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Brad Burt

@BeeSquared76

Reporter w/ Lubbock @NPR, @TTUPublicMedia. Formerly @KCBD11 Digital - epileptic news junkie. Will write for coffee.

Katılım Nisan 2012
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Travis Bubenik@travisbubenik·
Border wall plans now expanded to include Big Bend National Park. Still a lot we don't know - notably, the park/NPS is not answering questions about any of this - but here's what we do know at @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-02-1…
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It’s official. Can’t see downtown Lubbock from my office anymore
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Texas Tech Public Media
Texas Tech Public Media@ttupublicmedia·
An event organized by a student group intended to discuss abortion was cancelled by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center late last month, after backlash from conservative activists and Turning Point USA at Texas Tech. radio.kttz.org/2026-02-06/tex…
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Samantha Larned
Samantha Larned@samantha_larned·
"@TTUHSC drove a stake in the ground in West Texas and said, ‘We're never departing from this.'" Throughout Covid and beyond, the Institute of Anatomical Sciences has continued to innovate, educate, and serve the West Texas community with dignity. radio.kttz.org/2026-01-30/the…
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KCBD NewsChannel11@KCBD11·
WATCH: Remembering South Plains music education pioneer John Hartin
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Jayme Lozano Carver@jayme_lozano·
“If you’re being criticized by someone who used to believe in you, then maybe you’ve changed." 30 years ago, Suzanne Bellsnyder helped push Texas Republicans into power. Now, she's a known hellraiser, arguing against those same people, for rural Texas. texastribune.org/2026/01/29/suz…
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717 votes cast for the first day of early voting in Lubbock Co., according to the elections office.
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Mateo Rosiles
Mateo Rosiles@MateoRosilesLBK·
The Texas Tech System is weighing in on the actions taken by Angelo State University to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion practices and policies for the LGBT community, which has sparked outrage from some Texas educators. Read more @lubbockonline lubbockonline.com/story/news/edu…
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Traces of Texas
Traces of Texas@TracesofTexas·
Y'all, the great Sonny Curtis died yesterday at the age of 88. I've written about Sonny before, posted some of his songs etc ... What a fascinating life he led! Sonny came into the world during the hardscrabble years of the Great Depression, the son of cotton farmers outside Meadow, Texas. As a kid, he ran around with none other than Buddy Holly, and before long the two were swapping licks on their guitars. By the mid-1950s, Curtis was deep in the swirl of rock ’n’ roll’s birth, jamming with Holly and even opening shows for a not-yet-famous Elvis Presley. And he wasn’t just playing — his pen was working too. Before he hit 20, he’d already written “Someday” for Webb Pierce and handed Holly “Rock Around With Ollie Vee.” Curtis actually left the Crickets before Buddy Holly became a household name, but fate pulled him back in. After Holly’s tragic plane crash in 1959, Curtis rejoined the group, helping shape their 1960 album In Style with the Crickets. That record featured “I Fought the Law,” which Curtis famously claimed he dashed off in one afternoon without any real inspiration, and “More Than I Can Say,” co-written with Jerry Allison. The latter became a hit for Bobby Vee and later for Leo Sayer, proving Curtis’s songs had staying power. “I Fought the Law,” though, took a little longer to find its legs. It wasn’t until 1966 that the Bobby Fuller Four, another Texas outfit, turned it into a Top 10 smash with that unforgettable line: “I fought the law — and the law won.” From there it became a rock standard, covered by everyone from the Clash to Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Springsteen, Tom Petty, and countless others. Curtis may have written it in a flash, but the song went on to carve itself into music history. Sonny also wrote, and sang, the theme song for the Mary Tyler Moore show, called "Love is All Around," with its famous lead line "Who can turn the world on with her smile?" He also wrote "Walk Right Back," which was a hit song for The Everly Brothers. Shown here: Sonny Curtis with Buddy Holly, courtesy the Sonny's website.
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Personally, I’d rather not myself — or anyone else — repeat the events from the first half of this year, that felt like a minature ptsd flashback of the events of five years ago.
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