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. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s episode features the recovered WHCL novelty collage “Hey, General Washington!!” as well as many of the tracks that were used to…
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When I get an idea locked in my brain … it’s like a bear’s paw caught in a trap. I can’t let go. Background. Last July, thanks to the benevolent folks at the Office of General Services at the Empire State Plaza, I snagged some of the best fireworks shots my cameras have ever claimed.…
Read MoreBackground. In 1984, in addition to actually trying to be a college student, I was both the music director and production director at WHCL-FM, Hamilton College’s student-run radio channel. And one day, while goofing around in the production studio … I decided I wanted to create something of my own. A little comedy record, if…
Read MoreThe time has come.The time has come.The time is now.Just go.Go.GO!I don’t care how.You can go by foot.You can go by cow.Andrew M. Cuomo, will you please go now!You can go on your hot rod.Try not to be phony.Andrew M. Cuomo.Please, no more baloney.I don’t care.You can go by bike.You can go on the Tappan…
Read MoreI get a lot of these questions on Facebook lately. And they’re not from my FB friends, but they’re from responses that my FB friends have made to various questions posed by other FB people. You’ve seen them. They’re questions like… “What would I find if I looked on top of your fridge?” “What was…
Read MoreI’ve had some great times in photographing the horse races at both the Saratoga thoroughbred track and the Saratoga harness track. Last week, I was at the harness track – it was an “unwind for Chuck” day, and I spent most of the time watching the races and losing money on them. But I happened…
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I’m used to many things during Competition Season. I’m used to a postcard of notice from the Iowa State Fair. I’m used to arriving at the Altamont Fair on the opening night, and then slowly making my way to the Fine Arts Barn to see the results. And I also enjoy doing the “double dip”…
Read MoreGood morning. it’s the end of July, and you know what that means. It’s time for me to examine my blogroll, see who needs to be added or updated or moved to a new category or completely pruned off the list. There were a couple of updates – I updated the “Off Her Chops” podcast…
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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. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. We have a real solid mix of music tonight, including a blended segue between a 1980’s funk track and a 1970’s Top…
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Last year, due to COVID-19, the New York State Fair’s 2020 season was cancelled. That meant that the photography competition – which I had entered for the past 11 years – was shuttered for the season. I had six entries, but none could be shown. Nuts. And for the longest while, I was worried that…
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