The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for February 5, 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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s edition of the Nightowl Radio Show is a dive into the wonderful world of sunshine pop music. Time Artist Song Genre…

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The difference between fandom and stalking.

Cards up front. I enjoy watching professional wrestling. It’s a thing, I dig it. I also follow a few pro wrestlers on Twitter – Peyton Royce and Billie Kay from the WWE, Orange Cassidy from AEW. That’s how I roll. So yesterday, I saw this message on Peyton Royce’s Twitter feed. Aw, man. Here we…

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2021 Thacher Park Nature Show CANCELLED, Trivia Bowl XVII POSTPONED

Apparently COVID-19 hasn’t stopped messing with our world yet. Some time ago, I mentioned that the Thacher Park Nature Show, in which artists can submit their photos and paintings and sculptures for a special gallery show at the Emma Treadwell Center at Thacher Park, would take place. That was until I received this notice. Hello…

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Bachelor Cooking: Australian Damper

Here’s what happens when you mishear things. During the day, while I’m working, I listen to an Australian oldies radio station, Gold MX in Albany, W.A. It’s mostly music with a few regional commercials. One of the commercials is for a scenic boat tour along the Kalgan River on the riverboat Kalgan Queen. Hey, if…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 30 2021

Some updates for you, especially for my fellow bloggers who used to blog on the TImes Union’s portal. The TU made it official; they’re shutting down their community blogging portal on Friday, February 5. Now if you were a community or independent blogger, and you wish to get your blog archives from the TU, contact…

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Play with your $GME, but stay away from my $BB

By 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…

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