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Vote for “Rock Bottom” in the Austin Chronicle Sound Wars

June 8, 2009

I’ve moved up to round two in the Austin Chronicle “Sound Wars” for my heart felt little love song, “I Knew I’d Hit Rock Bottom (When I Woke Up, On Top of You)” I did this without asking anyone to vote or pepper the poll in any way. However, now it’s time to [...]

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Radio: Free, Simple and 24-7

June 5, 2009

This morning, like pretty much every morning, I was noodling the web as usual looking for the latest radio news from around the Globe. Since RadioNX covers all the radio news, from across the world and around the corner (I feel like one of those old-timey news jingles should be playing in the background), I [...]

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Radio & Records Closes Shop

June 3, 2009

The radio broadcasting industry trade that set the standard for over three decades, Radio & Records, ceases operation on Friday. It is indeed the end of an era. For those in the radio broadcasting industry Radio & Records was much more than just bathroom reading material. It was the source for radio rumors, news along [...]

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Radio… Listen or We Will Shoot This Dog!

April 20, 2009

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Explain this to me… How do you ‘Rent A Tire’??!

April 6, 2009

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Pictures from WSHE Miami

February 24, 2009

A couple of Facebook friends posted a few pictures from WHSE.

Let’s see if I can remember everyone. Top row from Left:
Joe St Peter, Skip Herman, John Ford, Neil Mirsky, Nina Joy, Drew Mellow
Bottom Row:
Sonny Fox, Nancy G, Ron Hersey, Kim Alexander, Mark Roden
Hey I did it. Here’s a very scary one:

That’s David Ross (I think) [...]

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Yesterday’s Bloodbath at Clear Channel

January 21, 2009

My sympathies to all who lost their gigs yesterday following the great inaugural day bloodletting at Clear Channel. Here’s the audio short version of the Clear Channel memo:
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Where did Tom Daschle Get Those Groovy Glasses.

November 20, 2008

Didn’t anyone ever tell him that there is nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster!
Pathetic mp3… [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

clipped from www.theweek.com

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Your government in action on election day.

November 4, 2008

Your government in action on election day.
Originally uploaded by spootiespoothead

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Cocoanuts

October 30, 2008

Cocoanuts
Originally uploaded by spootiespoothead

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An Aircheck from KTSA San Antonio

September 23, 2008

Here’s a quick aircheck of some fill-in work I did with Karen Kay on KTSA San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. Edited out the breaks, no editing of the show. It was fun. KTSA is a great station!
5-6 pm 8/12/08
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
4-5 pm 8/12/08
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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