Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Split Enz Six Months In a Leaky Boat Time and Tide 7:08 PM The English Beat…
Read MoreReady to go. Ready to deliver for Equinox. Ready to bring Thanksgiving deliciousness to as many families as I can. I pulled up to the load-in spot on Central Avenue. “You’re a little early, Chuck,” one of the organizers smiled. “Earlier I pick up, earlier the food gets delivered,” I smiled back. “How many meals…
Read MorePreparations are set. My 2013 Chevrolet Cruze “Dracourage” is filled with a full tank of gas. My satellite radio station is cued up to SiriusXM’s “Holly” channel, so I can stream tons of holiday music on my travels. I’ve got my Equinox baseball cap, and a fresh clean face mask for COVID-19 safety. Oh, and…
Read MoreThe interactions between pro wrestling fans and pro wrestlers is equal parts close and distant. When wrestlers compete in an arena, fans are encouraged to cheer or boo, to bring signs and take photos. What they’re not encouraged to do, however, is jump the guardrails and try to attack a wrestler, or to interfere in…
Read MoreLong-time readers of my blog know that around this time of year, I volunteer as a driver for the local Equinox charity. In other words, I deliver tasty Thanksgiving dinners to those in need, whether they be in the inner cities or in the hill towns. This is what I do. It’s who I am.…
Read MoreI’ve had my “Chuck returns to college radio” stint for the past 18 months, and it’s been a total blast. The return of the Nightowl Radio Show is a chance to return to one of my “happy places” in college life – a place where I felt like I wasn’t an outsider or an outcast…
Read MoreThere are moments in our lives where we plan things out, bit by bit, piece by piece, frame by frame. We plan these things out. We account for all possible variables. We keep a spare tire in our car just in case we develop a flat. We keep three cans of Spam in the cupboard…
Read MoreIt’s Saturday, and you know what that means. Get up, have a cup of coffee and a bowl of Cocoa Krispies, and check through the posts from my personal blogroll. These are the writers, photographers and podcasters whose thoughts and opinions and ideas are worth your time. Please take a read. BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN…
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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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Automatic Man My Pearl Automatic Man 7:07 PM The Limits What You Do (I Get Excited)…
Read MoreFor a while, the A&E network had a series of slice-of-life reality shows that were, by its very existence, quite popular for a time. There was Storage Wars, where people would bid on the contents of storage lockers (which expanded into Storage Wars: Texas and Storage Wars: New York and a few other international editions).…
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