Nothing like waking up on a warm, sunny morning, right? Relatively speaking. “Warm and sunny” right now is -12 Fahrenheit, and that’s not even factoring in the wind chill. Chuck is staying inside where it’s nice and warm. And in front of his nice warm computer … it’s time for another recap of my blogging…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for February 3, 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 tribute to the recently-passed Tom Verlaine, as well as a track whose identity was revealed to me only…
Read MoreThe Return of the Television Tontine
A few months ago, I blogged about the television tontine – in which a popular TV series from long ago is represented today by only one or two stars from that program. And in recent days, with the passing of Lisa Loring and Cindy Williams, their obituaries recalled their greatest TV successes – Loring as…
Read MoreThe Restoration of a Muffler Man
At one point in time, there were several gigantic “muffler men” built as advertisements around the United States. They often resembled a giant Paul Bunyan, whose enormous hands carried either a huge car muffler or a king-sized axe or some other prop. Yeah, something like that one up above. There used to be a “Muffler…
Read MoreRejection … rejection … re –
I’m still trying to get my artwork shown in various national galleries. It’s part of the next evolution from my summer based “Competition Season.” And after a while, the rejection letters don’t sting as much as they normally would. It’s like Pavlog’s dog in the electrified cage. At first, when the cage electrifies, the dog…
Read MoreBut honey, I did put the Christmas tree away! Honest I did!
I’ve had this idea for a photo composition for a while, and thankfully someone could help me out with this project. The idea was to photograph a fully-decorated Christmas tree. Sounds simple, right? But what if you could take the “tree” away and just leave the ornaments and lights and tree topper behind? I did…
Read MoreWe need more candlepin bowling in this world.
I’m of the belief that bowling – the sport that Jim Rome was said was the only sport that your skills improve by the more beers you drink – needs to embrace its New England / Atlantic Canada derivative. I shall explain. Tenpin bowling – the sport most of us know – allows you to…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 28 2023
Before I commence my weekly blogroll recap, I want to share a special blog post from someone that was once part of the same Times Union community blog portal as me. Brian Huba operated a blog he called “The Cat’s Pajamas,” and posted very well-written articles during his stay in the TU blogfarm. Eventually he…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 27, 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 includes an alternate vocal track on Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ “Tears of a Clown,” a version of Expose’s “Point…
Read MoreThe All In The Family spinoff you never knew existed
I’m sure you’ve heard of All in the Family, the groundbreaking 1970’s sitcom that turned television on its ear. For several years, it was the #1 show on TV, it was destination watching on Saturday nights on CBS, and it generated an entire universe of various sitcoms – an Archie Bunker-Verse, if you like. Some…
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