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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: March 30, 2013, 02:48:16 PM »

I'm gearing up for the annual MDA Muscle Walk at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington next Saturday. If y'all can, please make a donation by clicking on the "Make a Muscle, Make a Difference" icon in my signature. I've already did 1/2 a dozen posts on my Facebook months prior, but it seems others' news feeds are cluttered by some other stuff (in other words, got no responses).

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General Discussion / Alternative(s) to The Weather Channel

« on: March 26, 2013, 05:01:51 PM »

With the way things are currently going on The Weather Channel, has anyone here found alternatives for 24/7 weather coverage?

As for me I got the following:

 - NOAA Weather/All Hazards Weather Radio - I'm covered with 2 stations in Dallas and Fort Worth, and I got it set to where it can alert me of any severe weather in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.

 - The Local AccuWeather Channel on WFAA-TV - For regular TV viewers it's on channel 8.2. For Time Warner Cable customers: channel 371 (and also channel 8.2 for HDTVs directly connected to cable). For Charter customers: channel 101. And there's even live streaming online here. While this station may not have any smooth jazz music playing during local inserts (a rebroadcast of NOAA Weather Radio airs while they run live radar, plus local video forecasts), it's reliable enough.

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 21, 2013, 08:54:13 AM »

This morning, WFAA-TV's News 8 Daybreak has played "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by The Temptations as they're running a "Throwback Thursday" segment at the end of the broadcast...and even better, they've shown my then & now picture I've submitted.

(Screen capture courtesy of a friend who saw me as well.)

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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places

« on: March 20, 2013, 07:50:16 PM »

Recently, I heard "Touch" by Boney James on KMVK 107.5 HD2 The Oasis.

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General Discussion / Re: G4TV Ends As We Know It

« on: March 20, 2013, 07:43:41 PM »

As G4 transitions to Esquire Network, Time Warner Cable in North Texas has made the particular network on basic Channel 67 in digital only format weeks ago.

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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: March 14, 2013, 02:28:19 PM »

Skittles commercials are pretty dumb.

I love Skittles, just hate their current commercials.

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Local Forecast / Re: Create your own playlist

« on: March 01, 2013, 01:19:23 AM »

Here's my Spring I 2013 Playlist

Daytime:

On the Edge – Nick Colionne – No Limits

Every Summer Night – Pat Metheny – Letter from Home

Dawn Patrol – Patrick Yandall – Samoa Soul

Recollections – Gary Brunotte – Yesterday's Dream
Slightly Blued – Gary Brunotte – Yesterday's Dream

Black Ice – Jeff Lorber – Now is the Time
Water Sign – Jeff Lorber – Now is the Time

Pencil Packin’ Papa – Horace Silver – Pencil Packin Papa

Lake Union – Tony Gable – Tony Gable & 206
Futon Fun – Tony Gable – Tony Gable & 206

Tuesday – Spyro Gyra – Wrapped in a Dream
The Lowdown – Spyro Gyra – Wrapped in a Dream
Escape Hatch – Spyro Gyra – Fast Forward

Super Tight – Brian Hughes – Fast Train to a Quiet Place

Lady Labrynith – Phil Davis – Cape Coast

Blues a la Carte – Wayne Shorter – Introducing…
Black Diamond – Wayne Shorter – Introducing…

Fragile – David Blair Harding – Dark Desert Highway


Nighttime:

Summer Lovers – The Rippingtons – Topaz

Down in the Depths – Wayne Shorter – Introducing…

Gabrielle – Ray Obiedo – Sticks & Stones
Iemanja – Ray Obiedo – Sticks & Stones
True or False – Ray Obiedo – Sticks & Stones

Paco – Gerald Wilson – Artist Selects

Nitevision – Wayne Gerard – Outside In

Pacific Sunrise – Spyro Gyra – Freetime
A Winter Tale – Spyro Gyra – Good to Go-go

In Remembrance – Gary Brunotte – Yesterday's Dream

Rain River – Pat Metheny – Secret Story

The Slip – Tony Gable – Tony Gable & 206

Back to the Groove – Patrick Yandall – Back to the Groove
Passion Avenue – Patrick Yandall – Samoa Soul
Back in the Day – Patrick Yandall – Samoa Soul

Just Between Us – Norman Brown – Just Between Us

All Blues – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue

Almost Real – Joe Gaeta – Almost Real

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General Discussion / Re: Six Strikes Plan

« on: February 26, 2013, 07:31:18 AM »

I got a feeling this won't last long. While I don't condone piracy, what they're doing is VERY stupid, controversial, and communist.

I already signed the letter opposing such a bill.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 23, 2013, 11:30:27 PM »

Imagine, if you will, a private dinner with a perfect view of the sunset. Now imagine it all going to "you know where" in a handbasket because Cops with machine guns are involved. While this story has a happy ending, file this whole ordeal under "WHAT THE SERIOUS ?!?!?!"

Article from ''Good Morning America''

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General Discussion / Re: Songs You Love To Hate

« on: February 22, 2013, 10:10:45 AM »

Another song that made this list is A$AP Rocky's "'in Problems", At first when this popped up, I was thinking it's probably another rap song about beef between rappers. Come to find out when I was station surfing, it deals with an addiction to sexy women (I'm just gonna leave it at that).

Part of me wants to like it because of the dope beat it has on there, but a part of me already hates it due to the obvious lyrical content.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: February 20, 2013, 07:41:17 PM »

The radio version.

Crystal's or CiCi's Pizza?

Since Crystal's closed its doors in Irving...CiCi's Pizza. Though the staff of Crystal's did redeem themselves on the pizza on the weekend of their closure.

Vacationing in Los Angeles or San Diego?

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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: February 19, 2013, 01:30:08 AM »

Another commercial I now loathe is the latest AutoNation spot. I get it, they're trying to get the word out that our local Bankston Autos in Dallas/Fort Worth is now AutoNation, but it's been (over)played on my local TV stations almost every commercial break. And why are they using a "Ghostbusters" theme?!

Bankston is now AutoNation!

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General Discussion / Re: Bogus EAS "Dead Bodies" Message Tramsmitted

« on: February 11, 2013, 09:11:30 PM »

Here's the video of the so-called EAS Zombie Alert

TV Station's Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns of Montana Zombie Apocalypse

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General Discussion / Bogus EAS "Dead Bodies" Message Tramsmitted

« on: February 11, 2013, 06:55:19 PM »

Apparently, someone in Montana was bored to death and decided to recreate a "Walking Dead" scenario by hacking a TV station's Emergency Alert System for the sole purpose of reporting a fake Zombie Apocalypse.

Someone apparently hacked into the Emergency Alert System and announced on KRTV and the CW that "dead bodies are rising from their graves" in several Montana counties.

This message did not originate from KRTV, and there is no emergency.

Our engineers are investigating to determine what happened and if it affected other media outlets.

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General Discussion / Re: Songs You Love To Hate

« on: February 11, 2013, 06:32:06 PM »

Another song to add to the "I Love to Hate" list:

"Who Booty" by John Hart