It was a relationship that had its ups and its downs. There were times when I enjoyed being a part of it – I boasted to everybody about how lucky and fortunate I was that we were together. And there were days when I wished we never met each other. And one day – just…
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This is why “Weird Al” Yankovic is 27 times better than Lady Gaga – or at least her management company
“Weird Al” Yankovic has carved a successful career as an actor, as an author, and as a video music director. And if his current career path doesn’t work out, he can always fall back on that engineering degree he earned at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Oh yeah, and he’s a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-parodist-satirist. You know……
Read MoreIt feels like the first time… it feels like the very first time!
Last Saturday, I drove to Rochester for a PBL basketball game; the Rochester Razorsharks hosted the Kentucky Bluegrass Stallions with an afternoon tilt at Blue Cross Arena. Some notes – Blue Cross Arena (formerly the Rochester Community War Memorial Arena) is situated on the banks of the Genesee River, right in the heart of Kodak…
Read MoreJazz music transcends all barriers, musical and racial
Greg Thomas was one of my best friends in college. As pre-freshmen, we participated in a Hamilton College summer preparatory curriculum called HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program), we worked at the college radio station together; and through our four years at old Ham Tech, from 1981 to 1985, we always kept in touch. Even today,…
Read More“Fridays” – the musical performances
Yesterday, I brought everyone back in time to the ABC sketch comedy series Fridays, which aired from 1980 to 1982 after the 11pm news. In my previous blog post, I showed some clips of the show’s sketch comedy routines. In this post, you get to crank up your speakers, because here are some clips of…
Read MoreThe Rebecca Black “Friday” song – worst ever, or not even close?
I’ll admit it. My musical taste is different from yours. It’s probably different from anyone else’s in the entire world. I enjoy certain genres, I enjoy certain artists. A great melody, a stirring beat, wry lyrics, they all go a long way for me. Which is why I was surprised to hear, over the weekend,…
Read MoreIf you want oldies, forget 105.7 Crush radio… I got something better.
Well, I bet THAT blog post headline made you take notice. I realize that the new 90’s-themed CRUSH radio (WQSH 105.7) is very popular in the Capital District – heck, half my Facebook friends have either posted their love for the station on their profiles, or have gushed about the station in their blog posts.…
Read MoreGoodbye Doc Williams.
The country music world recently lost a fantastic performer and musical legend. On January 31, 2011, Doc Williams, one of the last old-time country music singer-songwriters, passed away at the age of 96. Doc Williams was one of the stars of early country music, and he performed for several decades in Wheeling, West Virginia as…
Read MoreA requiem for Uncle Don
Sometimes we don’t realize how much damage an inadvertent comment can make on a person’s life. A supposition, a postulation, a generalized statement without any proof, and next thing you know, a person’s reputation is absolutely destroyed – through no fault of his or her own. Whether it’s cyber-bullying or playground taunting, all it takes…
Read MoreForget Watson and Jeopardy – How about Thomas Edison and the Washington Avenue Armory?
First off, I congratulate the computer Watson for its successes on the show Jeopardy!. Watson seems to be holding Ken Jennings and the other guy who isn’t Ken Jennings at bay, just as Watson’s older brother Deep Blue took two wins against chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997. Truly, the era of technology has advanced…
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