Here’s the deal.ย Whenever possible, if I post a photograph on this blog, it must either have come from my camera or my archive, or if it didn’t, I must attribute the photo’s location to the best of my ability (i.e., linking to that website and identifying that the picture came from that website).ย If…
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Musical Multiplication Tables: 20 years before “Schoolhouse Rock”
Note: I wrote this article for the February 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.ย It is edited from that source. I have a theory about record collecting. It was a theory I once postulated when I wrote for the music collectorโs magazine Goldmine many years ago. It starts when our parents buy…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Ultimate in the UAlbany Campus
Last evening, I decided to visit my Street Academy trivia teammates, Jeremy and Alexis, as they participated in one of their Ultimate leagues.ย You might now “Ultimate” by an earlier name of “Ultimate Frisbee,” but since Frisbee is a registered trademark of Wham-O, the game is currently known as “Ultimate” and does not use a…
Read MoreAs the Record Collection Gets Pared Down…
I think for as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve owned phonograph records.ย 45’s, LP’s, 78’s, rock, pop, R&B, C&W, this format, that format.ย I’ve had crates and boxes and tubs of the vinyl and styrene sonic software.ย I’ve listened to them over and over again.ย I’veย bought them at garage sales and record stores…
Read MoreBobmill: A Father’s Day Cautionary Tale
About ten years ago, something happened on the Internet auction site eBay.ย There was a dispute among the sellers on eBay about how much the auction site could claim in terms of fees and shipping costs and whatnot.
Read MoreSchenectady Art Night: Opening Night Results
So here’s what happened last night at the Schenectady Art Night, and my opening night of my first gallery show. Fellow TU blogger Teri Conroy suggested that if I wanted to make a good impression, I should wear an Oxford shirt and jeans to the event.ย So that afternoon, I pit-stopped at Lodge’s and picked…
Read MoreSchenectady Art Show: Today’s the Day…
… and I’m as nervous as anything. I shouldn’t be nervous.ย Heck, with what I’ve gone through in my life, I should be able to handle an art show opening.ย It’s a group art show, I’m sharing the event with several very talented artists – for the record, those artists are Cookie, JoElla Casse, Kris…
Read MoreWanna buy Rocky Mountain Film Lab’s equipment? You can…
Boy, this mess with Rocky Mountain Film Lab gets stickier and stickier as the days go by. Our story so far – I found a roll of 127 Kodacolor-X film in a 1960’s Kodak camera, a camera that was on sale in a New Hampshire antique store.ย I bought the camera, and planned on having…
Read More10 Saturday Morning Cartoons that strayed far from their source material
Back in ancient times, when Saturday morning cartoons were simple escapist fantasy, where you could plop your butt down in front of the Zenith on a Saturday morning and watch television until either your eyes melted or the sugar rush of those three bowls of Cocoa Krispies wore off, you could get a nice four-or-five…
Read MoreCountermanding The Revisionist History of the Albany City School District
I didn’t think I could get more angry about the Albany City School District and its complete excision of the history of the Street Academy / Harriet Gibbons High School.ย From the school’s annexation into the District in 1974, until its conversion into a 9th grade academy in 2005, the Albany City School District treated…
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