Hoboken
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.
Hallucination #2: Improv
A series of recollected hallucinations from my early weeks of hospitalization, 2016. A nursing assistant — who I believe was an actual fellow at Hoboken University Medical Center — was placing me in some odd situations. The clearest one was an after-hours party, which seemed to be held at a motel, yet it was still […]
Album Review: ‘In the Darkness of My Night’ by Sunshine & the Rain
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase When I first saw Sunshine & the Rain in 2015, they looked pretty familiar. Just a year earlier, I’d attended the final concert by the previous band the duo had played in, the Black Hollies. But this was something new and energizing: a stripped-down, […]
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.
Movie Review: Chuck
3.5 stars out of 5 No, there isn’t a big-screen version of the old NBC spy-comedy that I never watched. Here, the titular Chuck refers to the real-life Chuck Wepner who maybe inspired the fictional Rocky Balboa. As I’ve lived in Hoboken, Wepner has been in my consciousness for over two decades. My initial exposure […]
Hallucination #1: Harry Connick Jr.
Memories of the first seven weeks of my lengthy hospitalization range from spotty to non-existent. However, a series of vivid hallucinations during this period — end of August to mid-October, 2016 — are crystal clear in my mind. It’s likely I was suffering from a condition known as “ICU psychosis,” though other factors are certainly […]
Jack Silbert, curator