How often do we pick up loose change from the ground.ย Maybe if it’s a quarter or a dime.ย Rarely if it’s a penny.ย I mean, it’s not even cost-effective toย bend over and pick up a penny. But there was something on this particular penny, something that really caught my attention. Whoever owned that…
Read MoreA report from Albany Med, 40 years later
In 1970, my baby brother Allen Miller was critically injured in a car crash. Now, with information recently acquired from Albany Medical Center, I can now piece together what happened at the accident and upon Allen’s arrival at the hospital.
Read MoreUsing filters on my black-and-white “efke” shots
Last week I went up to Saratoga Springs with my Nikkormat FTn camera, it had a load of KB50 black-and-white “efke” film inside.ย I also had several colored filters for my lens – an orange Tiffen 85B filter; a red Bower filter, and a fluorescent Zeikos filter.ย Yeah, I don’t know why I would need…
Read MoreTen Best Bowling Shots Ever
Hi everybody, welcome to Chuck Miller’s version of “TV Tournament Time,” as sponsored by your local Capital District Bowling Proprietors Association, and by the New England Candlepin Bowling Association.ย And in the immortal words of Howard Tupper, hi to all the small fry out there. Chris White, the archivist over at WRGB, was kind enough…
Read MoreBillboard magazine, Christmas 1982
NOTE: This is a post I wrote from my old blogspot blog.ย But hey, I feel like sharing today. Bear with me on this one. I had a great time last night at the Times Union “Meet The Bloggers” event at the Albany Pump Station. TU bloggers Kevin Marshall and J. Eric Smith did a…
Read MoreCongratulations, Albany City School District – you officially have no soul
After I read this report about what the Albany City School District is doing to Harriet Gibbons High School, I want to throw up. The Albany City School District finally got what it wanted.ย It’s going to shut down Harriet Gibbons High School after 40 years of that school helping students who need a hand.ย …
Read MoreBread and Butter: The Layered Film Experiment
What I’m about to do is not the kind of stuff you’re supposed to do with film. Then again, when in blue blazes have I done ANYTHING you’re supposed to do with film? There is a very small but fascinating subset of the lo-fi photography movement.ย It involves actually “layering” film – putting TWO rolls…
Read MoreRemembering Ralph Vartigian and the “Good Ship News”
It’s the early 1970’s, and we’re in the era of B.C. (Before Cable).ย Since there weren’t any “morning news” shows in 1972, our entertainment for the morning – before catching the school bus – was an assortment of Popeye the Sailor and Three Stooges cartoons, maybe even some single episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle. But…
Read MoreHappy 40th, American Top 40!
I remember hearing a snippet of the radio show in 1975.ย At the time, I had never heard a countdown radio show before – I knew that WPTR used to count down the top 5 songs of the day at 9pm or thereabouts, but I was not aware of a radio show that actually played…
Read MoreChuck Miller, 1950’s boogie piano player
Blogger Chuck Miller talks about 1950’s boogie-woogie piano player Chuck Miller, who had a Top 10 hit with the rock song “The House of Blue Lights.” The blog post includes audio clips of “The House of Blue Lights” and several other Chuck Miller songs.
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