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I remember that. The same happened with "Fiddler On The Roof" and Dr. "Zhivago" at the Tower Theater.
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Hey Filio, I'm afraid my career in radio was short-lived. Beginning in 1982, I started my radio career at Alvin Community College. I was both production and music director at KACC. You may remember Brian Hill, Kathy Forsythe and a few other folks who came from that station. I ended up working at KSRR (97 Rock) and KLOL. I ran the board, screened calls and interned for Moby. I finally ended up at a small station in Bay City, KMKS. Even though I LOVED radio, I just couldn't make enough money. I wanted something more secure. You know the story. Great times. I really miss radio.
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Yeah, the McClendon Triple may be gone but we've got the Showboat! I go all the time. I even had a chat with the owner about one night or two during summer, showing old 1950's cheesy monster movie and inviting the local vintage car company to bring their hot rods. I think it would be a hit.
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I hope you did what I did and got the hell out of radio! I got sick of working 2 jobs and getting fired on a yearly basis.
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That's it, thanks. I finally pasted it using my Kindle. Don't know why it wouldn't copy and past on my Dell desktop.
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Here we go! I can copy and paste on my $200.00 Kindle Fire but not on my $900.00 Dell desktop computer. So here we go; from 1988, a few old Houston theaters vefore they vanished.
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The link won't paste...and I'm no computer dummy.
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I've got some old video footage of Houston movie theaters but I don't how to post the Youtube link. Help?
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The Record Rack At 3109 South Shepherd Dr.
Amsterdam replied to Michelle C's topic in Historic Houston
In the 80's, The Record Rack and The Record Exchange (later Sound Exchange) was where I bought all my music because Sound Warehouse didn't stock groups like Cocteau Twins and David Sylvian. Bruce was a great friend and I hated to see his store close. But then again, it was inevitable due to the wonderful option of buying CD's from Amazon. Would I be able to walk into Best Buy and buy the latest album by The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, The Tangent or other progressive rock albums? I think not. -
By the way, I'm a newbie on this site and find it very interesting. I will be spending the time that I used spend on Facebook on this site (that's an entirely different issue).
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Isn't that house on Oakmont the old Weingarten House? I love that Tudor house. I have a friend who is a home builder and he told me that it would cost a fortune to build houses like that featuring the craftsmanship involved that one finds in a house like the Katherine Mott Tudor.
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Back when I was single and broke, I would spend my days and nights driving around the old neighborhoods of Houston (the only entertainment I could afford at the time). Riverside Terrace was my favorite Houston neighborhood. Does anyone have a favorite house or houses that they fell in love with? Here are a few of mine on North and South Parkwood Drive in Riverside Terrace:
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Joseph Weingarten Mansion At 4000 South MacGregor Way
Amsterdam replied to candyman's topic in Historic Houston
I've driven by that house so many times and I've always wondered who owned it. Love that house! Nice to hear someone is restoring it.- 30 replies
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I remember back in the 70's, "Uncle Sam's" was a very popular disco. It had a lighted dance floor (lights underneath the floor) and a disco ball. It was quite popular immediately after "Saturday Night Fever" hit the movie theaters. Being a rocker, I shunned those discos but looking back, people were just having a good time and hurting no one...except their ear drums, liver and nasal passages. It's interesting to think what an influence on pop and dance culture Travolta had on America; Saturday Night Fever and Urban Cowboy created dance studios for disco and C&W dancing, discos and C&W bars and ballrooms, radio stations changing their formats from rock to disco or C&W. Quite amazing.