A few years ago, I tried shooting with AGFA Scala slide film. It was the only black-and-white slide film left in existence, and only one lab in the world can process it. AGFA Scala is no longer manufactured, and I haven’t shot with it in about four years. In fact, here’s some of the photos…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, October 23, 2014: Ten for Thursday
We have some really excellent blog posts from our Times Union community blogging team this week, and I would really encourage you to enjoy every single one of them. So let’s not waste time. Jeannine M. Trimboli’s “Real [Fit] Life” blog, “IWTBPL: The Meet (Now I AM a Powerlifter).“ Ken Screven’s blog, “Being the only…
Read MoreCalling all the pinball wizards…
This morning, as I was working on a possible blog topic, I visited my Facebook page for some ideas. And sure enough, my friend Bill Winans posted this video of what looks like the way-coolest pinball machine ever. Ho kee smokes. That is just awesome on twenty levels. I love pinball machines. Have loved them…
Read MoreHelp the Arc of Rensselaer County, play some trivia!
My friend Kevin Baker – he’s the boss behind the Capital District’s wildly successful “Trivia Nights Live” games – is currently setting up a major trivia match for this coming Thursday, November 6th. This game is a special fundraiser for the Arc of Rensselaer County, who provides services and care to those Capital District residents…
Read MoreIt’s tough to be the first.
In professional sports, much emphasis is placed on someone’s ethnic nationality if they are the first of their race or ethnicity to achieve success. I give you some names in that regard. Jackie Robinson. Roberto Clemente. Yao Ming. Hideo Nomo. They broke through in their sports and became legends. Seiya Ando hopes to follow in…
Read MoreHello, Class of 1964…
It was time. All my preparation, all my research, it all came down to this moment. Well, fifteen minutes of moments, to be precise. Last night, at the Shaker Ridge Country Club, I was the guest speaker for the Albany High School Class of 1964 50th reunion banquet. I did this gig two years ago…
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How to earn a Guinness world record
As a kid, I remember reading the Guinness Book of World Records and marveling at the lengths to which people would go to achieve being the best, the fastest, the strongest, the first, all of that. The tallest man. The shortest woman. The shortest amount of time necessary to consume a bicycle. Yep, that’s a…
Read MoreThere’s a billiards game here??
** Florian “Venom” Kohler is one of the top proponents of “artistic” or “trick shot” billiards, in which the shooter uses angled and masse shots to curve a cueball into knocking a ball into the pocket in a specific way and manner. In other words, this ain’t no “8-ball in the side pocket” game. And…
Read MoreRemembering Tim Hauser of Manhattan Transfer
It was sixteen years ago and it felt like yesterday. I was working for Goldmine magazine, the record collector’s biweekly publication, and had been asked by my editor to come to Sharon, Pennsylvania to cover the inaugural class of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. And that’s where I first met Tim Hauser. Tim was…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, October 16, 2014: Ten for Thursday
Hey there, once again I’m taking a step back from my blog to showcase ten worthy Times Union community bloggers and their hard work. So go pour yourself a cup of coffee, fire up that web browser… and may I recommend the following blog reads to you: Chad Polenz in the “Beer Nut” blog, “Announcing…
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