Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 11/13/18
EPISODE #306: STOP The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Queen — “Don’t Stop Me Now” The Kinks — “Stop Your Sobbing” The English Beat — “Ranking Full Stop” Pylon — “Stop It” Belle & Sebastian — “I Want the World To Stop” Against Me! — “Stop!” Spring Fever — “Stop” The Black Keys — “Stop […]
Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
4 stars out of 5 It was late 1977. My family went to a record store, and my sister and I were each allowed to buy one album. She selected the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and I chose News of the World by Queen. I listened to it over and over and over again, poring […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/6/18
EPISODE #305: 2018 MIDTERMS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Replacements — “Election Day” Leonard Cohen — “Democracy” The Human Hearts — “Flag Pin” Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks — “Senator” Trøn & DVD — “The New Wave” Sleater-Kinney — “A New Wave” Against Me! — “New Wave” Papercuts — “White Are the Waves” […]
Movie Review: Halloween
3.5 stars out of 5 After the real-life horror in Pittsburgh last weekend, I thought some old-school fictional horror might do me some good. It was only a few years ago when I sat down and really watched the original 1978 Halloween as an adult. So with that and a quick Wikipedia refresher, I was […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/30/18
EPISODE #304: HALLOWEEN 2018 The Fall — “Fiery Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME] anti-fascism intro, in memory of those lost in the Tree of Life synagogue gun massacre in Pittsburgh: Billy Bragg & Wilco — “All You Fascists” Marxman — “Fascist Boom” [John Peel session] The Dead Kennedys — “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” Elf Power — “Halloween […]
Movie Review: The Old Man & the Gun
3 stars out of 5 The truth is, I haven’t given much thought to Robert Redford in my lifetime. When I was tiny, The Sting was a big deal, and people were still talking about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (I guess less media = longer attention spans.) But I don’t think I actually […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/23/18
EPISODE #303: COLORS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Donovan — “Colours” Love — “She Comes In Colors” Frank Sinatra — “Over the Rainbow” Catholic Easter Colors — “Grey and Green” Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Brown to Blue” Yo La Tengo — “Shades of Blue” Chris Stamey — “14 Shades of Green” […]
Movie Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
3.5 stars out of 5 Reviews by their very nature are not objective, and this one is extra tricky for me, as not only was I friends with Lee Israel for some 17 years, but I also did a little consulting on an earlier iteration of this movie. So you could say that I attended […]
Movie Review: First Man
4 stars out of 5 You were expecting me to review a different movie? Patience, dear friends. I’ve been fairly interested in space exploration my entire life, yet I was surprised how little I knew about the Apollo moon mission and the lengthy lead-up to it. Weird. Was there never another movie about it? Were […]
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