Sometimes the best photos taken are the ones you capture at the quickest instance. Such is the case here. I caught this photo a couple of days ago; it was a dreary afternoon day in Albany, and I just happened to glance out the window and saw – with the spires of the Cathedral of…
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That time Midnight Oil stopped traffic in New York City
There’s a fantastic documentary airing on Australian television about the legacy and history of the rock band Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil brought their social message to nearly every song in their repertoire, and brought it with conviction and passion and strength. Even though the documentary hasn’t arrived in the United States – yet – here’s…
Read MoreIt’s “Subways Of Your Mind” by FEX? Well, that explains EVERYTHING.
You have to love those Internet mysteries. The ones where someone uncovers some mysterious fragment of a historic artifact, and the Internet’s hive mind tries to uncover the mystery. Well, such a mystery was revealed last weekend. Follow along with me. In 1983, a German radio station played its usual mix of new wave and…
Read MoreHow I restored a drive-in speaker and sold it at the BUILT charity auction
As I wind down my last few drive-in speaker restoration projects (apparently the neighbors were complaining about the smell of the caustic strippers I used to remove the old paint), I still have a couple of videos that needed finishing. And one of those includes this rare Simplex “Mabte” miniature speaker that I actually acquired,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, November 9, 2024
First off … a little update. As you know, there was an election last Tuesday. The results of that election did NOT go as hoped. That being said … if you think that said election will change, in any way, the content I produce on this blog … you’re mistaken. I will continue to share…
Read MoreNot “Canadian” or “Pacific” any more.
Yes, I’m counting down to the 2024 CPKC Holiday Train as it chugs its way through North America. I’m totally stoked for this train chase, and I’m planning this down to the micro-second and millimeter. And just yesterday, I noticed something about the new Holiday Train setup. There’s a change in the train’s illumination. Originally…
Read MoreMagic Johnson’s new achievement
It’s the 1980’s. You’re watching professional basketball at its highest level, the NBA. You know the rosters. Larry Bird. Bernard King. Moses Malone. Ralph Sampson. George Gervin. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Back in the day with tough, physical battles to the hoop, mixed with sky-hooks and finger-rolls. And you could argue who was the best of that…
Read MoreI left the X cesspool today.
My Twitter account goes back to January 2011. And it ends today. It ends because of many things. I ended it after the results of last night’s election. I ended it because, in the past two years that Elon Musk has operated Twitter, he’s turned it into a cesspool. What was once a free outlet…
Read MoreHey, who wants to see a live castration on camera?
You gotta hand it to the Trump MAGA trolls. They go on social media and blather on about how wonderful their orange goblin leader will be for the country, and they’re not above – or below – pontificating with bold predictions. Now of all the usual “Trump MAGA trolls” out there that I could feature…
Read MoreI see your pawn and raise you a queen.
Chess is one of the most intricate and complicated strategy games ever created. People spend their entire lives memorizing thousands of gambits and sacrifices and strategies. This isn’t just a game of “horsey takes pawn.” Case in point. In chess, if a pawn happens to reach the eighth and final row of the chessboard, the…
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