A few years ago, back in my blogspot.com days, I spent the afternoon with Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, the former Sha Na Na lead singer and currently an advocate for musicians’ rights. He and I were attending events at the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in Sharon, Pa., and we had a Sunday afternoon off from…
Read MoreBlogging with a “Y” chromosome
Times Union blogboss Mike Huber recently crafted a post about why it seems that there are very few male bloggers in the Times Union’s “Lifestyles” blog portal. In fact, currently of the thirteen bloggers in that category, only two – myself and Roger Green – are men. Allow me to add my ingredients to the…
Read MoreAn “Eve of Destruction” stunt show in Orange County
The original plan yesterday was for me to photograph a car stunt show at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Well, last week the show was canceled. So I essentially had a night off. The next day, I received an e-mail from Terry Gappa, a driver for the Thrillmasters stunt car team, asking if I was interested in…
Read MoreMurdoch Mysteries: Steampunk CSI?
During my birthday weekend in Toronto last month, between all the photos I took during the NBL Canada draft/combine and the photos I took of beautiful downtown Brampton, I watched several television shows on the local Canadian channels. One such show caught my attention and wouldn’t let go. There’s a police procedural on one of…
Read MoreThe Soul of the Chance
I have to keep trying. Keep pushing forward. Never give up. Never surrender. By Grapthar’s hammer… Um… yeah. For those of you who find these “Chance” blogs and decide to read down to the bottom to find out if I got the postcard o’ doom, well, I didn’t get the postcard o’ doom this time.…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the 2012-13 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Thanks to the NFL Network’s exclusive broadcast of the New York Giants’ complete 36-7 beatdown of the Carolina Panthers, the Elbo Room had more patrons last night – and, by extension, more teams playing. Good. More competition is a good thing. And if it weren’t for a miserable four-point question at the beginning of the…
Read MoreThe return of Charlie Chaplin
Do me a favor. Go put City Lights or The Kid or The Gold Rush or Modern Times on your Neflix queue. Go order The Great Dictator or The Circus or Limelight from Amazon. To watch these Charlie Chaplin films is to watch, without argument, one of the greatest actors of early cinema. Chaplin’s “Tramp”…
Read MoreSex, baseball and stupidity
This week, as the baseball regular season wound down and the playoff hunt wound up, I wanted to watch some baseball games and get excited about the upcoming pennant races. Heck, there’s at least five National League teams with a clear opportunity to snag that second wild card playoff berth, and there’s a distinct possibility…
Read MoreShooting the Pietà
Last Thursday, I dropped off several framed artworks to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society for their Art Saves Animals charity auction. As the receptionist took the artworks, someone who was also waiting to conduct business at the shelter recognized me. It was Kelly Grimaldi, one of the directors at St. Agnes Cemetery. I hadn’t seen…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: 1970’s Forgotten Hits!!
I truly am a child of the 1970’s. The music, the television shows, the culture, it’s all part of who I am and what I’ve achieved. So on today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, I’m going to bless your ears with ten classic hits from the 1970’s – classic monster songs that were big hits back…
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