I’m really digging Stephanie Snyder’s new blog here at the Times Union’s blog portal. When she asked people to send her questions, and she would answer them in a video blog, I asked the West Virginia expatriate if she ever had a chance to enjoy one of the state’s most famous radio programs, the WWVA…
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“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to return… as an animated series?
I don’t know how to approach this news. I really don’t. I’m not sure whether I should be happy or sad about this – whether this is a continuing legacy of one of the greatest children’s television shows of all time, or a complete desecration. And it involves one of my favorite shows of my…
Read MoreSeven Angels
Seven angels saved my life today. They kept me from dying in a fiery car crash that never happened. They made sure every motorist stayed on I-90 and nobody bumped into anybody. Seven other angels helped save someone else’s life today. They kept them from dying in that same car crash. And we never even…
Read More14 years ago, did’ja know we had interplanetary travel capabilities?
So, like, I was watching this program on the Internet, like, and oh my God it’s so true, that on October 16, 1997, which, by the way, is my friend Candy’s birthday, like, how cosmic is that, we actually were able to travel to faraway planets? I know! No way! But like, it’s so true,…
Read MoreWant to bid on a Chuck Miller artwork and help animals in the process? Sure you do!!
Yesterday I stopped at the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society with something to drop off. No, it wasn’t a stray puppy. No, it wasn’t a litter of kittens. No, it wasn’t a sackful of bottles to provide the Society with bottle redemption money. Although yeah, I should start gathering up all my diet cola…
Read MoreRest in peace, Hideki Irabu
Can you believe this? I can’t. Not at all. But then again, I hadn’t heard anything about Hideki Irabu in a long, long time. Follow along with me. Once upon a time, there was a baseball pitcher from Japan named Hideo Nomo. He later joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, and became the first player from…
Read More“You’re really not generating enough traffic and click-throughs for us, Chuck… unfortunately, we have to make a decision regarding your working with us.”
It’s Tuesday afternoon. A rainstorm outside my door has just subsided, and hopefully the flood that fell out of the skies will coat our thermometers and give our skins repose. Then I received a call on my cell phone. “Hello?” “Hi, is this Chuck Miller?” “Yes, this is he.” I didn’t initially recognize the caller’s…
Read MoreThe Return of Ricky and Tonto, and Ricky the K’s “Solid Gold Time Machine!”
Several years ago, when I was a writer for Goldmine magazine, I had the opportunity to interview a disc jockey by the name of Richard Kaufman. He worked at a radio station in Oklahoma, and he had an idea for a very special Internet radio show. He would produce an oldies radio show, complete with…
Read MoreSuperman from India! Spider-Man from Japan!
J. Eric Smith, the operator of the excellent blog portal Indie Albany, wrote a fantastic piece about how the audience to see motion pictures in this day and age have been inundated with superhero films and fantasy pictures, which essentially dwarf any dramas or character-driven films at the box office. Personally, I’d argue that the…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: sounds that are smoky and smooth…
Sometimes I just need to relax. Put my feet up. Strap on the headphones. Get a nice cold diet cola and enjoy the warm weather with some smooth sounds. Sounds like these. Right here on the Capital District’s favorite radio-blog, K-Chuck Radio. THE STYLE COUNCIL WITH TRACEY THORN The Paris Match Paul Weller of the…
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