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Broadcasted on Sunday, January, 17 2021 at 2030 UTC on WRMI, 15770 kHz
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I am very excited to introduce a new series to Memphis Weirdos, Meditation with Colin Ruthven. Colin is a retired Vietnam War fighter pilot and award winning, lead illustrator for Memphis daily newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. He retired from the paper in 1996. He is a published author and artist. He recently started illustrating editorial pieces on meditation. In a collaborative agreement, those editorials will be a regular feature on the Memphis Weirdos website. Look for them to be posted every Thursday morning at 9:01. Learn more about Colin and buy his latest book, Enders, at his website, colinruthven.com
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It was great fun. We shot the video for Workout over two days, in a downtown Memphis warehouse, across the street from The National Civil Rights Museum. It was us, Libby the dancer, and the small crew of David Marks and Eric Wilson. The warehouse went on to serve as Psychic Plowboys headquarters, hosted many parties and things I won’t talk about here. A few years later, Memphis rock and roll band, Lucero would perform for the first time there. The video was rejected in Memphis, but somehow made it on MTV in rotation for a short while and national distribution by Rock America. Music videos are essential in the music industry today, but in 1988, music videos were reserved for artists with financial backing. David and Eric went on to shoot videos Memphis rockers, Neighborhood Texture Jam, Voodoo Village People and The Hellcats.
-Bill Webb, Jr.
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This broadcast and show was dedicated to the memories of Mark Angerhead Kallaher, and Dan Hopper.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/memphis-tn/mark-kallaher-7744206
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Daniel M. Hopper would have been 59 today. I could go on and on about him. We were friends and bandmates. We were in the Psychic Plowboys together. The video for our song, Workout, won 3rd place in the Sony “Visions of America” film competition. Willem Dafoe and Lavar Burton were among the judges. The video was in rotation on MTV for a little while, and I’m sure we have bar tabs still open all over the world. I think of him often and sometimes I miss the possibility of seeing him. John Beifuss wrote the obituary for the Commercial Appeal. I’ll share some Dan stories on the next the next broadcast of Memphis Weirdos.
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I was 13 when the Sex Pistols played Memphis. I wasn’t familiar with their music, but I was with their reputation. There was a rumor that they were going to kill someone that night. Even still, I was marginally interested in seeing them. I likely could have gone, had I asked my dad. Here’s a great article of the event from Chris Herrington.
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Broadcasted on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2030 UTC on WRMI, 15770 kHZ
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Broadcasted on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 2030 UTC on WRMI, 15770 kHZ
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