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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 August 19, 2014
2 stars out of 5 I’ll admit it: I’m a storm-porn addict. Hurricane Irene on the Weather Channel? Ohhh that was good stuff. And Sandy? Well why watch when you can LIVE it—oh yessssssss!!! So, with no knowledge in my head about this film except that the word “storm” was in the title and it […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm, Superstorm Sandy
By Jack Silbert on March 31, 2014
Jack, what’s happening? Are you interested in acupuncture? said the text message from my friend Molly. Well, the truth is, I hadn’t ever really given it much thought. Mention acupuncture to me and the thought that comes to mind is drinking a glass of water afterward, and it comes spurting out from all over your […]
Posted in anecdotes | Tagged 8 Point Wellness, acupuncture, CERT, Hoboken, Hurricane Sandy, Molly Forsyth, New Jersey, New York, Superstorm Sandy
By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2013
EPISODE #100: HALLOWEEN Note: This playlist was originally intended to be episode #48 on October 30, 2012. But with the justified fear of losing power to Superstorm Sandy, I did a special storm-themed episode on October 29. And then promptly lost power for a full week. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Dream Syndicate […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bobby Bare Jr., Dream Syndicate, Efrain Calderon, Halloween, Hurricane Sandy, John Wesley Harding, Lake, Lou Reed, Magnetic Fields, Megan Reilly, P.F. Sloan, Pop Will Eat Itself, R.I.P. Lou, Rare Books, Superstorm, Superstorm Sandy, The 10p Mixes, The Cramps, The Minus 5, The Misfits, They Might Be Giants, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on April 3, 2013
An essay of mine, “Holy Hoboken, Baptized by Sandy,” was accepted into Oh Sandy: An Anthology of Humor for a Serious Purpose, which is available in print and Kindle formats. In it, I chronicle my hopefully amusing observations of religion’s role in that post-Sandy week here in Hoboken. The good, the bad, and the odd. […]
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Hoboken, Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy, world religions
By Jack Silbert on November 9, 2012
Sorry, I’d tell another disappointed visitor on the Hoboken House Tour, the Yankee Ferry wasn’t open today. It was Sunday morning, I was doing a volunteer shift for the Historical Museum, and the nearby house boat’s owners were too busy battening down the hatches before the coming storm. (I’d never used the term “batten down […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged Amanda's, Benny Tudino's, Brett Bond, Fairfield Porter, FEMA, Four Houses, Frankenstorm, Hoboken, Hoboken Reporter, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, Liz Cho, National Guard, New Jersey, New York, Office of Emergency Management, Piccolo's, PSE&G, Saints Peter & Paul Church, Superstorm, Superstorm Sandy, TLC, volunteering, volunteers, Yankee Ferry
By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2012
EPISODE #48: FRANKENSTORM Bruce Springsteen — “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” The Left Banke — “There’s Gonna Be a Storm” The Carter Family — “The Storms Are on the Ocean” King’s Daughters & Sons — “A Storm Kept Them Away” Sonny & Cher — “It’s Gonna Rain” Reigning Sound — “Stormy Weather” Echo & […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Echo & the Bunnymen, Emily Rodgers, Fan Modine, Frankenstorm, Graham Parker, Hercules, Hurricane Sandy, Joe Henry, Keith Richards, King's Daughters & Sons, Left Banke, Nina Nastasia, Nina Simone, Otis Ball, Pants Yell!, Paul Westerberg, Reigning Sound, Sonny & Cher, The American Boychoir, The Carter Family, Tom Waits, unpopular music
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