Jack Silbert
Movie Review: Joker
3 stars out of 5 Joker is not your daddy’s superhero movie. It’s a gritty, artsy, psychological exploration for people who wouldn’t know a gritty, artsy, psychological exploration if it bit them on the ass. I served with Marty Scorsese. I knew Marty Scorsese. Marty Scorsese was a friend of mine. Todd Phillips, you’re no […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/1/19
EPISODE #350: EVERYTHING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Dolly Mixture — “Everything and More”Them — “I Can Only Give You Everything”The Orange Peels — “Tonight Changes Everything”Cyndi Lauper — “Money Changes Everything”Teenage Fanclub — “Everything Flows”Karl Hendricks — “Everything Stupid Becomes Cool”The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Everything With You”Terry Malts — “Seen […]
Movie Review: Ad Astra
3.5 stars out of 5On the line to buy movie tickets, I asked the woman behind me what she was seeing. “Downton Abbey. You?” Brad Pitt in space, I told her. I got up to the register and, from outside Theater 2, my friend Meghan called out to me. What a nice surprise! I asked […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/24/19
EPISODE #349: CRYING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]TRØN & DVD featuring Amy Bezunartea — “Cry Now, Laugh Forever”Johnny Cash — “Cry, Cry, Cry”Beat Happening — “Cry for a Shadow”Solomon Burke — “Cry to Me”Karyn Kuhl Band — “Crying”The dB’s — “World To Cry”Pete Galub — “Crying Time”Marshall Crenshaw — “Calling Out for Love (at […]
Movie Review: Miles Davis — Birth of the Cool
5 stars out of 5 When I was learning about music in the ’80s, Miles Davis was a presence, albeit an odd one. He seemed grumpy, Prince dug him, and Miles faced away from the audience. (Well, if that was good enough for the Jesus & Mary Chain….) I slowly realized what an important figure […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/17/19
EPISODE #348: FASCINATING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fresh & Onlys — “Fascinated”R.E.M. — “Fascinating”The Feelies — “Deep Fascination”Human League — “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”The Cure — “Fascination Street”The Pixies — “I’m Amazed”Kimberley Rew — “I’m Amazed”White Town — “Bewitched”Jeff Lynne — “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”Wilco — “Magnetized”Stag — “The Bedazzler”Daniel Johnston with Yo La […]
Movie Review: IT Chapter Two
3.5 stars out of 5 IT was my No. 4 top movie of 2017. Chapter Two, on the other hand, should file for Chapter 11. (Hmm, that doesn’t really make sense, but I’m sticking with it.) What happened? Director Andy Muschietti is back; so is Gary Dauberman, one of the original’s three screenwriters. Pennywise is […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/10/19
EPISODE #347: BOYS AND GIRLS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Blur — “Girls & Boys”Juniper — “Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys!”Liz Phair — “Girls! Girls! Girls!”Human Switchboard — “Shake It, Boys”Marshall Crenshaw — “Girls…”U2 — “Stories for Boys” (Three EP version)The Smithereens — “Girls About Town”The Just Joans — “Some Boys Are Bigger Than Others”Guided […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/3/19
EPISODE #346: FORMED A BAND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Art Brut — “Formed a Band” (early version)Butterglory — “She Clicks the Sticks”They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell — “The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)”Rob Wasserman featuring Willie Dixon and Al Duncan — “Dustin’ Off the Bass”Owls of Now — “Lead Singer”Peter Holsapple & […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/27/19
EPISODE #345: COLD LAMPIN’ The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Young Fresh Fellows — “Lamp Industries”Suddenly, Tammy! — “Lamp”Blind Willie Johnson — “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning”The Clientele — “Lamplight”Joe Henry — “Coda: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down”Harry James & his Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra — “The Lamp Is Low”Frank Sinatra w/ […]
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