The term “gaslight” comes from a 1944 motion picture, in which Charles Boyer uses psychological tricks to drive Ingrid Bergman insane. One of the tricks he uses is to slowly turn down the illuminated gas lights in a house, while telling Bergman that the lights are still at the same brightness, essentially trying to circumvent…
Read MoreBarry Bonds and Roger Clemens don’t deserve to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
News came last night that David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox home run hero, is now a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He will join six other players that were selected from a veteran’s committee – including Jim Kaat, Buck O’Neill and Minnie Minoso – as Hall of Famers at the next induction…
Read MoreSimple tips to win at Wordle
It’s official. I’ve gotten hooked on the online word game Wordle. Each day, a new five-letter puzzle shows up, and I have to guess the word in six tries. Getting the word right allows me to brag about my accomplishments on social media. And I’ve done pretty well for myself in that. Well, not bragging…
Read MoreThe IInspiration doesn’t need the WWE, after the WWE didn’t need the IIconics.
Next week, the WWE will hold one of their marquee events, the Royal Rumble. For the uninitiated, the Royal Rumble is an extended gauntlet match, where 30 wrestlers enter the ring – each one at a five-minute interval entrance – and the last one to survive is the champion and wins a major prize –…
Read MoreThe first step in my 2022 goal.
Last August, I blogged about a self-improvement goal for my 2022 photography endeavors. I wanted to try to develop my own film. Hear me out. I appreciate all the work that my pro labs of choice have performed for me over the years. But McGreevy Pro Lab dropped slide film (E-6) processing last year, and…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 22 2022
One of the great things about doing these Saturday blog recaps is it gives me an opportunity to check out each person’s blog that’s part of my personal blogroll. And I’ve added a few people who were recommended to me by readers, including adding the 518 Bites and Sights blog and the Bedlam Farm Journal…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 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.ย The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s episode features songs that pulled their subject matter directly from the works of classic literature. Time Artist Song Work Inspired 7:01…
Read MoreTheatrical Rock and Meat Loaf
Marvin Lee Aday passed away. He was 74. But if you’ve never known him as Marvin Lee Aday, you would certainly know him by his stage name. Meat Loaf. For Meat Loaf was one of the strongeset purveyors of bombastic theatrical rock, a musical genre that encompassed big, stirring lyrics, explosive melodies, and movement changes…
Read More“You met another, and PFFT you were gone.”
If you’re old enough to remember a program named Hee Haw, just remembering it can bring a smile to your face. The show was full of cornpone humor, sort of a Laugh-In for the redneck set. Plenty of quick, snappy gags and one-liners, interspersed with legendary country music and bluegrass performances. And did I mention…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Literature Classics
Last week, during my radio broadcast, I played a couple of songs whose roots came from classic literature. No, seriously. If I were to tell you, “I have some songs whose subject matter involved some texts from vintage books,” you’d probably say, “Great, Chuck, so what did you play AFTER Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’?” Well,…
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