Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. This week will feature a collection of the earliest uses of electronic music, including excursions on the Moog synthesizer and some musique…
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I only get one shot at this. Well, eight shots, maximum. Two little things came in the mail recently. I had ordered some drop-in lens filters for my Kodak Medalist II camera (“Kodak Red”), and one of the filters in the collection was a vintage Wratten R78 filter. Perfect for shooting infrared film. Also in…
Read MoreAs a kid, my favorite TV show was the Batman 1966-1968 comedy-drama series, with Adam West as the Caped Crusader and Burt Ward as the Boy Wonder. And of course, the gallery of criminals and rogues (with some rogues being played by more than one person at a time). It was campy, it was fun,…
Read MoreBack in 2014, I wrote a blog post about how a baseball player had autographed a baseball with the phrase “Psalms 3:16,” when he really meant to say “John 3:16.” Here’s a link to that original post. But here’s the strange thing. I wrote that post seven years ago, and in the past few days,…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I was at a local farm stand. Amongst all the vegetables and mums for sale, I found several old farm crates. I asked if I could purchase one. $5 later, it was in my car. Take a look. Now that looks nice. It’s just a simple pine box crate. Nothing…
Read MoreSo this news just popped up on one of my news feeds. The Canadian Country Music Association has awarded the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train the 2021 Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award, and will be honored during Country Music Week later this year in London, Ontario. Wow. Big wow and big props. Here’s a link to…
Read MoreCredit card companies are evil. They pitch to you that they actually care about you, that they want to help you out, that they want to treat you like you’re someone important. Horseshit. Credit card companies only care about one thing. How much they can squeeze from you in fees and overages and everything else.…
Read MoreIn the end, Crash Moreau lived his life the way he always wanted. Whether it was on fire, or surviving a horrific car crash, he performed stunts and thrills for decades, at county fairs and stunt shows throughout the Northeast. Example. Here’s a video of him from 2011, at the Orange County Fair. And if…
Read MoreBy the time you wake up and read this, I’ll be on the road. Plans are to drive out to Connecticut and drop off my artworks at the Durham Fair for judging; then make a detour to photograph one of the covered bridges in Connecticut (apparently they have nine of them, but only three are…
Read MoreThis is important. Whatever you can offer to help will be tremendously appreciated. Like most animal shelters and humane societies, Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando opens up its heart and its facilities to rescue abandoned and hoarded animals, and to hopefully find them new forever homes. Last Wednesday evening, however, tragedy struck the Pet Alliance.…
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