Free Nights And Weekends

Send us Fan Mail This week, we look back at the tech of the 1980's. Do you know the three speeds of VHS recording? Do you kind of remember the burned plastic smell of turning on electronics from our childhood? No lists, charts or debating here.  Just the good stuff! Marc Boucher returns in full Boucher form!   Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them with The Digit...

Send us Fan Mail Scott and and guest host Marc Boucher dive right into their favorite movies from the 1980s, sharing personal stories and insights about the films that shaped all of our childhoods. They explore categories, including top 10 movies, "desert island" picks, and favorite comedies. Marc reveals his heroic childhood fight with psychosomatic rabies and how his parents did their...

Send us Fan Mail Scott welcomes local guitar stud Eric Herndon to the mic as they debate the music of the 1980's.  Eric plants the flag firmly on Loudness and something called 80's metal whilst Scott admits his fondness for Tears for Fears.  It all winds up in probable legal trouble for slander when Scott lays down the UB40 rule.   Link to Eric's 1,000 list ! Whew!  Show Sponsor Don...

Send us Fan Mail What a school year! The Mets won the Series. The Space Shuttle blew up in front of me and my classmates. Local OKC weather guy Paul Bouchereau unloads some F bombs during a graphics guy foul up (then they run that tape). Oh, then there was the basketball coach at my middle school.  Stick around for that one!  Chad Goucher sits in and we cover it best we can.     Show Sponsor Don&a...

Send us Fan Mail Scott welcomes long time friend Gregg Reeves to share stories about growing up on the Oklahoma prairie and the violent springtime storms that come with the territory. Did anyone else know the Myriad had underground parking?!  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 Week...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Scott and guest Ross Wood delve into the rich history of the Diamond Ballroom a second time. Ross shares his experiences from the rise of metal shows in the 1980s, highlighting the vibrant culture and memorable encounters with iconic bands like Megadeth and rising artists like Alan Jackson (I know, not metal). He reflects on the unique atmosphere of metal concerts...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 preview.  Back live soon!  Angry that you don't have the latest Free Nights and Weekends Podcast gear? Fix that here!  Support the show Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our Website Original music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame  

Send us Fan Mail Under the weather but no longer nostalgic for home. Scott suspends his letter writing campaign to get Braums to build in Dixie long enough to tell the story of his recent time on the windswept prairie.   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...

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas, all!  We dive right into it in this episode with Christmas memories from the decade of Cabbage Patch and Atari.  And for some reason, chipmunks singing Christmas songs.   And Ohio/Tennessee native, Eddie gets initiated to the soundtrack of an Oklahoma Christmas!  Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them with The Digitize Center  Angry t...

Send us Fan Mail First jobs are fun, right? Right? In this big 10th episode extravaganza, Scott tells the story of his first steps to the exciting world of business and high finances.  Also, he (literally) stumbles upon on a mystery of architecture and city planning in front of a seemingly innocuous Central Oklahoma single-family home. Or is it? From the episode! ToddDankerCarpentry Show Sponsor D...

Send us Fan Mail Tangled in a web of threats, fights and stolen valor (chicken), Scott tells the story of his struggle to clear his conscience and sweep the mean streets of Moore, OK to clear his name and to once again be able to go to science class and look the smiley cheerleader and his friends in the eye.   Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them with The Digitize C...

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