In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: the fallacy of the American Dream. Plus, what information would you be willing to hand over in order to get a promotion?
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/31/15
EPISODE #174: APRIL FOOLS
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
Rufus Wainwright — “April Fools”
Ricky Nelson — “Poor Little Fool”
Elvis Presley — “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I”
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers — “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”
The Beatles — “The Fool on the Hill”
Grant McLennan — “Haven’t I Been a Fool”
Little Village — “Fool of Knows”
Rockpile — “Fool Too Long”
Brendan Benson — “You Make a Fool Out of Me”
Devo — “Social Fools” [demo]
Ween — “You Were the Fool”
Sex Clark Five — “Fool I Was”
Muddy Waters — “Still a Fool”
The Shins — “For a Fool”
The Karl Hendricks Trio — “You Poor Miserable Fool”
Neko Case — “Runnin’ Out of Fools”
Little Band of Sailors — “April Fool’s Day”
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 3/31/15, 10:00-11:20 a.m. eastern time
A Bounty of Books
In this week’s West New York Reporter, I have an article about a newly-opened used bookstore, B&F Books. Nice young fella running the place; I wish him the best of luck!
Ask Jack: Work for Free, Office Birthdays, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Would you work for free for the possibility of being hired full-time? Would you do it for four months? Plus, life imitating Seinfeld, as we delved into the scourge of non-stop birthday parties.
Ask Jack: Admit to Therapy, Swamped Post-Vacay, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Should you talk about your therapy and meds around the office? (Can it come back to bite you?) Plus, is it possible to return from vacation without an enormous pile of work?
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/17/15
EPISODE #172: ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2015
a tribute to Joe Hurley’s All-Star Irish Rock Revue
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
Jonathan Richman featuring Julia Sweeney — “Just Because I’m Irish”
Rogue’s March — “Clear”
Edward Rogers — “Blind Man’s Blue”
The Health & Happiness Show — “We Are Here”
Lianne Smith — “Marianne Was Tired”
King Missile — “Cheesecake Truck”
Velvet Monkeys — “Everything Is Right”
Willie Nile — “Tiorunda Surprise”
Laura Cantrell — “Can’t Wait”
Elvis Costello — “Watching the Detectives”
Alice Cooper — “Hello Hooray”
The Crystals — “Da Doo Ron Ron”
The Rolling Stones — “Let It Loose”
Count Basie — “Jumpin’ at the Woodside” [R.I.P. Gene Gene the Dancing Machine]
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 3/17/15, 10:00-11:05 a.m. eastern time
Ask Jack: Equal Pay for Women, Software Lies, Job of the Week
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.
Jack Silbert, curator