Special Ops Commander Azim Rashid lands himself a Blessing to hitting the road with Vinny the SIN for a Texas Tornado Trip covering Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Vinny would like to send a special thanks to Special Ops' Naomi McCier for putting the itinerary together and to Junius Thomas for executing it... Extended Blessings go out to the Programmers and everyone else Vinny had the opportunity to spend time with including Skip Cheatham, Homie Marco, Big Bink. Cindy Hill, Terri Thomas, J-Que, Mike Love, Lue Calhoun, Gary Bond, Stephanie Williams, Mark Adams, Lady Jade, Jay Shannon and Cruz... Babysitter, sorry we missed you this time around. (Check out the Texas Tornado page in this week's issue for photos from the trip.)
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Lightning Bolts zap our Radio Programming Buddies who continue the practice of Adding a record for Impact week when they aren't even passionate about the single. You're doing a discredit to the Artists, the Music and your listeners when you jump on a song without legitimately believing in it or when you know the time is not right for your station. Vinny says, "This sh*t pisses me off because it paints a false picture for the Artists, their Music and can have a negative impact on development of the project."
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