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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 […]
Jukebox. Buckingham Nicks On a billboard near Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, an image shown of the album Buckingham Nicks, the album of Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks put out before they joined Fleetwood. The band is celebrating their fiftieth anniversary soon, and this album may be reissued. For those hoping for […]
By Mike Stampalia. 60 years ago: Carlos Montoya @ Berkshire Music Barn The suddenness of Montoya’s thematic changes, the unannounced illogical changes of volume, direction and speed may be appropriate accompaniment for an arched-back, whirling, heel-stamping flamenco dancer, but in the music they fill us with frustration and confusion. – R.C.H for the Morning […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, July 25th Phish, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7:30pm Join us at Universal Preservation Hall for a summer filled with music and rock and roll! Strengthen your skills, learn new techniques and jam out with talented musicians from the Capital Region in our exciting two-week program. Participate in workshops covering everything from […]
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