I am getting so revved up for this motion picture. This is going to be one awesome film and I can’t wait to see it. Okay, you know how Amanda Talar was so excited about meeting Candace Bushnell? Multiply that by about six and you’ll know what I’m talking about. There were several events at…
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The “Project Movie House” website
The Capital District had some of the most memorable motion picture palaces and intimate drive-ins around. How many of us remember the great Mohawk Drive-In on Central Avenue in Colonie, with the big arrow-toting Indian on the back side of the movie screen, visible to all drivers along Central Avenue. How many of us remember…
Read MoreLayered Film Shot: Fashion Care Laundromat
So after my first experiment with cramming two rolls of 35mm film into my Holga 120N camera, I learned a few things. A Holga can handle two 24-exposure length 35mm films on a single 120 spool better than it can handle two 36-exposure length 35mm films. With the larger exposure area on the films, you’re…
Read MoreTen Children’s TV Shows You Might Still Remember
All right kids, pay attention. What I have here on the blog today is a series of children’s programs that were actually live-action programs designed to entertain and educate. Some of these aired on PBS (back when PBS had about three hours of children’s programming every afternoon) and others are local TV shows, and hopefully…
Read MoreDid I really find a lucky penny?
How often do we pick up loose change from the ground. Maybe if it’s a quarter or a dime. Rarely if it’s a penny. I mean, it’s not even cost-effective to bend over and pick up a penny. But there was something on this particular penny, something that really caught my attention. Whoever owned that…
Read MoreA report from Albany Med, 40 years later
In 1970, my baby brother Allen Miller was critically injured in a car crash. Now, with information recently acquired from Albany Medical Center, I can now piece together what happened at the accident and upon Allen’s arrival at the hospital.
Read MoreTen Best Bowling Shots Ever
Hi everybody, welcome to Chuck Miller’s version of “TV Tournament Time,” as sponsored by your local Capital District Bowling Proprietors Association, and by the New England Candlepin Bowling Association. And in the immortal words of Howard Tupper, hi to all the small fry out there. Chris White, the archivist over at WRGB, was kind enough…
Read MoreCongratulations, Albany City School District – you officially have no soul
After I read this report about what the Albany City School District is doing to Harriet Gibbons High School, I want to throw up. The Albany City School District finally got what it wanted. It’s going to shut down Harriet Gibbons High School after 40 years of that school helping students who need a hand. …
Read MoreBread and Butter: The Layered Film Experiment
What I’m about to do is not the kind of stuff you’re supposed to do with film. Then again, when in blue blazes have I done ANYTHING you’re supposed to do with film? There is a very small but fascinating subset of the lo-fi photography movement. It involves actually “layering” film – putting TWO rolls…
Read MoreHappy 40th, American Top 40!
I remember hearing a snippet of the radio show in 1975. At the time, I had never heard a countdown radio show before – I knew that WPTR used to count down the top 5 songs of the day at 9pm or thereabouts, but I was not aware of a radio show that actually played…
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