On today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, I bring to you a bunch of 1970’s classic Top 40 hits that, at the time of their release, were all over the radio; but today, it’s almost as if they’ve completely disappeared. It wasn’t that the songs stopped being enjoyable; most oldies stations today have a playlist of…
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Alice in Wonderland, circa 1966
I want to take you back in time. Way back to the golden year of 1966. See, back in 1966, the Hanna-Barbera animation studio made an amazing lineup of Saturday morning cartoon favorites. They also made several animated television specials, and this psychedelic retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was a 1966 modern reinterpretation of…
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Beaches, birdies and bikinis
Look, I know I’ve been going on and on about my Florida vacation. But I need to focus on it so that I’m not focusing on other things. If you know what I mean. And that includes the remainder of the photos from my cameras. I spent Memorial Day at Flagler Beach, along Florida’s Central…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, June 9, 2016: Ten for Thursday
Today is Thursday. And in a hot summer Thursday, there’s something very important to maintain. And that is, of course, showcasing my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers, who do so much to bring you fantastic content and information. So let’s take a look around the blogfarm and see what’s happening, shall we? Lale…
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The Fishermen
During my Florida vacation, I used several of my film cameras to capture various moments along the beaches. And I hope you understand, I’m trying to focus on these wonderful moments, these serene captures of time. Something to take my mind off of … You know. One of my cameras, the AGFA Chief box camera,…
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The Pier at St. Augustine Beach
During my Florida vacation, I took some time to visit the beaches of the Palm Coast area. Yes, the temperature was hovering at 100 degrees. Yes, it was a brilliant, sunny day every time I went out to shoot. And of course, the minute you walk onto a beach while carrying any sort of camera,…
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203 stairsteps to the top…
I think that lighthouses are fascinating. And maybe it’s because I had such a wonderful experience in visiting the lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia six years ago. So when I discovered there was a lighthouse in the general area of my Florida vacation, I made arrangements to visit it. Yes, I wanted to photograph…
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When Muhammad Ali fought at the Washington Avenue Armory
Yes, it’s true. There was a time when Capital District boxing fans could see the greatest prizefighter of all times, the former Cassius Marcellus Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali. Yes, you could actually travel to the intersection of Washington and Lark Streets, and pay a few dollars to watch Ali decimate his opponents. And…
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The Blackbird: 2006-2016
It all happened on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. And it seems so surreal to write and talk about it now. But if I don’t get my feelings and thoughts down in a tangible fashion now… it’ll feel like a bad nightmare. Two days earlier, I was in Daytona Beach as part of my Florida…
Read MoreOrest Hrynwak: An elegy for Captain Cash
Please let me tell you a story today. A story about a man named Orest. I first met Orest ten years ago. At the time, I was freelancing for a minor league sports website which paid its writers on promises and not much else. At the time, Orest was the general manager of the Rochester…
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