She came to this area just as she left – quietly, without a sound. But in her time in Albany, she made an impact on the city’s public educational system. She was the rock upon which a thousand students went from despair to determination. She never gave up on them. And they never gave up…
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The Summer of The Chance
I haven’t learned yet, have I? I’ve tried for The Chance for eight years. And The Chance keeps rejecting me. It hates me. It wishes I never heard of it. It thinks that I’m weird and desperate and pathetic. Be that as it may, I’m not taking “get lost” for an answer. Not any more.…
Read MoreSomewhere Over the Rainbow: The YouTube Romance of Dorothy and the Scarecrow
Some people can get pretty creative. And when I say “creative,” I mean that they have too much time on their hands. And with that, let me show you what I mean. The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s a musical, it’s a fantasy, it’s just plain magic…
Read MoreRest in peace, Clarence Clemons. Heaven needs a new horn.
The passing of Clarence Clemons last Saturday at the tender age of 69 has silenced one of rock music’s most iconic saxophonists. It was his horn that was the glue to Bruce Springsteen’s classics. You can’t imagine hearing “Rosalita” or “Jungleland” or “Hungry Heart” or “Born to Run” without that sax permeating through the entire…
Read MoreAt some point today, my daughter will call me…
And Cassaundra will wish me a happy Father’s Day. And I’ll thank her, and tell her I hope to see her later this year, maybe in October. We’ll talk about a few things, and then we go back to our respective lives. Believe me, it wasn’t always that easy. I’ve said before about how I…
Read MoreLou Gehrig and a swivel stool
I was at Crossgates Mall today – I wanted to reprint one of my artworks for Altamont, so Ritz Camera did the honors. Since it would take about 30-45 minutes for a completed print-job, I took a walk through the mall to do some “window-shopping” and kill some time. One of my “window-shopping” stops was…
Read MoreFarewell to the Kiev-19 and to the Nikkormat FTn
I don’t want to part with these cameras. They were my first 35mm shooters, and they were the cameras I used when I was involved in my Kodachrome project last year. But right now my camera collection is expanding to the breaking point. I have three 35mm shooters – my Kiev-19 Soviet “Red Special”; my…
Read MoreDon’t sign your name until you see… Chuck Miller Ford in Clear Lake City, Texas!
How cool is this? Last week I was puttering around eBay and decided to punch in my name “Chuck Miller” into the search engine. And lo and behold, I found something cool. Apparently there was a “Chuck Miller” Ford car dealership near Houston, Texas. And they, like every other car dealership, had customized car badges…
Read MoreRebecca Black versus ARK Music Factory – it’s not “Friday” any more
So let’s see. Three months ago, a California high school girl records a song called “Friday,” which becomes the most viral video of 2011. It inspires jokes and derision and a hundred other emotions, and it racks up about 160 million views on YouTube. The song actually became a hit on its own – a…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Forgotten Hits of the 1980’s
Here’s another batch of hits that, no matter how long you listen to your local oldies station, they aren’t getting any airplay. And of course, this is despite the fact that they were actually decent radio hits at the time of their release. But I suppose when your playlist requires you to play Blackstreet’s “No…
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