By Jack Silbert on April 30, 2020
Long Neck isn’t just one of the most exciting young bands in the area — they’re one of the top young bands anywhere. The second full-band full-length from Lily Mastrodimos and company is quite an achievement and I was delighted to review World’s Strongest Dog for hMAG.
Posted in shameless self-promotion, unsolicited criticism | Tagged hMAG, Hoboken, Jersey City, Long Neck
By Jack Silbert on April 21, 2020
EPISODE #379: POSTAL SERVICEDonald Trump doesn’t want to bail out the U.S. Postal Service. We vehemently disagree. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Flaming Lips — “Lightning Strikes the Postman”The American Analog Set — “The Postman”The Beatles — “Please Mister Postman”Buddy Holly — “Please Mailman Bring Me No More Blues”The Operators — “What the Mailman […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged American Analog Set, Beatles, Bob Mould, Buddy Holly, Flaming Lips, Franklin Bruno, Honey Radar, I'm From Barcelona, Jason Falkner, King's Daughters & Sons, Laura Cantrell, Long Neck, R. Stevie Moore, Spit-take, The Box Tops, The Marshmallows, The Operators, Wimp Factor 14
By Jack Silbert on March 31, 2020
EPISODE #376: CANCELED CONCERTSThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Fleshtones — “The World Has Changed”Mike Daly & the Planets — “Here She Comes Again”The Health & Happiness Show — “I Do”Long Neck — “Lichen”gobbin jr. — “Afraid of Me”The Bongos — “Barbarella”Tammy Faye Starlite & the Angels of Mercy — “I Knew Jesus (Before He […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Eyelids, Fleshtones, Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help, Gobbin Jr., Health & Happiness Show, Laura Cantrell, Long Neck, Mike Daly & the Planets, Parquet Courts, psych-O-positive, Rogue's March, Tammy Faye Starlite, The Bongos, Tom Barrett, Tuff Sunshine, Wild Carnation, Yung Wu
By Jack Silbert on October 29, 2019
EPISODE #354: HALLOWEEN 2019 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stumpy Joe — “Halloween Song”Long Neck — “Halloween Parade” (demo)Graveface Records & Curiosities — “The Occurrence at the Omni Park Inn”The Pogues — “Haunted”King Khan & the Shrines — “Shivers Down My Spine”Roky Erickson & the Aliens — “I Walked With a Zombie”Antsy Pants — “Vampire”Daniel […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Antsy Pants, Betty and the Werewolves, Daniel Johnston, Elvis Costello, Graveface Records, Halloween, Jad Fair, Kimya Dawson, King Khan & his Shrines, Long Neck, Lou Reed, Ministry, Pogues, Ramones, Renegades, Roky Erickson, Stumpy Joe
By Jack Silbert on March 19, 2019
EPISODE #322: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2019 (HOBOKEN) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] artists participating in Women Who Rocked the Hoboken Sound events at WFMU’s Monty Hall, March 23/24, 2019:Karyn Kuhl Band — “Be Your Friend (deluxe mix)”Wild Carnation — “Acid Rain and ‘The Big One’” The Wygals — “Eat a Horse”Long Neck — “Matriarch”Tiny […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Debby Schwartz, Dick Dale, Gut Bank, Hoboken, Human Switchboard, Jaime Rose, Karyn Kuhl Band, Kate Jacobs, Long Neck, Maxwell's, Rest Ashore, Special Pillow, The Cucumbers, The Wygals, Tiny Lights, WFMU, Wild Carnation, Women's History Month
By Jack Silbert on December 25, 2018
EPISODE #312: NEW TO ME IN 2018, PT. 1 So far in 2018, I’ve seen 427 musical performances by 360 different acts, 224 of which I was seeing for the first time, 211 of them brand-new to me. Of those, I was inspired to buy 64 records. (I also purchased debut records by acts I’d seen in previous […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Big Baby, Character Actor, Clint Michigan, Dave Davies, Frankie Cosmos, Guts Club, Hunger Anthem, Izzy True, JD McPherson, Loamlands, Long Neck, Overlord, Psilocybe, Rat Fancy, Resounding No, Rest Ashore, Ron Gallo, Rose Ette, Snakeskin, Swearin', The Goon Sax, The Shacks
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 September 18, 2018
EPISODE #298: YOM KIPPUR (HUNGER) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Long Neck — “Hunger (Apology Song)” The Beach Boys — “Gettin’ Hungry” Bruce Springsteen — “Hungry Heart” The Searchers — “Hungry for Love” Billy Childish — “I Am the Strange Hero of Hunger” [poem] Duran Duran — “Hungry Like the Wolf” X — “The […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Billy Childish, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, fasting, Iron & Wine, Long Neck, Louis Jordan, Mogul, Parquet Courts, Raymond Scott, The Frogs, The Searchers, Tindersticks, X, Yom Kippur
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