By Jack Silbert on October 6, 2021
3.5 stars out of 5I felt I owed it to David Chase to see this film in a theater. Way back, my coworker/friend Mona mentioned an upcoming HBO show, The Sopranos, that one of her fellow actors had scored a big part in. I thought it was maybe about opera singers. My cousin Ilene was […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, David Chase, HBO, James Gandolfini, mafia, Michael Gandolfini, New Jersey, Newark
By Jack Silbert on July 26, 2017
4.5 stars out of 5 Click to listen or purchase Many will claim to have been there, but I genuinely was: the debut performance by Joy Cleaner at Newark, New Jersey’s Index Art Center on February 27, 2016. That in less than a year and a half, the trio has put together such an […]
Posted in unsolicited criticism | Tagged Bloomfield, Index Art Center, indie pop, indiepop, Jigsaw Records, Joy Cleaner, New Jersey, Newark, Skateboard Kyle
By Jack Silbert on April 24, 2012
I was aware of the New Jersey Nets from the very beginning, but wasn’t a fan. Their entry into the National Basketball Association in 1977 coincided with my first year as a sports-card collector. But my family lived in the Bay Area, so the only team I cared about was the Golden State Warriors, with […]
Posted in opinion, personal history | Tagged Atlantic Yards, Barclays Center, basketball, Bruce Ratner, Bruce Reznick, Jason Kidd, Jay-Z, Mikhail Prohkorov, move to Brooklyn, NBA, New Jersey, New Jersey Nets, Newark, Phil Tozzi, Prudential Center, sports
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