I’ve written this post at least six times and thrown it away eight times.ย Put your calculator away.ย Yes, I can count.ย Yes, I’m being metaphorical. What kind of blogger am I?ย According to the Times Union, I’ve been referred to on various occasions as a “reader-blogger,” a “community blogger,” an “amateur blogger,” a “volunteer…
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Power lines and trackless train trestles
Yes, I’m still experimenting with shooting “redscale” film, in which the film is inserted backwards into the camera so that the film’s back emulsion layers are exposed first. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But when it works… wow it works. Case in point. December 21, there’s maybe a chill in the air but there’s…
Read MoreThe dairy barn and Svema film
I’m going to find a way to make this wonky, gritty, industrial Svema B&W film work to my advantage.ย Yes, I’ve said it before.ย Yes, I’ve even said it before that. So a couple of weeks ago, I packed my Nikon F100 camera with some vintage Svema film and went out for a little shooting.ย …
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Dear Allen…
Dear Allen… I was thinking about you today.ย Well, that’s not entirely accurate.ย I think about you a lot.ย Maybe not every single moment, but you’re always in my mind. It was a weird weather day – Sunday felt like springtime, even though I know it’s mid-January.ย Lots of fog in the air.ย Misty, ethereal…
Read MoreAnd so ye shall recline…
The best part of purchasing any product today is that when that product finally falls apart, you are confident in the knowledge that said item has provided exactly what it was built to provide, and then some. About sixteen years ago, I purchased a recliner.ย It was a La-Z-Boy recliner with a blue fabric exterior,…
Read More“Music From The Yiddish Radio Project” is an album I want to be buried with
Haven’t put a new album in the casket yet, but this one’s a great choice. Several years ago, an archivist found a collection of old radio station acetate recordings in a New York City storage locker. What was on the acetates? Recordings of music and commercials and songs and news reports, all from 1940’s-era Jewish…
Read MorePlaying trivia for Big Brothers Big Sisters
First off, let me state that no matter how I did last night – first place, last place, somewhere in the middle – the big winners were the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Capital Region, whose “Big Brains” trivia night at the Latham Holiday Inn had reached its fundraising goal before the first…
Read MoreWeek 18 of the $2,000 2013 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Since I had other commitments – the Big Brothers Big Sisters charity trivia game, for example – and Jeremy and Katie were preparing for a major Ultimate Disc tournament on the West Coast – the Street Academy team was not represented last night at Elbo Room. But I did have host General James send me…
Read More“Amish Mafia” episode review: Holy War
Once again, we start with the mystery Amish message, spoken in Pennsylvania Dutch, about how the Amish church does not acknowledge the existence of the Amish Mafia.ย Of course, the way it’s staged, you would think that the show was being set in the Lancaster County, Pa. version of Twin Peaks. Be that as it…
Read MoreBrad Paisley made me buy a new camera
My girlfriend Nicole was very impressed by the fact that I have met and interviewed several popular musicians and bands as part of my previous employ with Goldmine magazine. She was especially impressed that I had met Brad Paisley, and that I had pictures to prove it. Well, I do have the pictures… but… Follow…
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