Brian Rickman comes to us from Muscle Shoals, Alabama (yep – he's a “Roll Tide” kinda guy) but, throughout his 20+ years in the radio and music business, Brian has called many places home. Rickman started his career and path to deafness as a musician. Brian was the guitarist and primary songwriter for the grunge-era band Another Roadside Attraction. They didn't get famous (probably because their name was too long) but they did sign a record contract, had big shot managers in New York City, toured with bands that did get famous and were part of the same Midwestern scene that spawned Smashing Pumpkins and such. After life as a rock star didn't pan out, Rickman returned to the job he had in high school. At 16, he'd landed a part-time gig as a weekend DJ on his hometown radio station in Decatur, Illinois. While promoting the band, Brian became a popular guest on cheesy morning radio shows all over America (and sometimes Canada). After he took his guitars to the pawn shop, a news/talk radio station in New Jersey hired him to ramble on nonstop for many hours at a time and even proposed to pay him for this. He accepted. This began a long journey up and down the radio dial in places like New York City, both Carolinas, Los Angeles, Georgia, the aforementioned Alabama and now Texas. Brian was also the third wheel on the syndicated Mad Max Morning Show. You might have also heard him previously on Hard Drive with Lou Brutus, sparring with Eddie Trunk about which Motorhead album is the best or on countless radio commercials over the years (lots of concert commercials – he's the guy that yells at you on the radio about the Black Sabbath reunion tour coming to town). Rickman is also a published writer. He's worked as a critic for AllMusic, rock journalist for hipster websites like Consequence of Sound and Pitchfork and has published, to date, four novels (all in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre). Last year, someone even bought the movie rights for that series. What a sucker. Throughout the years, Brian has collected numerous rock and roll experiences. He was super-pals with Dimebag Darrel, was David Lee Roth's drinking buddy, once bought Dave Mustaine new socks and one time got into a shouting match with Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot back stage after a show. Before fists were thrown, the fight was stopped by Ronnie James Dio...which is pretty hilarious. Now, Rickman joins us in East Texas to play the greatest Rock ever recorded, tell funny stories and write a bunch of weird crap for you to read on the internet. Enjoy!
Brian Rickman
Online Outrage Causes A Texas Roadhouse Waitress To Lose Her Job
A Texas Roadhouse employee has been fired after sparking online outrage regarding an offensive tweet.
Megan Olson, it appears, was not tipped to her liking and took to Twitter to express her discontent with her customers:
"If we had a real life purge I would kill as many Mexicans as I could in one night #learnhowtotipyouf---ingtw---"
Her Twitter account, @MeganCjOlson, has since been de
Heat Kills Four In Texas
Texas public health officials are urging residents to take the proper precautions regarding the sweltering heat that is currently bearing down on the state.
So far, four people have died in the state due to heat related illnesses. Parts of Texas have seen 16 consecutive days of 100 degree plus temperatures and triple digit temps will strike East Texas beginning today (7/21/16) and continuing thr
Rejected Texas License Plates Since January 2016
The Texas Department of Transportation would like you to know that they do have a sense of humor.
However, certain plates - well, they just can't allow.
Since January of this year, the TX-DMV has rejected around 870 plates because of offensive or questionable language - or because the plates are deceptive ("Mayor", "FBI", etc)...
Texas Radio Bloggers Discover Bizarre ‘Beacon of Hate’
"TAKE ALL THE WIFES FROM THE PORN AND RELIGIONS CAMELS U TOOK MINE FOR 15 YEARS!"
"AMERICANS ARE F***ERS KILL THEM ALL OFF FOR REAL!"
There is something in the radio world called "DX'ing". Essentially, this hobby entails listening to various radio and television signals (usually via shortwave) and attempting to locate and identify the broadcaster...
Solved! The Mystery of The Phantom Record
For three weeks in the Summer of 1979, a song called 'Ready N Steady' by a band named D.A. charted on the Billboard charts. It never peaked higher than #102. Then, it vanished. Never to heard from again.
That's not entirely unusual, of course...
[WATCH] Dallas Guy Flies Off A Water Slide In Austin
A Dallas guy is seriously re-thinking hitting the water attractions in the future after he flew off an Austin area private slide over the weekend.
David Salmon posted a slow-motion video on Monday morning that recounts his trip to Lake Travis...
Navigating Dallas In A World of Social Media Warriors
“Years of love have been forgot in the hatred of a minute.” - Edgar Allan Poe
All blacks aren’t criminals. All Muslims aren’t terrorists. All white cops aren’t racist killers.
Following the events in Dallas last night, and the alarming series of shootings that preceded the massacre, it is helpful to take a breath and remind ourselves of these simple truths...
RECAP: Moment By Moment in Dallas 7/7/2016
According to KLTV, the death toll from last night’s incident has risen to five officers, with a total of 12 officers shot.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown at a press conference stated that they have multiple suspects they are pursuing, though one of the suspects was killed after a standoff with officers Thursday night...
Schlitterbahn Says The Park Is Safe Despite Viral Facebook Post
Yesterday (6/28/16), a Texas Mom posted on Facebook that her kids were suffering from a nasty Staph infection following a visit to the Galveston Schlitterbahn water park.
The post quickly went viral and, at the time of this writing, has been shared over 88,000 times on social media...
Woman In ‘Pride’ T-Shirt Threatens A Texas Mosque
A member of a Fort Worth mosque contacted police on Sunday to report a threat from a woman wearing a 'pride' t-shirt. According to the police log, the caller contacted authorities after a woman in an SUV shouted for members of the mosque to "get out of America" and that someone would be coming back to kill them...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Deletes Tweet Regarding Orlando Shooting Following Twitter Outrage
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has deleted a tweet that he published hours after what authorities have declared the worst mass shooting in American history.
At 7am this morning, Patrick posted an image bearing Galatians 6:7. The verse reads, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked...
Why Is East Texas Home To So Many Patent Trolls?
Are you familiar with the term "patent troll"?
It's a pejorative phrase used to describe a person or company that issues frivolous lawsuits against other companies for violating patent laws. In the broadest terms, you may think that litigation such as this is not only valid but just...