A few months ago, when I wrote the article on the rock band Din for Goldmine magazine, much was mentioned about the group’s reunion and familial gathering – in honor of one of the band’s most devoted friends.Β She was Gina Bloxham, also known as Gina Violina. Here she is, performing at the San Francisco…
Read MoreFeel like dancing today?
Have you had one of those mornings where you just didn’t feel like getting out of bed… and when you did, you sleepily chose to get out of the wrong side of the bed and crashed into the wall? Yep.Β Happened to me more than once. So if you’re having a really down day today,…
Read MoreBuy these great albums from K-Tel!
Once upon a time, there was a corporation called K-Tel.Β Among their many “as seen on television” products, they also advertised a series of compilation record albums.Β The commercials for these LP’s have themselves become classic kitschy memory markers of the sparkly 70’s. What K-Tel did was produce albums with anywhere from 18 to 25…
Read MoreThe “Faces of Dudley” Mural
It’s a striking artwork in Dudley Square, just across the street from the newly-built police station.Β The artwork, “Faces of Dudley,” shows the scope and breadth and vibrancy of the residents of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood.Β The mural, painted in 1995 by lead artist Mike Womble as part of the Roxbury Defenders Youth Advocacy Project, features…
Read MoreThe 2011 Louis Saunders Memorial Basketball Tournament
Have I got everything? Yes.Β Nikon D700 with plenty of camera chips and two fully loaded lithium-ion camera batteries.Β Laptop computer.Β All the necessary lenses.Β Full tank of gasoline.Β GPS with the proper addresses. Let’s Go, Cardachrome – next stop, Madison Park High School in Roxbury, Massachusetts. For the past four years, James Hall has…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Music of WWVA’s Saturday Night Jamboree
I’m really digging Stephanie Snyder’s new blog here at the Times Union’s blog portal.Β When she asked people to send her questions, and she would answer them in a video blog, I asked the West Virginia expatriate if she ever had a chance to enjoy one of the state’s most famous radio programs, the WWVA…
Read More“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to return… as an animated series?
I don’t know how to approach this news.Β I really don’t.Β I’m not sure whether I should be happy or sad about this – whether this is a continuing legacy of one of the greatest children’s television shows of all time, or a complete desecration.Β And it involves one of my favorite shows of my…
Read MoreSo I got the word from the New York State Fair… and the pictures that passed the first round are…
I just heard from the organizers of the New York State Fair.Β And they think that two of my six submissions have passed the first round of judging. It’s not six – but it’s two.Β Two have passed through, and have a good shot of picking up some display space in the Harriet May Mills…
Read MoreSeven Angels
Seven angels saved my life today.Β They kept me from dying in a fiery car crash that never happened.Β They made sure every motorist stayed on I-90 and nobody bumped into anybody. Seven other angels helped save someone else’s life today.Β They kept them from dying in that same car crash.Β And we never even…
Read More14 years ago, did’ja know we had interplanetary travel capabilities?
So, like, I was watching this program on the Internet, like, and oh my God it’s so true, that on October 16, 1997, which, by the way, is my friend Candy’s birthday, like, how cosmic is that, we actually were able to travel to faraway planets?Β I know! No way! But like, it’s so true,…
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