The following interview with Alan Parsons originally appeared in a 2005 edition of Goldmine magazine. I interviewed Mr. Parsons, along with Eric Woolfson, for this cover story. “Will you be paying for this with cash or credit, sir?” asked the record store clerk. “Credit card,” said the tall, bearded Englishman, putting down the several Alan…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, November 25, 2017
So did everybody survive Thanksgiving? Did you make it through Black Friday unscathed? Are you ready for Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, and Sunday Will Never Be the Same?? With all that in mind, let’s continue our Saturday endeavor with a recap of seven blog posts from the community and independent bloggers at…
Read MoreMy 2017 Thanksgiving Equinox drive day…
It’s Thursday morning, and I’m filling my Chevrolet with as much gasoline as it can carry. It’s my third of four reclamations. And a chance for me to return to one of my most beloved holiday traditions. Let me explain.
Read MoreWeek 4 of the Trivia Unification Tournament
Before I provide you with this week’s recap, I need to tell a story. It’s a story about being overconfident in a topic. Many years ago, on a Valentine’s Day trivia night, I was in the lead and looking to run the table in my trivia game. I realized that trivia would fall on a…
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The Trout Potatoes Art Project – Part 1
While on my Washington State vacation last October, I stopped at a local antiques store. I figured I’d kill some time at the antiques store, look at the furniture and the bric-a-brac … And look what I found. $25 later, this little treasure was in my suitcase for the long trip back to New York.…
Read MoreA teardrop of snow ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄
It’s Monday morning, and I’m still trying to get a few extra seconds of snooze. I roll over, grab my cell phone and eyeball my Facebook feed. Woah. Lots of people talking about first snowfalls in the Capital District. A coating here, a dusting there… I wonder if we received snow in the Town and…
Read MoreHow to circumvent the Times Union’s website paywall
Even though I don’t blog for the Times Union any more, I still have a tendency to read articles on the TU’s website, as well as read blogs by several of my community blogging friends. That being said, the Times Union has currently implemented a free article limit on their site. You can only read…
Read MoreLess Justice League, more Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, please…
Yesterday, I watched a matinee showing of the film Justice League, where a collection of DC superheroes band together to stop an alien conqueror from taking over the Earth. The best thing I can say about it was … well, it was kinda okay. But that being said … there were moments in the film…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, November 18, 2017
So what’s going on around the blog world? What blogs from my Capital District friends are worth your time? Well, that’s why you visit my Saturday blog recap, to get an idea about worthwhile blogs – first even from the community bloggers at the Albany Times Union, and then seven from my blogroll of writers…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Monster Soulful Groove
Sometimes, there’s a song out there that captures your consciousness. It makes you smile, it surges your emotions, it takes you to a place you weren’t expecting to visit. So on today’s K-Chuck Radio, I felt like bringing some powerful music to you. Soaring vocals, emotive lyrics, spectacular harmonies. And let’s start with… THE MAGIC…
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