I just received word that a guy named Joe Scarpa died. Joe Scarpa I never knew. But I did know who Joe Scarpa was. Joe Scarpa played the role of professional wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, a full-blooded Native American from Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Strongbow was one of the top “babyfaces” (good guys) in what was then…
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The פושקע Project: An update
Recap. My paternal grandmother, who was about as close to a saint as a Jewish woman could ever achieve, passed away in 2008. As per tradition, the person is buried with an uncompleted gravestone; one year later, at an “unveiling,” the mourners return and the grave – with the date of death – is unveiled.…
Read MoreAtlantic Light: The Nova Scotia Sunrise
So I’m up here in beautiful Nova Scotia for the National Basketball League of Canada All-Star Weekend, and during my precious down-time moments from photographing and enjoying all the All-Star festivities, I wanted to capture a harbour sunrise. Yes, “harbour.” I’m in Canada, they don’t have “harbors” here. So it’s about 6:30 in the morning…
Read MoreRock Steady and Rapid Fire!
Back in my days as the photographer for the Albany Patroons, I would attempt to “stitch” together action photographs of the Pats in dunking mode. The idea was to get the player as he’s going to the hoop, shot by shot, stitch by stitch. Unfortunately, I had several things working against me back then. One…
Read MoreJ.J. Armes: Turning a disability into true ability
NOTE: This article, written by me, originally appeared in the May 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. Some of the most popular boys’ action figures of the 1970s and 1980s were based on characters who developed superhuman powers as a result of bio-mechanical integrations. The futuristic crime in a cyberpunk Detroit faced…
Read MoreDelta Airlines, Found Money, Getty Images and Cassaundra
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with air travel – love flying United, hate flying Southwest. It’s that simple. And although I really haven’t flown Delta in a long time, they actually did something this week that made me very happy – and, in turn, helped make my daughter happy as well. Flashback. Around this time…
Read More“If I don’t win the lottery… I hope HE doesn’t win it, either.”
And don’t lie to me. Any time the lottery goes into the gazillion-dollar stratosphere, everybody runs to their local lottery agent like they’re re-enacting the Oklahoma land claim run. “Oh, I want to play these numbers and those numbers, and give me a quick pick for the rest of the numbers, ooh I hope I…
Read MoreThe Purple Sunrise
It was December 2010. I was shooting my final rolls of Kodachrome film, and in the brutal, bitter, icy winter – a winter that was so cold, my frozen breath spelled out my curse words in cursive – I tried to capture some images. This was taken with decade-past-its-prime Kodachrome 25 film, a film that…
Read MoreRoyale With Cheese Movie Club: “Caddyshack”
Wait – Chuck, you’ve never seen Caddyshack? The greatest golf comedy movie of all time? Good God, how could you have never seen Caddyshack? You gotta have at least seen that scene with a Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool – No. no. Don’t tell me. Even though this film is over 30 years…
Read MoreGrabbing the golf clubs for charity…
I’m ready. Stephanie‘s ready. Jeannine‘s ready. And Jason‘s ready. We’re ready for the first ever Times Union Community Bloggers Minigolf Tournament. On May 12, we four community bloggers will take the course at FunPlex in East Greenbush for a round of miniature golf – with the goal of raising money for four separate Capital District…
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