The World's Mud with a Local Spin
Buffalo, NY—Recently, local author P.A. Kane came across a YouTube video of former Columbia Records A&R executive Ellen Ziffren discussing her time in the studio with Bob Dylan during the …
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Buffalo, NY—Leon Czolgosz (CHOL-gosh) was not the Ohio native of Polish descent who came to Buffalo and stole all the beer at the Dyngus Day Parade. He didn’t slap the …
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Responding negatively to a Facebook post, Malinda Malinchowski of Kaisertown and Michael McSlappy of South Buffalo have found love and companionship in their mutual hatred of Dave Eggers’ memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which was both a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
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Buffalo, NY—Intuition Robotics, an Israeli startup, has developed a tabletop robot designed to combat loneliness and social isolation. The device is called ElliQ, and it looks much like a small …
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Amherst, NY—Daphne Drooper, a forty-three-year-old Dental Hygienist, is out of touch with her husband Derek. There were times she an Derek were very in tune with each other, times when …
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Buffalo, NY—Are you a stranger in your own life? Are you lacking inspiration? Do you feel like the rug has been pulled out on you by an endless news cycle, …
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Sloan, NY—This will be the fourth Dyngus Day behind the timber at Stachu’s Stumble Inn in Sloan for twenty-five-year-old Zelda Kowalski, While each post-Lenten celebration has a unique flavor, what …
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West Seneca, NY—Dr. P.F. Pandingham, formerly a Classics and Poetry Professor at SUNY Geneseo, is struggling to hide his intellectual past, which keeps rearing its overeducated head in his new …
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Snyder, NY—Billy Bob Buttonbottom, or as he refers to himself these days, William Robert Buttonbottom of Snyder is trying to hide his redneck past. Despite an advanced degree in chemical …
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Buffalo, NY—Charlie Coogan, a fortyish part-time bartender at Costello’s Pub in the Valley, is bracing for a weekend of lame Irish revelers endlessly hitting on her. Coogan already gets a …
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