When the Sweet isn’t sweet and the Vogues aren’t in vogue.

Yesterday’s announcement of the “Alive at 5” summer concert series in Albany’s Corning Park caught my attention – especially the notice of July 13th’s “Classic Rock Night” featuring headliners The Sweet. You remember The Sweet, don’t you? All those big hits – “Fox on the Run,” “Ballroom Blitz,” “Love is Like Oxygen,” “Little Willy,” all…

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A 90-minute weekly Western drama that ran for years? Say hello to The Virginian.

I’ve splashed into the vast catalog that is the FreeVee channel, and have now locked into what apparently was a very popular 1960’s era Western drama. One that aired over 270 episodes, each episode running (with commercials) for 90 minutes. A 90-minute Western drama. Why have I not heard of this before? Say hello to…

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Goodbye to Mohler and Choo, D.D.S. – hello to my new dentist!

I am a person who resists forced change in my life. If have something that works for me, I will hold onto it for as long as possible. But a while back, I had to cut my dental team, known on this blog as Drs. Mohler and Choo, D.D.S., out of my life. And trust…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 12, 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. To avoid any issues involving my voice in the future, I’m testing out a brand new artificial intelligence radio co-host – R8CH3L…

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Spectrum Cable sure knows me when it’s billing time, though…

When it comes to paying the necessary bills in my life, I do so with the knowledge that if I owe money, it must be paid. If I want lights in my house, then I pay the light bill. If I want to call someone, then I pay the phone bill. And if I want…

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