Imagine…

July 19th, 2014
Affirmative

Affirmative

What if Mayor Miner reached out to President Obama and expressed interest in housing unaccompanied immigrant children awaiting deportation in our city. What do you think people would  say? How would they react?

Here is a visual interpretation of the debate that occurred on the corner of Court Street and Grant Avenue on Friday afternoon.

We anticipate a lively discussion of this issue when George Kilpatrick hosts the drive time slot on 570 WSYR next week.

Negative

Negative

Affirmative

Affirmative

Negative

Negative

Affirmative

Affirmative

Big Poppa (of the Blues)

July 19th, 2014
Poppa Chubby did a guitar clinic at Upstairs at the Dino on Friday afternoon. He also talked about his early career in Chicago and playing with legends such as Buddy Guy and Magic Slim and Johnny Winter.

Poppa Chubby did a guitar clinic at Upstairs at the Dino on Friday afternoon. He played a few licks and also talked about his early career in Chicago vibing with legends such as Buddy Guy, Magic Slim and Johnny Winter. Chubby played the main stage last night at the NYS Blues Festival in Clinton Square.

Street gaze (part 27): Splash of Color

July 19th, 2014
Activist, Grant Avenue and Court Street

Activist, Grant Avenue and Court Street

Hot Wheels

July 18th, 2014
Pep Boys

Calling all car lovers

A Syracuse Nationals preview (from the Holiday Inn Electronics Parkway).

Cuse Car: 1950 Chevy

‘Cuse Car: 1950 Chevy

Always bet on black: 1953 Caddy

Always bet on black: 1953 Caddy from Canada.

Forecast: Chance of the Blues

July 17th, 2014
Sunny with a chance of the Blues: Bruce plays harmonica in the Bone Yard with the Double Barrel Blues Band Thursday evening to kick off the NYS Blues Fest

Warm Up: Bruce made his harmonica moan in the Bone Yard Thursday evening while sitting in with the Double Barrel Blues Band. The show was an unofficial kick-off for the NYS Blues Fest.

Throwback Thursday: Chic Meets Street

July 17th, 2014
Model, designer, producer, LaKisa Renee participated in an outdoor fashion show downtown

Model, designer, producer, LaKisa Renee participated in an outdoor fashion show downtown

Street gaze (part 27)

July 16th, 2014
Bike Lane, University Avenue

Bike Lane, University Avenue

Lite Refreshments

July 15th, 2014
Light Protection, Connective Corridor

Light Protection, Connective Corridor

Sack Full of Dreams

July 14th, 2014
Raul Midon at the 2014 Syracuse Jazz Festival

Raul Midon at the 2014 Syracuse Jazz Festival

We are starting our 2015 wish list early.

Hopefully singer,songwriter and composer Raul Midon gets invited back to Syracuse soon.  He put on a great show Saturday as a soulful one-man sound machine, but we think to fully appreciate the complexities of his talents and the nuance of his genius, he should to be featured in the Legends of Jazz Series at OCC.

Week in Review: Second Line

July 14th, 2014


In case you missed it…Trombone Shorty nearly blew a hole in the ozone layer above Onondaga Hill.

His marathon performance on Friday at Syracuse Jazz Fest capped off a mini-tribute to New Orleans. If you closed your eyes, you could feel yourself walking along Bourbon Street, and if you listened close, you could almost taste the gumbo cooking in the kitchen.