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30 years ago: Queensryche / Type O Negative @ Knickerbocker Arena The plot line revolved around the lead character, Nicky (portrayed by Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate), who was involved in some vague journey of self-discovery. Or was it about the tug of war between career success and personal satisfaction? Or maybe it all boiled down […]
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony Destroys 20% of Cancer Cells https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4960344/ Korean Scientists Discover a Way to Make Cheap Hydrogen https://fuelcellsworks.com/2025/03/06/hydrogen/efficient-hydrogen-production-using-non-noble-metal-cofe-based-ammonia-decomposition-catalyst Japan Invents Plastic that Dissolves Harmlessly in the Ocean https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scientists-japan-develop-plastic-that-dissolves-seawater-within-hours-2025-06-04/
image: James Taylor on SPAC stage (July 20, 1975) – photo from the Saratogian By Mike Stampalia. 50 years ago: James Taylor / Emmylou Harris @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center “Gorilla,” “Walking Man,” “Down in Mexico,” and an almost angry version of “Steamroller” balanced the softer songs which are Taylor’s alone. Guitarist Danny Kootch […]
By Mike Stampalia. 50 years ago: Joan Baez / Hoyt Axton @ Music Inn The songs did not seem to come from an organized program, but appeared to be decided spontaneously. She sang the haunting “Long Black Veil” and an incredibly beautiful “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and closed her set with one of Bob […]
By Mike Stampalia. Forty years ago: Tom Jones @ the Coliseum Theatre Dierks Bentley / Chase Rice / Mae Estes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center As a side note from someone who’s seen hundreds of rock concerts over the decades but is a neophyte to country shows, do country crowds, apropos of nothing, […]
image: drummer Max Roach (1955) By Mike Stampalia. 70 years ago: The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet @ Berkshire Music Barn RIGHT NOW as this is written the clicking of the typewriter sounds rather futile with the memory of Mr. Roach’s drums still beating on the occipital lobe. His drumming is the most and any […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, July 18th Dave Matthews Band, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7:30pm Dave Matthews Band has achieved remarkable success, selling a combined 38 million CDs and DVDs and more than 25 million tickets, making them the second-largest ticket seller in history. In 2024, the band reached a milestone with their induction into the […]
By Mike Stampalia. 30 years ago: Mary Chapin Carpenter / The Mavericks @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center While Carpenter offered her version of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” purr during “I Feel Lucky,” it was Raul Malo, the big-voiced frontman of opening act the Mavericks, who conjured up the ghost of the Big O. With power-house […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr 14 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. There was one mid-sized airport in the continental United States. On expansive series of corridors, one baggage claim smelling of industrial cleaner. One row of overpriced restaurants and pit stops, and one by one gate waiting areas with cushioned seats with […]
By Mike Stampalia. 50 years ago: Roberta Flack / Blood, Sweat & Tears @ Tanglewood The tears were provided by Roberta Flack, who opened her performance with one of her biggest and most melancholy hits, “Killing Me Softly.” Though Flack can belt out a gospel style tune, and sound a lot like Aretha Franklin, her […]
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