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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s edition of the Nightowl Radio Show is a dive into a history of sampled music. Time Artist Song 8:01 PM Big…
Read MoreBy now you’ve heard of the new stock market game, where a series of Redditors have figured out how to game the market and battle against hedge funds to make themselves a sweet pile of cash. I’m already seeing it on my FB feed, where some of my friends have made some serious bank by…
Read MoreBackground. In 2009, I had a little independent Blogger blog – wrote a few posts here and there, nothing major. Well, apparently a few of my blogs caught the attention of Mike Huber, the person in charge of the Times Union’s cadre of staff and independent blogs. He asked if I wanted to join up…
Read MoreThis won’t be a very long blog post today; I have a medical procedure first thing this morning. So hopefully, when the procedure is over and the anesthesia wears off, I can log into the blog and see lots of inspired, funny (and clean) captions for this image. Come on, people. Show me your creative…
Read MoreApparently the big kick on social media right now is a sea shanty called “Wellerman,” a song about a New Zealand whaling vessel. Of late, the song has received newfound appreciation as performers like Nathan Evans have turned this song into a TikTok sensation. Now, of course, with all the “Bernie Sanders and his Mittens”…
Read MoreFour years ago, Donald Trump declared that trans men and women were not allowed to serve in the military. And although your Twitter account was shut down, your old Tweets are still visible in the blog post I wrote four years ago. I’m just glad we have a real President now, someone who can take…
Read MoreBackground. I have a canister of 20-year-old expired Kodak Portra 160NC film. It’s 70mm wide, which means that the only camera in my arsenal that can handle it is my AGFA Clipper Special f/6.3, which takes 616 (also known as 70mm) film. Last week, I packed a strip of the film in the AGFA, and…
Read MoreGood morning, everybody. Sadly, as much as I would love to start today’s blog postwith the recaps, I need to address something that happened to one of my fellow former Times Union independent bloggers. For this, I’ll immediately ask you to read Rob Madeo’s “Keyboard Krumbs” blog, “This One’s for the Bloggers.“ Lale Davidson wrote…
Read More
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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Today’s playlist is a tribute to one of the greatest producers and tortured souls in rock music history, the legendary Phil Spector.…
Read MoreIt was available and it was tempting. Very tempting. I had an opportunity to purchase a Mamiya medium format Universal Press camera, which would have allowed me to use 120 rollfilm with the same feel as if I was shooting with 35mm film. And it also came with removable backs, which meant I could load…
Read More
Chuck The Writer 
You must be logged in to post a comment.