In 1983, one of the most important and significant ecological challenges took place in Tasmania in Australia. There were plans in place to build a hydroelectric dam along the Franklin River, which would have provided gigawatts of hydroelectric power in the area – but would have also caused immeasurable ecological damage. There were protests through…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 3 2022
It’s Labor Day weekend, so I hope everybody has a great time remembering the hard work our forefathers and union brotherhood achieved to get us the 40-hour work week and the minimum wage and health benefits. And with that in mind, let’s visit the rank and file of the bloggers and photographers in this week’s…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for September 2, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. I went with a lot of early 1980’s college rock music this week, including tracks by Martha and the Muffins, R.E.M., Burning…
Read MoreSo that’s what an AI artwork generator does with my photo titles. Hmm.
I’m not sure how to react to news of this nature, so I’ll react accordingly. Apparently the Colorado State Fair’s digital art competition offered a blue ribbon to a print named “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” as credited to Jason Allen. Well, Jason Allen had a bit of help. He used a program called MidJourney, a program…
Read MoreNot just a Meat Loaf interlude.
There’s a great hook in the Meat Loaf song “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” in which baseball announcer Phil Rizzuto calls what sounds like an imaginary baseball play – which, in itself, can be interpreted as the old baseball lingo for two horny people getting their freak on. Well, apparently people are getting their freak…
Read MoreAfter a Boston concert 25 years ago…
I was once a freelance writer for the music magazine Goldmine, and in 1997 I was blessed to have my first-ever cover story published with that magazine. It took a lot of arranging and management on my part, for sure. But I made it happen. The Goldmine cover story … was a profile of the…
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The NEBA Roast Beef – Mike’s Submarines Latch Hook Project, August 29 2022 progress
So I haven’t posted any progress in the past few months. That does not mean I’ve given up on the project. Let’s recap. Earlier this year, I digitzed a 1960’s postcard of an old NEBA Roast Beef / Mike’s Submarines shop that previously existed at the corner of Central and Colvin Avenues in Albany (around…
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The New York State Fair results, 2022 edition
My usual routine for the New York State Fair is to get up as early as possible, drive to Syracuse to get a good parking spot, and then enter the Fairgrounds. This year, I tried something different. Instead of driving out to Syracuse, I hopped aboard a Yankee Trails chartered bus. Different experience, to say…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 27 2022
I’m writing this just before I catch a bus to Syracuse for my annual trip to the New York State Fair. I wanted to get this written before I head out, so that when you all wake up, there’s a brand new blog post waiting for you with all the links to the new posts…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 26, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Today’s playlist includes a rare version of Herb Alpert’s “Rise” that became an accidental hit in the UK – hint: it’s not…
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