Shreveport News

Turkey-stuffed Shreveport and Bossier City residents who want to get a head-start on holiday shopping this year should get that important post-Thanksgiving meal nap in as early as possible. This year's Black Friday shopping extravaganza falls on November 23, but several major retailers will open their doors extremely early -- at midnight or even on Thanksgiving Day.

Here are the times some stores will open their doors and begin their Black Friday deals. 

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Leogun is a new trio from the U.K. you've been hearing a lot of on 99X lately. With influences ranging from Zeppelin to Jack White, it's no surprise that you you don't hear autotune, sampling, or the typical studio B.S. that a lot of today's new artists seem to overuse to the extreme.

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2 songs introduced me to Queensryche and both were from their first album, which was an overlooked classic. One of those songs was "Queen of the Ryche".

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Remember back in the day, when we thought it was cool to have a package of Big League Chew and making it look like we were really chewing tobacco? So do I and now that I look back at those days, which was fun, I realize that the guy on the package had a chin that looked like a penis

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Jesse James Dupree - singer-songwriter-guitarist-artist manager-TV star-entrepreneur-connoisseur of fine spirits. Quite possibly the most hyphenated man in history. And for good reason. From his million-selling band Jackyl, to his hit television show on Tru TV, 'Full Throttle Saloon', Jesse James Dupree is a man on mission - he's over-the-top passionate about everything he gets involved with.

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In 1989, Rock bands had no clue that music was going to undergo an overhaul called Grunge. Most bands of the era were keeping the flashy videos, long hair, guitar solos and finding new ways to sing about sex. Bang Tango was one of the many who launched their career based on that formula.

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Alice Eve is a fairly new actress who hit the TV screens in 2004 in British TV shows. Eventually, she transitioned the US movies.

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Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" - Isaiah 6:8.  We just wanted to take time out to thank all those who gave some and some who gave all. Those that stood and said, "Here am I.  Send me!"  Below are several links to sites that support our Veterans locally and abroad.

Sincerely, from all the Staff of 99X, Thank you.

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After slugging away at small clubs and crappy record label deals for 5 years, AXE floundered without a hit and no one was really interested in their music or carrying them on a tour...until 1982 when they switched labels for their third album.

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Contrary to popular belief, not everything on TV is pre-recorded, but sometime they should be.

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In school, you always have a one guy who ends up farting really freaking loud. Then there is the kid who learned the definition of surprise.

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In 1990, Anthrax was on top of the world, one of the biggest thrash metal bands that were able to cross-over to the mainstream.

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