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Song Review: “Be Your Friend” by the Karyn Kuhl Band
Happy Valentine’s Day! The new release from Hoboken’s own Karyn Kuhl Band drops today and I wrote the review for hMAG.com. It’s the candy-heart inspired title “Be Your Friend” and it’s a rocker! Bandcamp link within.
Hoboken’s own Rhyme & Reason Records
I wrote this article for hMAG about the exciting upstart record label Rhyme & Reason. It’s run by Emmy Black and Annemarie Scuderi, with help from Emily Cadman, and it was a delight to talk with them.
Song Review: “Blood (Coming Out of Her Whatever)” by psych-O-positive
The mostly-Hoboken supergroup psych-O-positive released their debut single today. I wrote a review for hMAG.com.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again
Back in the ’90s, I had several friends working on the original Magic School Bus TV series, and my friend Joe and I co-wrote a comic strip based on the show. So it was an honor and a thrill to be a science consultant on the rebooted series, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, which […]
Song Review: “Black Moon” by Screaming Females
Despite the “unsolicited criticism” category on this post, the Screaming Females Fan Club solicited me to write a review of the band’s new single.
Album Review: Glenn Morrow’s Cry for Help
Hoboken-based rockers Glenn Morrow’s Cry For Help released their debut album this past Friday. I wrote a review for hMAG.com.
Union Dry Dock Petition
The Union Dry Dock property in Hoboken is for sale, and the Fund for a Better Waterfront hopes to turn it into a public park. Here is my article from hMAG.com on their petition drive.
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.
The Jubilee Center of Hoboken
I first learned of Hoboken’s the Jubilee Center in 2008, when one of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah fundraiser shows at Maxwell’s raised money for the after-school program and summer camp for underprivileged children. All these years later, I was honored to write an article about the Jubilee Center for the March/April issue of hMAG.
Jack Silbert, curator