7 in the morning.ย My wife Vicki and I finally get of Albany and head to the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Rule #1 about traveling to the NYS Fair – bring comfortable shoes.ย You will be walking.ย A LOT. Rule #2 – Bring some sort of rain gear, like an umbrella.ย The skies…
Read MoreHow hanging from a ceiling by your toenails can get an award-winning photo
Some background. One of the companies for which I do freelance work is the Premier Basketball League.ย This minor league hoops circuit has teams spread throughout the eastern United States and Canada, and it just finished its second year of operation. Essentially my weekends while the PBL was in session required my driving to some…
Read MoreMy 10 favorite TV shows of 2008-09
Summer’s almost over, and I’m thinking back to the TV shows I started to watch with great anticipation, only to give up on them halfway through their broadcast runs. And other shows that I still continue to watch, whether they be intellectually stimulating or just electronic comfort food from the glass teat, as Harlan Ellison…
Read MoreChuck the Writer's blog is moving on up… to another location…
Today is moving day. I normally hate moving – I moved around as a kid so many times, as the old joke goes, my local paper was USA Today. But this is a big opportunity for me. My blog has been accepted by the Times Union to join their family of blogs. Which is a…
Read MoreReminiscing about Sunoco NFL โ72
Chuck Miller reminisces about collecting football stickers that were part of a gas station premium promotion in the 1970’s.
Read MoreMy Nikon camera: Weapons of Choice
An overview of how Chuck Miller went from a simple point-and-shoot camera to a powerhouse camera with a gallery of lenses.
Read MoreNever settle for just good enough
“Never settle for just good enough” was the mantra my high school English teacher, Roberta “Bonnie” Diefendorf, drilled into me.ย And without those words, I wouldn’t be here today. My name is Chuck Miller.ย Nice to meet you.ย For the past twenty years, I have achieved a reasonable amount of success as a writer and…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio's Hit of the Day: Blotto, "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard"
This song should have been a bigger hit than it was. I know it sounds like a goofy surf tune, but it’s a fun little track – and it could have been the first track from an Albany-based rock band to hit the national charts. As it was, it did get on a lot of…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio's Hit of the Day: Stevie Wright, "Evie"
While there are some fantastic three-minute pop songs out there, there’s also a lot of love for songs that stretch to at least seven minutes of music. “Hey Jude” – “Layla” – “Stairway to Heaven” – “American Pie” – the list goes on and on. But how about a song that clocks in at over…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio Hit of the Day: The Staccatos, "Half Past Midnight"
Today we have some sweet baroque pop from The Staccatos, a five-man band from Ottawa. “Half Past Midnight” was a Top 10 hit in Canada in 1967, and won several awards. In America, the song was released on Capitol’s subsidiary label Tower, but the song went nowhere in the States. Here’s the single version of…
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