Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16
EPISODE #234: WEEKEND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff — “Seven-Day Weekend” NRBQ — “It’s a Wild Weekend” Art Brut — “Good Weekend” Tom Petty — “Big Weekend” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Somewhere a Weekend of Sin” Terry Malts — “Where Is the Weekend?” Dr. Dog — “Weekend” Jason Lytle […]
Am I the Only Person Who Has Ever Been in a Restroom??
Every day, there’s some article, some trending item, some YouTube video, about transgender people and restrooms. And there’s a law in North Carolina, part of which says, well, no, you can only go in the room corresponding to the equipment you were born with. Who wrote this law? Who’s posting these videos? Space aliens posing […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/17/16
EPISODE #233: NYC POPFEST PREVIEW ’16 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] XTC — “This Is Pop?” Allo Darlin’ — “History Lessons” Big Quiet — “Maura and Dana” The Chesterfields — “Completely and Utterly” The Spook School — “Here We Go” Mercury Girls — “Ariana” Lake Ruth — “Through the Lychgates” The Primitives — “Really […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/10/16
EPISODE #232: OTHER MUSIC TRIBUTE The downtown NYC record store will be closing on June 25. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ex Cops — “You Are a Lion, I Am a Lamb” Wire — “The Other Window” So Cow — “The Other One” Big Audio Dynamite — “Other 99” Camera Obscura — “Other Towns […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/3/16
EPISODE #231: RECORD FAIR HAUL from albums purchased at the 2016 WFMU Record Fair The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mendoza Line — “Baby, I Know What You’re Thinking” Best Coast — “Heaven Sent” Konono N°1 — “Paradiso” The Ladybug Transistor — “Sneedle” The Flashing Lights — “Since They Were Crowned” Chris Von Sneidern […]
Book Review: ‘I Formed a Band’ by Eddie Argos
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase I don’t remember how the band Art Brut entered my life a decade ago — did I read a review? did my friend Christine recommend them? — but that debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, really did it for me. Soon my buddies Allan and Jim […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/26/16
EPISODE #230: PRINCE TRIBUTE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Prince — “Let’s Go Crazy” Jimi Hendrix — “Purple Haze” Lucinda Williams — “Minneapolis” James Brown — “Make It Funky (Pt. 1)” Joni Mitchell — “Help Me” The Bangles — “Manic Monday” Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U” Jay-Z and Beyoncé — “’03 Bonnie […]
Fund for Better Waterfront Benefit Brunch Cruise
On Saturday morning, I joined the Hoboken grassroots organization Fund for a Better Waterfront for their first-ever benefit brunch cruise, along the Hudson River. Here’s my recap, and my photos, for hMAG.com. And yes, I’ll take full responsibility for the headline.
Movie Review: Everybody Wants Some!!
3.5 stars out of 5 Richard Linklater spent 12 years making this movie… oh wait, it wasn’t this one? Never mind. I feel like I’ve seen enough Linklater offerings at this point to say — at least in my own opinion — he’s not a fantastic filmmaker. But, you know what, he’s pretty good. And […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/19/16
EPISODE #229: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ian Hunter — “Shades Off” [poem] Sly & the Family Stone — “Poet” First Aid Kit — “To a Poet” Morrissey — “Sister, I’m a Poet” The Sights — “Everyone’s a Poet” Of Montreal — “A Collection of Poems About Water” Grandaddy — “Jed’s […]
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