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I’m really excited about bringing The Murdoc Jones Show to KoPoint. The host – Murdoc – is a true FM rock radio pro. He’s also one of my oldest friends. We’ve been making content together and butting heads since our days in college radio, at KBHU FM. 

Murdoc is also a fearless jock. His morning drive talksets were legendary in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. We all should be terrified of what he’ll do sans FCC restrictions on a podcast. 

Anyway, I’m really proud of this show and am excited to see how it evolves.

Rock.

- DHP

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The Murdoc Jones Show

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Host: Murdoc Jones

About the Show: Murdoc Jones used to be somebody: a morning drive DJ on the biggest rocknroll radio station in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota! Now, he hosts a podcast. 


Crow Peak, dusty roads, and a big blue sky | The Black Hills (Taken with Instagram)


Thunderstorm over the Black Hills

/via @joshwolff

Thunderstorm over the Black Hills

/via @joshwolff

Thunderstorm over the Black Hills /via @joshwolff

The Rapid City Journal tells me that the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is expanding it’s brand and coming east this year.  As a South Dakotan-turned-Brooklynite I greet this news as nothing if not amazing.  And as a cowboy-come-technologist headed to this year’s SXSW Interactive festival I find no better opportunity than an expansion of Sturgis during the madness of SXSW for a cultural mashup poll.

In the cowboy corner we have the legendary, biker-and-beer fueled #Sturgis, featuring 1.5 million dudes on Hogs descending on a town of 8,000 people in the Black Hills of South Dakota for a week of butt-rawk, bikes, and booze.  Vote Sturgis if you’re all about beer, babes, and bikes.

 

In the techie corner we have a techno-weird land of awesome parties, startups, slacks, and bloggers.  If you like showing up to ‘work’ at 11am, lots of stock options, and ambiguous business models vote SXSW.

 

 

Okay, now trim that mustache and toss some organic salad for the great Sturgis vs. SXSW cultural mashup!

I spent many years of my life in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota.  Though remote, the Black Hills are one of the most historic, spiritual, and beautiful regions of North America.

My good friend Erik Schwartz shared these images.  For the full set, check the Denver Post website.

- DHP

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This painting of Devils Tower reminds me of the Lakota story of the Black Hills.

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We’re going to need a bigger rock

This painting of Devils Tower reminds me of the Lakota story of the Black Hills.

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We’re going to need a bigger rock

This painting of Devils Tower reminds me of the Lakota story of the Black Hills. nevver: We’re going