Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 1/10/23
EPISODE #520: FIRST SONGS ON FIRST ALBUMS Theme suggested by contest winner Ed Seifert. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Patti Smith — “Gloria”The Bongos — “In the Congo”The Feelies — “The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness”Blondie — “X Offender”The Ramones — “Blitzkrieg Bop” MC5 — “Ramblin’ Rose” (live)New York Dolls — “Personality Crisis”Television — “See […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2022
It’s getting to be a bit of a drag for those of who like going out to the movies to see quality releases. Forced by finances, art theaters are devoting a chunk of their screens to big dumb Hollywood dreck. And many movies lucky enough to get a big-screen debut are quickly shuttled off to […]
Movie Review: The Whale
3.5 stars out of 5The film we’ve all been waiting for: Master storyteller Guillermo del Toro presents Pinocchio from the POV of the whale. Wait, this one is Brendan “Mummy” Fraser in a fat suit? Jiminy Crickets! There was so much advance buzz about Fraser’s comeback performance (I think the last time I saw him […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/3/23
EPISODE #519: BEGIN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jan & Dean — Happy New Year promosR.E.M. — “Begin the Begin”Broadcast — “Before We Begin”Another Sunny Day — The Very BeginningEels — “The Beginning” Chicago — “Beginnings”Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey — “Begin Again”The Royal Arctic Institute — “We Begin on Familiar Ground”Wilco — “Where Do […]
Pandemic Cinema, year 3
A chronological list of non-current movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2022. The great majority of them were new to me. Foxes (1980)Poultry Pirates (1938)The Circus (1928)Metropolitan (1990)Saboteur (1942)The Velvet Underground (2021)The Screwy Truant (1945)The Swarm (1978)Wild at Heart (1990)Vertigo (1958)The Stork’s Holiday (1943)The […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2023
1. Attend my first rodeo. Oh wait.2. Bring back phrase “23 skidoo.”3. Market computerized sex doll with tag line “Any USB port in a storm.”4. Shamelessly promote the free indiepop show I’m presenting at Pet Shop, 193 Newark Avenue in Jersey City on Thursday, February 9, featuring the bands Joy Cleaner, the Human Hearts, and […]
Movie Review: White Noise
4 stars out of 5Don DeLillo’s White Noise, from 1985, is considered one of the great satirical novels of modern literature. I finally got around to reading it 3 years ago. In summing up my thoughts in my Goodreads review, I said that while I didn’t think it was a masterpiece, I found the book […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/27/22
EPISODE #518: BEST NEW-TO-ME 2022 PT. 2 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Weird Nightmare — “Lusitania”The Dracu-Las — “Tell You the News”The Fiendz — “Run Away With Me”Melissa Cherie — “Nvrland” Jonny Couch — “Upside Down” Angel Dean & Sue Garner — “Handle Them With Care”Timeshares — “King of Shame”Wednesday — “Handsome Man”Faye — “No […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/20/22
EPISODE #517: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2022 Darlene Love — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Minus 5 — “Festival of Lights (Hanukkah Song)”Colleen Green — “Christmas Is for Everyone”Mighty Sparrow — “Postcard to Sparrow”The Everly Brothers — “Put My Little Shoes Away” Charles Brown — “Please Come Home for Christmas” gobbinjr — “Xmas Without You […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/13/22
EPISODE #516: BEST NEW-TO-ME 2022 PT. 1 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Oceanator — “Heartbeat”Last Minet — “Don’t Hold Back”Jug & the Bugs — “Car Starts To Shake”Shinner — “Cowabunga Peppermill” Sleepers Union — “Come On” Chatham Rabbits — “Come Home”Beams — “A Flower Blossomed”Myriam Gendron — “La Jeune Fille en Pleurs”Pussy Gillette — “Cabron” […]
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