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"I've been gone for so long, feels so good just to get back home, back to my friends and all the faces I love to see. Like a rainbow in the sky, a certain twinkle is in their eye, tellin' me they believe in what I am and what I wanna be."

-Jerry Jeff Walker, "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance"

West, Texas - My Hometown

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My Hometown West, Texas. Population: 2515. All in all, not too bad a place to be from.

GIG 'EM AGGIES!

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My Links

Texas Music Links

• Townes Van Zandt-It all starts here.
• Joe Parsons, the River Oaks Redneck-the one and only OFWMP (Old Fud with Mustache Parsons). The biggest supporter of OKOM (our kind of music).
• Don Williams-The Gentle Giant. One of the best ever.
• In Search of James Hand --talks about West A LOT. About Slim Hand, a great singer from West.
• Robert Earl Keen-the OFFICIAL site. And the road goes on forever and the party never ends.
• Mark David Manders--My current favorite. Great songwriter.
• Jack Ingram--"I'm a beat up Ford and you're a Cadillac, there ain't nothin' wrong with that."
• Pat Green--The king of George's Bar in Waco, Texas.
• Chris Wall--"You gotta heal faster than this ol' world can hurt you." Awesome singer.
• Cory Morrow--Another great Texas musician. I met him at Blanco's in Houston one time. Nice guy.
• Owen Temple--Great musician. One of my current favorites.
• Jerry Jeff Walker--The one and only cosmic cowboy
• Gary P. Nunn--"I wanna go home with the armadillo..."
• Merle Haggard-I think I'll just stay here and drink.
• Kenefick-a great new Houston band.
• Dave Alvin-Awesome singer. One of my favorites.
• Texas Czech Polka Bands-Not bad. A staple of my hometown.
• Texas Polka Radio Shows-Grandma Gerik, this one's for you.
• Brave Combo-the pride of Westfest. The world's only "nuclear polka band."
• The Vrazels' Polka Band-Texas legends.
• KORA-FM 98.3 College Station, Texas-one my favorite radio stations of all time, no doubt about it.
• Country Gold Radio-This is a very cool station.
• Texas Music Express-You can buy all the best Texas music right here. Cool page.
• KHYI-FM 95.3 Dallas, Texas-"The Range." Texas music and Americana music at its best.

Links To My Hometown

• Nemecek Brothers Meat Market Home Page -West,Texas. A must for any Czech.
• West Hardware-This is unbelievable. West Hardware on the net! They even have a web cam. I'm sure you can see my old man on it about ten times daily!
• Czech-American Restaurant II-My mouth is watering already.
• St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in West-my home church. Say hello to Father Ed.
• Ole Czech Bakery and Smokehouse-Damn good kolaches and sausage.
• Westfest Home Page-a great page about my hometown's Czech fest prepared by Barry Murry
• West ISD Home Page-My alma mater.!
• Sam Pinter Article-A great article about West taken from talking to my barber in West!

  Best quote from the article:

  He has watched West grow a bit, but not much. The Bohemian nature of the town -- the rich Czech and German heritage -- has been diluted some, he thinks. But each year, around Labor Day, it comes back.

  "During Westfest, when some of these guys get a few beers under their belt, and they hear the polka music start up, then their Czech blood begins to return."

• Caldwell Kolache Festival--Not from West, but another good celebration.
• Kolaches--Mmmmmm, from Texas Monthly. I'm getting hungry already.
• Texas Lednickys--my cousins started this page. It is pretty cool with info on my extended family.
• Lednicky Home Page--This is cool to me. This is the home page of a totally different Lednicky in Kansas.

Cool 'Neck Links

• The Real Beer Home Page-no explanation needed.
• Roughstock's History of Country Music-a great page for all fans of country music, old and new!
• The Shiner Bock Home Page-I think this page speaks for itself
• Country.com-this has a LOT of stuff on it. A cool page.
• NASCAR online-for the ultimate 'necks.
• Luckenbach, Texas-maybe it's time to get back to the basics of love. Amen.

Political Links

• The G. Gordon Liddy Home Page

Favorite Sports Links

• Jim Rome's Jungle Online--Have a take, do not suck. It's as simple as that.
• TexAgs.Com-All the stories about the Ags you could ever want.
• ESPN Sportszone--The only place to go for sports.
• Official Major League Baseball Site
• The Texas Rangers Home Page-Still my favorite team
• The Houston Astros Home Page-see you at Astros' Field!
• The National Hockey League Home Page-I didn't think I would ever be a hockey fan, but I am.
• The Dallas Stars-Go Stars!
• The NFL Home Page
• The Dallas Cowboys-I still love 'em, I think?

Other Media Links

• Texas Country Reporter-this is what it's all about. Good show.
• The Houston Chronicle-a good newspaper and a great website.
• The Waco Tribune-Herald--WHAT??? The Trib has a web site???? Actually, it is a very good site.
• Ray' Dukes of Hazzard Page -Yee-haw!
• The A-Team Home Page-a page about my favorite show as a kid!
• Hogan's Heroes Home Page-no one has ever escaped from Stalag 13!!
• M*A*S*H Home Page-I think I've seen every episode at least three times
• The Movie Sounds Archive-a great place to get sounds for your computer.
• Tombstone Home Page
• The Rodney Dangerfield Home Page-the star of Caddyshack, one of the great movies ever.
• The Bob Ross Home Page-this is that cool painter guy with the afro on PBS, you know "happy trees." Sadly, he is dead now.
• The Weather Channel -the coolest weather page I have found. Enter a ZIP code, and it gives you the weather for that city.

Fun Stuff

• Magic 8 Ball-In case you need to make a quick decision.
• Rock, Paper, Scissors-Now we're really reaching.
• Virtual Battleship-Not bad either.

Web Design Aides

• Web Design Tips and Tools
• Barry's Clip Art-this has some cool animation in it!
• John's Background Page-this is where I get a lot of my backgrounds now

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