TalkRadio-MaXXing

Rewind/Re-cap Sunday's Edition of the Dave Lucas Pop-Up Talk Radio Show

Jun 15, 2026

You missed a good one! The star of the show phoned in during Hour Number Two: Alexandra Fasulo. We spoke of the evils of solar panels & power, the damage they’re doing to the environment (not to mention our electric bills). And what YOU can do about it, besides attending any/all meetings in your local area regarding solar!

We talked about how sports has dominated the headlines over the past week, from the Belmont Stakes to the NBA Championship to World Cup Soccer.

We revisited Albany County’s proposed youth crime law. Some city of Albany residents agree with me that it is ridiculous to create a county law that would punish parents for things their children do. Here’s a Facebook post by Albany Activist Marlon Anderson:

Our social media tease for the show took center stage at one point: “What do the Albany bus station, UFOs, Sonny & Cher, the great Northeast power blackout, Jimi Hendrix and Jack Chatham have in common?” The answer: all were fodder for conversation during the broadcast.

During the week, listening in the car to talk1300, I heard Jack Chatham use Sonny & Cher‘s “Baby Don’t Go” as bumper music during his program. That brought back a flood of memories about the big northeast power blackout in the 60s, the only radio station that remained on the air for the entire northeastern USA was WTRY in Troy, which had an emergency backup generator. No other station was able to stay on the air. None of the 50,000 watt “blow torches” that broadcast around these parts at the time.

There also had been a rumor circulating that Jimi Hendrix had heard the song “Hey Joe” while he was in the Capital Region area backing up the Ronettes in concert so we checked on the timeline and put that notion to rest:

Folk-rock singer Tim Rose’s slow, bluesy rendition of “Hey Joe” peaked at #1 on the WTRY 980 “Big Sound Survey” during the week of November 11, 1966. The track became a regional hit on East Coast and West Coast radio stations

Earlier in the year, the Ronettes performed at Union College’s Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, New York, on February 26, 1966, with Hendrix playing in the backing band.

Yes, Tim Rose absolutely inspired Hendrix’s iconic rendition of “Hey Joe”. While folk singer Billy Roberts wrote the song, Hendrix based his signature, slowed-down bluesy arrangement directly on Tim Rose’s 45 single, which Hendrix is said to have heard at a New York City Café in Greenwich Village, not on the radio when he was in the Albany Schenectady Troy area.

A tiny home village could be coming to the city of Albany to house homeless people:

A delegation of elected officials, housing professionals, service providers, and community stakeholders from Albany and Schenectady visited Burlington’s Elmwood Community Shelter on Friday, June 5th, to examine a nationally recognized non-congregate housing model designed to support individuals experiencing homelessness while connecting residents to permanent housing and supportive services.

The visit was led by Albany Chief City Auditor Sam Fein and Schenectady City Council President Carl Williams, and included representatives from local government, homeless service organizations, housing advocates, and community stakeholders from across the Capital Region.

We spoke with Sam about what this could potentially mean for the city of Albany:

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During the visit, Sam says participants toured a 30-unit micro-community, met with residents and staff, and received briefings from Champlain Housing Trust and the City of Burlington’s Community and Economic Development Office regarding the shelter’s development, operations, funding structure, neighborhood engagement efforts, and housing outcomes.

Elmwood Community Shelter consists of individual prefabricated tiny homes manufactured by Pallet, located on a city-owned lot in downtown Burlington. Each resident has a private, climate-controlled living space equipped with electricity, heating and cooling, storage, and personal furnishings. The micro-community also includes shared hygiene facilities, laundry services, meals, and case management offices.

The Albany County Legislature in 2025 passed a local law that creates a partial property tax exemption for people who build ADUs. The Albany Common Council approved the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance the same year.

The other large local headline: Albany residents pushed back against building an intercity bus terminal, big time! The story got wings when Albany County Executive Dan McCoy phoned in to talk1300’s Paul Vandenburgh show.

County legislator Dannielle Hille has been carrying the torch for the neighborhood - she helped encourage South End residents to stand up to county government! According to Spectrum News, the Advance Albany County Alliance held the meeting to gather feedback on design, retail options and outdoor gathering space for the proposed site. But for many South End residents, the bigger issue wasn’t aesthetics — it was whether the location should be considered at all.

The roughly $7 million project remains in limbo for now... and it has electrified Dannielle to run a write-in campaign to keep her appointed seat on the County Legislature. She spoke out on Facebook:

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