Troy Jones

Out of the Red River Valley that borders Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma comes a heaping ton of what they call "red dirt metal".  To describe "red dirt metal", it's as if Molly Hatchet, Johnny Cash and Pantera had an illegitimate freakishly huge bastard child...that rocks.  See their video after the jump.

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My son is nearly two years old and birthday parties, from what I understand, will be an annual event from now on. My wife does the invite list and handles the candles and cake which leaves me scratching my head for the ideal birthday party spot (until he's old enough for Vegas). While im not one to always take the cheapest or easiest way out, here are my top five most practical and most fun children's birthday party spots in Shreveport or Bossier.

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We all gathered together today to honor 12-year-old Justin Bloxom of Stonewall who was killed in March 2010.  Cab driver Brian Horn is charged in his death after investigators say he lured Justin away from a friend's house by posing as a girl via text messages and using cell phone text messages to set up a meeting between the two

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We've all seen some iteration of the Scream franchise of movies.  And I know that Wes Craven is an über genius when it comes to scary movies...but I've got 5 reasons this horror dog just don't hunt.

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So she wants to hear something to get her "motivated" to make fellas holla and get them dollas...I see nothing wrong with that.  A girls gotta eat.

WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale talks about "Forevermore", which can be viewed below.  "Forevermore", due out in North America on March 29 via Frontiers Records, is set for release in four different configurations

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So this "model" decides to try to kiss/lick a snake, then it bites the crap out of her boob.  I bet in her next video, she'll be working with a rooster.  Please insert your own snake/boob joke here

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The Carnival Season in Shreveport-Bossier keeps getting better and better every year.

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While crime is increasing in neighborhoods, two Shreveport Police officers get themselves arrested.

The Shreveport Times reports that one  Shreveport police officer "has been charged with one count of solicitation of prostitution in connection with a complaint received by the department"

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Beer : (noun)
1: a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.
2: necessary for the livlihood of mankind and damned delicious.

Ok, that second one is mine...but true nonetheless.  I started brewing my home beer after a wonderful gift from my mother-in-law (they aren't ALL bad).  I got a Mr. Beer kit which makes about two gallons every seven days.  Then, I did what any red blooded man would do, I went out and bought another one.  4 Gallons of Beer!!! Ah Ah Ah.  Here's what I've brewed so far:

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You can look through those traffic cameras you've been driving by this whole time.  You can also see what roads are closed and exactly where construction is from the DOTD.

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At least in terms of market share.  Which smart phones are people buying now?  Neilsen's recent study suggests it's all about the Droid.

Over 2010, Nielsen charted a 27 percent market share average for Apple's iPhone, while RIM's BlackBerry fell hard from a high of 39 percent--and Android licensees collectively rose from a starting point in the single digits--to almost alongside Apple with equal 27 percent shares of the US market.

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