I used to enjoy watching Bar Rescue, the reality TV series in which bar consultant Jon Taffer visits various failing taverns and bars across the country and converts them into successful eateries. Notice that I said “used to enjoy.” Because here’s the thing. Most of the episodes featured Taffer yelling at bar owners about the…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 14 2021
So today is a big day for me. It’s “Drop-Off Day,” where I take my four designated artworks to the Altamont Fair for their photo competition. All four images are currently in my car, waiting me to drive over to Altamont and drop everything off. But I can’t drive over there until I take care…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 13, 2021
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 7:02 PM Yothu Yindi Treaty The Essential Five – EP 7:06 PM Valdy Rock and Roll Song 20th…
Read MoreThe Longshot (with sprocket holes)
Here we go again. Chuck’s trying something funky with his film cameras. It’s a sunny Sunday, and I’m up at the Saratoga thoroughbred track. The goal is to expand on the photographic technique I employed in my photo Pride of the Palace. You know, the kind of stuff I do that makes pictures like the…
Read MoreThat afternoon in 1978.
It’s 1:30 in the morning, and I’ve been awake for the past two hours. Bad nightmare. More like a flashback than a nightmare. It was a moment from my teenage years. Approximately the spring of 1978, if we’re being reasonably accurate. At that time, I was attending school at Lisha Kill Junior High School, a…
Read MoreHow to pronounce where we live (for all you out-of-townies).
This happens a lot. Actually, a lot more than we expect. Because whenever a big story happens in the Capital District (such as, oh, I don’t know, our Governor resigning), the entire nation’s news crew shows up and does live reports from the steps of the Capitol building. And, invariably, those who come from out…
Read MoreThe results from the 2021 Iowa State Fair Photography Competition
They posted the information last night. The first results from Competition Season 2021. Wow. I submitted four entries to the Iowa State Fair’s 2021 contest, and I know that at least one entry made the cut. That’s all I know. Then, when I saw the premium book that was printed online, I found out that…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Turn the lights out, let’s manoeuvre with the orchestra.
I’ve been binge-watching the HBO series The White Lotus, and it’s quite a fun show. But while watching the program, I had a nice, pleasant surprise. Look at this image. See the girl on the left? She’s wearing – and I’m not kidding – an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark T-shirt. Specifically, one that references…
Read More“Why didn’t my blog comment get approved, you woke libtard?”
Between 2009 and 2017, I blogged for the Albany Times Union. They had a very strict policy with regard to blog comments and blog commenters. All blog comments had to be approved, whether we agreed with the comments or didn’t agree with the comments. The only times blog comments could be rejected was if they…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 7, 2021
Good Saturday morning to you, blog readers extraordinare. It’s going to be a great day today, and I hope the weekend works out wonderfully for you. As it is right now, let’s check out this week’s blogroll, and see what’s happening with all the writers and commenters and photographers and podcasters out there. BLOGS FOR…
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