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2nd Annual Happy Jack Benefit
By Jack Silbert on March 23, 2018
Big thanks to Jim Testa for this article about my second annual fundraiser, to be held Sunday, March 25, at Willie McBride’s in Hoboken.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Hoboken, meta, recovery | Leave a response
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/29/15
By Jack Silbert on September 29, 2015
EPISODE #200: MUSIC The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Mendoza Line — “Baby, I Know What You’re Thinking” The Beach Boys — “Add Some Music to Your Day” Barry White — “Let the Music Play” Big Audio Dynamite — “Just Play Music!” Kim Fowley — “Music Is the Magic” Homescience — “Small Music” Lon […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged 200th episode, ABBA, Barry White, Beach Boys, Big Audio Dynamite, George Jones, Heron, Homescience, Kim Fowley, Liam Finn, Lon & Derrek Van Eaton, meta, Sly & the Family Stone, The Mendoza Line, The School, The Tripwires, unpopular music, Village People | Leave a response
Hey Idiots, Stop Using Incorrect Quotes From the Internet
By Jack Silbert on April 9, 2015
There’s been some hullabaloo this week, because the U.S. Postal Service issued a Maya Angelou stamp with a big quote that ISN’T HERS. There was Oprah, and the First Lady, and everybody’s on stage in front of this giant blow-up of this big stupid mistake and it’s hugely embarrassing. And the Postal Service found out […]
Posted in opinion | Tagged Maya Angelou, meta, pot calling kettle black, stamps, the Internet, U.S. Postal Service | 4 Responses
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/24/15
By Jack Silbert on March 24, 2015
EPISODE #173: MY LIFE SO FAR The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bruce Springsteen — “Growin’ Up” They Might be Giants — “New Haven” Red House Painters — “New Jersey” The Wedding Present — “California” R.E.M. — (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” Rusty Stringfield —”Going Back to Jersey” Of Montreal — “Micro University” The Incredible […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Calexico, Incredible Casuals, James Brown, Karl Hendricks Trio, Left Banke, meta, Of Montreal, Poem Rocket, R.E.M., Red House Painters, Rusty Stringfield, T. Rex, The Breakaways, The Cynics, The Marshmallows, The Minus 5, The Wedding Present, They Might Be Giants, unpopular music | Leave a response
Breaking Salt News
By Jack Silbert on December 30, 2014
live from the Salt in Wound SaltChopper, high above Chicago’s Goose Island Stay tuned to Salt in Wound for further updates on this developing salt story.
Posted in salt | Tagged meta | 2 Responses
Show Vehicle Flips Some Love!
By Jack Silbert on November 3, 2013
Maybe you’ve seen the name Frank B. on this site. Back in early 2008, Frank Boscoe invited me to become a contributor to Salt in Wound. Twenty years earlier, he was my music director at WRCT, the radio station of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Frank had a strong influence on my developing musical […]
Posted in personal history | Tagged #Poundsign#, Carnegie Mellon, Frank Boscoe, Jerry Fuchs, Leital Molad, meta, Pittsburgh, Rob Christiansen, Stephen Vesecky, The Gazetteers, unpopular music, Vehicle Flips, WFXIV, Wimp Factor 14, Wimp Factor Fourteen, WNYC, WRCT | 5 Responses
Salt in Wound Mailbag
By Jack Silbert on July 18, 2013
Comment on my review of the movie Man of Steel, and my reply.
Posted in satire | Tagged hairstyles for women over 40, meta, Superman | Leave a response
Meanwhile, in the Spam Filter…
By Jack Silbert on July 19, 2012
It’s good to know that the hard work we do here at Salt in Wound is not going unnoticed. I wanted to share with you just a sampling of the praise from our regular readers—praise that for some inexplicable reason has ended up in the spam filter. And these are just the responses received in […]
Posted in satire | Tagged meta, spam | 6 Responses
All Publicity Is Good Publicity
By Jack Silbert on December 29, 2011
What began with a tongue-in-cheek post in January 2011 about replacing Regis has taken on new life with a fun article in the Jersey Journal today. Yes, that is my hat.
Posted in shameless self-promotion | Tagged Hoboken, Kelly Ripa, meta, Regis Philbin | Leave a response
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