Oldsmobile’s full-sized cars came in a multitude of varities, with one thing in common: they were big. And not a heck of a lot different from a Buick. But, back when this 1963 Olds Super 88 was new, there were Olds buyers and there were Buick buyers. Sales numbers between the two were similar even [...]

Want to occupy? #Occupy Pyongyang. #Occupy Kim Il Sung Square. #Occupy Juche Tower. Now, a 28 year-old product of a Swiss boarding school is in charge of a dangerous, mercurial nuclear power with a disproportionately large army. Time will tell whether he’s an agent of change, or if the system is so tightly controlled that [...]

“I See a River, It’s Oceans That I Want” by CamWall via the AV Photo Daily Flickr group.

A short while back we showed you a Studebaker Lark perched on Hertel Avenue. If you’ve ever seen it there, odds are you’ve also seen this early 1940s Chevy pickup parked nearby. Probably a 1941 or so, it looks to be in remarkably good shape, and apparently is still being used for the garage business [...]

“Lafayette June 16″ by Flickr user ReUse Action at the AV Photo Daily Flickr Group.

I almost bought one of these in 1979 when I was living in Florida, as my ’78 VW Scirocco had no a/c (I bought it up here before moving to Jacksonville); then I realized that: a) I’d get murdered on trade-in value for a car without air; and b) I hated living there so much [...]

There is a persistent rumor floating around about an upcoming vote for Chairman of the Zone Chair’s Association of the City of Buffalo. But unlike most election rumors that center on candidates, this rumor focuses primarily on whether or not there is going to be an election, period. Jeremy Zellner at Erie County Democratic Headquarters [...]

You be the judge.  

Local shepherds, innkeepers, little drummer boys, and wise men from distant lands, as well as members of the local honky tonk community are praising tomorrow night’s (12/17, 9:30pm) performance by the Steam Donkeys at the Sportsmen’s Tavern as a window into the true meaning of Christmas. The quartet—a globally recognized think-tank on issues relating to [...]

The Western New York Food Truck Association, which is the unified voice of Buffalo’s food trucks, is still waiting for the City of Buffalo to draft, debate, vote on, and pass legislation that will legalize and regulate their business and movement within city limits. Buffalo Place, the organization that is in charge of regulating business [...]

Title X, Subtitle D of the National Defense Authorization Act is neither well-considered, nor do I think it’s Constitutional – even foreigners on American soil are entitled to basic Constitutional protections. If the government uncovers an al Qaeda cell that plotting some attack on US citizens, it already has myriad tools at its disposal to [...]

Mark Byrnes, a former contributor to WNYMedia.net and current fellow at the Atlantic Cities and graduate student in publications design at the University of Baltimore posts this depressingly eye-opening article comparing the Buffalo of 1902 to the Buffalo of 2011. It’s a stark depiction of failure and loss; failure to plan, failure to adapt, failure [...]

All the news and views fit to consume during your “morning grumpy”. 1. Congressional approval is always low, no one really thinks Congress is doing a good job, right? However, history shows that while people disapprove of Congress, in general, they usually think their congressperson is doing a good job.  With Congressional approval numbers at [...]

Library Book by Flickr user Whitney Arlene. To see your image here, join the AV Photo Daily Flickr group.

Here’s a fairly nice 1968 Cadillac Sedan deVille sitting in a Niagara Falls driveway. I say fairly nice because of the paintjob. Hard to say if it’s really faded silver or gray, or if the whole thing has been primered. Other than that it’s not lookin’ too bad. I had to laugh looking at the [...]