Frank Farian passed away yesterday at the age of 82. If the name sounds vaguely familiar, you are a fan of esoteric Euro-based pop music. Frank Farian turned the dials for several dance groups, as well as a couple of major artists with worldwide chart hits. He was also the architect behind one of the craziest controversies in…
Read More“God told me to run a bitcoin swindle on my parishoners.”
I’m really, really sick of people who steal the money of others and suggest that it’s God’s will. ”Of course, the Lord works in strange and mysterious ways,” they argue. But the hypocrisy of this story just makes me want to puke. See, in the past, I’ve written about bitcoin swindle scams. The whole idea is that…
Read MoreAI still can’t properly generate hands.
So after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Buffalo Bills in last weekend’s playoffs, someone generated this AI image that purports to be Chiefs coach Andy Reid and future ex-wife of Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift – in a bit of a liplock. Awww … how sweet. I’m sure that will get everybody triggered. Especially all those…
Read MoreCaption Time: The Bird on the Perch
I’m presuming all you caption-creators can come up with a nice subtext for this image. List your best one in the comments below. Remember – keep it inventive, but keep it clean.
Read More88 Minutes in Chinatown in new online art publication!
Back in 2019, I traveled to New York City and put together a photo collage where I mixed two expired films to capture this stirring image, 88 Minutes in Chinatown. The photo did reasonably well for itself during Competition Season 2019, getting on the walls of the New York State Fair Art Center. But that was…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 20 2024
Before I start this week’s recap of the blog posts and photos from the great people on my personal blogroll, I need to let you know that I’ve removed one of the links. I’ve removed the Nippertown community art link to my page. And I didn’t do it without a lot of thought. See, last week…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 19, 2024
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreHow to spot a Facebook scammer from 20 miles away
I have two Facebook pages – my personal one, and a page dedicated to this blog. The blog FB page reprints each blog as it’s posted, so if you want to follow my blog through social media, go to this link. That being said … Over the weekend, I received this FB instant message, addressed in…
Read MoreThe Green Island Power Authority responded to my questions. All of them.
Last Saturday, the Town and Village of Green Island was plunged into darkness as a power outage struck the area. And while the neighboring towns of Cohoes and Waterford had their power restored reasonably soon, it wasn’t until nearly 4:00 in the morning when Green Islanders received their repaired electricity. GIPA had a planned Town Board…
Read MoreThe Macro Shots of the Rebellion
I have a small collection of Civil War tokens and storefronts. Nothing major – a few of the local “Straight’s Elephantine Shoe Store” tokens that feature a booted elephant on the obverse; some Benjamin & Herrick Fruit Dealer tokens, including a few “cracked die” examples; and some patriotic “Shoot Him on the Spot” tokens – including…
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