Earlier this year, one of professional wrestling’s most influential and inspiring stars, pro wrestler C.M. Punk, made a return to the ring. He signed with All Elite Wrestling, and immediately showed that seven years away from the squared circle put no ring rust on his body. In that time period, he’s had five-star matches with…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 23, 2021
So just before I started to write this blog post, I actually looked at my statmetrics for this blog. And surprise, surprise … today’s post will be my 5,250th blog post, stretching all the way back to August 25, 2009. I guess my parents were right, there’s no way to shut me up. 😀 With…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 22, 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. Tonight’s episode contains a collection of rare and unique tracks that were recorded during, or recorded about, the Vietnam War. The Vietnam…
Read MoreThis is the most hated song in the whole wide world (and you know I’m right!)
In our lives, there are songs that, if I’m being generous, are just plain awful. The composition. The melody. The lyrics. All of the above. These are the songs that you can’t get away from. These are songs that can be used as torture devices. Which brings me to the subject of today’s blog post.…
Read MoreTwice the Ghosts…
If you’re a fan of the show The Office, you are clearly aware that the program you’ve enjoyed on NBC for many years was an American reinterpretation of the British sitcom of the same name. This is not an unusual situation. Many successful sitcoms in one country get re-interpreted and re-cast for overseas distribution. But…
Read MoreI’m gonna shoot this box in 2022.
Background. I have a camera that can shoot with 70mm film, also known as 616 roll film. It’s my AGFA Clipper Special f/6.3, a 15-shot square-image camera that was manufactured in 1939, and which came into my possession when I purchased it for $15 at a Massachusetts yard sale. Since then, the camera has produced…
Read More“The Long, Strange Trip” is a Work of Art!
It was way back in 2019 when I traveled to Old Forge, New York, on rumors of discovering the remains of a vintage 1974 VW Super Beetle, one that had previously seen more than its share of Grateful Dead shows. I photographed it with various cameras, including using my Nikon Df with an assortment of…
Read MoreIt’s a camera shutter. It’s not a detonator.
Last week, an American Airlines flight from Indianapolis to New York was forced to make an emergency landing due to what had initially been described as an in-flight passenger situation. Uh-oh. Well, it turns out that the “in-flight passenger situation,” according to the New York Daily News, was because a passenger saw another passenger adjusting…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 16 2021
So new readers to this blog might be wondering why I do a Saturday recap of the great photos and stories from my personal blogroll. Let me recap for you. Years ago, this blog was part of a collection of community-written blogs that were featured in the Albany Times Union’s blog portal. The portal featured…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 15, 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. This weeks episode features popular music on WHCL from 1980 to 1984, in tribute and in memory of fellow WHCL broadcaster and…
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