During my first year at Hamilton College, I was in the Bundy West dormitory complex. Bundy West (and its companion building, Bundy East) were part of a started-but-never-completed series of buildings for a Hamilton College-affiliated graduate program. The graduate program was eventually scuttled at around the same time that the all-male Hamilton College merged with…
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The Ghost Blogger
No, I’m not talking about a blog written by Casper, Zack Wheat or one of those peripheral characters on Charmed. Let’s say you currently author a weblog. But your life is busy with outside obligations and you just don’t have time to park your gluteus maximus in your chair and type a blog post. Next…
Read MoreA rare video clip of double-entendre singer Ruth Wallis
Back in 2009, one of my early blog posts was about 1950’s-1960’s cabaret singer Ruth Wallis, one of the legends of the “blue party” records. Her songs couldn’t be purchased in legitimate record stores, but if you knew someone who knew someone, you could get a copy of her albums – usually they were stored…
Read MoreLooking for a few good men NOT named Chuck Miller…
I don’t know if it’s still a common site on college campuses, but during my senior year at Hamilton College, our school received several visits from military recruiters, hoping to find a new Marine or Army recruit among the college educated. At the time, I entered the Bristol Campus Center, on my way to the…
Read MoreRest in peace, Jeff Conaway…
I first saw Jeff Conaway on the big screen. It was 1978, and I saw Grease at Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 in Northway Mall. I already knew some of the songs from the movie – well, the songs that were written FOR the movie, like “You’re The One That I Want” and “Hopelessly Devoted To You,” which…
Read MoreBest of luck, Coach Micheal Ray Richardson
You might remember Micheal Ray Richardson. Basketball fans know that he was drafted by the Knicks (two draft picks ahead of Larry Bird), and once led the NBA in assists and steals in the same season. That’s impressive. Detractors might remember him as having his drug addictions bounce him completely out of the league. And…
Read MoreShow some love for Ultimate
When my Street Academy trivia buddies Jeremy McNamara and Alexis Curry aren’t helping me win at bar trivia, they’re playing Ultimate. Okay, you know it as Ultimate Frisbee, but since “Frisbee” is a trademarked term, they just refer to the game as Ultimate. And they’re quite good at it – I’ve watched several of their…
Read MoreThe finals of the Elbo Room $1,000 Spring Tournament
Seven of the eight teams who qualified for the Elbo Room $1,000 Spring Tournament finals showed up last night at Elbo Room. Stern Fans, who qualified in the first week and then hadn’t shown up since, arrived. So did the Skidmarks and the Fist and Team Schooled and Woo Hoo a Go Go and Get…
Read MoreThe Smooth Saturday Sunshine
Last week, I took the Rolleiflex to Washington Park. It was a beautiful day, probably the first sunny day in a long time. And I wanted to get some pictures of the park – maybe some tulips, if they were still there. I packed a roll of Kodak Portra 160 VC into the Rollei, and…
Read MoreInterstate I-7P7
I’ve been down this highway too many times to count. Somehow, I’ll end up on this road, whether I want to or not. Whether my soul takes me there, or whether happenstance sends me in that direction. It’s a self-hating stretch of highway called I-7P7. Interstate 7-Pity-7. I’ve traveled this road when things in my…
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