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Clapper's Blog Archive for March 2012 

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Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 27

Pop Stars Do Dylan!

When you say the name Bob Dylan - It says a lot!  I mean, in regards to one of the most prolific poets/singers/writers of all time.  Now the truth be told - Dylan is polarizing.  You either LOVE him or HATE him but regardless, you have to respect him.   In ...

Blog Entries for Monday, March 26

The River's "Sweet 16"

Here are the new match-ups going into the 3rd Round of The River and Diet Mountain Dew's March Music Madness:  Have you voted??   The number next to the artist is their ordinal seed position.  Looks like all the 1's an 2's are still in it.   First Quadrant:  - Led Zeppelin ...

Blog Entries for Friday, March 23

What song makes YOU think??

We all know that music paints a picture - that music recounts a time, a memory - it brings back a special moment in your life, it says the things that you've been wanting to say and expressed the emotion you've been eager to express.  I'll give you an example.  ...

Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 20

Are you a River Crew Member? If not - WHY NOT???

Do you know what a River Crew Member even is??  Well....Let me share the wisdom with you.  See - Our River Crew Members are SPECIAL listeners that love us so much and want to get our monthly newsletter that really isn't about "news" at all.  What can you expect in ...

Blog Entries for Monday, March 19

North Carolina in March doesn't JUST mean basketball!

March Madness is well underway and during this past weekend - UNC Asheville and Duke were knocked out of the yearly basketball tournament and you wouldn't even know it if you spent the weekend in the mountains of NC like I did this past weekend.   Let me just say - ...

Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 14

Well quit complaining then - It's up to YOU!!

What up River fans??  Have you heard the new feature on The River??  The one I do weekdays at 5:00pm??  It's called Five Favorites From....It's YOUR chance to program the station.  You pick the year and the 5 songs and I play them.   I often answers calls about how we ...

Blog Entries for Monday, March 12

Whitney Houston fans, Lawanda Howkins, left, and Melanie Braggs honor her memory at a candlelight vigil in Leimert Park in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday, Feb. 11. She was 48. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Death and Taxes - Life's ONLY guarantees

I know it sounds morbid in title alone but the saying goes something like this: "The only two certainties in life are death and taxes."  Whether is was Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin that actually said it, we do know that it's true.  I don't bring this up because it's ...

Blog Entries for Friday, March 9

 In this Feb. 4, 2007, file photo, Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Colts' 29-17 win over the Chicago Bears in NFL football's Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

If we ONLY had a Peyton!

OK Bulldog fans - I know it's hard to root for a UT Grad.  No one here in Georgie REALLY likes that bright Orange and White from Tennessee do we?  Well, maybe not - but as a football fan - or a sports fan no less - you have to ...

Blog Entries for Monday, March 5

2012 is going to be INSANE!!

Every week it seems that I get another e-mail talking about yet another show that's coming to Atlanta this year and we haven't even announced the Chastain Series or the Summer Shed series at places like Verizon, Lakewood AND Chastain!   I really just want to take a moment to try ...

Blog Entries for Thursday, March 1

It's never too late!!!

So I'm sitting here in The River studio with a special guest.  Now, this guest isn't a huge rock star, he isn't a huge movie star, he's just a regular guy, but he does have a dream.  My guest is the guitarist of the local band Soylent Red.  Have you ...

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