Ten Great TV Shows…Just in Time for Spring
The Old, The New and the Just Plain Weird
With winter coming to an end and spring almost upon us, it might be prudent to invest quality time with your Netflix account (or whatever service you might use) and discover new television shows to get us through “mud season”. [...]
The Definition of Excellence: Charles Napier, 1936-2011
Remembering One of Our Greatest Character Actors
Some character actors have a distinctive presence, or a face we’ve seen a million times, where we immediately recognize them without knowing their name, and say, “Oh, yeah, it’s that guy.”
With a jaw that could stop a truck in its tracks, an endless [...]
The Lake George Monster
Georgie Lives on in the Hearts of Lake George Residents
In 1904, the third Olympic Games opened in St. Louis; there were only 45 states in the country; the leading cause of death in America was pneumonia; and in Hague, NY, the Lake George monster was created.
The story of the Lake George monster, [...]
The Great Escape, Film Review
The Great Escape: Steve McQueen, World War Two and the Scene with the Motorcycle
Based on the true story of the largest prison break in history, and starring Steve McQueen, the WWII drama The Great Escape is one of the most well-known classics of all time, yet, these days it might also [...]
An Interview with Mike D, Host of Lunkerville
Mike D on Bass Fishing and Lunkerville
For bass fishing enthusiasts, it doesn’t get any better than “Lunkerville.” Created in 2004 by independent filmmaker Mike de Avila, the program has allowed Mike to fuse his love for story telling and bass fishing into an extremely popular program. Comparatively different [...]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Film/Movie Review
A Comparison of the Planet of the Apes Films
In 1963, French author Pierre Boulle (The Bridge over the River Kwai) wrote an ingenious little novel entitled La Planète des Singes, where the protagonist, Ulysse Mérou, travels to another planet with two scientists and encounters a modern society [...]
Pete Mason Interview: Albany-based Author of PhanArt and PhanFood and Bonafide Phish Phan
By Stacey Stump
Albany-based author Pete Mason saw his first Phish show in December 1997 at what is now known as the Times Union Center. He remembers liking the music, but it wasn’t until he attended the Lemonwheel Festival the following summer that he [...]
Garfunkel and Oates
I’ll be the first to admit that most of my art and culture posts come from me doing all that I can to get away from my coursework. As I type this in my fort comprised of Jane Austen secondary criticism books, I am making no library-friends because all they see is me [...]
“Jersey Shore” Cast’s Literary Aspirations: A Shore Thing, Rules According to JWOWW, Here’s the Situation
MTV’s now infamous “Jersey Shore” franchise gets something of a bad rap. I have never been its biggest fan, as all it has done in my life is to give the world at large a new set of jokes and stereotypes to [...]
A Q&A With Leigh Whannell and James Wan, Creators of Saw and Insidious
These apparent goofballs are Leigh Whannell and James Wan, the evil masterminds behind the Saw franchise. Yes, the gentlemen who kept you up nights, wondering how far you would go in the face of imminent death and pain, or seriously thinking about taking [...]
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