A rousing start to the latest music series at the Liverpool Public Library

A week ago I had to work a few hours at the Liverpool Public Library. Shooting video of Ron Spencer and Jumpstart entertaining a standing-room-only crowd in the Carman Community Room was so much fun that I had to pull out one right here today to share with the rest of the world. That’s Mark…

Sophistafunk shares a good Real Vibration at Funk N Waffles Downtown

I never saw a Sophistafunk set where people weren’t up, out, flying about in the middle of a great time. The new album from Real Vibration the Syracuse funk and hip-hop stewmeisters keeps that vibe flowing. Jack Brown, Adam Gold and Emmanuel Washington will come together to celebrate the release of the seven-cut album recorded…

It’s a dog park, too, when no kids are there (and we bring bags)

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle adores the Children’s Playground behind the Salina Town Hall. My dear wife Karen discovered that when there are no other people present, the totally fenced-in area out back make an excellent faux Dog Park. Yes, I tucked extra supermarket plastic bags in my pocket in case. The dog likes her…

Pretty little Galeville playground

Living so close to the Town of Salina Hall can spice up the walks around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville for my dear Karen and I. Will the spot be jumping or quiet? On weekends it tends toward the latter. And so we investigated the kiddies playground tucked way in the back. There are plenty…

Edgar Pagan sounds sweet, with support from many cool friends

Edgar Pagan can make a few calls, send a couple of emails, punch out a text or three and put together a CD that stands up to anything out there in the whole, wide world. That says so much. About the man’s heart, soul and talent. What a Feeling! billed as coming from GPL (that’s…

Side by side, we paint our own twists to hang on the wall

All those folks making their own messes with paint and brush on a recent episode of Undercover Boss caught my attention. This, I told my dear wife Karen, looked like something I could get into. And so we pulled up to the Liverpool Painting with a Twist this past Saturday night, signed up and psyched…

Patriots Day strikes the right blow for heroes rising from the terror

The heroes rose immediately from amid the victims that horrible sunny April morning at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and Patriots Day does one hell of a job reminding us all about how high they had to climb from that gut punch. Director and co-writer Peter Berg brings us back to that tragic…

Two blocks down from the library, the lake is looking icy

Taking a hike to get coffee during a morning stretch this week from my job at the Liverpool Public Library, I decided to take the route two blocks past Nichols, the way so familiar to me during lunch time in the warmer months. What would Onondaga Lake look like with the stretch of brrrrr, I…

A new try with 19 Crimes

We broke into one of my presents from my dear wife Karen. She knew I enjoyed the 19 Crimes Red Blend. And so the new Banished had sat invitingly on our little rack since Christmas. Deep red the color was, meeting my tastes, which have traveled in the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Free Range Red…

Phantom Chemistry embraces the ups and downs of life in Everything’s Great

Syracuse rockers Phantom Chemistry are ready to share the good times and bad times tonight. The party to celebrate the release of full-length album No. 4 for the Syracuse rock band unwinds at Funk N Waffles in downtown’s Armory Square. Inclusive Or and Backyard Wrestling will also play. Tickets are $10 at the door. The…

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