In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: The Oscar night comments from Patricia Arquette spark a question about gender pay inequality. Plus, should you apply for a job when you don’t have all of the listed qualifications?
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/10/15
EPISODE #171: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2015
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
Lesley Gore — “Look of Love”
Brenda Lee — “Fool #1”
Carla Thomas — “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)”
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper — “Rooftop”
Against Me! — “True Trans Soul Rebel”
Yo La Tengo — “Nowhere Near”
Beat Happening — “I Let Him Get to Me”
The Pixies — “Gigantic”
Magnetic Fields — “100,000 Fireflies”
The Tuts — “Tut Tut Tut”
ABBA — “Knowing Me, Knowing You”
Jennifer O’Connor — “Here With Me”
The Aislers Set — “The Way to Market Station”
Laura Stevenson and the Cans — “Master of Art”
Luluc — “Without a Face”
Blondie — “Just Go Away”
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 3/10/15, 10:15-11:30 a.m. eastern time
Ask Jack: Insulting Boss, Contract Work, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Ever had a boss that treats you like dirt? Plus, increasing the odds of turning a contract position into a permanent one.
Hoboken Police Hoboken Police Department Ceremony Honors Six New Sergeants, One Lieutenant, and a Retirement
I attended the police promotion ceremony at Hoboken’s City Hall today. Was proud to see my pizzeria pal Benny’s son Arbend make sergeant! Here is the quick recap I wrote, along with some photos I took, for hMAG.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/3/15
EPISODE #170: GOING TO ARIZONA
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
The Go-Go’s — “Vacation”
The Beach Boys — “Airplane”
R.E.M. — “Houston”
Art Brut — “Arizona Bay”
They Might Be Giants — “Tucson”
The Dead Milkmen — “Big Lizard”
Butterglory — “Cactus”
The Magnetic Fields — “The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be”
The Bandana Splits — “Desert Love”
Colin Clary — “Lost in the Desert”
The Flamin’ Groovies — “Second Cousin”
Alejandro Escovedo — “Wedding Day”
Freedy Johnston — “Western Sky”
Glen Campbell — “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”
Raymond Scott Quintet — “Bumpy Weather in Newark”
Karl Hendricks Trio — “The Men’s Room at the Airport”
Waco Brothers — “Arizona Rose”
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 3/3/15, 10:00-11:10 a.m. eastern time
Big Night Helping Fire Victims
Last night I had the honor of being the master of ceremonies for a fundraising event here in Hoboken, for those affected by a New Year’s Day fire at 918 Willow Avenue. The event was a great success; I wrote this recap for hMAG.
Fulop’s State of the City Address: Everything Is Awesome
This week I attended Jersey City’s 2015 State of the City address, by Mayor Steven Fulop, and I wrote this recap (and took the photos too) for the Jersey City Independent.
Ask Jack: Social Media Privacy, Face Time, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Should you allow potential employers to view your social-media accounts? Plus, how to get more “face time” with the boss.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 2/24/15
EPISODE #169: BLIND
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
Bruce Springsteen — “Blinded by the Light”
Hefner — “Blind Girl With Halo”
Etta James — “I’d Rather Go Blind”
Sonny Boy Williamson II — “Born Blind”
Built to Spill — “Temporarily Blind”
Dramarama — “Goin’ Blind”
Prisonshake — “Go Blind”
Hercules & Love Affair — “Blind”
Talking Heads — “Blind”
Echo & the Bunnymen — “Make Us Blind”
Echo Lake — “Even the Blind”
The Manhattan Love Suicides — “Dazzle the Blind”
The Hive Dwellers — “Blind in One Eye”
The Incredible Casuals — “Blind World”
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 2/24/15, 10:00-11:15 a.m. eastern time
The Special without Brett Davis, Episode 2
Last night I made my debut on The Special without Brett Davis on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. This video is, as the kids say, “Not Safe for Work,” but it does include some very funny stuff and a couple of rockin’ tunes from New Brunswick’s Glazer.
Jack Silbert, curator