What’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 4 2025

Good morning, you early rising blog readers. Time to get out there and enjoy the day. Of course, if you’re up this early in the morning, at least you’ve got a cup of coffee and are enjoying this Saturday morning blogroll recap. Right? Of course you are. So let’s get started. Have a great weekend,…

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K-Chuck Radio: The Musical Legacy of Terry Knight and the Pack

If I were to say to you, “name an iconic Michigan rock band from the 1960’s,” you’d probably give me the MC5 or the Stooges or Alice Cooper, and that’s fine. You might go on a deep cut and say ? and the Mysterians, or the Bob Seger System, and that’s fine as well. But…

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The Albany Patroons defeat Halifax 122-106 to advance to a three-game playoff with the NY Phoenix

Typing that headline makes me smile. The TBL’s playoff format – first-round knockout battles, then best-of-three contests to survive and advance to the TBL championship – began last night. The Albany Patroons, as the #3 seed in the North Atlantic Division, needed to win a one-game playoff against the #2 seed, the Halifax Hoopers, to…

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I can now add “operating a scoreboard” to my Bingo card.

When it comes to the Albany Patroons, I will do whatever is needed for the team, short of playing small forward. It’s a community team, you help where you can, and the reward is that the team lives on and thrives and you feel pride in your small part of the process. Sing the national…

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When It Played in Albany: March 5, 1981

There’s a specific reason why I picked this date. There’s a reason why I’m traveling back 44 years in time. But we’ll get to that in a moment. On occasion, I’ll pick a specific date in Albany’s history, and then I’ll find out what movies were playing at the local theaters and drive-ins on that…

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K-Chuck Radio: Another 10 classic pop songs you barely remember

I believe that the songs we currently call “classics” and “oldies” are only branded as such because, at one point in time, they topped the pop charts – thus, by that metric, the song should be popular forever, while a song that might have inched into the Top 20 or been a regional hit is…

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