Playlist 4-15-16
Started with some soul instrumentals, then a bunch of The Feelies, in advance of their show in town Saturday. Also playing the area that night, Robbie Fulks, so we heard…
Friday TV: ‘Unbreakable’ Even Better
The nuttiness and fast paced wordplay of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix, streaming) is equaling the levels of Robert Carlock and Tina Fey’s previous comedy, “30 Rock.” Unencumbered by commercials, and…
Thursday TV: ‘Orphan Black,’ New Night
The new season of “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) also comes on a new night. By now it’s impossible to start watching the show about multiple clones and hope…
Wednesday TV: Grim ‘The Last Panthers’
An audacious series of jewel heists in the 1990s by ex-Yugoslavs from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia earned a gang of thieves the nickname the Pink Panthers. Interpol named them after…
Tuesday TV: Violent New ‘Game of Silence’
An adaptation of a Turkish series called “Suskunlar,” the new series “Game of Silence” (NBC, 10 p.m.) is about a group of childhood pals who had been sent to juvenile…
‘Jackie Robinson’ Doc, Right on Time
Ken Burns, the patron saint of public television, has already made more than 20 hours of essential American sports history with his 1994 epic “Baseball” and its four hour addendum…
Also on Monday: ‘The Detour,’ ‘Hunters’
There’s already been one bad variation on “National Lampoon’s Vacation” in the past year. Now there ’s a whole comedy series, “The Detour” (TBS, ) on a family road trip…
Sunday TV: ‘Girlfriend Experience,’ Awards
Stephen Soderbergh has caught onto the rhythms of quality serialized TV. He already directs every shot of the underrated “The Knick.” Now he’s back producing a series that is a…
Jonathan Richman at The 9:30 Club
Jonathan Richman is the very picture of the traveling musician. On the expanse of the 9:30 Club stage, empty but for Tommy Larkins’ modest drum kit, he walked in for…
Anderson Cooper and His Famous Mom
One of the most interesting things about Anderson Cooper is not that he’s gay or began his TV career hosting reality competitions like “The Mole,” but his lineage. He’s the…