Jules Bass, the “Bass” of Rankin-Bass Animation, passed away recently. And with him, the last remaining vestige of one of the most prolific runs of stop-motion and cell animation for early television. You might know Rankin-Bass Animation for their holy trinity of children’s Christmas stories – Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Santa…
Read MoreSo I want to see this movie about a man called Otto…
I’ve heard some tremendously positive buzz about this upcoming Tom Hanks movie, A Man Called Otto. Originally it was based on a Swedish film called A Man Called Ove, which had a very successful worldwide run. Here’s that trailer. There it is. The story a widower who wants to end his life, only to be…
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More Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson railway photo practice
This is realistically the last decent weekend for fall foliage. All the leaves are dying off. The tree colors are muting. But I wanted to get more practice with my stereoscopy project, and when you’ve got a tourist railroad a short drive away, you PRACTICE like you’re auditioning for Carnegie Hall. Yesterday morning. I scoped…
Read MoreThe incident at the chicken shack
It’s Friday night, and I’m really jonesing for some tasty independent fried chicken. And rather than dine on stuff from the colonel, or from that sailor with the anchor tattoos, I chose instead to get some deep-fried chicken from a nearby independent chicken shack in the South End. Trust me. This stuff is so good,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 22 2022
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers, great to have your company on a Saturday. Got a great blog recap for you today, so I really hope you enjoy the works from the good people on my personal blogroll. Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Troy restaurant closings mount as Plumb Oyster Bar shutters.“ The Bedlam Farm…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 21, 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. For tonight’s broadcast, I found original audio commercials and promos for a 1985 charity DJ performance, where I played records for 50…
Read MoreSeveral Solarcan Sunrises on State Street.
A few days ago, I set up a Solarcan Puck passive camera in my neighborhood, and after two days of blaze, I got a really nice image. So let’s expand on that. I asked a friend of mine to place a Solarcan Puck in his sunrise-facing window and leave it there FOR A FEW WEEKS.…
Read MoreI’m skipping Halloween this year. And so should you.
Honestly, I could do what every other person does. I can go to the grocery store and by those “fun size” bagfuls of candies, sit by my door, and wait for the costumed little trick-or-treaters to arrive and shout ‘TRICK OR TREAT” and then I hand off the candies. Lather, rinse, repeat. Not this year.…
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For those who are having trouble viewing my stereoscopy photos…
I apologize to you. It was truly not my intention to give you complete headaches in viewing my stereoscopy images from last weekend’s photo shoots. So in the interests of helping you see the stereoscopic view without having to relax your eyes or cause you a headache-inducing brain bang … Here’s some of my shots…
Read MoreYou are not ready for JOT the Dot.
While Saturday morning cartoons were the best way to survive the weekend – a nice big bowl of Froot Loops and 4 1/2 hours of animation while your parents slept – Sunday morning children’s fare was kinda hit and miss. I shall explain. In many cases, Sunday morning cartoon shows were essentially either Saturday morning…
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