Unless you’re from Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely never heard of the rock band Dragon. And you would be sorely deprived from this loss. Dragon was one of Oceania’s most popular rock bands; they evolved from a prog-rock group into a solid core of dedicated tunesmiths; they broke up, they reunited, had more monster…
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Remembering wrestling announcer Joe McHugh
Ah, weekend professional wrestling. Fun stuff. When I was growing up, it aired at 11:00 a.m. or 12 noon on WRGB, most often on Saturday or Sunday. I started watching pro wrestling in the early 1970’s, when the brand of wrestling provided in upstate New York was the World Wide Wrestling Federation (what we know…
Read MoreReturning to Brown’s for Monday Night Trivia
It’s almost as if I never left. The Taproom at Troy’s Brown’s Brewing last night was as packed with hungry and satisfied customers. I went over to the hostess station and, almost from memory, requested my reserved Table #21 upstairs for trivia. Yep. Trivia was back at Brown’s Brewing, nearly six months after the last…
Read MoreRemembering Spirograph: The Toy that Made Artists of Us All
NOTE: I wrote this article for the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles in January 2007. I hope you enjoy it. The most wondrous of toys are those that help us fulfill an accomplishment. We may not be able to take on Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai in a battle of bouillabaisse, but we can at least…
Read MoreReturn to the Road
First off, thanks for the kind words from everyone regarding yesterday’s post. It really meant a lot to me through this horrible time. In fact, I needed to get out of Albany. So I loaded up all my camera gear, grabbed my laptop, and headed to Manchester, New Hampshire. Maybe if it was summertime, I…
Read MoreThe Tragedy of February 20, 1970
There are five children in this photograph, a still gleaned from a 1969 8mm home movie. I am the tallest, and am standing on the far left. My brother John Kennedy Miller, known at that time as “Jay,” stands next to me. My younger brother Allen Michael Miller is in the middle, and my sister…
Read MoreBrown’s Brewing Gets Trivia Back!!
Well, I never thought I’d see the day. A few months ago, Browns’ Brewing’s popular Wednesday night trivia moved out of the venerable taproom, and relocated to Monday nights down at Revolution Hall. The challenging 60-question trivia game lasted for about six months, then it was cancelled; the hosts Marc and Anthony are now hosting…
Read MoreWeek 1 of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Yeah, there was no way I was going to stay away from this. While everyone else who posted responses on my blog about whether or not Mayhem cheated to win the most recent Elbo Room trivia tournament, or whether there was any impropriety in one of their members also working on the Elbo Room staff,…
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I remember when it happened last night. I was driving to Troy to play trivia at Meka’s Lounge in Troy; it was the new game for Marc and Anthony’s trivia game since their Monday night contests at Revolution Hall were shuttered. I was on I-90, heading toward I-787. I had just taken the off-ramp, and…
Read MoreTuesday Night Trivia at “Best Damn Sports Bar in Albany”
Snow’s coming down all over the Capital District. I’ve played for several Tuesday nights at Pizzeria UNO in Crossgates Mall, and later moved my game to Wolf’s 1-11 on Wolf Road. But last night, all I wanted to do was get to a trivia game and play and win and go home. In that order.…
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