Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 1/26/21
EPISODE #419: THE MUSIC OF PHIL SPECTORin memory of The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Ronettes — “Be My Baby”Gene Pitney — “Every Breath I Take”Terry Day — “I Love You, Betty”Darlene Love — “A Fine, Fine Boy”The Crystals — “Then He Kissed Me”Ike & Tina Turner — “River Deep — Mountain High”The Beatles — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/12/21
EPISODE #417: THE BIRTH OF ROCKTheme suggested by contest winner Charlie Birdwell. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jackie Brenston with his Delta Cats — “Rocket ‘88’”Robert Johnson — “Stop Breakin’ Down Blues”Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys — “Get With It”Wynonie Harris — “Good Rockin’ Tonight”Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys — “Toy Heart”Muddy Waters […]
Pandemic Cinema, Year 1
A chronlogical list of movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020. The great majority of them were new to me. Paris, Texas (1984)American Graffiti (1973)More American Graffiti (1979)Boxcar Bertha (1972)The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)The Lady From Shanghai (1947)Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)Blackboard Jungle […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2020
A couple of introductory comments this year:• Obviously 2020 was seriously messed up in many, many regards, just one of which was closed movie theaters and rescheduled/re-planned releases. As a result, I only saw 16 new releases either in a theater or via streaming/TV, and did not officially review many of them. Also, I have […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XIX
So, I normally do two of these stuff-I’ve-recently-watched-on-TV recaps each year. But you know how 2020 was all higgledy-piggledy in terms of the passage of time and… anyway, here’s 366 days’ worth of shows I checked out. LOVED Country Music (PBS) I’m no expert about country music, but I do know a fair amount about […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2021
1. Wear mask. 2. Wear mascara. 3. Enter my beautiful house with my beautiful wife. Oh wait. 4. Print and sell bumperstickers: My Other Car is an Honor Roll Student 5. Hire Jellybean Benitez to remix my oatmeal. 6. Fill out early ballot for 2024 election. 7. Though it’s true nice guys finish last, put […]
Separated at Birth XLI
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Aquarium Playlist, 12/29/20
EPISODE #415: NEW TO ME 2020, LIVESTREAMINGIn the pandemic year of 2020, I saw 333 livestreaming musical performances by 300 different artists. Of those, 183 were new to me, and I bought music by 16 of those artists. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Beach Bunny — “Dream Boy”Thayer Sarrano — “O My Soul”Architrave — “Elevation”Wussy […]
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