It’s 1982. I declared my major in college – creative writing – and immediately immersed myself in the works of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Geoffrey Chaucer and every other writer of a long-ago time. I knew what was coming up for me, though… as a creative writing major, I would be required to…
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Angelina Jolie, the Salt movie, and my Pontiac 6000
Last year, I found a Craigslist ad for a motion picture that was being filmed in Albany. They needed cars and drivers for an action scene that would be filmed on the I-787 elevated bridges. I took a chance, filled out an application, and next thing I know, I’m getting a call from a Columbia…
Read More“The Armor-Plated Heart” – a playlist of breakup ballads
My iPod has several themed playlists on it, and one of the playlists is called “The Armor-Plated Heart.” It’s a playlist full of ballads and slow songs – not the kind that are romantic and intimate, but the kind that you listen to after you’ve been dumped, or you just feel so emotionally wrecked that…
Read MoreDo not violate photo-use policies… ever…
Here’s the deal. Whenever possible, if I post a photograph on this blog, it must either have come from my camera or my archive, or if it didn’t, I must attribute the photo’s location to the best of my ability (i.e., linking to that website and identifying that the picture came from that website). If…
Read MoreMusical Multiplication Tables: 20 years before “Schoolhouse Rock”
Note: I wrote this article for the February 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. It is edited from that source. I have a theory about record collecting. It was a theory I once postulated when I wrote for the music collector’s magazine Goldmine many years ago. It starts when our parents buy…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Ultimate in the UAlbany Campus
Last evening, I decided to visit my Street Academy trivia teammates, Jeremy and Alexis, as they participated in one of their Ultimate leagues. You might now “Ultimate” by an earlier name of “Ultimate Frisbee,” but since Frisbee is a registered trademark of Wham-O, the game is currently known as “Ultimate” and does not use a…
Read MoreAs the Record Collection Gets Pared Down…
I think for as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve owned phonograph records. 45’s, LP’s, 78’s, rock, pop, R&B, C&W, this format, that format. I’ve had crates and boxes and tubs of the vinyl and styrene sonic software. I’ve listened to them over and over again. I’ve bought them at garage sales and record stores…
Read MoreBobmill: A Father’s Day Cautionary Tale
About ten years ago, something happened on the Internet auction site eBay. There was a dispute among the sellers on eBay about how much the auction site could claim in terms of fees and shipping costs and whatnot.
Read MoreSchenectady Art Night: Opening Night Results
So here’s what happened last night at the Schenectady Art Night, and my opening night of my first gallery show. Fellow TU blogger Teri Conroy suggested that if I wanted to make a good impression, I should wear an Oxford shirt and jeans to the event. So that afternoon, I pit-stopped at Lodge’s and picked…
Read MoreSchenectady Art Show: Today’s the Day…
… and I’m as nervous as anything. I shouldn’t be nervous. Heck, with what I’ve gone through in my life, I should be able to handle an art show opening. It’s a group art show, I’m sharing the event with several very talented artists – for the record, those artists are Cookie, JoElla Casse, Kris…
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