I recently watched the TV One Unsung episode about the history of the Sugarhill Gang, and during that video I understood that the group – whose classic “Rapper’s Delight” sold 14 million copies and became a worldwide hit – went through the wringers in terms of royalties, creative control, and ultimately losing the rights to…
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Collarworld: The Challenge at the Ashen Forest
A cool breeze wafted through the afterlife waystation known as Collarworld, where pets wait until they are reunited once again with their masters.ย And in the Ashen Forest, a muddy, chilly realm, a black feral cat known as Mourire spent the morning teaching two new residents – a Dalmatian pup that Mourire named Hickory, and…
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The Strike
I love this Revolog boutique film.ย Especially the Tesla formulations, which add lightning strikes right onto the film itself. That being said, the other day I took a batch of Revolog Tesla film for a photo shoot.ย The thing with Revolog film is, you don’t know where or how the lightning will appear in the…
Read MoreBlotto’s “Combo Akimbo” is an Album I Want To Be Buried With
I have great memories of this 1983 LP.ย I was a student at Hamilton College at that time, and spent most of my academic life at the college radio station, WHCL.ย We must have played this record to death, based on several of the LP’s powerful tracks.ย And believe me, there were plenty of big…
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An achievement for a Dream Window
Dang it.ย The batteries ran out. I was afraid of this. Two of my Dream Windows, #17 and #18 to be precise, made it to the walls of the Albany Center Gallery satellite art show at the Times Union Home Expo.ย And the AAA batteries that I installed to power the red arow in the…
Read MoreHe would…
He would be 49 today. He would have a wife, a couple of kids, maybe a dog. He would have his own house and run his own business. He would have served his country overseas, doing whatever it took for good. He would be a baseball fan. He would support local causes.ย Probably participate in…
Read MoreMad Max: Fury Road should get all the Oscars
There, I said it.ย And I won’t back down from that statement. For all the “prestige” films that have received Oscar nominations this year – that one with Leonardo DiCaprio and a bear, the one with a kidnapped Brie Larson, the one that did this, the one that did that… My money is on a…
Read MoreCaption Time: A stone of purple
I haven’t shot anything with my LomoChrome Purple boutique film of late, and a few weeks ago I wanted to break out a pack of the odd-colored film. LomoChrome Purple is produced by the Lomography film company, and promises to provide breathtaking pastel colors to your photos.ย And in this case, I had absolutely no…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, February 18, 2016: Twenty for Thursday
Hi there.ย How’s your morning going? Hope you have some time this fine day. Because once again, I couldn’t limit the TU community and independent blog recap to ten posts.ย Sorry.ย Hope you understand.ย There’s just too much good stuff on the TU blog portal, as composed by the independent non-staff TU bloggers. Seriously.ย No…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Trade
“Wait!” In that very second, three members of the Guild of the Bloodline – the pointer Snicker, the Doberman known as Moe, and a tiger-striped cat called Treble – momentarily turned their attention away from their prey, a scared kitten named Arklatex. Just a few moments earlier, the three purists of the Bloodline had captured…
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