Category: Mighty Fine Arts

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    Remembering Dallas When It Was Dallas

    All right. So I opened up a can of worms when I posted about Dallas radio back in the day. Seems friend Scot Duke and I may have habited some of the same haunts. My radio story plus last Friday’s Stevie Ray Vaughn funkishness post prompted this outstanding story from Scot in reply: Since we […]

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    Friday Funkishness

    Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood Duke got me to thinking about Dallas when it was Dallas this week and this video brings back some memories of a different Dallas. It was the mid-80’s – Dallas had shed the image of being the City That Killed JFK ™ and was on it’s way to becoming […]

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    Funkishness Delayed

    Tracy Chapman & BB King – The Thrill Is Gone This should have been posted last Friday along with the disappointing poofage that was the Dallas Mavericks first round playoff exit. YouTube and Friday Funkishness delayed. The thrill is gone indeed.

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    Sometimes Change Is Contagious

    Been blogging a bit over the past couple of weeks on the format changes at 92.5 – KZPS. ClearChannel has gone from a straight Classic Rock format to a “Texas Music” format with a mix of Southern Rock, rockabilly, and Outlaw Country. You can read those articles here, here, and here. Noticed an odd thing […]