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. Time Artist Song Release Genre Label 8:00 PM Polly Brown Up In a Puff of Smoke Polly Brown & Sweet Dreams: Greatest…
Read MoreNormally I wouldn’t sit here and trumpet this over and over again. I’d be pacing around the gallery, watching as my artworks get examined and considered by potential art buyers, while I try to not act like a helicopter parent. But this is 2020. The pandemic has replaced the customary one-night bidding event, and now…
Read MoreThe show only aired on network television for one season, on CBS in 1963-64, and is largely forgotten. But if you ever see it… you will certainly remember the show. Welcome to East Side West Side, an extremely gritty drama about life in New York City, as told through the eyes of crusading social worker…
Read MoreLong-time readers of my blog will recall my original post about The Chestnut Prison. From July to November of 1978, because I could not live with my emotionally abusive and toxic parents – my mother and stepfather – I chose to move to Abington, Massachusetts, and live with my father and his wife (and his…
Read MoreI woke up. Clock says 5:00 A.M. My body is still on Daylight Saving Time, so it’s 6:00 A.M. for me. Showered, dressed, and went out to vote. Stopped first at a Dunkin’ Donuts, and picked up two boxes of fancies. They’re not for me, they’re for the poll workers. They’re going to be there…
Read MoreNormally, a drive-in theater would pack up all their gear after Halloween, close the gates, and hang a “thank you, see you in the spring” sign on their marquee, and call it a year worth operating. Then there’s the Jericho Drive-In. In a normal year, they’d be happy for another year of operation. Then the…
Read MoreNormally during my “Charity Season,” my artworks are hung in a gallery, people walk by, they write their names on the ones they want to buy or bid on, and the artwork finds new homes. Of course, with COVID-19, things get a tad more … creative. Four of my artworks that are in the “Charity…
Read MoreHey folks, you know what day it is. It’s that one time in our lives when the kids come pounding on our doors at 7:00 a.m., demanding tricks or treats. This year, I was hoping that the little panhandlers wouldn’t come by… or at least understand that right now, I’m not dealing with the holiday.…
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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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. This is a special “Presidential Election” of the Nightowl Radio Show, in which all the songs are either inspired by, or created…
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I’ve been having lots of fun with this drive-in speaker restoration concept, where I take old vintage aluminum drive-in speakers, restore the interior guts, repaint the exterior chassis, and either put them up for auction or use them in my personal life. Such begins my next project. Someone in Australia had a matched set of…
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