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Today I learned my daughter has reached "Please don't shout Beastie Boys lyrics while you're dropping me off for school, because it's embarrassing" age. Here I am, sharing wisdom about rhymin' & stealin' and showing my support for the right to party, and all I get are eye-rolls. Kids these days.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 29/09/2026

Just bought tickets to my high school class reunion. So it's time to start learning how to sound like a brilliant neurosurgeon who races F1 cars on weekends, I guess.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 29/09/2026

I was present for this historic moment and it was every bit as epic as his expression suggests, I assure you.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 28/09/2026

This game appeals to me on so many levels and I desperately need to play it. This haunted library needs organizing!

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 27/09/2026

THIS. 100%. You know what to do, midterm candidates.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 27/09/2026

19yo violin prodigy Amaryn Olmeda opens Albany Symphony's new season next weekend. Confession: I was not considered a "prodigy" in anything at 19yo. I was pretty good at sleeping in on Saturdays & playing "Tekken 2." Music writer Jim Shahen has a wonderful interview w/ Amaryn. Read it here:

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Meet Amaryn Olmeda, the teenage violinist headlining Albany Symphony's opening concert

Violinist Amaryn Olmeda makes her Capital Region debut as Albany Symphony opens its 2026-27 season with Korngold, Respighi and Rossini.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 26/09/2026

Celebrating the 'Squatch in upstate NY! #sasquatch #bigfoot

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 23/09/2026

It's not every day Schodack gets a mention in a Hollywood film, but here we are... 2017's "Killing Gunther" has Cobie Smulders' character operating an erotic clay shop in upstate NY named "Hey Claydies!" (FWIW, I checked, and there is currently no erotic clay shop named "Hey Claydies" in Schodack.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 22/09/2026

Great position, great team, great company... Come work with me!

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 22/09/2026

Fresh off touring with Steve Martin & Martin Short, and performing with Boyz II Men (!), bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers heads to The Egg. Read all about it! (And now I'm imagining what a collaboration between ALL of these people would be like, and it's kind of amazing.)

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Sans Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers bring evolving bluegrass sound back to Albany

Ahead of Egg concert, Steep Canyon Rangers discuss their evolving sound, celebrity collaborations and new album.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 22/09/2026

I *loved* Krull back in the day and still have a nostalgic fondness for it, but honestly, this poster is waaaaaaaaaay cooler than the actual movie. #filmsky

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 21/09/2026

"You wanna hear a story about how me and this b---- here fell out?"

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 21/09/2026

It's only a matter of time until we learn that it was built on top of a burial ground, right? That's the only twist left in this story. Silver lining: It could get spontaneously warped into the nether-realm, thereby avoiding a taxpayer-funded demolition.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 19/09/2026

Another Halloween, another new addition to the family. Welcome, Bones McCoy! (And yes, another doctor!)

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 19/09/2026

If any of those coastal town locations looked familiar in "Best Medicine," a show set in a fishing village in Maine, you're not going crazy (at least, not about *this*). It was filmed all around NY's Hudson Valley (in Newburgh, Cornwall, etc). Read all about it here: #TV

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How ‘Best Medicine’ used Hudson Valley locations to set a story in coastal Maine

New York towns doubled as coastal Maine in Fox’s “Best Medicine,” returning Sept. 20 for Season 2.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 19/09/2026

If you're around Hamden, CT, stop by for this today! Max is awesome. (And I'd say that even if I wasn't cited in one of his books.) #Booksky #Dune

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Update: The actual amount of the settlement is far, for more than $10M. It is ... $24M ... paid for by state taxpayers like the person typing this and many of the people reading it. I can't name a larger sum for a settlement in this kind of case.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 18/09/2026

If you missed David Byrne at SPAC (like I did - sigh), you apparently missed something special. Cheers to Jim, our music writer, for sharing his thoughts on the gloriously quirky spectacle of it all.

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Review: David Byrne turns SPAC into a living work of art With Talking Heads favorites and visual spectacle

Talking Heads legend David Byrne delivered one of the year's most ambitious concerts to the Saratoga audience.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 18/09/2026

30 minutes into Week 2, and I'm already sick of hearing about Josh Allen and Buffalo's new stadium. It's going to be a long season. #NFL

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 17/09/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed this story. The description below sums it up really well, too. If you're looking for a creepy-cool read to get you into the Halloween spirit...

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 16/09/2026

WFF lineup thoughts: I don't need a 4hr film to know Elon Musk is terrible, but "Wild Horse Nine," "Wicker," and "I Play Rocky" have my interest (and then some). Also, the doc revealing the Nazi breeding experiments at the Catskill Game Farm feels like an entertaining sort of fever dream. #filmsky

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Woodstock Film Festival to feature Jesse Eisenberg film, ‘Musk’ documentary, ‘I Play Rocky,’ star guests

Festival to include “Musk” documentary, “Wild Horse Nine,” “I Play Rocky” and “Ink,” a Catherine Hardwicke panel, and Amanda Seyfried, Paul Rudd and other guests.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 16/09/2026

Missed the deadline to contribute to this one, but if I did, I would've written about how mandatory reading of Jean Craighead George's "My Side of the Mountain" inspired me to spend hours in the woods w/ my dog near my home, building ramshackle shelters & whittling things w/ a pocket knife.

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Book Swap: The school books we loved — and the ones we didn’t

Times staffers, guests and readers to share their memories (good or bad) of books from their school days.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 16/09/2026

Long after human civilization falls, the Central Warehouse will stand. Inevitable. Unmoving. Indifferent to our aspirations and machinations. It stands.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 09/09/2026

Sometimes you just know your correspondence with a writer about a story they're working on is going to get you flagged for questionable activities on the company account. Recent example: My chain of emails about this one with the subject line "Butthole film".

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Butthole Surfers documentary brings band’s chaotic, influential legacy to Saugerties with director Q&A

Rare footage, as well as Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins and Gibby Haynes, feature in Tom Stern’s revealing film.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

RIP Gloria Steinem. The world has lost a true pioneer and force for women rights,,, my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and team. Public Enemy will be forever grateful for her blessing and support of our track SHE GOT GAME. open.spotify.com/album/0BG4L6...

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She Got Game - Single by Public Enemy | Spotify

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 30/08/2026

First invitational backyard movie screening was a bloody success! Watching "Jaws" from the pool really is an immersive experience, complete with a floating bar and a "sharkcuterie" board created by @jess-on-ice.com . A great first run for the outdoor setup.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 27/08/2026

As someone who has watched "The Transformers: The Movie" on my birthday weekend nearly every year of my life and quotes Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime more than any other fictional character in existence, this one hurts. A lot. 'Til all are one.

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 25/08/2026

I'd worry that this is what happens when I listen to "Jolene" on my way to work, but I listen to "Jolene" on my way to work pretty often. Nevertheless, we pulled this review of Dolly's 2004 show here in Albany, NY, out of the @timesunion.com archives:

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From the archives: Dolly Parton's 2004 Pepsi Arena show

The review was titled, “Parton a real pleaser for fans at the Pepsi.”

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Rick Marshall @rickmarshall.com · 23/08/2026

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, a few Spider-Man appreciation photos. He's a great guy, that Spider-Man.

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