Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Six more rosettes. Fourteen more panels. Lots of black border embroidery. And i only have two months left. You might be following my current art project, the GLF Quality embroidery project. This 100-pound burlap feed sack, sold at GLF (Grange League Federation) co-ops throughout New York, has a nice looking pattern printed upon it. And…
Read MoreIt was approximately twenty years ago when I, as a freelance writer for the music magazine Goldmine, interviewed 1950’s chanteuse Ruth Wallis. Wallis had several major recordings, and was a mainstay at supper clubs, Vegas ballrooms and Australian concert halls for decades. Her catalog was a mixture of double-entendre songs and bawdy big band tracks.…
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Nearly a decade since their last appearance in the postseason – which, coincidentally, was their last appearance as an organized franchise in an organized league – the Albany Patroons have returned to the postseason. The Pats will host the Ohio Bootleggers in a best-of-three series beginning Sunday night, April 29 at 7:00 p.m. Game 2…
Read MoreAt some point in their career, a stand-up comedian will eventually release a comedy album. And eventually, that stand-up comedian will transition from doing a comedy album to performing his own songs. I call this evolution. Sort of. Here on K-Chuck Radio, we have some examples of popular comedians transitioning to the pop and rock…
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Last year, I built the Saratoga Vichy Crate Art Project, where I took an old Saratoga Vichy wooden crate and some vintage Saratoga Vichy water bottles, and electrified that bad boy to look super-Saratoga-Vichy-awesome. That being said … this artwork needs a table. I can’t just get a folding stand and put the artwork on…
Read MoreRemember how I said that I acquired FIVE Solarcan passive photography cameras? Yes. I installed four of them in one location in Menands. Last December, I installed the fifth one in downtown Albany. And here’s the installation. Right on the Hudson and Green parking garage, with a clear view of downtown Albany. Well, at least…
Read MoreHey everybody, it’s Saturday morning, and you all know what that means. It’s time for another recap of the best of the blogs associated with my personal blogroll and my previous writing associations. So let’s get started, shall we? First off, let’s see if I can find seven blogs from the Albany Times Union that…
Read MoreI wasn’t sure if they would arrive in time. But yesterday they appeared on my doorstep. Four little nurslings. This is my last chance to get this to work. Let me explain. Two years ago, I learned of the existence of a very special plant, a “skeleton flower” with delicate white petals. In springtime, when…
Read MoreIt’s the early 1970’s, and my local TV station airs Saturday morning and Sunday morning professional wrestling programs. The shows were part of what was then the World Wide Wrestling Federation organization, with babyface champions like Andre the Giant, Chief Jay Strongbow, “Polish Power” Ivan Putski, and tag team specialist Tony Garea. It also had…
Read MoreIf you’ve read my blog for any discrete amount of time, you know that I have a tendency to work on projects. Dream Windows. Crate Art Projects. Stitching burlap endeavors. And, for all intents and purposes, I’ve done all these things in a small two-room apartment. Not exactly a maker studio, but I do get…
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