Yeah, sorta. See, there’s this little thing in popular music called the duet.ย And in many cases, if the artists aren’t in the same studio together, sometimes the producer can create a duet where none existed.ย This has been accomplished in the past, most notably in pop songs like the 1978 ballad “You Don’t Bring…
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David Paterson won’t stop me from getting this photo
I love to take photographs of “star trails,” long exposures that show the stars in motion against a stable background.ย My first experiment with star trails was a few months ago, when I was doing a photographic essay of the Tomhannock Reservoir. Not bad for a first try.ย The light leaks at the bottom of…
Read MoreHanging my artwork at Schenectady Art Night
Sunday afternoon.ย I’ve loaded the car with ten polar panorama photographs, all blown up to 12″ x 12″ foam-boarded images.ย I picked up some “foam-board” hooks from Arlene’s Art Supply, and off I go to the 440 Art Gallery in Schenectady. It’s Hanging Day. The artists that are part of the June 2010 art show…
Read MoreThe Cane
It’s May of 1985.ย After four years of hard work, self-sacrifice, struggle and battle, including dealing with several overwhelming family issues that threatened to derail my education, I can finally walk across the podium at my college commencement, accept my diploma from Hamilton College president Martin J. Caravano, and receive a special gift that every…
Read MoreGo Vuvuzela Crazy!!
They’re coming.ย You know it won’t be long.ย You know you’ll see them at Yankee Stadium.ย You’ll see them at Cowboys Stadium.ย You may even see them at Joe Bruno Stadium. It’s the vuvuzela. No, I’m not doing a blog post about personal body jewelry. The vuvuzela is the the plastic horn that you heard…
Read MoreRemembering the 1991 Professional Soccer Championship in Albany
One of the players on the Skidmarks, a trivia team I play against at Elbo Room, is a huge soccer fan.ย He loves the English squad Arsenal, and he is hoping that when Thierry Henry plays for the New York Red Bulls, he can be in the stadium cheering it on. He also has been…
Read MoreElbo Room 2010 Trivia Tournament FINALS
It did not start out as a good day.ย I had spent the last 48 hours hacking and wheezing, my body violently battling a 24-hour cold that wanted to stay an extra day.ย At about 445pm, I got a text message from my trivia teammate Jeremy that they might be late for the Elbo Room…
Read MoreIf you call it a “Chevy,” pay 25 cents
I thought this was an April Fool’s Day joke, similar to the one last year where someone claimed that due to a bureaucratic mix-up and a lapse of copyright protection, Toyota was able to purchase the defunct brand name “Oldsmobile” and would start branding some of their cars as Toyota Oldsmobiles.ย That was an April…
Read MoreWelcome to the Gallery: Chuck’s First Art Show
Last month, I donated a couple of my framed photographic artworks to the art auction to benefit Tess’ Lark Tavern.ย While I was there, I talked with various artists, buyers and attendees.ย It was part networking, part observation, and a lot of fun for a good cause.ย One of the people I spoke with was…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 31 – The Finals
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. My name is Genvieve McCarling.ย Nearly 40 years ago, I was the manager for three seasons for the Iverhill Robins of the Intrastate Baseball Association,…
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