It’s Thursday, and you know what that means. As the Times Union’s print edition continues to ignore the efforts of our community bloggers at the expense of promoting their staff bloggers, once again I issue the clarion call and support my fellow hardworking community bloggers. So it’s my pleasure to show ten more examples of…
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At one time, this was just a catch-all grouping of clips. But since July 2013, it’s been the place where the best Times Union community blog posts have been found.
Best of our Community TU Blogs, June 6 2013: Ten for Thursday
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means. In the Times Union’s print edition, the “Best of Our Bloggers” section is conspicuously absent. So because the Times Union doesn’t want to showcase the quality work of their community bloggers in the paper’s print edition, once again I take up the banner and support my fellow…
Read MoreBest of our community TU blogs, May 30 2013: Ten For Thursday
Oh you thought I was joking last week about doing this, weren’t you? You thought that maybe I was only going to do this for a week and get bored with the idea? Silly you. Again, I continue with promoting the work of my fellow Times Union community bloggers, until that day when the Times…
Read MoreWhere’s the TU’s “Best of Our Blogs”?
It was a standard routine for me. Get the Times Union print edition, turn to the Capital Region section, and look on page 1 of that section; it was a small little column called Best of Our Blogs. If I saw a picture of a camera-wielding man, then I knew that my blog had made…
Read MoreTen long-forgotten Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Last Wednesday, when I was writing my blog post about finally getting some ribbons at the Altamont Fair Photography Contest, I linked to a YouTube clip that paid tribute to the old Banana Splits Saturday Morning TV show. And it got me to thinking… I loved watching Hanna-Barbera’s Saturday morning cartoons. Loved them like I…
Read MoreBuy these great albums from K-Tel!
Once upon a time, there was a corporation called K-Tel. Among their many “as seen on television” products, they also advertised a series of compilation record albums. The commercials for these LP’s have themselves become classic kitschy memory markers of the sparkly 70’s. What K-Tel did was produce albums with anywhere from 18 to 25…
Read MoreBut Wait… There’s MORE!!
Ah, I long for those halcyon days of youth, when one could sit and watch television all day and see commercials for products that we would want for our homes. I’m not talking about furniture or clothing. Oh no no. I’m talking about those products that can make our lives easier and do things we…
Read MoreThat does it, I need a beer so I can get hammered…
I don’t care. I’ve had a rough few days, nothing’s worked out the way I wanted it to, and as far as I’m concerned, I’m gonna have me some beer. All I need to do is go get a can of… Of… Oh man… I didn’t realize that as a teetotaler, I have absolutely no…
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 MoreThis is as green as I’m getting today…
So here’s a classic Irish song from the 1960’s, as played by a Canadian folk group. Yes, they called themselves the Irish Rovers, and this was their big hit. Great song on a day like today. Okay, that’s it. Well… maybe not. You want more? Well… How about I add a video by House of…
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