Jack Silbert
Movie Review: High Life
4 stars out of 5 I’m sort of an R-Patz completist, so you knew I was going to see this film. OK, actually, the only thing I’ve ever seen Robert Pattinson in before was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in which he portrayed Cedric Diggory, and I didn’t know that until about 3 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/17/19
EPISODE #326: WORLD LANDMARKS in honor of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which caught fire on April 15, 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stade de France crowd, 2007 Rugby World Cup — “La Marseillaise”Morrissey — “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”Eels — “In Our Cathedral”Rose Melberg — “Golden Gate Bridge”Public Service Broadcasting — “Everest”XTC […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/9/19
EPISODE #325: LIMB LOSS AWARENESS MONTH The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Amputation”Laura Veirs — “Wide-Eyed, Legless”Guts Club — “Metal Arms”Mickey & the Soul Generation — “Iron Leg”Pat Jordache — “Phantom Limb”El Vez — “The Arm of Obregon”The Roadside Graves — “The Snake and How He Lost His Legs”Bob Dylan […]
Movie Review: Dumbo
4 stars out of 5 I have only the vaguest childhood memories of Dumbo. Thanks to the “Disney Vault” philosophy and what age you were during re-releases in those pre-home video days, you might be too young, too old, or just right for various animated classics. I’m not sure whether my family went to the […]
Book Review: ‘The Day the Cow Sneezed’ by James Flora
Originally published on the Media Darlings blog, October 2011 For a long stretch of time there, it seemed like every album I bought — and I buy a lot of albums — had some connection to Irwin Chusid. His name appeared in reissue liner notes for Esquivel (whose 50s/60s “space-age bachelor pad music” helped spawn […]
Movie Review: Us
4.5 stars out of 5 For those of you who don’t know, this is the theatrical version of the hit television drama series This Is Us. So if you love that show, just go see this movie, don’t read anything else about it, it has all your favorite characters and you’ll have a good old-fashioned […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/2/19
EPISODE #324: LUCKY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Bruce Springsteen — “Lucky Town”Big Eyes — “Lucky You”Original Sins — “You’re So Lucky”Heatmiser — “Get Lucky”JD McPherson — “Lucky Penny”Gene Turonis (a.k.a. Gene D. Plumber) — “Always Get Lucky”Ella Fitzgerald — “I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So”The Ohio Express — “Lucky”They Might Be Giants — “Lucky Ball […]
Movie Review: Captain Marvel
3 stars out of 5 The first comic book I ever owned was Captain Marvel. My grandma had died, we had to fly back from California to New York for the funeral, and somebody had the smart idea to buy me a comic book to keep me occupied. (It worked; I remember the cover of […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/26/19
EPISODE #323: 1969 happy 50th to me The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Stooges — “1969”Tommy Roe — “Dizzy” [the No. 1 song the week I was born]Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Fortunate Son”Dusty Springfield — “Don’t Forget About Me”Sly & the Family Stone — “Stand!”The Kinks — “Victoria”Tommy James & the Shondells — “Crimson & […]
Movie Review: Gloria Bell
4.5 stars out of 5 As I watched this movie, I realized that I’m a pretty neurotic fella. If this film was about me, it would be a lot more “oh does she like me, should i call, should i wait, why did i say that thing that i said.” A Woody Allen flick, basically. […]
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