How many showboating football players can you name right now? Yep, Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson/Ochocinco/Johnson, to name just two right off the top of my head. If you’re a fan of Canadian football, then you can add Chris Williams of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to the list. Make no mistake. Chris Williams is one of the…
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chesed shel emet – another promise kept.
It took longer than I expected. Fifteen years ago, I began a very successful writing association with Goldmine magazine. Let’s see. Eleven cover stories. Two dozen feature stories. Interviews with six different Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. A long-running “Collectormania!” column that eventually lasted for over a decade – the longest-sustained column in Goldmine…
Read More“Solfeggio” and the Nairobi Trio
Feel like having a good laugh this morning? Let me present to you one of the stars of early television – the Nairobi Trio! Funny stuff, right? Yes it is, especially when you consider that the creator of the Nairobi Trio – Ernie Kovacs – was one of the pioneers of experimental television. The song…
Read MoreAnother dead sci-fi TV show coming back?
There are several British science fiction TV shows that are considered among the best in the genre. Doctor Who and its spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, for instance. There’s also the surreal space comedies The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf, both of whom have their legions of fans. And within…
Read MoreReturning to my polar panoramic roots
Last year, I entered this photograph in the Cohoes photo competition, in which a prize was awarded for the best picture of Cohoes Falls. At the time, I only had 72 hours to put something together from start to finish, and I probably over-rushed my plans. Which is why I achieved this picture – but…
Read MoreNo turning back now.
It’s Saturday evening and I received a phone call. It was the framing department at AC Moore; the custom-cut matte I purchased was ready and I could pick it up at any time. I picked it up later that evening, went home, and matted and foam-boarded my final artwork for competition season. It’s for an…
Read MoreThe Capital Region Pontiacs: Corporate Rebranding FAIL
The NBA recently announced plans to add small 2-inch advertising patches on NBA team jerseys, starting as soon as the upcoming 2012-13 season. I’m really not a fan of corporate advertising on team uniforms, although I understand that in many cases it’s a necessary revenue stream for cash-strapped franchises. Several WNBA teams now feature full…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: And they’re off!
Yes, I know you’re going to Saratoga Race Course at some point in time this year. You’re going to bet on this horse and on that horse and lose money on this horse and lose even MORE money on that horse. But let’s have some fun here. This is K-Chuck Radio, not “how to bet…
Read MoreColumbine. Nickel Mines. And the Aurora movie theater.
It’s 1999, and kids are finishing up their classes at Columbine High School. And in that quiet building in a beautiful location in Colorado, two students, armed with assault rifles, opened fire on their classmates. Fifteen classmates killed. Twenty-one others were injured. Thousands of lives destroyed. It’s 2006, on a sunny day in rural Pennsylvania. …
Read MoreBlue lines and placards
I’ve recently started playing – well, the proper term is WINNING BIG – at the Wednesday night trivia game at Graney’s Stout. I’m participating in a 9-week tournament, in which teams have a chance to score four Jets-at-Dolphins football tickets, plus two nights of hotel accommodations in Miami. No airfare, though – I’ll have to…
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