Free Nights And Weekends

Send us Fan Mail Somewhere between the Diamond Ballroom and the North Canadian River in OKC lies Mecca for a 12 year old boy.  The double space before the beginning of each sentence here lets you in that a guy who remembers ET in the theaters is typing this.  But with that (a-hem) experience comes a wealth of "knowledge".  Like, where to get cheap jumper cables and some sweet nunchakus. ...

Send us Fan Mail Broken down in the desert, trying to refold the map... If you've been on a family vacation in the front seat or the back seat, you know.  Before Thanksgiving week, we look back at the family vacation.  But nobody will care soon when we learn about Eddie's brush with 1980's Gen X re-run royalty!  Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them wi...

Send us Fan Mail There are good ideas then there are these. Still tired from Lincoln Logs in the living room floor during the Dukes of Hazzard and being bored during Dallas, Scott rolls out of bed on a Saturday morning ready to join in the … “fun”.  *Special thanks to a very helpful City of Moore rep that called us back and got this ball rolling! Thanks, DE!  Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memor...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all got stories about being part of concert crowds. We don’t all have stories like this one. In this episode, we take you to a show in Oklahoma City that really needed to be seen to be really “appreciated”. But we do our best. Bring whatever you’d like. I’d start with goggles and non-slip shoes.  Also, Eddie uses "ephemeral" in a sentence.  Show Sponsor Don't...

Send us Fan Mail Did you have a ridiculous drivers ed experience in high school? I can't imagine it tops this.  Hang on as some voices from the past come together to retell how we all survived it.   Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them with The Digitize Center  Angry that you don't have the latest Free Nights and Weekends Podcast gear? Fix that here!  Supp...

Send us Fan Mail How in the world do you lose track of a black dude named "Fats" in a snowstorm in Oklahoma? What does Megadeth, Fats Domino, Pantera and Conway Twitty have in common? Find out here!  We look at the history of The Diamond Ballroom, a music venue in Oklahoma City. Ross Wood, who grew up on the same street as the host, provides background information about the Diamond and i...

Send us Fan Mail Don't drink, don't smoke. What do you do? Well, Adam Ant, you go to private Christian school. What's that? Can't we have both? Step right up, my man. Enter EACA! Guest co-host, Eddie fills Jed's chair this week for an exploration of the high times at Eastern Ave Christian Academy in Moore, OK.  Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitiz...

Send us Fan Mail On our first episode, Scott talks to Jed about his childhood experiences with fundraising activities, including a light bulb fundraiser for his downtown OKC church youth ski trip. Selling light bulbs door-to-door, is a tough gig. A tough, absurd gig. We start at the end after cornering former youth pastor, Robert Price and pressing him for the answers. It's some cart before t...

Send us Fan Mail Looking for a home for your concert memories, school field trip exploits, shopping mall stories and general Gen X nonsense? Enter here. Support the show Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our Website Original music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame