Jack Silbert
Rest Ashore at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival
I wrote this preview article for hMAG of the exciting young Hoboken-based band Rest Ashore’s appearance at the Spring Arts & Music Festival. The piece also serves as a review of their recent EP Annihilation.
Aquarium Playlist, 5/14/19
EPISODE #330: HATE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Beths — “Future Me Hates Me”Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers — “I Hate Chicago”Ballboy — “I Hate Scotland”Wilco — “I Hate It Here”The Vaselines — “I Hate the 80s”Thee Headcoats — “(We Hate the Fuckin’) NME”Mudhoney — “Hate the Police”The Lemonheads — “Hate Your […]
Movie Review: Avengers — Endgame
3.5 stars out of 5 OMG it’s the final final final — don’t be a sucker, it’s not the final anything. Sure, maybe some actors’ contracts are up and besides, nobody wants superheroes who are too long in the tooth, so… “Endgame.” This is a mostly very enjoyable movie but by no means whatsoever is […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/7/19
EPISODE #329: TALKING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Run-D.M.C. — “You Talk Too Much”Betty Hutton — “Can’t Stop Talking”Cheap Trick — “You’re All Talk” (early version)Wild Flag — “Endless Talk”The Music Machine — “Talk Talk”Jackie Wilson — “Talk That Talk”Bruce Springsteen — “Talk to Me”Jean DuShon — “Talk to Me, Talk to Me”Harry Nilsson — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/30/19
EPISODE #328: MY 2019 WFMU RECORD FAIR DJ SET The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fleshtones — “Destination Greenpoint”The Incredible Casuals — “Records Go Round”Big Eyes — “Back From the Moon”Pinact — “Seams”The Fastbacks — “Everything I Don’t Need”Liquid Liquid — “Optimo”Pylon Reenactment Society — “Messenger”Stag — “The Bedazzler”Sunshine & the Rain — “It’s All […]
Movie Review: Teen Spirit
2.5 stars out of 5 I first saw Elle Fanning in 2006’s I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With. Next, I singled out her strong performance in my review of Super 8 in 2011, and then in Trumbo (2015) I noticed she was growing up. I figured the first time I’d see her as the […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/23/19
EPISODE #327: FRIENDS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The White Stripes — “We’re Going To Be Friends”The English Beat — “Best Friend”Talulah Gosh — “My Best Friend”Queen — “You’re My Best Friend”R.E.M. — “All the Right Friends” (1983)The Wedding Present — “You Should Always Keep in Touch With Your Friends”They Might Be Giants featuring Brian […]
Movie Review: High Life
4 stars out of 5 I’m sort of an R-Patz completist, so you knew I was going to see this film. OK, actually, the only thing I’ve ever seen Robert Pattinson in before was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in which he portrayed Cedric Diggory, and I didn’t know that until about 3 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/17/19
EPISODE #326: WORLD LANDMARKS in honor of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which caught fire on April 15, 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stade de France crowd, 2007 Rugby World Cup — “La Marseillaise”Morrissey — “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”Eels — “In Our Cathedral”Rose Melberg — “Golden Gate Bridge”Public Service Broadcasting — “Everest”XTC […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/9/19
EPISODE #325: LIMB LOSS AWARENESS MONTH The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Jesus & Mary Chain — “Amputation”Laura Veirs — “Wide-Eyed, Legless”Guts Club — “Metal Arms”Mickey & the Soul Generation — “Iron Leg”Pat Jordache — “Phantom Limb”El Vez — “The Arm of Obregon”The Roadside Graves — “The Snake and How He Lost His Legs”Bob Dylan […]
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