If a picture is worth a thousand words, than this particular blog post has 5,000+ words. Just some funny images I ran across. People are crazy everywhere, not just at the Shamokin-Coal Township Wal-Mart. And I just keep thinking that the people below REALLY posed for the picture like that. Seriously? That has to be [...]

As co-author of this blog I need to make it known to our readers that we never meant to—or mean to—disparage the city of Shamokin with our articles. We’re merely here to inject a bit of satire into what can sometimes be a gloomy communal outlook. In all honesty, I think there’s a chance for [...]

There are many ways for other people outside of the Coal Region to convey themselves. We most likely will understand what they are talking about, but they may not understand US. This is because we speak with what is known as “colloquialisms,” which are familiar ways of speaking or writing that may not be understood [...]

I can now officially confirm that the mysterious pajama-wearing craze in Shamokin and the greater coal region has now hit Turkey Hill. First Wal-Mart, and now a store just a fraction of it’s size. If I see somebody in pajamas at Puff’s, the Shamokin retail market will pretty much be packed with pajamas. Overflowing with [...]

(We at the Biz are proud to have our very first “guest post” written by former Coal Region resident KG, all about our beloved downtown Coney Island Restaurant!) Traveling to Green Bay sucks. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice place with extremely friendly people, but you can never get there directly. You always end [...]

PLEASE read disclaimer again because I do not want to get sued nor am I positive if these places are still in existence. #1 Excelsior Water Dam — While heading off route 125 N before the turn for the Fire Tower, you make a left onto an unpaved, yet surprisingly smooth dirt road. This fact [...]

Has anyone else noticed the great preponderance of dead deer looking up at us quite deathly from the very pages of our evil corporate rival The News-Item? What in God’s Green Earth is so great about killing an animal that it merits a picture and a congratulations below to the hunter (or huntress!) in the [...]

So much has already been written on this subject, mostly by our evil corporate rival The News-Item in their Sound Off column, commented on by folks all over the region and moderated by that guy named Frog. But I had yet to witness this spectacle in all its glory—people proudly wearing their PJs to Wal-Mart—en [...]

For many years, Shamokinites could count on a large piece of Styrofoam, spray painted a charcoal gray, to descend upon our small city amid countdown shouts for the new year.

The Shamokin Coal Drop.

This is our “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” minus the Dick Clark of yore. There is no necessity to travel to NYC, we could do the same in our town, just no Dick Clark or (YIKES!) Ryan Seacrest.

There were still shouts of glee and horrific (if I may say so) dancing of revelers beneath their Styrofoam icon this year. However, no one that is a true fan of our small town tradition would ever make fun of these happy-go-lucky (yet most likely drunk or high) people, would they?

All comments welcome. I’d love to hear what ya’ll have been listening to most this year.

The albums below most likely have the most plays in my iTunes, though I didn’t actually check. You just kinda know.

Like when you know every single lyric on the album, or something like that.

There were a LOT of good records released this year, so many not on this list. But I believe there are some brilliant ones below.