Jack Silbert
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIV
As the writers’ strike necessarily drags on — and now the actors are joining them on the picket line — we may run out of new scripted shows. Fear not, I will once again be your guide to series you might’ve missed. Here are the programs I’ve checked out in the past half year-plus. LOVED […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/11/23
EPISODE #546: TIGHT Booker T. & the MG’s — “Time Is Tight” [ALTERNATE THEME]Rolling Stones — “Too Tight” Tallies — “Wound Up Tight”John Lee Hooker — “Big Legs, Tight Skirt”CachaBacha — ”Stitch Me Tight” Electric Light Orchestra — “Hold On Tight” Matthew Sweet — “Hold On Tight”The Beatles — “Hold Me Tight”Explorers Club — “Hold […]
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
4 stars out of 5 I was 12 when Raiders of the Lost Ark came out, and the lost ark of the Covenant was mentioned in the Haftorah portion at my bar mitzvah. Needless to say, I have an awful of lot of emotional energy invested in the character of Indiana Jones. And though hard […]
Aquarium Playlist, 7/4/23
EPISODE #545: 4TH OF JULY 2023 The Thousand Pities — “Fourth of July” [ALTERNATE THEME]Chatham Rabbits — “Fourth of July” Philosopher Pirate — “Panic Forth”Meat Puppets — “Lake of Fire”Vehicle Flips — ”City of Fireworks” Siouxsie & the Banshees — “Fireworks” Aberdeen — “Fireworks”Jeff Tweedy — “C’mon America”Fastbacks — “In America”Bruce Springsteen — “Born in […]
Movie Review: Asteroid City
4 stars out of 5Wes Anderson is one of my all-time fave filmmakers so if he wants to continue experimenting with the form — puppets, anthology, and now, a story within a story — it’s certainly OK with me. Whether these “exercises” create a bit of distance between film and viewer and thereby prevent the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/20/23
EPISODE #543: SUMMER 2023 Caroline No — “2023” [ALTERNATE THEME]Superchunk — “This Summer” The Tymes — “The Magic of Our Summer Love”High Back Chairs — “Summer”Plains — ”Summer Sun” Cathedral Ceilings — “Every Summer’s Eve” Wizard Brain — “Down the Shore”The Resonars — “Running to Summer”Jonny Couch — “Survival in the Summer”Phantom Handshakes — “Cricket […]
Movie Review: Sanctuary
3 stars out of 5 Last time I wrote about a French thriller, and because I’m a goofball, I nearly made a joke about French ticklers — but ultimately thought the better of it. Sanctuary, however, could use a tickler or two to spice things up. I have been a fan of Margaret Qualley since […]
Movie Review: The Night of the 12th
4 stars out of 5When I’ve been in a steady art-movie groove, I have had a reliable pleasure: French thrillers. They’re generally a notch above Hollywood thrillers, or at least the cool accents and unfamiliar settings make them seem that way. But the pandemic has been particularly hard on art-house theaters, with their audiences apparently […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/13/23
EPISODE #542: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2023 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME]Terence Trent D’Arby — “Wishing Well” [Billboard No. 1, 5/7/88]Michael Jackson — “Dirty Diana” [No. 1, 7/2/88]Cheap Trick — “The Flame” [No. 1, 7/9/88 – 7/16/88]Beach Boys — “Kokomo” [No. 1, 11/5/88]The Bangles — “Eternal Flame” [No. 1, 4/1/89]Fine Young Cannibals — “She Drives Me […]
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