By Jack Silbert on June 10, 2016
Hoboken’s own Karyn Kuhl Band has a brand-new EP, The Stars Will Bring You Home, released today. It’s pretty freakin’ great. Here’s the review I wrote for hMAG.com.
Posted in shameless self-promotion, unsolicited criticism | Tagged Guitar Bar Jr., hMAG, Hoboken, James Mastro, Karyn Kuhl Band
By Jack Silbert on May 31, 2016
3.5 stars out of 5 My bad, I didn’t really do my homework before seeing this. I assumed it was a more comprehensive survey of the Scottish music scene from the late 70s on. I even thought the title came from a Simple Minds’ album, which turns out to be New Gold Dream. So as […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Alan Horne, Bar/None Reords, Bob Last, Edinburgh, Fast Product, Glasgow, Hillary Morrison, Hoboken, Postcard Records, Scotland
By Jack Silbert on April 24, 2016
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.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Friends of Liberty State Park, Fund for a Better Waterfront, hMAG, Hoboken, Hudson River, Jersey City
By Jack Silbert on March 30, 2016
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.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Chanukah, Hanukkah, hMAG, Hoboken, Jubilee Center, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on February 24, 2016
My tailor friend Yvonne suggested I talk to Jil Bucceroni, the parish administrator at St. John’s here in Hoboken. I’m really glad she did, as Jil is quite the cool character. Here’s my interview with her from the January/February issue of hMAG.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John the Baptist, hMAG, Hoboken, Jil Bucceroni, world religions
By Jack Silbert on February 16, 2016
I’d been having a hankering for ziti. Not just any ziti, mind you, but the ziti and ricotta with meatball at my regular Saturday lunch place, Piccolo’s. Except, ziti hasn’t been on the Saturday specials board this winter. The fellas behind the counter told me that Monday through Thursday, I could get ziti. I’m not […]
Posted in anecdotes | Tagged Hoboken, personal finance, reverse Parker Lewis
By Jack Silbert on December 8, 2015
EPISODE #210: FRANK SINATRA’S 100TH BIRTHDAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cake — “Frank Sinatra” Frank Sinatra — “Long Ago and Far Away” [V-Disc version] Dr. Dog — “100 Years” The Delevantes — “John Wayne Lives in Hoboken” Alterboys — “Frank Sinatra” Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra — “All or Nothing […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Alterboys, Bob Dylan, Cake, Delevantes, Dr. Dog, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Hoboken, Jerry Lewis, Joe Piscopo, Luciano Pavarotti, Nancy Sinatra, popular music, Tommy Dorsey, Tony Bennett, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on December 2, 2015
These brown bucks were made for walking, so that’s just what I did. In honor of Frank Sinatra’s upcoming 100th birthday, I took the Hoboken Historical Museum’s self-guided Sinatra walking tour. And, shockingly enough, I wrote up my humorous observations for the December issue of hMAG.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Frank Sinatra, hMAG, Hoboken, Hoboken Historical Museum, New Jersey
By Jack Silbert on November 20, 2015
The great James Mastro (The Bongos, Health & Happiness Show, etc.) owns Guitar Bar and Guitar Bar Jr. in Hoboken. Awesome guy Pete Martinez (The Coffin Daggers, Stuyvesant, etc.) owns the Drum Den in Hoboken. The two shops got together and had a baby in Jersey City Heights: Guitar Bar Drum Den. I wrote an […]
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Drum Den, Guitar Bar, Guitar Bar Drum Den, Guitar Bar Jr., Health & Happiness Show, Hoboken, James Mastro, Jersey City, Jersey City Heights, Jersey City Independent, Pete Martinez, Stuyvesant, The Bongos, The Coffin Daggers
By Jack Silbert on October 26, 2015
Here’s an interview I conducted for the September/October issue of hMAG. Was interesting to talk with someone involved in booking concert tours at a level far above the indie shows I obsessively attend.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Eddie Clemens, hMAG, Hoboken, New Jersey, popular music, The Agency Group
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