Jack Silbert
The Ghost of Uncle Joe’s Returns
Live music and dead people: Seeing bands in a 19th-century cemetery is pretty awesome. I finally made it to the annual “Ghost of Uncle Joe’s” fundraising show last year, and I was honored to write a preview of this year’s event for the Jersey City Independent.
Movie Review: The Forbidden Room
4 stars out of 5 I’ll be honest with you — I have no idea what to make of this movie, but I still enjoyed the hell out of it. The works of Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin are certainly not for everybody, but if you’re lucky enough to be remotely on his wavelength, he rewards […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 10/13/15
EPISODE #202: CMJ 2015 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Beverly — “You Can’t Get It Right” Hamish Kilgour — “Crazy Radiance” Big Quiet — “Ghost” Slang King — “Part Unanimous” My Teenage Stride — “That Should Stand for Something” Stephen Chopek — “Systematic Collapse” Amy Bezunartea — “Mostly I’m Just Scared” Mercury Rev — […]
Movie Review: The Martian
3.5 stars out of 5 I’d seen the trailer a while ago, but by the time The Martian came out, I totally forgot what it was about. Martians, maybe? I saw a picture of Matt Damon looking all astronaut-y. Maybe he befriends a martian? Maybe he *is* a shape-shifting martian? (Ooh, not a bad idea […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 10/6/15
EPISODE #201: SECRETS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Duran Duran — “Secret Oktober” Faith — “Soul Secrets” The Wooden Birds — “Secrets” Fields of the Nephilim — “Secrets” Jimmie Rodgers — “Secretly” Tullycraft — “Secretly Minnesotan” Pushy Parents — “Secret Secret” Very Truly Yours — “Girls Tell You Secrets” Nils Lofgren — “Secrets […]
Rockin’ Joaquin: A Pre-Hurricane Playlist
hMAG.com asked me to create a Joaquin-themed playlist, which I also annotated. Stay safe, everybody.
Album Review: ‘Hysterical Fiction’ by A Nero
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase You remember Nero — guy supposedly fiddled while Rome burned. Well, I’m casting my vote for A Nero to be the house band when Brooklyn meets its inevitable end. But until that time, we have their excellent album Hysterical Fiction to enjoy. Genre-wise, I’ll categorize […]
Movie Review: Black Mass
3.5 stars out of 5 My man Depp in a true-life organized crime story? There was no way I was going to miss this. I knew very little of the life of James “Whitey” Bulger and had only mentioned him once before on this website. So I was looking forward to learning a thing or […]
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