What’s a good term for these tracks? “Yacht Rock”? “Smooth Ballads”? “Easy Listening”? Here’s what I call them. “Completely forgotten.” Yep, it’s another edition of K-Chuck Radio, featuring the hits that were either regional smashes, international winners, or just had the miserable luck to hit the charts at the wrong time. And let’s start our…
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K-Chuck Radio: Let me see some OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – better known as OMD – was the synth-rock band that was part of the “Royal Flush” of British synth-pop groups – you know, the collective that included Human League, New Order, Heaven 17 and Depeche Mode. What I enjoyed about OMD was their early marriage of surreal lyrics and…
Read MoreYour chance to showcase your artworks: Calls for Art
In this blog, I’ve chronicled my artistic and emotional journey, as I take the hurts and pains and loneliness of my life and turn it into Dream Windows and award-winning photographs. In today’s blog, I want to change the perspective, so to speak. Instead of my telling you where I’m going with my artworks… I…
Read MoreTrivia Bowl XI … and the teams are…
Wow. It seems like only a year ago that Stern Fans won their second Trivia Bowl, and did so in quintessentially Stern Fans-ish manner – by betting a few points and watching as every other team got the answer wrong. That put their name on the coveted trophy. Now it’s 2015, and the eleventh meeting…
Read MoreBest of Our TU Community Bloggers, January 8, 2015: Ten for Thursday
It’s morning again in America … and it’s six degrees below zero. And that’s not even factoring in the wind chill factor. So I have a perfect solution to avoid the cold. Read these blogs. All ten of them. These ten Times Union community bloggers will bring you knowledge and information and provocative thought and…
Read MoreWaterfalls, flags and solace
It’s no secret that my life has been going through some inner turmoil. I need to do something about it. Maybe a few shots with my cameras can help ease things. Last week, I shot a few rolls of film with my vintage cameras. I was still trying to find something that would work with…
Read MoreA moment of zen in Round Lake
Pick Up Your Trash-6401, a photo by chuckthewriter on Flickr. I tell you, if I hadn’t glanced over to the right while I was driving up Route 9 towards Saratoga Springs… I would have missed this sign completely. You know the drill. Got out of the car. Nikon D700 camera in the bag. Nikkor 28mm…
Read MoreThe “blog-specific” bracket – and the winner is…
Well, it was a tough battle throughout… But in the end, D357 won the Blog Bracket when he defeated Pat – well, Louisville defeated Duke – and so D357 can claim bragging rights as the Blog Bracket winner. Congrats! (1) D357 (Louisville) (16) Doodle (NC A&T) D357 D357 D357 D357 (8) Chad 9978 (Colorado St)…
Read MoreWhat happened to those puppies is beyond reprehensible.
I saw this story and my heart just sank into the ground. I can’t even find the proper words for what this. Just watch the embedded video clip and try not to feel hatred and disgust for the crumb who hurt and nearly killed these three puppies. http://WTEN.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=982009;hostDomain=www.news10.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7709636;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlayNEWS10 ABC: Albany, New York News, Weather, Sports…
Read MoreSuccess: Sgt. Rex will be reunited with Marine Corporal Leavey!
Last weekend, I wrote a blog post about Sgt. Rex, a German Shepherd who served America in two tours of duty in Iraq. Now at the mandatory retirement age of ten, and no longer able to perform his duties for his country, there was some question as to whether he would be reunited with his…
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