Blogger Chuck Miller talks about 1950’s boogie-woogie piano player Chuck Miller, who had a Top 10 hit with the rock song “The House of Blue Lights.” The blog post includes audio clips of “The House of Blue Lights” and several other Chuck Miller songs.
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Fireworks at the Empire State Plaza: 2010 Edition
6:15 p.m. Here I am, waiting. The fireworks at the Empire State Plaza are three hours away. One of the entertainment groups, The Happenings, is on stage and going through their big hits, including “I Got Rhythm” and “See You In September.” When it comes to vintage rock and pop groups performing at festivals like…
Read MoreWhy “A Few Cards Short of a Deck” will be short a few cards at Summer Bowl 1
Ed and Melissa, two of the members of the trivia team A Few Cards Short of a Deck, are getting married this weekend and going on their honeymoon shortly after that. Congratulations and many blessings for your marriage. Of course, this eventually means that they won’t be able to participate in the upcoming Summer Bowl…
Read MoreThe History and Legacy of “God Bless America”
NOTE: I wrote this article for Goldmine magazine; it was published in October 2001, just immediately after the September 11th terrorist attacks. I worked with Richard K. Hayes of the Kate Smith Commemorative Society on the original article. This article has been updated for this blog post reprinting. They stood at the steps of the…
Read MoreWonder Woman’s Hot New Look
As far as super-hero babes in costume go, Wonder Woman’s got to be among the top five, if not at least the top one. Yeah, between her and maybe the Invisible Woman, Emma Frost, Jean Grey and Supergirl and maybe She-Hulk… That’s why I was surprised today upon discovering that Wonder Woman got herself a…
Read MoreThe Checklist for my New Years’ Resolutions 2010
You know how we all make these grandiose New Years’ Resolutions around January 1st – and then by January 4th we’ve pretty much given up on them? Well, I made a batch of NewYears’ Resolutions this year… and I think, after six months, it’s time to see how things turned out. The following are my…
Read MoreThe Comet at the Great Escape was once even scarier…
As far as I’m concerned, there are several things I must do upon visiting the Great Escape in Lake George. I must make a donation in the fountain and rub the nose of the Porcelino pig at the entrance to the fair. I must make a trip to Ghost Town and watch Wild Windy Bill…
Read MoreMusical Multiplication Tables: 20 years before “Schoolhouse Rock”
Note: I wrote this article for the February 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. 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 collector’s magazine Goldmine many years ago. It starts when our parents buy…
Read MoreAs the Record Collection Gets Pared Down…
I think for as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve owned phonograph records. 45’s, LP’s, 78’s, rock, pop, R&B, C&W, this format, that format. I’ve had crates and boxes and tubs of the vinyl and styrene sonic software. I’ve listened to them over and over again. I’ve bought them at garage sales and record stores…
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…
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