It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve just packed my Pontiac 6000 with the last box it can hold.ย It took a lot of emotional effort on my part, but in my heart of hearts, I knew it was time. Two hours later, I was at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, where two employees…
Read MoreRemembering the CBS Radio Mystery Theater
I know this is going to sound like I accidentally mixed up my Flintstones Chewables and a bottle of Brown’s Cherry Raspberry Ale… but bear with me on this. My 1991 Pontiac 6000 has an iPod deck wired into the car stereo system.ย I can turn on the Alpine car stereo, control the iPod songs…
Read MoreAlbany’s First Professional Basketball Team: The 1920’s Senators
Their star forward was only 5’4″ tall. One of their guards switched to baseball by the end of the season. Most of the players suited up for different teams in different leagues – during the same season. 5,000 fans, including New York Governor Al Smith, packed the Washington Avenue Armory to see their games. And…
Read MoreWeek 6 of the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Seems like the questions for the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament are getting rougher and rougher. Not only do you really have to concentrate and know your subjects, but you also have to be prepared for what I call “the Baker Triple.” Follow along. Every so often, the guy that comes up with the questions for…
Read MoreYou know you’ve lived in Albany your whole life when…
I know there are lists of this stuff floating around the Internet, but if you’ve grown up in the Capital District and have lived here for at least a couple of years, you know the answer to these long-ago businesses and the like. So, take a piece of paper and a pen, and see if…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons Memories: Your New Announcer, Chuck Miller
I saw the notice on the albanypats.com website. The Albany Patroons will not be in operation during the 2009 – 2010 season. Thanks for your support. Of course, on that same webpage you can click to order tickets for the 2009-10 season… if it ever gets played… Yeah, I’m bummed that the Patroons aren’t coming…
Read MoreTGI Friday’s Trivia on Wednesday that felt like it lasted all week
So with my Wednesday night trivia at Brown’s moved to Monday nights, and my personal boycott of any of the Capital Region Recovery Room trivia competitions still in effect, I heard a rumor that there was a bar trivia game going on at TGI Friday’s at Stuyvesant Plaza.ย Okay, I thought… let’s give it a…
Read MorePhoto Essay: FLUX Art Show at St. Joseph’s Church
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I took in an art exhibit that day.ย Historic Albany Foundation, a group dedicated to the preservation of buildings and history of this region, has been trying to restore the 153-year-old St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck Street – a house of worship that, after the Albany Roman…
Read MoreThe 10 Goofiest Drama Shows of the 1970’s
I spent some time recalling several of my favorite old-time television shows of the 1970’s.ย Shows that were full of escapist fantasy, shows that took me away from the destructive reality of my home life.ย Shows that today, if I happen to catch them on some obscure channel high up in the 1900’s of Time…
Read MorePhoto Essay: The 2006-07 Albany Patroons
I honestly thought these photos were lost forever. About a year ago, one of my storage devices suffered a hard drive failure – it came down with the despicable “click of death.” That’s when the read head inside your hard drive just bounces back and forth like a windshield wiper, and your data is irretrievable.…
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