Jack Silbert
EP Review: ‘Weekend at Mauchie’s… Vol. 1’ by MAUCH & Roe Knows Best
4 stars out of 5 Buy on Bandcamp here Listen on Spotify here Ghosts, aliens, sharks! Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! On their rockin’ new collaborative EP, MAUCH (Max Rauch) and Roe Knows Best (Rosanna O’Brien) are ready to tackle whatever challenges come their way. Though the EP’s title, Weekend at Mauchie’s… Vol. […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/3/25
EPISODE #644: BIG The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Pixies — “Gigantic”Ed Seifert with Syd Straw and friends — “Great Big World” The Plimsouls — “Great Big World” Chris Isaak — “Big Wide Wonderful World” New York Dolls — “Give Her a Great Big Kiss” [demo]The Lemonheads — “The Great Big No” Derrell Felts — […]
Movie Review: Friendship
3.5 stars out of 5I don’t know who Andrew DeYoung is. Andrew Young, I know. Former mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Still with us: 93 years old! Andrew DeYoung, I don’t know. (Singer of Styx?) But he wrote and directed Friendship, it’s his first feature after a lot of TV […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/27/25
EPISODE #643: AIRPLANES Laura Jane Grace & the the Devouring Mothers — “The Airplane Song” [ALTERNATE THEME]Lake — “Airplane”Air Miami — “Airplane Rider” Laura Cantrell — “Silver Wings” Rolling Stones — “Who’s Driving Your Plane?” The French — “Gabriel in the Airport”The Cat’s Miaow — “L.A. International Airport” R.E.M. — “Airportman” Elva — “Airport Town” […]
Movie Review: Thunderbolts
3.5 stars out of 5 Florence Pugh is the latest A-list actor to slum her way through a Marvel flick. I know what you’re saying: “But Jack, Pugh already slummed her way through Black Widow back in 2021.” I didn’t see that one, OK? Plus now she’s really putting herself out there as the star. […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/20/25
EPISODE #642: MOVING The Smithereens — “House We Used To Live In” [ALTERNATE THEME]Nick Lowe — “House for Sale”Springhouse — “Moving Van” Wimp Factor 14 — “Change of Address Kit” Basic Bitches — “We All Moved to the City, Now We Can’t Afford to Live” Butthole Surfers — “Moving to Florida”Charley Patton — “Going to […]
Movie Review: The Shrouds
4 stars out of 5In 2022, I gave a positive review to Crimes of the Future, written and directed by the then-79-year-old David Cronenberg. Showing that the apple doesn’t fall far from the fucked-up tree, I gave an equally positive review to 43-year-old son Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool. Ah, but the senior Croney wasn’t quite […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/13/25
EPISODE #641: REALLY? The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Fastbacks — “Really”New Pornographers — “Really Really Light” The Undertones — “Really Really” The Crows — “I Really Really Love You” Elvis Presley — “I Really Don’t Want to Know”Roseanne Cash — “What We Really Want” Rolling Stones — “Do You Think I Really Care?” The Byrds […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/6/25
EPISODE #640: UNDERDOGS and JILL SOBULE TRIBUTE Jill Sobule — “A Good Life” [ALTERNATE THEME]Jill Sobule — “Underdog Victorious”Spoon — “The Underdog” Sly & the Family Stone — “Underdog” Manic Street Preachers — “Underdogs” Zowy — “Underdog”Kasabian — “Underdog” Mudhoney — “Beneath the Valley of the Underdog” Chris Stamey & the ModRec Orchestra feat. Marshall […]
Movie Review: Warfare
4.5 stars out of 5 I really don’t go to see many war movies. Platoon, Casualties of War, Heartbreak Ridge, Three Kings, maybe a few others, I don’t remember, all that dust and guns. But when I noticed that my boy Alex Garland (Civil War, Annihilation, Ex Machina) was the co-writer and co-director here, I […]
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