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Barry Silverstein

@barrydsilverstein

articles: 28
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active: 2026-04-19 → 2026-07-16

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#music ·13 #pop-culture ·11 #rock ·10 #rock-and-roll ·8 #pop ·7 #science ·4 #american-history ·4 #film ·4 #big-list-energy ·3 #history ·3

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

Easy to Be Hard (Rock)

How did hard rock first become a sub-genre of rock ’n’ roll?

May 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 576 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

Talent Hidden Behind the Bands

Some celebrated rock bands have secret weapons

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 462 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

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BA Barry Silverstein · The Album Cafe

Winter Time

Two albums by Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter prove that extraordinary talent sometimes runs in the family

Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 461 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

Tracing Race Back to ’60s Rock Songs

Race relations were front and center in the era’s popular music

May 20, 2026 · 5 min read · 449 claps paywalled #music #rock #racism

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

The Labels that Launched Rock

Independent record labels fueled the rise of rock ’n’ roll

Apr 29, 2026 · 4 min read · 436 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

MDA

BA Barry Silverstein · Big List Energy

Lessons I Learned from Watching These 7 TV Westerns as a Kid

Some good, some bad

Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 392 claps paywalled #entertainment #television #tv-series

Lessons I Learned from Watching These 7 TV Westerns as a Kid

BIO MED SCI

BA Barry Silverstein · Big List Energy

5 Reasons Anti-Vaxxers are So Wrong

And one reason that might actually make sense

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 331 claps paywalled #health #science #vaccines

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BA Barry Silverstein · Fanfare

“Life is Life” is an Italian Charmer

Riccardo Milani’s new film tells the tale of an unlikely hero

Apr 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 296 claps paywalled #film #drama #comedy

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

Clive the Great

Rock and R&B owe a great debt to Clive Davis

Jun 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 294 claps paywalled #music #rock #pop

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BA Barry Silverstein · PubBeat

Six Sixties Songs that Celebrate Places

Tunes from a generation that defined “trip” differently

Jul 09, 2026 · 2 min read · 272 claps paywalled #music #rock #pop-culture

AI LIF

BA Barry Silverstein · HumanAI

AI: Love It… or Leave It?

I’ve lived through every information technology shift. This one is different.

May 07, 2026 · 3 min read · 270 claps paywalled #ai #artificial-intelligence #information-technology

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BA Barry Silverstein · The Album Cafe

A Radical Departure for the ‘60s

How the 1968 album, “Blood, Sweat & Tears,” influenced me

Jul 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 263 claps paywalled #music #album-review #album

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BA Barry Silverstein · Fanfare

Remarkably Bright Chemistry

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” focuses on human and animal interactions

May 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 254 claps paywalled #film #movies #books

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

George and Eric

The remarkable musical relationship of two rock superstars

Jun 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 249 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

SOC

BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

Supreme Court Establishes “Miranda Rights”

Decision leads to a now standard police interrogation procedure

Jun 13, 2026 · 2 min read · 229 claps paywalled #law #supreme-court #constitution

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BA Barry Silverstein · Fanfare

Spielberg Celebration: ‘West Side Story’

Remaking a classic, Spielberg-style

Jun 07, 2026 · 4 min read · 225 claps paywalled #film #movies #movie-review

Spielberg Celebration: ‘West Side Story’

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BA Barry Silverstein · The Album Cafe

Turning On to “A New World Record”

Electric Light Orchestra lights it up with their sixth studio album

May 28, 2026 · 4 min read · 221 claps paywalled #music #album-review #album

SOC TCH

BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

U.S. Transcontinental Railroad Completed

Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads joined in Utah

May 10, 2026 · 2 min read · 218 claps paywalled #american-history #transportation #rails

U.S. Transcontinental Railroad Completed

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BA Barry Silverstein · Big List Energy

11 Songs from the 1960s that I Loved to Hate

These belong on my “worst hits” list

Jun 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 211 claps paywalled #music #pop #pop-culture

SOC

BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

Golden Gate Bridge Opens

As many as 200,000 people walk across world’s longest suspension bridge

May 27, 2026 · 2 min read · 206 claps paywalled #san-francisco #california #bridge

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BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

Berry Gordy Jr. Starts Tamla Records

Record label leads to creation of Motown, aka “Hitsville U.S.A.”

Jun 07, 2026 · 2 min read · 202 claps paywalled #music #pop-culture #soul

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BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

World Dracula Day

Bram Stoker’s classic novel was published on May 26, 1897

May 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 200 claps paywalled #fiction #horror #literature

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BA Barry Silverstein · Rock On

The Impact of Elvis: Good or Bad?

The question is still being debated 49 years after his death

Jul 16, 2026 · 4 min read · 166 claps paywalled #music #rock #rock-and-roll

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BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

Mount St. Helens Erupts

Earthquakes trigger catastrophic eruption in Washington state

May 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 161 claps paywalled #nature #natural-disasters #earthquake

MED BIO SCI

BA Barry Silverstein · Day in History

First Smallpox Vaccination in the U.S.

Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse inoculates his son Daniel

Jul 08, 2026 · 2 min read · 134 claps paywalled #vaccines #vaccination #medicine