A few weeks ago, I was contacted by one of the Times Union’s high school bloggers regarding an upcoming project. Their audio-visual class needed someone to interview, and asked if I would be interested in helping out. Well, that was an easy answer for me. See, the high school audio-visual program is helmed by Anne-Marie…
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Albany Patroon versus Albany Patroon tonight
Yes, I am a die-hard fan of the Albany Patroons, that star-crossed basketball team that came to our area in 1982, won championships in 1984 and 1988, left in 1993, returned in 2005, and left again in 2009.ย It was a team that sent several legendary coaches to the NBA (Phil Jackson, George Karl, Bill…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Time and the Air
Vincent the tabbycat climbed to the third branch of his meadow tree.ย The view from the third branch was breathtaking; he could witness the setting sun and the glistening stars.ย It was his chance for peace and tranquility. And, on occasion, while the king orange tabbycat rested in Collarworld, he would think about the pets…
Read MoreBest of Our TU Community Blogs, March 13, 2014: Ten for Thursday
Hi there. If youโve arrived at this blog via the Times Unionโs page in the print edition, then I bid you welcome. Every Thursday, I turn over my blog to showcase ten of the best blog articles and posts from my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers. I hope you enjoy these blogs, and…
Read More“Amish Mafia” episode review: Deadly Sins
So this series has been expanding to show off different Amish communities in different states, all of whom Lebanon Levi wants to take over.ย I guess Lancaster County just isn’t big enough for our favorite Amish Aid don. As always, the Amish Church denies the existence of the Amish Mafia.ย But to protect the innocent…
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K-Chuck Radio: He’s Not Quite Dead Yet…
So what happens when you have a legendary singer slash vocalist slash musician who unfortunately is no longer alive slash living?ย Well, there are several instances of posthumous hits on the pop charts – Otis Redding’s ‘”Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” and Roy Orbison’s “You Got It” are two examples of artists who…
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Time Warner Cable’s “Channel You” – what is it?
I flipped through the cable channels last night.ย Figured there had to be something worth watching after 9:00 p.m., as opposed to sitting through a new episode of Ax Men on the History Channel.ย I flipped through channel after channel, basically humming a Bruce Springsteen song after every single “ah I’m not watching this junk”…
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Getting some purple passion
I love experimenting with film.ย It’s fun to create new images and new photography concepts. Part of working with film is to use the properties of the film itself to create something special in the final image.ย I’ve already experimented with redscale film, expired film, cross-processing and sprocket-hole photography. Now to take this to the…
Read MoreWhy I’m skipping the bitcoin bandwagon
When I was a kid, many thousands of years ago, my Grandma Betty introduced me to the wonderful world of coin collecting.ย She started me with something easy – pennies – and explained what pennies are the most desirable to collectors (the 1909 S-VDB, the 1955 “double die”, etc.).ย I acquired a few pennies –…
Read MoreChuck’s artistic deferrence or Chuck’s self-censorship?
Man, did I pick a bad time to try to fight this battle. Background. I’m gathering images together for competition season, and one of the images I wanted to enter in the New York State Fair this year was this little graphic. That’s right.ย I had plans to print this image in such a way…
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