This just in.Β 5:00 a.m. is an ungodly hour to hit the road for the New York State Fair.Β However, it’s the best time to go – especially on a day when EVERYBODY’s going to Saratoga for Travers Day.Β Good.Β You guys all go fight for parking and lose your money there.Β I’ll go in…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: A Weather-Related Playlist
So let’s see here… supposedly we’ve got a massive hurricane or tropical storm a’comin’ our way. Now, we do live between two rivers and a mountain range, which can cause any amount of confusion in the meteorological category.Β So, on this very special edition of K-Chuck Radio, I have pulled out some of the stormiest…
Read MoreThe Theft of the B’s
Daniel Berman, he of the Fussy Little Blog, tweeted recently about this weekend being UAlbany’s Freshman move-in day. Ah, I recall move-in days.Β The roads in front of every dorm were filled with station wagons and moving trucks at dear old Hamilton College.Β And just as quickly as the day started, students were “moved in”…
Read MoreBlog post number ONE THOUSAND!!
Two years ago on this very day – August 25, 2009 – I accepted Michael Huber’s offer to move from my teeny weeny blogspot.com homemade blog and join the Times Union blog portal. That was nine hundred and ninety-nine blog posts ago. And I’m still here.Β Haven’t missed a day.Β Not a one.Β That included…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: 1960’s Music Videos, courtesy of the Scopitone
In the early 1960’s, many bars and taverns had a special video film player called a Scopitone. With the Scopitone, a person could drop a few coins in a slot, and instead of just hearing the latest pop song – he could also watch the artist sing the song as part of a promotional film.…
Read MoreResults from the second round of judging from the New York State Fair Photo Contest…
Man what a long day, I could use a bit of a breather.Β A good game of competitive team trivia at Brown’s should take my mind off of my troubles. Gotta check the mailbox first. Ah, let’s see… bills – I paid that one, bills – I paid that one, notice to remind me of…
Read MoreThe Badge
I can’t remember when I acquired this badge.Β I don’t recall if it was during one of my trips there, or whether it was snagged in a yard sale. But the truth of the matter is – I had to do this on Sunday. Yesterday I went to the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom amusement…
Read MoreThe Vocal Group Hall of Fame and an Ohio Pep Boys
It’s the autumn of 2008.Β I’m on my way to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame induction ceremony and concerts, which were to be held over four consecutive days in Youngstown, Ohio.Β My 1991 Pontiac 6000 – the car I hearted before I got my 2005 Saturn Ion) has been checked over and all is…
Read MoreAlbums I Want to Be Buried With: New Order, “Power Corruption and Lies” (US Pressing)
It’s the early 1980’s, and I’m a college radio disc jockey at Hamilton College’s student-run radio station WHCL.Β One of my classmates / fellow DJ’s brings a record into the radio station that looks like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It’s a 12-inch dance record called “Blue Monday,” an import record by the legendary band…
Read MoreTen long-forgotten Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Last Wednesday, when I was writing my blog post about finally getting some ribbons at the Altamont Fair Photography Contest, I linked to a YouTube clip that paid tribute to the old Banana Splits Saturday Morning TV show.Β And it got me to thinking… I loved watching Hanna-Barbera’s Saturday morning cartoons.Β Loved them like I…
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