Bar/None Reords
Movie Review: We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember — The Embarrassment
By Jack Silbert on August 4, 2023
3.5 stars out of 5 Sometime in the late ‘90s, I picked up a used CD by The Embarrassment. It was selections from a two-disc compilation released by Hoboken’s own Bar/None Records, and there was a quote from Freedy Johnston on the back. OK, good enough for me. But I must admit, I didn’t spend […]
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Album Review: “All the Pretty Girls” by Gene Turonis (a.k.a. Gene D. Plumber)
By Jack Silbert on May 11, 2018
I’ve been a fan of Gene D. Plumber as long as I’ve lived in Hoboken, which is a long time. So I was honored to review his new album, out today on the fantastic Bar/None label, for hMAG.com.
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Movie Review: Big Gold Dream — Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream
By Jack Silbert on May 31, 2016
3.5 stars out of 5 My bad, I didn’t really do my homework before seeing this. I assumed it was a more comprehensive survey of the Scottish music scene from the late 70s on. I even thought the title came from a Simple Minds’ album, which turns out to be New Gold Dream. So as […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Alan Horne, Bar/None Reords, Bob Last, Edinburgh, Fast Product, Glasgow, Hillary Morrison, Hoboken, Postcard Records, Scotland | 2 Responses
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