Month: June 2025
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40 years ago (1985): Bryan Adams / Fiona @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center Adams had a crowd of 18,234 young fans all to himself. He didn’t let them go until he’d delivered all of his hits and a full dose of songs from “Reckless,” his current LP, in a performance that stretched into five encores […]
Taking to the Streets – Lansingburgh Memorial Day Parade w/Ginger Geezus – by Matty D. I can’t remember the last time I was part of a Holiday Parade, or if I ever was. Perhaps in Cub Scouts. I don’t remember those type of things in Clifton Park where I grew up, although they may have […]
Accidental Dose Makes Good – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. One of the things about living in the roaring ‘20s is that recreational drugs are getting a close look. Recreational cannabis is legal in many states, and hallucinogens like psilocybin are being studies for their affects on depression and other […]
World music legends the Gipsy Kings got the Egg crowd dancing and singing on a Monday night. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from the Egg …
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr 10 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. Ernest sat in the green room with his palms making out with his knees. His eyes made time with the brick face of the outer wall and the bare sheet-rock inner walls. The fluorescent overhead bulb strobed out in a rust-edged […]
Words and Photography by Penny Piper. On Thursday, June 12, the Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls opened its doors to a different kind of crowd—fans of indie horror, local film buffs, and familiar 518 faces all gathered for the premiere of “American Psychopath,” the newest creation from musician-turned-filmmaker Frank Palangi. The film, produced by Palangi […]
On June 27, 28, 29 & 7/4, 7/5, 7/6/2025 at the Strand Theatre, Broadway Upstate presents “Green Day’s American Idiot”! Director: Nicole McDonald, Musical Director: Ben Rowley, Assistant Musical Director: Catherine Hayes, and Choreographer: Rachel Seebode. American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green […]
Friday, June 27, 8 pm SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (June 17, 2025) — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces An Evening with Poets in a field of bloom and hum on Friday, June 27, at 8 pm. Presented in collaboration with the New York State Summer Writers Institute, the evening […]
By Mike Stampalia 50 years ago (1975): Lynyrd Skynyrd / Wet Willie / Atlantis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center The group came back for an encore and, with some help from Wet Willie’s Jimmy Hall, did Jimmy Rogers’ 1920 song “T for Texas,” a song that seemed to be 50 years ahead of its time. […]
Christian Portwine – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: Every artist’s first song is a milestone. But so is the latest song. Describe the first song/album you recorded, and also the latest song/album you recorded; what are the differences? CP: My first song was written on a Rockford piano in Rockford, […]
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