The harness trotter Pay Me To Knight (also known as “Junior”) hasn’t raced in the past three weeks. Two weeks ago, the day’s races were cancelled due to a snowstorm. Last week was Easter Sunday, so the trotters weren’t racing that afternoon. But the trotters are back on Sunday, so I need to get my…
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Albany Patroons win big this weekend … and Coach Rowland reaches a milestone!
Let’s already make sure you know this. During his playing career, Derrick Rowland scored over 5,000 points – most of them with the Albany Patroons. After his playing career ended, he transitioned into coaching – first as an assistant coach to Albany’s Micheal Ray Richardson, and then coaching the Patroons (and other teams) to victories.…
Read MoreI lost track. Is Marjorie Taylor Greene a frog or a locust?
I swear, the only reason Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t classified as the dumbest member of Congress is because she sometimes gets overtaken by Matt Gaetz and/or Lauren Boebert. Anyway, Ms. Greene – whose name can be anagrammed to “MAGA Eyeliner JO Terror” – has come up with a new screed. Between last Friday’s 4.8 Richter…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 6 2024
Good morning everybody, it looks like a decent weekend for eclipse-watching, and whether I can battle the traffic to get to my target locations – that will be the big adventure. But before I go chasing that celestial once-in-a-lifetime event … let’s see what’s going on with the wonderful people who populate my personal blogroll.…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for April 5, 2024
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. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read More“Weird Al” Yankovic: Polkas, Parodies, and the Power of Satire
NOTE: This was originally published in Goldmine magazine in 2000. Article written by Chuck Miller. Al Yankovic strapped on his accordion, ready to perform. All he had to do was impress some talent directors, and he would be on The Gong Show, on stage with Chuck Barris and the Unknown Comic and Jaye P. Morgan…
Read MoreIt’s a toaster … and an oven??
For the life of me, I can’t find a decent toaster. In the past, I’ve purchased toasters that, for some innate reason, only have two temperature settings. I can choose from lukewarm or burnt. Nothing in between. The last toaster I owned apparently had only one setting – burnt on one side and raw on…
Read MoreFormer WRGB news anchor makes false equivalency argument
The Capital District has its share of successful broadcasters who have gone from the local news broadcasts to nationwide acclaim. Chris Jansing, for example, spent several years as a trusted news anchor on WNYT-13 (back when she used her maiden name of Chris Kapsostacy). Joe Tessitore turned his ability to call a 3-minute sports anchor…
Read MoreBeyoncé’s “Jolene” challenged by Roy Orbison’s version of “Jolene”
In an unexpected twist that nobody saw coming, the country music world is stunned by a current “cover war” over the recording of Dolly Parton’s classic song “Jolene.” Over the weekend, Beyoncé’s reinterpretation of the song “Jolene” slammed into the #1 spot on Spotify’s charts, as well as the #1 spot on Billboard magazine’s country…
Read MoreHey, look who won “Best Blogger in the Capital Region!”
So I wasn’t expecting this news. But today, I received word. That’s right. Even though I never received this honor during my years in the Times Union blogfarm, apparently now … as you can clearly see … Yeah. Hell, I didn’t even know I was nominated. I wasn’t even aware there was still a category…
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