Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 9/18/18
EPISODE #298: YOM KIPPUR (HUNGER) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Long Neck — “Hunger (Apology Song)” The Beach Boys — “Gettin’ Hungry” Bruce Springsteen — “Hungry Heart” The Searchers — “Hungry for Love” Billy Childish — “I Am the Strange Hero of Hunger” [poem] Duran Duran — “Hungry Like the Wolf” X — “The […]
Jack’s 2018 Fall TV Preview
It’s mid-September and I really should be back at school. But before I matriculate (hey now!), my beloved Fall TV Preview returns after a four-year hiatus. The rules, for those who are new or need a refresher: 1) I have not seen any of these programs, and for the great majority never will. 2) I […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/11/18
EPISODE #297: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 The Who — “Happy Jack” (acoustic) [ALTERNATE THEME] Bruce Springsteen — “The Rising” Steve Wynn — “Tuesday” Grass Widow — “Tuesday” The Pogues — “Tuesday Morning” The Moody Blues — “Tuesday Afternoon” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Nogales by Tuesday” Palomar — “Hooray for Tuesday” The Rolling Stones — “Ruby Tuesday” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/4/18
EPISODE #296: END OF SUMMER II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Simone White — “I Didn’t Have Any Summer Romance” Steve Goldberg & the Arch Enemies — “Summer’s Ending” Epic45 — “A Year Without a Summer” The Beach Boys — “Things We Did Last Summer” Ron Sexsmith — “Summer Blowin’ Town” Buffalo Tom — […]
Movie Review: Juliet, Naked
3 stars out of 5 It’s only the third Ethan Hawke movie I’ve ever seen in a theater (and I see an awful lot of movies in the theater), so I definitely wanted to catch this one. Though only Nick Hornby’s earliest books have truly impressed me — Fever Pitch and High Fidelity — this […]
Movie Review: Mission Impossible–Fallout
3.5 stars out of 5 I’ve seen all the Mission: Impossible movies in the theater, whether or not they’re written and directed by a friend from high school. I also bestowed 3.5 stars on the previous two installments, which is likely as high as I’ll rate this kind of film (due to inherent silliness of […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/28/18
EPISODE #295: CATS III The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The A-Bones — “Cat Nip” Colour Me Wednesday — “Cat Hair” Franklin Bruno — “Cat-Scratch Fever” The Smittens — “Cats for Cats” Elf Power — “The Cat Trapped in the Wall” Alejandro Escovedo — “Shave the Cat” Devo — “Pink Pussycat” Louis Jordan & His […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/21/18
EPISODE #294: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER III The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Pulp — “Dogs Are Everywhere” The Beatles — “Hey Bulldog” The A-Bones — “Jupiter Bulldog” Guided by Voices — “Bulldog Skin” Fugazi — “Bulldog Front” Elvis Presley — “Hound Dog” Roy Orbison — “Hound Dog Man” Devo — “Big Dog” Bee Bee […]
Movie Review: BlackkKlansman
4.5 stars out of 5 I’m an old-school Spike Lee fan. In high school, my friend Jeff and I drove out by Fort Dix to see She’s Gotta Have It. (“Pleasebabypleasebabypleasebabybabybabyplease.”) I can’t say that I’ve seen all his films since but I have seen several. Chi-Raq was the last one I tried and the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 8/14/18
EPISODE #293: FIRE II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Jimi Hendrix Experience — “Fire” Mount Eerie — “Forest Fire” David Bowie — “(You Will) Set the World on Fire” The Byrds — “This Wheel’s on Fire” Ben Vaughn — “Fire in the Hole” Bruce Springsteen — “I’m on Fire” The Ladybug Transistor — […]
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