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West Texas Historical Marker Appreciation Society I Heading South into Lynn & Dawson Counties--chasing old FM two-lanes, lost soldiers of the Plains, & for a man they called "Hoss."

Second Tom Mooney’s Almanac Installment from earlier this week. Go ahead and subscribe. 🤠🤝🤠

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Don’t overthink it. Definitely missed something. But here are my favorite 50 albums released these past 25 years and figured everyone definitely would be interested in that. ok cool bye.

Albums bought today. ❤️

a favorite finally acquired.

“Don’t you just love it when you come back to your house and find records in the mail waiting for you?

Record Store was good today.

SloLow Vinyl Records. Albuquerque, NM.

You notice there ain’t no drone sightings in Texas.

What’s the best song by someone you think is an awful person and/or artist and why is the answer “Picture” by Kid Rock?

Something I started doing at the start of the year—keeping a listening log to pair with when I’m throwing vinyl on. Maybe it doesn’t turn into the new Spotify Wrapped, but I think it’s something nice to add.

Me, at a Zach Bryan concert:

Yeah the driver went sailing
High in the sky
Landing in the gold lap of the Lord
Who smiled and then said
"Son, you're better off dead
Than haulin a Tesla Truck
Full of hot avant-garde”

Most people eat black-eyed peas and cabbage on New Year’s Day. Not me. I live on steak and refried beans.

Happy New Year, y’all. 😴

I’m not sure how much they’d have been by the pound, but averaged out to 33 cents an album.

Also, new workout plan just dropped for 2025. I’ll be loading and unloading these in my truck four times a day to get super ripped. 💪

Definitely a copout to say “a little bit of everything” but there really is. A lot of 60s-80s country, some hip hop, some classic rock, and then like with anything w/ this much, some classical stuff—the typical stuff you find at the thrift store. I’ll keep y’all informed on the way though.

I just bought 1200+ albums. I’m equally excited to dive in and terrified by the overwhelming magnitude of buying 1200+ albums.

June in December. 🐈‍⬛

“Who proved to be the real Southern Methodist?”

New Wrapped just dropped.

Not So Hot Take: There aren’t any Yacht Rock bands. There’s only Yacht Rock songs.

If you like em, buy em. Here’s some of my favorite albums released in 2024 that I was able to pick up on vinyl over these past 12 months.

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That one kid who “could end up goin’ to prison” while his peers dream of fame, fortune, and becoming president in Brooks & Dunn’s “Only In America.”

Jimenez y Friends Barbecue y Taqueria in Lubbock, TX.

In the 10th Overtime, head coaches Indian Leg Wrestle on the 50 yard line.

Worth the trip to Ft Stockton.

Solid Record Store Day.

What’re we playing next, June?

You didn’t realize Jaden Hardy was the Dallas Dyson Daniels, huh? Three steals!