Troy’s hockey legacy has always been red and white. Go Engineers. But in addition to the collegiate hockey game, there have been at least three instances where professional ice hockey graced the Houston Field House. In 1953, a team called Uncle Sam’s Trojans took the ice in the old Eastern Hockey League, finished 24-34-3 and…
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The “Project Movie House” website
The Capital District had some of the most memorable motion picture palaces and intimate drive-ins around. How many of us remember the great Mohawk Drive-In on Central Avenue in Colonie, with the big arrow-toting Indian on the back side of the movie screen, visible to all drivers along Central Avenue. How many of us remember…
Read MoreTrivia at the Fuller Roadhouse
It’s been a long day. Yes, I know most days are 24 hours in length, there’s nothing truly longer or shorter about them. But I needed to go play trivia, and there’s unwritten rule #5 when it comes to trivia in the Capital District – don’t play more than twice a week with the same…
Read MoreLayered Film Shot: Fashion Care Laundromat
So after my first experiment with cramming two rolls of 35mm film into my Holga 120N camera, I learned a few things. A Holga can handle two 24-exposure length 35mm films on a single 120 spool better than it can handle two 36-exposure length 35mm films. With the larger exposure area on the films, you’re…
Read More“Salt” as a rare funk record, plus nine other funky tracks
During my time as a writer for the music magazine Goldmine, I discovered a serious truism. The most popular songs are not necessarily the most collectible records. If an album is a million-seller, that means there’s a million copies of the record out there, and prices for that album are low on the secondary market.…
Read MoreCaption This!!!!
Hey, after over 375 Times-Union posts, I can do one of these “Caption This” photos if I choose. Especially since I took the photo. Have at it.
Read MoreHow to Lose a Job with Getty Images
Well, not me. But another photographer messed up big time. According to this article in Photo District News, photographer Marc Feldman provided Getty Images with a fantastic shot of golfer Marc Bettencourt from a recent tournament, as the golfer held up his golf ball for all to see. It was a great shot, and Getty…
Read More“Is the photographer singing the national anthem?”
The Vermont Frost Heaves joined the Premier Basketball League for the 2008-09 season, and did quite well for themselves, making the playoffs and selling out the Barre Municipal Auditorium and the Burlington Memorial Auditorium most nights. Their fans would drive to every Frost Heaves road game, from Halifax to Lawton (the only one they didn’t…
Read MoreMore on the “Little Red Schoolhouse” / “Answers Please” project
Got a decent response to my Friday blog post about the history of WRGB’s “Little Red Schoolhouse” / “Answers Please” high school quiz show. Over the past few days, I’ve put in plenty of dates and information from various sources – indicating, wherever possible, dates and times the show aired, opponents, who won, who retired…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl 1
There’s a lot of motivation going through me right now. It’s been a few days since the Albany City School District shut down my high school. And now I’m going into a restaurant to play in a championship trivia tournament – Summer Bowl 1 – into a restaurant that once told me I couldn’t play…
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