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By Jack Silbert on March 5, 2024
EPISODE #580: RIGHT AND WRONG Joe Jackson — “Right and Wrong” [ALTERNATE THEME]James Mastro — “Right Words, Wrong Song” Travis Ramin — “Right Hot Dog, Wrong Bun”Dr. John — “Right Place, Wrong Time” Dum Dum Girls — “Wrong Feels Right” Dolly Parton — “It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right” Percy Sledge — “It’s All […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Chris Stamey, Dolly Parton, Dr. John, Dum Dum Girls, Homer Banks, James Mastro, Joe Jackson, Long Ryders, Mary Wells, Percy Sledge, Peter Holsapple, Sarah Shook, Sloan, Son House, Sweet, The Rubs, Travis Ramin
By Jack Silbert on May 18, 2021
EPISODE #435: GODThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Big Dipper — “He Is God”James Mastro — “My God”The Magnetic Fields — “God Wants Us To Wait” The William Loveday Intention — “God’s Reason Why”XTC — “Dear God”New Order — “Touched by the Hand of God”Super Furry Animals — “God! Show Me Magic”Television Personalities — “God Snaps […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Billy Childish, Crowded House, Daniel Johnston, Guided by Voices, James Mastro, Magnetic Fields, Mrs. Magician, New Order, O.V. Wright, Original Sins, Super Furry Animals, Television Personalities, William Loveday Intention, XTC
By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2018
I am so proud of Lily Mastrodimos of the band Long Neck, who was pissed off by the Trump administration memo wanted to narrowly define gender. So she quickly planned a benefit concert for the National Center for Transgender Equality. I was honored to write an article for hMAG previewing the event.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Adult Mom, Gobbin Jr., Guitar Bar Jr., Hit Like a Girl, hMAG, Hoboken, Human People, James Mastro, Lily Mastrodimos, Long Neck, National Center for Transgender Equality, transgender rights
By Jack Silbert on October 5, 2017
A series of recollected hallucinations from my early weeks of hospitalization, 2016. As Bruce Springsteen begins his highly anticipated run on Broadway, I thought it was high time to recount when my infection-ravaged mind took me from the hospital to E Street. I certainly had Bruce on the brain: I entered Hoboken University Medical Center […]
Posted in anecdotes, personal history | Tagged Bruce Springsteen, James Mastro, Karyn Kuhl Band
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 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 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
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