This is the first of what I hope will be several different trips back into the past, to provide some classic music that hasn’t been heard in a long time – songs that should have been major hits, but for one reason or another fell through the cracks. First off, I apologize for the bad…
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Chuck the Writer Recalls his Photographic History: the Nikon CoolPix 800
Before maybe 1998, I was not a photographer per se. I counted on other people to take pictures if I needed them for articles. But in 1999, when Goldmine magazine tapped me to write a brand new record collector’s guide, I needed to get a camera and learn how to use it – and fast.…
Read MoreChuck the Writer recalls his days at 3WD
Growing up in Albany in the 1970’s, I had my choice of many pop/rock radio stations on the radio dial. If I wanted Top 40 radio, I could listen to 1540 WPTR or 980 WTRY on the AM dial, and when I got my first FM radio I could enjoy the crystal clear sounds of…
Read MoreChuck the Writer does a Photo Day at the Altamont Fair
“Which of these goats did you milk?” The question seemed innocuous enough; I was photographing a person who was milking a dairy goat, when another voice shouted from the other side of the dairy goat enclosure. “This one and Pam,” the milker responded. “Pam? YOU MILKED PAM?!?” “Yeah.” “You weren’t supposed to milk Pam! She’s…
Read MoreChuck the Writer takes his chances with the New York State Fair
Yawn. Got in the Pontiac 6000 and headed off to Syracuse this morning, with two pictures in the back seat of the car. While the Altamont Fair was a lot closer and at least displayed my artwork in their Fine Arts Building, I would be limited in the New York State Fair photography contest to…
Read MoreChuck the Writer goes 0-for-4 at the Altamont Fair
The good news… all four of my photos are on display at the Fine Arts Building at the Altamont Fair. The bad news… there isn’t a single ribbon near any of them. 😦 I’ll just have to try harder next time. That’s all there is to it!
Read MoreChuck the Writer Discovers the 1981 "Answers Please" Trivia Team has a New Perspective
Background. One of my greatest high school achievements (hell, one of the greatest achievements I’ve ever pulled off) was when my high school, Street Academy, defeated three consecutive schools on WRGB’s high-school quiz show, “Answers Please.” Yep, a little inner-city school with about 100 students demolished Albany Academy, Keveny Academy of Cohoes and St. Mary’s…
Read MoreChuck the Writer finds an old photo of the Armory
Washington Avenue Armory, AlbanyOriginally uploaded by chuckthewriter Back about two cameras ago, when I was shooting with a Nikon CoolPix 800, I got up one Sunday morning and snapped this photograph of the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany. The castle-like structure at the corner of Washington and Lark Streets was once a working munitions depot…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Waits for News on "The Altamont Four"
The Altamont Fair just opened up. Among all the agrarian and entertainment exhibits at the fairgrounds is a Fine Arts pavilion, where four of my photographs are on display, in competition with other photographers from the Capital Region. Last Sunday, while I was at the Louis Saunders basketball tournament, a co-worker and friend of mine…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Shoots a Basketball Charity Tournament and Pays His Respects as well
Saturday morning. Ian McCarthy, the GM of the PBL’s Manchester Millrats basketball team, had previously sent a global e-mail about his team’s participation in an upcoming charity / money basketball tournament, the 2nd annual Louis Saunders Memorial Basketball Tournament, being held in Roxbury, Mass. Having just acquired my Nikon D700 last month (and my new…
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