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
By Jack Silbert on October 16, 2015
A terrific nonprofit group I do a little volunteering for here in Hoboken is the Fund for a Better Waterfront. On Thursday, October 22, they will be celebrating their 25th anniversary, with a gala at the local Elks Club. I wrote a short preview of the event for hMAG.com.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged FBW, Fund for a Better Waterfront, hMAG, Hoboken, Hudson River, Ron Hine
By Jack Silbert on October 2, 2015
hMAG.com asked me to create a Joaquin-themed playlist, which I also annotated. Stay safe, everybody.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged hMAG, Hoboken, Hurricane Joaquin, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy
By Jack Silbert on September 8, 2015
EPISODE #197: BENNY TUDINO’S in memory of Bari “Benny” Drishti The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Charlie Christian Jammers — “Waitin’ for Benny” Allo Darlin’ — “Europe” Otis Ball — “Slow Boat to Hoboken” Laura Marling — “Sophia” The Marys — “Mr. Woods” Louis Prima — “Angelina/Zooma Zooma” (medley) The Bouncing Souls — “The Pizza […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Allo Darlin', Amy Allison, Bari Drishti, Benny Drishti, Benny Tudino's, Bouncing Souls, Charlie Christian, Courtney Barnett, Gene D. Plumber, Hoboken, Laura Marling, Louis Prima, Macauley Culkin, Otis Ball, Personal & the Pizzas, pizza, Robyn Hitchcock, The Marys, The Pizza Underground, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on September 4, 2015
In March of 1994, my buddy Joe and I signed a lease on a Hoboken apartment. We went to a pizza place called Benny Tudino’s to celebrate, sitting at a booth in the back room. That became our regular table, and every Sunday night that both of us were in town, we’d be there splitting […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged Benny Drishti, Benny Tudino's, Hoboken, pizza, the single life
By Jack Silbert on July 22, 2015
Today on hMAG.com, I have an article about the redevelopment of the NJ Transit terminal and railyard in Hoboken. Specifically, I cover an alternate plan for this project drawn up by the nonprofit Fund for a Better Waterfront.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Fund for a Better Waterfront, hMAG, Hoboken, NJ Transit
By Jack Silbert on July 14, 2015
EPISODE #189: GUITAR BAR WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT 2015 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Radiohead — “Anyone Can Play Guitar” Health & Happiness Show — “Tossed Like a Stone” Rare Books — “The Rub” Tim Foljahn — “River” Sly & the Family Stone — “Hoboken” Bob Dylan — “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” Katrina & the Waves […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Flying Burrito Brothers, George Jones, Guitar Bar, Health & Happiness Show, Hoboken, James Mastro, Johnny Cash, Katrina & the Waves, Neil Young, popular music, Radiohead, Rare Books, Sly & the Family Stone, The Faces, Tim Foljahn, unpopular music, Velvet Underground
By Jack Silbert on May 2, 2015
Very excited to have a new independent bookstore in Hoboken. (Now I just have to write some books.) Here’s a short article I wrote for hMAG covering Little City Book’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged books, bookstores, hMAG, Hoboken, Little City Books
By Jack Silbert on April 27, 2015
Benny, left message on the machine about rolls and where to get them One-syllable edit. Dom’s Bakery Grand, 506 Grand St., Hoboken, NJ, 4/26/15
Posted in poems | Tagged found poetry, Hoboken, New Jersey
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