Okay, break out the ibuprofen. This is gonna hurt. There are songs that are sacrosanct. They are the perfect melodies and the perfect memories. You can’t imagine anyone else but Elvis Presley recording “Jailhouse Rock.” You can’t imagine anyone but Kurt Cobain singing “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Right? Right. That, however, has not stopped some…
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Summer Bowl II: The Teams are Announced
This Sunday, the top trivia teams will compete in the invite-only Summer Bowl II Trivia Tournament at the Recovery Sports Bar and Grille in Troy. The winning team receives the “Silver Shaker” Award as champions of trivia, and their team name and teammates’ names are carved into the trophy base, and they receive the people’s…
Read MoreSummer: A Motivational Poster
If you’re trapped in your office all day… print this out on your color printer and tape it up to your cubicle. Hopefully it will make you feel better. See? Feel better already? I know I do…
Read More“Sorry sir, we can’t accept your cash to park at the Hedley Park Place Parking Lot.”
Last week I arranged a dinner meet-up with Michele Poole, so that I could give her a CD with the photographs I took of her as she completed her 20th consecutive run at the Freihofer’s Run for Women. We agreed to meet at my favorite Troy restaurant, Brown’s Brewing, on Wednesday night. That evening, as…
Read MoreWallets made of duct tape – sold for a good cause
Randy Howard and I worked together on the old CD Sports Capital District monthly sports newspaper about a decade and a half ago. We reconnected a few months ago, and now he’s on my blogroll – go down to the right side of the page and click on Randy Howard’s ChinMusik for more info. Anyways……
Read More“I have Larry Flynt on the phone for you, Mr. Miller…”
True story. Believe me, this is as true as true can get. In early 2005, I was a featured writer for Goldmine Magazine, the music collector’s biweekly. I wanted to pitch an idea to them – an article on cheesecake album covers. Cheesecake album covers featured beautiful women – many of them almost wearing clothing…
Read MoreThe day I almost blinded Aeon Cummings
My buddy DerryX recently crafted a blog post based on an apocryphal story involving a Central New York college student who, upon discovering that there was no remaining pepperoni pizza slices left at a late night pizza parlor, whined, “This is the worst day of my lieeeeeeeeeefe!” Now if that college student thought that could…
Read MoreShh… don’t tell Teri Conroy… it’s a secret…
Teri Conroy, I know you’re a really good friend of mine and you’re the nicest person in the TU blog portal, but I don’t want you to read this post right now. Not now. Go give Griffin a bath. Go take Jane-the-dog for a walk. I think Martini’s got some llama beans for you to…
Read MoreNuptials: George Hackney and Loretta Haberman
George Hackney and Loretta Haberman are friends of mine; they play on a trivia team called A Few Cards Short of a Deck. They met at a Tri-City ValleyCats game some time ago, and from there they fell in love and – last Saturday – got married. They sent me an invitation to their wedding,…
Read MoreRest in peace, Wild Windy Bill McKay, the greatest marshal Storytown’s “Ghost Town” ever knew…
Sometimes blog posts that I’ve written months or even years ago still receive comments from time to time. Such is the case for anything I’ve ever written regarding the best amusement park of all time, Storytown / The Great Escape. Last night, I received a Facebook message regarding one of those blog posts. And sadly,…
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