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
Back To School with Rickman and 4 y/o Lennon
As East Texas heads back to school this week, hopefully everyone has completed the inevitable back to school shopping.
We followed afternoon host Brian Rickman as he prepared his four year old daughter, Lennon for her school debut!
An important note, however...
Texas ‘Demon Sorority House’ Goes Viral
A Texas sorority house has gone viral and not for reasons its members might have hoped.
University of Texas at Austin's Alpha Delta Pi posted a recruitment video to Twitter last week and it quickly began making the rounds on the web with many declaring it "creepy"...
Child Dies At Schlitterbahn Water Park
A family day out turned tragic on Sunday as a 10 year old boy died at Schlitterbahn water park while riding what is billed as "the world's tallest water slide".
The accident occurred at the Texas-based waterpark chain's Kansas location...
Review: TCTC’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Rocks
Today, I will be reviewing the Tyler Civic Theatre Center's production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid".
Hey, shut up.
Yes, usually, when I provide reviews for this website, they are of the latest rock, punk or metal variety. Generally speaking, I can be found writing that review slightly hungover with ears still ringing in a hotel somewhere in the Metroplex, feverishly trying to think
Oil Field Giant Announces Thousands of Job Cuts, Huge Loss.
Houston-based Baker Hughes announced Thursday morning a devastating round of cuts following a $911 million 2nd quarter loss.
The loss occurred despite a $3.5 billion payment from Halliburton following a failed merger which fell through in May after the Justice Department intervened because of anti-competitiveness concerns...
Texas McDonald’s Employee Fired After Refusing To Serve A Cop
An off-duty police officer and his two children were refused service at a McDonald's near U.S. 290 after a woman behind the counter, whose son is presently in police custody, declined to take their order.
Brenham police officials took to Facebook on Wednesday evening to stress that they understand this to be an isolated incident...
State Officials Want To Shut Down Indian Casino-Style Gambling In East Texas
Two months ago, the Alabama-Coushatta tribe opened a casino-like gambling facility just south of Livingston on its 10,000-acre reservation. Now, court documents filed in Lufkin's federal court show that state officials are making a move to shut the operation down...
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...