By Jack Silbert on November 12, 2013
EPISODE #102: MYSTERY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cheap Trick — “Magical Mystery Tour” The Modern Lovers — “Fly Into the Mystery” [live] R.E.M. — “Mystery to Me” [demo] Roy Orbison — “She’s a Mystery to Me” The Rezillos — “Mystery Action” Vic Chesnutt — “Mystery” The Cramps — “Mystery Plane” Elvis Costello — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Cheap Trick, Eels, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Junior Parker, Little Junior's Blue Flames, Modern Lovers, mystery, R.E.M., Rezillos, Roy Orbision, Sebadoh, Spoon, Steve Earle, The Cramps, unpopular music, Vic Chesnutt, Young Fresh Fellows
By Jack Silbert on November 8, 2013
Forget about brass monkey, that funky monkey junkie. I wrote an article about Jersey City’s Iron Monkey bar and restaurant. It’s the lead story in the Jersey City Independent today. The Iron Monkey is a cool little spot that’s been hanging tough since 1996, with an excellent selection of beers. If you like that sort […]
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged bars, Jersey City Independent, restaurants, The Iron Monkey
By Jack Silbert on November 5, 2013
EPISODE #101: MISTER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The National — “Mr. November” Yo La Tengo — “Mr. Tough” Jean Knight — “Mr. Big Stuff” Keith Relf — “Mr. Zero” The Inmates — “Mr. Unreliable” The Marys — “Mr. Woods” Big Dipper — “Mr. Woods” The Kinks — “Mr. Songbird” Elvis Costello & the […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beatles, Big Dipper, Chris Isaak, E.L.O., Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, Fairport Convention, Jean Knight, Keith Relf, Kinks, The Byrds, The Inmates, The Killers, The Marys, The National, The Replacements, unpopular music, Wire, Yardbirds, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on November 3, 2013
Maybe you’ve seen the name Frank B. on this site. Back in early 2008, Frank Boscoe invited me to become a contributor to Salt in Wound. Twenty years earlier, he was my music director at WRCT, the radio station of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Frank had a strong influence on my developing musical […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged #Poundsign#, Carnegie Mellon, Frank Boscoe, Jerry Fuchs, Leital Molad, meta, Pittsburgh, Rob Christiansen, Stephen Vesecky, The Gazetteers, unpopular music, Vehicle Flips, WFXIV, Wimp Factor 14, Wimp Factor Fourteen, WNYC, WRCT
By Jack Silbert on November 1, 2013
Here at Salt in Wound dot-com, we tirelessly circumnavigate the globe in search of the ultimate meatball sandwich. And so it was that I found myself in Oranjestad, Aruba, at the Tamarijn All-Inclusive Vacation Beach Resort. You know how they don’t feed you on planes anymore? Suffice to say I was starving like a mothereffer […]
Posted in anecdotes, opinion, unsolicited criticism | Tagged Aruba, meatball sandwiches
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