I looked at my iTunes directory the other day.ย Over 4,300 songs. That’s too many. Recently I purchased a last-generation iPod Classic 160g music player, with the specific plans of keeping that bad boy for the rest of my music-enjoying life.ย And when I synched the iPod up to my iTunes computer storage program, I…
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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, November 6, 2014: Ten for Thursday
Hey, everybody, it’s time for a review of ten quality excellent blogs by the Times Union’s community blogging crew.ย Did your favorites make the list?ย Do you want to read somebody’s new posts that you previously haven’t considered? So here’s ten great blog posts – and I hope you enjoy reading them.ย They include: Mary…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Time for the Funk Bounce
It’s one of the best ways to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder – I gather up as many classic 60’s hits and blast them in my car.ย Right now my SiriusXM radio in the Blackbird is tuned to channel 49, “Soul Town,” classic 60’s and 70’s Motown and Philly soul hits. And I feel like sharing…
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One short day with Cassaundra
My daughter Cassaundra is visiting Albany for just a few days.ย I have only a precious short amount of time I can spend with her, in that she has so many people who want to see her before she has to fly back to Washington State. How do you pack a year of what’s going…
Read MoreAre you ready for Galavant?
Middle ages drama on network television?ย Hasn’t worked very well.ย I think the last time there was such a program on network TV was a drama called Covington Cross, which I think lasted three weeks before the plug was pulled. Musical comedy on network television?ย Hasn’t worked very well.ย I’m not talking jukebox musicals like…
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The results of BUILT 2014
This is the fourth year I’ve entered my artworks at Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes fundraiser.ย I consider BUILT the final entry for my “charity season,” my time where I can use my artworks to help generate funds for various organizations in need. Earlier this year, I found out that some of…
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When it comes to my family tree, my mother’s side of the family is a mix of various Native American tribes and some rural Southern culture.ย Members of my father’s side of the family came from Lithuania or Estonia or some Eastern European country, one of millions of families whose first view of the United…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Rainy Barn
The rainstorm pounded the barn with angry, icy fists.ย Rainwater gushed through the open holes in the barn roof, pouring onto the muddy barnfloor.ย The cats in the barn knew never to drink this brackish water.ย There were six kittens when they arrived at the barn.ย One thirsty kitten drank from the filthy water.ย Now…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, October 30, 2014: Ten for Thursday
For those of you who have written in and appreciate my restoring the TU Community bloggers feature each Thursday in my blog, thank you for the compliments and the support.ย This isn’t about me – this is about promoting the hard work of the TU’s community bloggers, and hopefully giving them the recognition that they…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The True Sound of Philadelphia
Last Monday, I wrote a blog post about the eventual demolition of 309 South Broad Street, the home of Philadelphia International Records and the sound of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.ย Well, it occurred to me that there are some people out there who are not 100% familiar with “The Sound of Philadelphia,” the tracks…
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