The hole truth
Body piercing is an art without accountability. But that is about to change. ;;Tommy Dycus gleaned his earliest body-art lessons “mainly piercing myself and my buddies” with veterinary needles purchased at a feed-supply store in Sarasota. “That was pretty much guesswork then,” fondly recalls Dycus, whose body is now adorned with a variety of rings,…
Radio sales matters less than rising rates
Florida radio moved more firmly into the hands of the nation’s shrinking band of radio megacorporations last week, as Lowell Paxson sold his 46 stations to Lowry Mays’ Texas-based Clear Channel Communications.;;The $693 million sale, which includes 526 billboards and two minor league sports teams, made a small ripple in the business press. These days…
Disney downs Clowns
At last, Disney seems to have had an attack of conscience and decided there is something that even it won’t do. But in recalling the latest release by Insane Clown Posse, Disney’s Hollywood Records label may have succeeded mainly in generating undeserved publicity for what one local record store owner described as a “crappy record.”;;Before…
It’s not how you play the game
Time now for Hightower’s “Wide, Wide, Wide, WILD World of Sports. “Today’s feature: America’s sport’s powerhouses. ;;No, I don’t mean such teams as the Yankees, the Cornhuskers, the Bulls, the Fighting Irish, the Cowboys … but, instead, such heavy corporate line-ups as Nike, Disney, Anheuser-Busch, GM and Coca Cola. ;;The Sporting News not long ago…
