Stories
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Bat Guano – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. I’ve never grown pot, but I was a stoner for years back when you couldn’t get it at a dispensary. And inevitably I’d be in my dealer’s house, one of them anyways, and a bearded, grizzled libertarian type that I knew had […]
JESSE SAMPLE’s Freak of the Week USUALLY Airs EVERY WEDNESDAY at 6pm EASTERN. But… because of the holiday, this week’s freak will air at 8pm TONIGHT! This is Jesse Sample. What makes a band a punk bank? Or a song a punk song? Most people might consider the punk genre to be a little less […]
Runways of the Dead – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. When I lived in Troy, I lived on a hill that led up to HVCC, and as far as I was told, the end of my street fed into what was at one time a nail factory, and at one […]
Words and Photography by Stephanie J Bartik. On Sunday, December 29, the historic Cohoes Music Hall in became a portal to the 1980s, as Start Making Sense transported a sold-out crowd into the heart of a Talking Heads live experience. This Pennsylvania-based tribute band doesn’t just play Talking Heads’ music—they inhabit it, blending technical precision […]
A Bone Made of Stone – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. A man goes to the doctor complaining of knee pain. While he’s there, he tells the doc he’s got a little bit of pain in his penis (no, I’m not going to spend this entire article coming up with […]
Man Off a Cliff – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. A man calls 911 for help in the woods. He’s hanging on for dear life after falling down a cliff. He’s partially in the water and his phone’s battery in at 2%. And it was a bear that chased him […]
JESSE SAMPLE’s Freak of the Week USUALLY Airs EVERY WEDNESDAY at 6pm EASTERN. But… because of the holiday, this week’s freak will air at 8pm TONIGHT! This is Jesse Sample. What are the things that live rent-free in your head? Who are the people that dwell in the high-rise apartment buildings in the downtown of […]
Tiny Tim – Creepy? – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. His name was Herbert Butros Khaury. But you may have better known him as the falsetto voiced, ukelele-playing performer Tiny Tim. He was a one-hit wonder, proud coverer of the 1929 song “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” originally written by Al […]
The Alphabet Test – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. Interviews are tough. I’m not talking about interviewing a band or an actor; I’m talking about interviewing a prospective employee. Or maybe I should say being interviewed. It ain’t like it used to be. I won’t go into the fact that […]
Suicide Homes – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. I’ve been fortunate in my life that I’ve never lived in a flood zone. I lived on a hill that had had some mudslides, but nowhere near anyone. Biggest threat was to a driver at night hitting the straightaway street above. And […]
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