I premiered this little creation on my radio show last Friday, but for those of you who didn’t get a chance to hear it … I can share it with you today. Background. Back in the 1940’s, the Jubalaires were a four-man gospel group from Florida who had several beloved songs during their career. Songs…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons 120, Academie Alma 80 – and I’m back behind the microphone.
Honestly, I think the only job I HAVEN’T undertaken with the Albany Patroons over the past 40 years has been power forward. Then again, if I did that, I’d lead the league in turnovers, in bricks, and in bench minutes. That’s one helluva triple-double. Anyway … Last night, the Patroons hosted Academie Alma, a college-level…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 25 2023
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. The snow is melting and we’re actually getting decent temperatures out there. Which works well for me. 😀 So let’s get started with another round of the best blog posts from the people who populate my personal blogroll. Here we go! Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 24, 2023
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. Tonight’s show features a brand new “Chuck Miller Creative Writing Service” digital remix, whereI took a 1946 gospel track and pumped it…
Read MoreThe Doane Stuart fire and a loss of a personal connection.
Last night came the horrifying news. The campus of the old Doane Stuart parochial school burned to the ground. Absolutely devastating news. Although the school itself moved out of that location a decade ago, there were hopes that the facility could be rehabbed into new housing or new living accommodations. Those hopes are now sadly…
Read MoreThe attempts to make a modern Little Nemo in Slumberland film.
I’ve blogged in the past about Winsor McKay’s greatest creation, his Sunday cartoon Little Nemo in Slumberland. I’ve also noted that there was a time, in 1911, when Winsor McKay created a short animated film featuring Nemo and the rest of the Slumberland characters. Here’s that film. Well, in the 1980’s, there was an attempt…
Read MoreHomer Laughlin china in the National pattern.
After my 2011 divorce, my dining experience consisted of royal food – Burger King, Dairy Queen, that kind of stuff. And as for dinnerware – I was living off paper plates and plastic flatware. Today, my dinner plates and bowls are a mixmash of various styles and compositions. Some plates from Walmart, some bowls from…
Read MoreOh, those catty Philadelphia broadcasters. Me-ow.
I have to post one video to explain another. Years ago, a series of viral videos populated their way through social media. Seems that Philadelphia’s anchor staff at Channel 3, newscaster Nicole Brewer and meteorologist Carol Erickson, seem to have some very distinct distaste for each other. And trust me. This isn’t just one little…
Read MoreA new version of Ran Out of Firewood
Last January, I came up with a photographic concept of a Christmas tree that disappeared – leaving its lights and ornaments behind. Such became the image Ran Out of Firewood. I’ve already submitted this image in the upcoming 3D International Photography Competition in Vienna, and I want to do more with it. So I went…
Read MoreTranslating Bobby Fish for those who don’t speak “Albany.”
Bobby Fish is a professional wrestler. He’s appeared with the major companies, he was part of a very popular stable in WWE’s NXT brand as members of the “Undisputed Era,” a group that featured professional wrestlers Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly.. Eventually, Cole, Fish and O’Reilly moved to the superior AEW wrestling corporation,…
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