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Will Texas Get Kinky in 2006?
It’s
no joke, cowboy, Kinky is running for Governor of Texas in 2006.
Kinky who? Kinky: country music icon. Kinky: humorist, Texas Monthly
columnist. Kinky: best selling author. Friend to Presidents, rednecks
and derelicts, Kinky Friedman is one of a kind. We’ve been
fans for years, from the first time hearing Kinky’s 1970’s
era hilarious country classics “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven,
and your Buns In the Bed” and “They Don’t Make
Jews Like Jesus Anymore”, to 25 years later reading Kinky’s
excellent murder mystery novels starring, who else, the Kinkster
himself. That’s all funny and cute, but Kinky for Governor?
Don’t laugh, or laugh because it’s going to be so much
fun to watch the campaign. He announced his candidacy in front of
the Alamo, with his trademark cigar and funny but straight talk
about the state. The national media ate it up. The Kinkster is a
serious contender, IF he can get enough petition signatures to put
him on the ballot in 2006. He’s smart, will stand up for what
he believes, and is far enough outside the mainstream to appeal
independents, liberals and conservatives, tired of the status quo
in politics. He’s strong on education, energy independence,
and personal freedoms.
Remember, people laughed at the thought of Sonny Bono as a congressman,
Jesse Ventura as Minnesota Governor, and now, Arnold as “the
Governator” in California. Kinky Friedman has at least as
much credibility as those guys! And he’s a heck of a lot more
entertaining. See the website for details on Kinky’s “Anti-wussification”
plan for Texas and more about the campaign, with the slogan “Kinky
Friedman. Why the Hell Not?”
http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/
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Governor Perry Supports Film Production in Texas
In
the interest of equal time, as this newsletter is not a political
forum, we commend current Governor Rick Perry for seeking more funding
to encourage filmmaking in Texas. This is an important issue in
a time when there is stiff competition to lure filmmakers to many
states, and other countries. This is from the Austin
American statesman article: "Perry's budget also calls for the
creation of a $30 million incentive fund for making films in Texas.
Perry aides said inquiries to the Texas Film Commission have fallen
25 percent in the past two years as other states have given incentives
to filmmakers. "This is something that was here and is now being
lured away to other states," said Mike Morrissey, Perry's director
of budget, planning and policy."
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Texas B-roll Stock Footage - Not Just Texas Anymore!
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Texas cities and themes. We continue to build up collections
for Texas and beyond!
We
have gathered footage of Phoenix, Arizona,
the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas,
Nevada, Portland Oregon,
the Oregon Coastline
and the beautiful
Columbia River Gorge.
We will update the website soon with these selections and
more. If you’re interested in any of the above now,
please call us at 214/328-9648. As always, collections are
also available for Austin, Dallas,
Ft. Worth, Houston, San
Antonio, plus theme-based collections - Hill
Country, Cattle and Monuments
& Landmarks. Visit www.TexasB-roll.com
for further descriptions, still frames from each collection
and a one-minute demo of the current selections.
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The Texas B-roll featured events for this month:
Live
Music
Check out Texas Music on www.TexasB-roll.com!
There you'll find extensive listings of where to go and who to see
in
"Bands and Venues by City".
Learn about Texas Music history in "The Texas Roadhouse
Hall of Fame", with tributes to Bob Wills,
Doug Sahm, T-Bone Walker, Janis
Joplin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy
Holly and more. If you didn't know that these musicians
came from Texas, you should!
Saturday,
March 12 – 8 PM
Bloodrock,
Nitzinger - Reunion Show!
Plus The Fabulous Forever Chicken Hawks
Ridglea Theatre
6025 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas
Bloodrock's
"D.O.A." spooked us in the seventies, coming out of a tiny transistor
radio in the middle of a moonless night. It's definitely in the
top five of scariest rock songs ever, and one of the most unlikely
radio hits. This was early heavy metal before people knew what to
call it. Parents hated it. We (10 year-old dreamers) thought it
was great! Skip ahead a few years and the manic boogie rock of Nitzinger,
with Bugs Henderson on guitar knocked us off our musical feet. They
poured jet fuel on the flames of old school boogie and blues. It
turns out that these bands were kindred Texas spirits from Fort
Worth. John Nitzinger wrote several songs recorded by Bloodrock
in their six album run from 1969 to 1972. Now it is so many years
later and they're all going to spark it up again in Fort Worth with
Jon Dillon, longtime rock radio DJ as emcee of the festivities.
This should be a rock show for the ages featuring original members
of Bloodrock plus a Nitzinger Reunion, featuring Bugs Henderson.
Bloodrock
Bio and Discography
Bloodrock today
- http://bloodrock.net/
John Nitzinger - http://www.nitzinger.com/
Bugs Henderson - http://www.bugshenderson.com/
The Club - http://www.ridgleatheater.com/
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Texas
is rich with fine musicians, jam sessions and venues. Do you have
a favorite in your town? Please email the info to newsletter@texasb-roll.com.
Have
an upcoming event in Texas that we should know about? Don’t
just sit on it!
Email: newsletter@texasb-roll.com
Until next time, as they say in East Texas – We ‘preciate
cha!
Enjoy Texas!
-TR
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Very Special THANK YOU:
Clay Meyers
CAM Grafx & Design
Orion Linekin
Winter Sky Interactive
The TexasB-roll.com website and newsletter would simply not exist
without the help and hard work of these individuals. Please consider
their services for your next Internet, Marketing or Multimedia project.
Thank you,
Tracy Ready
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