John Moore is a 1980 graduate of Ashdown High School who lived in Texarkana and worked at KTFS Radio during the 1980s. His books, Write of Passage: A Southerner's View of Then and Now - Volume I and II, are available on Amazon. You can email him through his website at TheCountryWriter.com.
Hair Apparent
Some people just outlive their hairstyle.
Jan. 22 2020 @ 3:45am
Goodnight John-Boy
In 2013, TV Guide ranked this show number 34 on the list of the top 60 TV shows of all time. Not bad for a program that was originally placed opposite The Flip Wilson Show and The Mod Squad on Thursday nights -- two highly-rated shows of the early '70s.
Jan. 14 2020 @ 7:55pm
The return of chocolate gravy
(phone ringing)
Me: "Hello."
Mom: "Did you know that your cousin Tina works at a restaurant that serves chocolate gravy?"
Me: "What? Where?"
Jan. 8 2020 @ 2:11am
The man across the fence and what he meant
I was never any good at football. I played because my dad had been a football star in high school. All-District and All-State, he was even offered a college scholarship.
Jan. 6 2020 @ 3:37am
Getting the band back together
There's still a debate over whether we spelled it "TRAX" or "TRAXX." What's not in doubt is that it was a high school rock band that five friends from the Texarkana area played in during the late 1970s.
Jul. 8 2019 @ 3:54am