I’m ready for trivia on a Thursday night at Elbo Room. Unfortunately, tonight I’m doing it solo.ย Jeremy and Alexis have a banquet for their Ultimate team – no word if the meals will be served on overturned Frisbee plates.ย So Street Academy will be me – just me – tonight, and my teammates will…
Read More“Beyond the Sunset” and the Newcomer Twins – Part 2
Part one of this saga can be read here. It’s August of 2002.ย I’m in the middle of a major book-signing and autograph tour for my record collector’s guide, Warman’s American Records 1950-2000.ย Through my work in the book, and because of my association with Goldmine, I received an offer to speak at a record…
Read MoreIrish step dancing … with your hands … on a table
Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding are devotees of Irish dancing – you know, the kind you see in shows like Riverdance. Well, these two have taken Irish dancing into a whole new world. And right now they’ve got one of the hottest YouTube clips out there. How hot is it? It showed up on three…
Read More“Beyond the Sunset” and the Newcomer Twins – Part 1
I never met Maxine or Eileen Newcomer, and they never knew of my existence. But because of something they did in 1947, I was able to pay their gift forward. Background. It’s the spring of 2002, and I’m puttering around a used record and memorabilia show in Wayne, New Jersey.ย For me at that time,…
Read MoreCan we PLEASE get the Manhattan Transfer on Glee?
While I’m not going to completely classify myself as a “Gleek”, I do love me some Glee.ย The new season is just around the corner, and there are supposed to be upcoming episodes featuring music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show (swank!), as well as a Britney Spears episode (we’ll see how that one turns…
Read MoreMOTIVATION POSTER – Journey
Here’s a new success poster for your day.ย This is based on one of my Kodachrome pictures.ย Hope you like it.
Read MoreStealing my table at trivia = epic fail
When playing competitive team trivia, one develops certain routines and superstitions.ย There are trivia players that wear customized t-shirts.ย There are trivia teams that will order the same beverage to start out the game.ย I remember Lynch’s Mob used to do a fist-bump after every question they got right, which was a lot of fist-bumps.ย …
Read MoreResults from the Vermont State Fair
On September 2, 2010, I made a road trip to Rutland, Vermont with six foam-boarded entries for the Vermont State Fair.ย It would be my last entry into any summer fair photographic competition, and my only chance to enter a photographic fair without any preconceived notion of what to expect.ย As far as I was…
Read MoreThe artwork of former Eastman Kodak chairman up for auction
I received this information from a good friend of mine, and thought it might be interesting to pass along. Think about this for a second.ย Albert Chapman was the Chairman of the Board for Eastman Kodak – the outfit whose Kodachrome I’m still using until the end of the year – and now a collection…
Read MoreKevin Marshall at the Dunkin Run
Here’s the deal.ย First and foremost, the Times Union blogging community is a COMMUNITY.ย We come out and support our fellow bloggers when and if we are able. Last summer, Kevin Marshall came out to my photography art debut at the Schenectady Art Night.ย This Sunday morning, he was scheduled to run in his first…
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