They’re very familiar sights, especially if you live in the Delmar / Elsmere / Slingerlands area. Several railroad bridges from the old Delaware and Hudson Railroad, spanning a network of nine miles of rail track from Albany to Voorheesville. That stretch of rail line can no longer hold rail traffic; the bridges are just a…
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Retro 6 – WRGB’s online look at its past
Let’s face it. Of all the local television stations in the Capital District, none has a longer and more detailed history than WRGB. As a General Electric television station, it tested its broadcast capabilities as early as the 1920’s. It had scripted dramas and sporting matches as early as 1939. And it also created several…
Read MoreMay 30, 1929 – Opening Night at the Madison Theater
Of the dozens of movie palaces and theaters that populated the Capital District, from the beginning of silent film until the creation of shopping mall-based theaters, only three movie palaces have survived to today. The Spectrum on Delaware Avenue was once called the Delaware Theater, and is the oldest building that still shows films. The…
Read MoreYes, it is a Kaptain Kool and the Kongs AM Radio…
When I mentioned in a previous post that the only way I could get any sort of outside news during the 2008 blackout was through the power of a toy AM radio, I noted that it was a toy Kaptain Kool and the Kongs radio. One of my readers wanted more information on why I…
Read MoreRemembering the Mini-Boggan
Because of issues involving my family relocating from time to time, and the years I spent growing up involved relocating to different cities and staying with different relatives because my home life was just too toxic to survive, I attended twelve different educational institutions from kindergarten to high school. I think the joke goes that…
Read MoreFormer Patroons Head Coach in Critical Condition from Fire
Admit it. You clicked on this link and you already had an idea as to which head coach it was. But it’s one you completely forgot about. When the Patroons first played in the 1982-83 season, their first season in the Continental Basketball Association, their head coach was former New York Knick Dean “The Dream”…
Read MoreThe Tragedy of Frosty the Snowman
Figured I’d share this little holiday moment with everyone. It’s essentially my attempt to relate the worst holiday experience I ever had. Compared to the true story below, Rob Madeo’s Worst Christmas Ever blog post is about as depressing as a Hallmark card. Spin back in the WABAC machine with me to Christmas 1969. At…
Read MoreRon Guidry is Pitching Tonight at Heritage Park!!
In a five-year span, covering the last two seasons of the Albany-Colonie Yankees (1993, 1994) and the first three seasons of the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs (1995, 1996, 1997), I wrote several articles for those teams’ game yearbooks. I received some cash for my efforts, as well as opening-day tickets at Heritage Park. One of those…
Read MoreRemembering Ruth Wallis and her naughty songs
It’s the late 1990’s. I should be home watching the Super Bowl. The Patriots are facing the Packers, and it promises to be a sterling matchup. But instead, I’m driving to eastern Connecticut, with the hopes of interviewing a singer whose most popular songs never received a stitch of mainstream radio airplay. A person who,…
Read MoreHow Grandmaster Flash Became my DJ Hero
DJ Hero, the brand new chapter in the Guitar Hero series of rhythm video games, came out last Tuesday. And it’s a blast. You get to be the DJ at the club, you get to spin a replica Technics turntable and scratch and cross-fade and mash-up, and it’s a blast. I really enjoyed playing the…
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