May 2014
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Ask Jack: Overqualified, the Undead, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment: applying for jobs you’re overqualified for, and taking initiative at work.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/13/14
EPISODE #128: TOMORROW The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Shoes — “Tomorrow Night” B.B. King — “Tomorrow Night” Edwyn Collins — “Come Tomorrow, Come Today” Gorillaz — “Tomorrow Comes Today” The Feelies — “Tomorrow Today” Morrissey — “Tomorrow” Luke Rathborne — “Tomorrow” The Jackson 5 — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Iveys — “Maybe Tomorrow” The Beatles — […]
Theater Review: “As Bees in Honey Drown” at J City Theater
Sure I’m a theater critic, why do you ask? I wrote this review for the Jersey City Independent.
Ask Jack: Good Impressions, Cover Letters & Job of the Week
In this week’s advice column, I explain how to make a good impression at a new job, and how to write a cover letter that isn’t too stupid.
Movie Review: Only Lovers Left Alive
4 stars out of 5 Is this a Jim Jarmusch autobiography? An aging vampire who fetishizes vintage rock ‘n roll? I’ve been a big Jarmusch fan since college. His last film, 2009’s The Limits of Control, tested the limits of his faithful followers — there wasn’t much in the way of plot or dialogue. Still, […]
I Am You
I will go where you are, absorb what you say. I am done with who I am. I am ready to be you. Seek me. Others have but didn’t find me. I am invisible but I am available. I am a ghost. Make contact.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 5/6/14
EPISODE #127: MOTHER’S DAY 2014 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Oingo Boingo — “Mama” Slade — “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” The Ramones — “Mama’s Boy” The Jackson 5 — “Mama’s Pearl” LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out” Devo — “Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)” Jenny Lewis — “Jack Killed Mom” Maria Callas […]
Jersey City Chili Cook-Off: Before and After
When it came to 4th Street Arts’ fifth-annual Chili Cook-Off, no journalist provided the in-depth coverage that I did. I wrote the preview for the Jersey City Independent, as well as the recap.
Teacher Appreciation Week + Mothers’ Day =
Shhh don’t tell her but I wrote this about my mom.
Album Review: “We Already Have Birds That Sing” by Life in a Blender
4 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Last summer, when I did a 4th-of-July-themed episode of my wildly unpopular internet-radio show, my buddy Dave asked if I’d play “In the USA” from Life in a Blender’s 1988 debut album. Now hold on a cotton-picking second: Sure, Dave’s a buddy, but A) we […]
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