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Whassup in the 518 Friday, August 1st Kidz Bop Live, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7pm In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the […]
By Mike Stampalia. 20 years ago: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / The Black Crowes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center A surprise rendition of the Wilburys’ “Handle with Care,” with Campbell replicating Harrison’s silky slide-guitar lines and Thurston doing his best Orbison falsetto, sent them into a frenzy. Was this the best SPAC show […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr. 16 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The Turder wouldn’t give Ernest and crew his name, simply going to go by ‘Turder.’ He led them into a spacious den with plush seats, enough to seat all but two, Pico, who would set himself downstairs to the kitchen, and […]
By Mike Stampalia. 40 years ago: Foreigner / Joe Walsh @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center Poor Joe Walsh. He harbored none of this pretentiousness and acted as if he had just stepped out of Lake George on a Saturday. Foreigner was at least a pleasant change from Walsh’s mumbling and sloppy slide guitar riffs. […]
By Mike Stampalia. 40 years ago: Chuck Mangione @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center When Chuck Mangione played SPAC on this date, it was the 14th consecutive year he had headlined the venue. He was, from the ’70s into the ’80s, as much a SPAC fixture as Dave Matthews or Phish is now. He was […]
UbiQD Develops Clear Solar Panels Using Quantum Dot Technology https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubiqd-and-first-solar-establish-long-term-quantum-dot-supply-agreement-302500720.html Device Can Turn Seawater into Drinking Water with No Power https://news.mit.edu/2022/portable-desalination-drinking-water-0428 Scientists Create a “Living Computer” by Wiring Up Six “Mini Brains.” https://futurism.com/neoscope/mini-brains-human-tissue-living-computer
Nickopotamus – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in October 2021. RRX: Nickopotamus has a pretty diverse sound. So it’s something to let people know, because they may only hear one of your songs, and not really get a full sense of your sound. If people could only hear one song, which one […]
image: Richard and Karen Carpenter at SPAC (July 27, 1975) – photo by the Saratogian By Mike Stampalia. 50 years ago: The Carpenters / Neil Sedaka @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center And Sedaka, verteran singer-songwriter, was not about to disappoint anyone as he earned two encores and a standing ovation before the Carpenters could […]
image: setlist from Radiohead’s show at Saratoga Winners (July 26, 1995) by Mike Stampalia. 30 years ago: Radiohead @ Saratoga Winners Steve: “So what was your last gig in uh, in America?” Thom: “Oh, it was awful. (laughing)” Ed: “There’s a place called Saratoga Winners in this kind of like shack, up in ah, […]
By Mike Stampalia. 60 years ago: The Dave Clark Five @ RPI Fieldhouse 40 years ago: Barry Manilow @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center The show, however, is over-choreographed and leaves not a moment for any spontaneity from a singer who happens to have a good personality and should be given more freedom to […]
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