5 Is movie comedy dead? What was the last really funny, wide-appeal film? In my lifetime, it seemed like mini-generations passed the torch, making each era’s silly but solid flicks: people from Python, SNL, SCTV, The State, Freaks & Geeks. But it truly feels like the torch has been extinguished. Will […]
Movie Review: Ben Is Back
4 stars out of 5 The movie takes place on December 24, and I watched it on December 24, so that was pretty cool. Quick review: Really good but it’s a bummer. Ben (actor of the moment Lucas Hedges) is a young addict in recovery who has come home for Christmas. And maybe he shouldn’t […]
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