Back in 2009, one of my early blog posts was about 1950’s-1960’s cabaret singer Ruth Wallis, one of the legends of the “blue party” records. Her songs couldn’t be purchased in legitimate record stores, but if you knew someone who knew someone, you could get a copy of her albums – usually they were stored…
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After 30 years… we get a new Blotto music video! Yay!!
Once upon a time, the Albany-based rock band Blotto actually broke through and got mainstream radio airplay in the Capital District. Yes. Their song, “I Wanna Be a Lifeguard,” received spins on FLY 92 and 3WD and Rock 99, just as if it was a national radio hit. And in our area, it was. And…
Read MoreAre you sure that’s Bryan Adams? It sounds more like Justin Bieber!
You’ve certainly heard of Bryan Adams. Rock singer, popular in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Not to be confused with Ryan Adams. No way should he be confused with Ryan Adams. Or Amy Adams. Or John Quincy Adams… Bryan Adams has amassed a stunning catalog of amazing rock hits, and some day he may actually end…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio takes you to Soul Train, the hippest groove in the land…
For the longest time, the Capital District’s ABC affiliate in the 1970’s, WAST, wouldn’t show American Bandstand on Saturday afternoons. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Well, it’s true. I don’t really remember what they DID show at that time, but it was probably some program that made money for the local station. But while we…
Read MoreReturning to a relationship I thought was permanently dead, thanks to The Din
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…
Read MoreThis 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,…
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