News off of the media website Deadline brought joy to my heart. Tepid joy, but joy nonetheless. One of my favorite science-fiction TV shows, the cyberpunk drama Max Headroom, might be returning to series television – with Matt Frewer playing the electronic avatar character. According to Deadline, AMC Networks is working with producer Elijah Wood…
Read MoreIn the twilight at the finish line.
Last Saturday was the annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Harness. The Gerrity is a 15-race card that is the highlight of the Saratoga Harness racing season, and the top pacers from across the nation come to upstate New York for the big prizes. Me? I’m just there to try to renew a…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 30 2022
Yeah, I’m still on a bit of a contact high after yesterday’s notice that four of my photo artworks will hang later this year in a major art show in New Jersey. So don’t mind me if I’m still fluttering around the room like someone who drank six cans of Red Bull. But that’s in…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for July 29, 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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Holly & The Italians Tell That Girl to Shut Up Tell That Girl to Shut Up…
Read MoreTime to boost up my photography goals. Hello Watchung, New Jersey.
Listen, I’ve enjoyed a very successful photography run with state fairs and local gallery shows. Now I have a new goal in mind. At some point before I die, I want one of my photographic artworks displayed in a New York City art gallery. That’s right. I want one of my photos to appear on…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2022 Big E Photography Competition are …
I’ve had several levels of success with the Big E’s photography competition. Several blue ribbons, as well as a “Best of Division” in a COVID-shortened 2020 online exhibition. The Big E’s photo competition works like this. You send digital images to their acceptance site, then they decide if those digital images are suitable of display…
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FINALLY getting my Pentacon Six to play nice.
Several months ago, one of my readers was kind enough to provide me with two cameras and a lot of medium-format film. I’ve already had plenty of success with one of the cameras, my Nikon F2S (“Nikon Athena”), but the second camera – a medium-format Pentacon Six SLR that I haven’t nicknamed yet – has…
Read MoreMy Empire State Plaza FILM photographs, 2022 edition
Background. Three weeks ago, I was on the roof of the Kenmore Hotel as the Empire State Plaza 4th of July fireworks blasted through the skies. My Nikon Df captured several fantastic images, but I should let you know that I also brought three film cameras with me to the event – my Nikon F2S…
Read MoreWhy did NONE of you tell me about how good Abbott Elementary was?
It’s hard for me to get involved in a new television series. I’m not looking for formulaic procedurals, I’m not a big fan of yuk-yuk 22-minute all-is-resolved sitcoms, and it’s gotten to the point where I’m watching 10-episode streaming dramas because at least I’m sure they’ll have a beginning and a middle and an end…
Read MoreSlow start in the 15th race.
I took some film photos at the Saratoga Harness track last night, just to practice with my Nikon F2S (“Nikon Athena”) and my 55mm f/1.2 lens. It was similar to an experiment I tried last year, where I wanted to get the horses as they were crossing the finish line – but with only the…
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