Jack Silbert
Movie Review: News of the World
4 stars out of 5Movie theaters reopened in New Jersey, at limited capacity, on September 4. Since then I’ve seen three films at my local cinema here in Hoboken: On the Rocks, Let Him Go, and Mank (which, unfortunately, turned out not to be a biopic of my long-ago crush Krys Mankowski). But a couple […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/22/20
EPISODE #414: NEW TO ME IN 2020 + LIVE HIGHLIGHTSIn the pandemic year of 2020, I only saw 100 performances by 95 different musical acts. Of those, 38 acts were new to me, and I bought music by 9 of those acts. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Anderson Council — “Sitting on a Cloud”Special […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/15/20
EPISODE #413: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2020Darlene Love — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” [ALTERNATE THEME]Charles Brown — “Merry Christmas, Baby”Ernest Tubb — “Blue Christmas”Nils Harning — “Oy Chanukah!”April March and Los Cincos — “Last Train to Christmas”Pom Pom Squad — “Hello Santa Claus”Nancy and Mark — “Last Year’s Tree”Wild Nothing — “One Christmas Catalogue”The Birthday Kiss […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/8/20
EPISODE #412: DREAMS IVThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]LCD Soundsystem — “American Dream”Glenn Morrow’s Cry for Help — “Other Side of the Dream”Such Small Hands — “Still Dreaming”The Bachelor Pad — “Girl of Your Dreams”Courtney Marie Andrews — “Carnival Dream”Gary Olson — “A Dream for a Memory”Mascott — “Dreamer’s Book”The Planes — “Dreaming”The Catenary Wires […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/1/20
EPISODE #411: 9TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO VOL. VIII)The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Paul Shaffer — “When the Radio Is On”Sylvan Esso — “Radio”The Psychedelic Furs — “Heartbreak Beat”Dirty Fences — “911”R.E.M. — “Radio Song” [unplugged]Michael Stipe — “Drive to the Ocean”Lana Del Rey — “Radio”Sloan — “Lemonzinger”Nicole Atkins — “AM Gold”Bad Moves — “Local Radio”The […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/24/20
EPISODE #410: THANKSGIVING 2020Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Los Cripis — “I’m Going To Buy Food”R. Stevie Moore — “Puttin’ Up the Groceries”Robert Johnson — “Come On in my Kitchen”Kicking Giant — “Appetite”Bob Dylan — “Gotta Serve Somebody”Young Marble Giants — “Salad Days”Waitresses — “Bread and Butter”Spare Snare — “Taking on the Sides”Game Theory […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/17/20
EPISODE #409: SOFTThe Who — “Happy Jack” [acoustic, ALTERNATE THEME]Comet — “Feathers That Shone”Emma Swift — “The Soft Apocalypse”Kimberley Rew — “That’s Soft Boy”Screaming Females — “Soft Domination”Holy Tunics — “Soft Treat”The Human Hearts — “Soft Gamma Repeater”The Ettes — “Soft Focus”Dear Tracks — “Soft Dreams”The Soft City — “The Soft City”The Clean — “Big […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/10/20
EPISODE #408: JOEin honor of president-elect Joe BidenThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Daniel Johnston — “No More Pushing Joe Around”Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five — “Run, Joe”Smog — “Sleepy Joe”Full of Fancy — “Joe Is a Scientist”Frank Zappa — “Joe’s Garage”Ernest Tubb — “Two Glasses Joe”Buddy Holly — “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”The Folksmen — “Old […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/3/20
EPISODE #407: ELECTION DAY 2020The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]David Johansen — “Sinking Ship”Public Enemy — “State of the Union (STFU)”Karyn Kuhl Band — “It’s Over”The Magnetic Fields — “The Day the Politicians Died”Robyn Hitchcock — “The President” [2020 version]50ft Furies — “Goodbye Patriarchy”Top Nachos — “Canada”Howard Ivans — “Trump Is a Punk (And I […]
Movie Review: Shorts 6 — It Hurts to Laugh (comedy; Chicago International Film Festival)
Blocks (USA) 3 stars out of 5 Not affiliated with the Lego Movie series, but the popular connecting blocks do play a role here. We have a stressed-out mom and something strange starts happening. It’s basically one joke, but likable enough. Play Schengen 2.5 stars out of 5 Cute and timely concept — gamers pitching […]
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