Do you realize how many songs were recorded and pressed into 45’s, songs that were placed in record stores and played on radio stations, and were regional or international hits… but today you couldn’t hear them on your oldies station, even if you bribed the DJ with $25 and a case of Hot Pockets. Well……
Read More2013 Big E Photography Competition results
This is the third year I’ve competed at the Big E. The first time around, I snagged a second place silk with Midnight at the Palace Theater, while last year saw Poestenkill Cascade take a first-place silk (two other pictures, Butterfly and Citrus and Star Trails of Paradox Lake, garnered second-place fabrics). But although I’ve…
Read MoreThe slow decay of L-Ken’s
This saddens me. But I know that this sign that once beckoned families from all over the Capital District for clam frys and fish frys and hamburgers and milkshakes… the sign is falling into disrepair. I noticed this a week ago when I photographed it with my wonky Svema film with my bulletproof Kowa Super…
Read MoreThe sound of 3WD
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about a radio station promotional record from the 1960’s, a record that sang, in less than two minutes, the praises of Albany, New York. That got the attention of one of my Facebook friends, disc jockey Richie Norris. Norris and I are both former disc jockeys for radio station…
Read MoreWPTR and “The Ballad of Albany”
I’m sure many of you have seen this video clip at some point in time. It was created in 1986 as part of Albany’s Tricentennial celebration, and featured several celebrities at the time – Bob Mason and Bill Sheehan, for example. See it? Like it? Good. This was the “Let’s Have a Party, Albany!” song…
Read MoreDon’t make these mistakes in your acting career
I’m not going to sugar-coat this. The possibility of me being part of a television sitcom or movie drama probably faded away about 15 years ago. Sure, maybe I thought once or twice about acting, and then I realized that you can’t just say “I was the second Wise Man in our 4th grade Nativity…
Read MoreDo not speak ill of the dead… or else.
This report in the Reno Gazette tells the story of a woman’s obituary. Why is this so newsworthy? Everybody dies at some point in time, and everyone gets an obituary – a necrology of their achievements and accomplishments, and the survival of their family members. Not this time. The obituary for this woman is not…
Read MoreBest of Our TU Community Blogs, September 12, 2013: Ten for Thursday
It’s morning in America. And here we have ten fantastic posts by ten Times Union community bloggers. And you’re wondering to me, “Hey Chuck, I really enjoyed your ‘Remind Me Again’ blog post yesterday. Why don’t you consider it for this “Ten for Thursday” wrapup? Well, to that I say… Thank you. But because this…
Read MoreRemind me again.
Remind me again of that partly cloudy morning. Remind me again of the men and women who went to work that day. Remind me again of the husbands and wives, the sons and the daughters, who boarded the planes. Remind me again of the office workers in that five-sided building. Remind me again of the…
Read More“Amish Mafia” episode review: The Last Supper
I swear, every time I watch an episode of Amish Mafia, they’re introducing new characters to the series. When the show premiered last year, there were the four members of the Lancaster County Amish Mafia (Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus, Alvin Lentz, Jolin Zimmerman and John Freeman Schmucker), as well as John’s sister Esther Freeman Schmucker. …
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