Writings by Glenn Weiser for Metroland, 
an Alternative Newsweekly in Albany, NY 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                Glenn Weiser listening to a performance at the Gottagetgone Folk Festival, 2005.

These are my writings for Metroland, an alternative newsweekly in Albany, NY. They include feature articles, news stories, opinion pieces, book, concert and CD reviews, technology columns, and historical perspectives. I'll update this list as my new pieces run. -GW   See also:
The Metroland Web site
Glenn Weiser's Homepage
Links to National / Local Liberal and Progressive Web Sites

On Music-Reviews and Other Writings-
March 20, 2008-  Concert Review - Ralph Stanely,  WAMC Stdio, 3/214/08
February 23, 2007 - Concert Review - Taj Mahal Trio, The Egg, 2/28/08
January 10, 2008 - Concert Review: Guy Davis, The Eighth Step, Schenectady, 1/4/08

December 6, 2007-Folk Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic CDs
November 21, 2007-Solid Blues-Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, 11/13/07
September 26th, 2007-Wandas's Back Pages-WAMC's Hudson River Sampler Turns 25
July 26, 2007-Concert Review: Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Ancramdale, NY, 7/18-22/07
June 28, 2007 - Concert Review: Old Songs Festival, Altamont Fairgrounds, 6/21-23/07

June 14, 2007 - Concert Review: Frank Wakefield Band, WAMC, 6/2/07
June 7, 2007 - Listen Here- The Verses of Lazarus- Marc Black and the Stroke of Genius
May 3, 2007-Listen Here-Eighth Set to Reopen in Proctor's
April 26, 2007 -Concert Review-Hassan Hakmoun and Yungchen Lhamo-Troy Music Hall, 4/21/07 March 15, 2007 -Concert Review -Highland, Heath, and Holler -Troy Music Hall, 3/10/07
February 22, 2007 - CD Review-Up Against It Now -The Whippersnappers

February 1, 2007 - Concert Review - Danny Kalb, Caffe Lena, 1/28/07
December 21, 2006 - Concert Review - Chris Smither, Cafe Lena, 12/17/06
December 7, 2006 - Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic CDs

December 7, 2006 -
Concert Review: Hot Tuna- The Egg, 12/3/06
November 22, 2006 -Concert Review - David Grisman Quintet, Troy Music Hall, 11/18/06
November 2, 2006 -The Music Issue-The Fatal Flaw

October 26, 2006 - CD Review - Under The Lemon Tree - Maria Zemantausky
October 19, 2006 - Concert Review: Del McCoury Band - The Egg, 10/14/06
September 14, 2006 - Concert Review: David Grier - WAMC Performing Arts Studio, 9/9/06
September 14, 2006 - CD Review: Moonglow on the Midway-Annie and the Hedonists
June 1, 2006-Concert Review: The New Riders of the Purple Sage - The Egg, 5/20/06
April 13, 2006-Concert Review: John Hammond Jr, - Caffe Lena, 4/7/06
March 16, 2006-Concert Review - Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne, Voorheesville, 3/10/50

March 2, 2006-Concert Review - Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Troy, NY, 
February 2, 2006-Concert Review: BB King, Albany, 1/28/06
January 5, 2006 -CD Review: Root Magic-Mark Tolstrup
December 15, 2005-Concert Review: Phil Lesh and Friends, Albany, 12/4/05
December 2005: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic CDs
September 22, 2005 - CD Review: Blue Ribbon Waltz - The Hunger Mountain Boys
August 18, 2005 - CD Review: In Your Arms Again - John Hammond
July 7, 2005 - CD Review: Caffe Lena: Historic Stages, Vol. I -Various Artists

April 7, 2005 - CD Review: Appalachian Swing! - The Kentucky Colonels
March 24, 2005 -CD Review: Acoustic - John Lennon
March 3, 2005 - CD Review: Fiddle Music of the North Country - John Kirk and Friends
Holiday Gift Guide, December 2004: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
May 13, 2004 - CD Review: Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton
Holiday Gift Guide, December 2003: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
May 22, 2003 - How to Learn 1000 Songs on Guitar in 30 Minutes
Holiday Gift Guide, December 2002: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
June 27, 2002 -CD Review: That's Big: Little Charlie and the Nightcats
April 4, 2002 - CD Review: Will the Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Holiday Gift Guide -December 2000: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
Holiday Gift Guide - December 1999: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
Holiday Gift Guide -December 1998: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs
Holiday Gift Guide -December 1997: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, and Celtic music CDs

News and Politics-
April 28, 2005-We Don't Need No Stinkin' Scientists-Stem Cell bills in New York
April 13. 2005 -Say What? Outrageous Ideas Issue
October 24, 2004 -What Does Bush Believe-The President and Apocalyptic Christianity
Online historical sidebar to What Does Bush Believe?--Revelation, Futurism, and Dispensationalism
September 2, 2004 - Talk to the Feds: The FBI questions anti-Bush protesters
June 24, 2004 - Line? What Line? Separation of church and state issues flare up
April 8, 2004 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Be: Gay federal workers told they could be fired
March 18, 2004 - Doing Right for Unclear Reasons: New York pulls out of MATRIX
February 12, 2004 -Spy, Sy, Again: the MATRIX Database
January 15, 2004 - Lies-and the Lying Hypocrites Who Leave Them on Their Web Sites
December 18, 2003 - With Us, or Watched By Us: The FBI Spies on Protest Groups
September 7, 2003 - A Bigger Lie: Bush and Blair at Camp David 9-7-02
July 3, 2003 - Only God Can Give You a Head Start: Faith Based Discrimination
June 5, 2003 - Total PR Awareness: TIA Comes Back
March 6, 2003 - Patriot Games: The Sequel -The Patriot Act II
February 20, 2003 - Letter Imperfect: Mass GOP Form Letters to Newspaper Editors Exposed
January 3, 2003 - Eyes on the Prize: Blood for Oil In Iraq
December 19 -
Comin' Back at Ya: John Poindexter Gets Hacked by TIA Foes
December 5, 2002 - Somebody's Watching You: Total Information Awareness
November 14, 2002 - Lie, Inveigle, Obfuscate: the 2002 GOP Midterm Takeover
October 3, 2002 - Mr. Quandt Goes to Baghdad: an antiwar protester takes a stand
August 22, 2002 - John Ashcroft Makes Justice Dept Lawyers Sing Along
August 2002 -Operation TIPS
July 11, 2002 - Someone to Watch Over What You Read: FBI Library Searches
Dec 27, 2001 - The Gray Scare: Sen. Lieberman Criticized for Involvement in Lynne Cheney's Group
December 13, 2001 - Antiterrorist Threat: The Defending Civilization List

June 28, 2001 - Opinion - Good News, Bad News: After-school religious programs
February 12, 2001 -
A Piece of the Piety: Cults and The Faith Based Charity Plan

July 6, 2000 - Pakistan and Radiation Bombs: A New Threat?

Features and Historical Perspectives-
February 14, 2008 - The Spoils of War - The Yellow Rose and the General
June 29, 2006- Let God Sort 'Em Out-The Left Behind Video Game Bruhaha
February 9, 2006- These Swingers Don't Need Vines: How Primates Mirror Our Lusts
October 27, 2005 -Halloween Issue: My Own Ghost Story
February 10, 2005 -Toys Are Us: The History of Sex Toys
February 14, 2003 - The Imperial Itch
October 25, 2002 - Trial by Ignorance: A History of the European Witch hunts
July 11, 2002 - A Brief History of Celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church

Book Review-
December 26, 2002 - Book Review: Blues With A Feeling - The Little Walter Story,
  by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, and Ward Gaines

Technology-
February 7, 2002 - Adware
August 8, 2001 -Windows XP
April 28, 2001 The Napster Pig Latin Revolt
August 3, 2000 - Internet Cookies
Online Invasion (date uncertain)

All contents copyright Glenn Weiser. All rights reserved.

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