The Texana Review - Podcasts

Puttin' Al Down

Another Charles Chupp contribution to the legends and lore of the Lone Star State....

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- Four minutes, thirty seconds

Music by Tracy Jane Comer

"Hootch" a story by Charles Chupp

In the waning days of 1940, Hugh got lucky and we qualified to live on the Lyman Forrest Place at the intersection of the Leon River and the paved highway. The crop of boys Hugh and Thel had amassed probably strengthened Mr. Forrest’s judgment. Three healthy, growing lads plus Hugh’s ability to manage stock and his lack of prejudice for hard work added weight to the plus side of the balance scale.

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Lady of White Rock Lake

 

Dr. Barksdale, a local Dallas physician, was driving home past White Rock Lake from a country-club dance late one Saturday night.

He slowed a bit while driving past the lake so he could admire the glistening of the full moon against the water.

As he drove, enjoying the view, out of the corner of his eye appeared a lovely young girl by the roadside, dressed in the sheerest of evening gowns, beckoning him for a lift.

He slowed, stopped and motioned her to climb into the back seat of his sedan.

"All cluttered up with golf clubs and bags up here in front," he explained. "But what on earth is a youngster like you doing out here all alone at this time of night?"

 

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Wildcatting for Wind - Part Four of Four

Here's Part Four of Wildcatting for Wind, sponsored by Texana Talk and Higginbotham Brothers.

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Nine minutes

in Quicktime... 

(two minutes-ish to start streaming)

in Windows Media Player...

(30 seconds-ish to start streaming)

Excerpt taken from:

“Wildcatting for Wind: The Texas Experience from Turbine to Market”
Produced by The University of Texas School of Law
Full DVD can be purchased at www.utcle.org

next years’ conference: 

2010 Wind Energy Institute
February 2-4, 2010
Austin Convention Center

 

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Wildcatting for Wind - Part Three of Four

Here's Part Three of Wildcatting for Wind, sponsored by Texana Talk and Higginbotham Brothers.

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Nine minutes

in Quicktime... 

(two minutes-ish to start streaming)

in Windows Media Player...

(30 seconds-ish to start streaming)

Excerpt taken from:

“Wildcatting for Wind: The Texas Experience from Turbine to Market”
Produced by The University of Texas School of Law
Full DVD can be purchased at www.utcle.org

next years’ conference: 

2010 Wind Energy Institute
February 2-4, 2010
Austin Convention Center

 

Technorati Tags: Texana Review,Ed Blackburn,Texas,alternative energy,wind energy,wind power

Texas History Tidbit: Fort Worth Stock Yards

When the Texas and Pacific Railway finally reached Fort Worth in 1876, leaders in Fort Worth had already decided that making Fort Worth a leading livestock market was the thing to do.

So, they went about it.  Building stock pens and attracting meat packers.

Fort Worth for many decades was one of the nation's largest livestock markets.

Here's another Texas History Tidbit that might shed a bit more light on the subject.

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Three minutes, thirty-three seconds

Music by Aff The Cuff
under Creative Commons License
Podshow Podsafe Music Network

 

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Wildcatting for Wind - Part Two of Four

Here's Part Two of Wildcatting for Wind, sponsored by Texana Talk and Higginbotham Brothers.

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Seven minutes, thirty-five seconds

in Quicktime...

(two minutes-ish to start streaming)

in Windows Media Player...

(30 seconds-ish to start streaming)

 

Excerpt taken from:

“Wildcatting for Wind: The Texas Experience from Turbine to Market”
Produced by The University of Texas School of Law
Full DVD can be purchased at www.utcle.org

 

next years’ conference: 

2010 Wind Energy Institute
February 2-4, 2010
Austin Convention Center

 

Technorati Tags: Texana Review,Ed Blackburn,Texas,alternative energy,Wind energy,wind power

 

A Chat with Baxter Black

Last year a friend of mine sent me an email with a video attached to it.

The video was by Baxter Black - a superb performer, also a veterinarian, and a poet, a storyteller and who knows what else.

Anyway, the video was titled “So Lucky To Be An American.”

I watched it; then I watched it again. I even watched it a third time, which is unlike me.

I was moved by Baxter Black’s comments in that video and the fact that he made his comments from the front porch of his country home had even more impact on my mind.

I became curious, so I searched out Baxter Black.

Found him on the Internet at www.BaxterBlack.com and then discovered he’d been a regular on RFDTV since 2005.

You can find RFDTV on your TV remote guide if you look hard enough or you can visit their website at RFDTV.com.

Good stuff, if you're country-oriented.

Not only that, I found Baxter on National Public Radio as a regular.

You can find his NPR stuff HERE.

Anyway, thought I’d give Baxter a call to see if he’d chat with me for a few moments about who he was, where he came from, and how he came to Entertainment when he was a veterinarian by training.

He said “okay” so here you have it.

Listen!

 

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Sixteen minutes

Music by the Dave Lambert Band under Creative Commons License Podshow Podsafe Music Network

Visit Baxter Black's website HERE

Photo by Kevin Martini Fuller

 

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Elmer and Anni Kelton - a Love Story: Part Four

The last segment of my interview with renowned western author, Elmer Kelton, and his wife, Anni, about how they met in Austria at the end of World War II and eventually married.

You can listen to the audio here or go watch on TexanaTV

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13 minutes

Music by Barry McCabe under Creative Commons License

Watch... Go to TexanaTV

 

Find Elmer Kelton's books at your local bookstore or Amazon.com
HERE

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Jim Blackburn

Jim Blackburn is an environmental lawyer who lives in the Houston area.

Deep down, he has a dedication and commitment to the environment that started at an early age.

Educationally, he started out in History, taking a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas in that subject.

He then followed up with a law degree from the same institution and then a Masters of Science in Environmental Science from Rice University, where he is now a professor and lecturer in Environmental Law.

He’s the recipient of a goodly number of awards and recognition for his work as an environmental advocate, and when I asked him to participate in this series, he said:

"I’m just an environmental lawyer!"

I replied, "Yes, that’s true but your opinion matters to my listeners on this subject."

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17 minutes

Music by Torchmatic under Creative Commons License Podshow Podsafe Music Network

 

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