Personality, writer, foodie, music lover, traveler, history buff, baseball fan, and beer-snob from Wyoming.
Rick Roddam
Repeat Offenders to Rock Red Lodge Christmas Stroll This Weekend
Bust out your grandma's ugly Christmas sweater and get ready to party!!! The annual Red Lodge Christmas Stroll is coming up this weekend.
The annual event attracts hundreds of revelers to the streets of downtown Red Lodge. With the mild weather forecast, this year's party should be a doozy...
Local Rock Bands To Play Free Concert at The Pub Station on December 20th
If you dig hard rock and metal, three of Billings' best bands are teaming up for a free concert Saturday, December 20th at the new Pub Station downtown. Veteran metalheads Endever will headline the bill, which also features local favorites Stranded By Choice and Pressureknot...
Wyoming Ranks Among The Most Charitable States in America
According to a new study released by the personal finance social network WalletHub, Wyoming ranks sixth in the country for the most charity organizations per capital and tenth for median contributions to those charities.
The study analyzed the most and least charitable states in America based on several factors, including volunteer rates and the % of the population that donates time or money to lo
Local Metal Bands Teaming Up for New Year’s Eve Concert at the Shrine Auditorium
If you like your music fast, loud, hard and heavy, this show might be worth checking out. The Montana Management Company just announced a New Year's Eve concert at the Shrine Auditorium billed as the "Metal Mayhem Masquerade Ball".
According to the promoters, it will be "a unique Metal music New year's Eve blow out event unlike anything to ever hit Billings...
Former Billings Bulls Player and Youth Hockey Coach Colter Endy Needs Your Help
Today, we received an e-mail from Ryan & Alycia Fleury, who own and operate Fleury Concrete in Billings. They put it better than we ever could.
"We are friends, neighbors, and former employer of Colter Endy, who was a Billings Bulls player. ...
Who’d You Puke On?
Have you heard about the drunk country music fan who was invited on stage and projectile vomited on the crowd at a Dierks Bentley concert? It's one of the best stories I've seen this week. In fact, I was so inspired, I conducted a stupid poll on my Facebook page today...
The Ratt “Round and Round” Game
There's an awesome Hawk rocker named Scott Langford who listens all the time and comments a lot on our Facebook page. He owns a snake. He also happens to like the band Ratt, particularly their song "Round and Round".
He's come up with a great way to feed his snake...
Drunken Concert Memories…Or What’s Left of Them
Today, I read a story about a country music fan who puked onstage at a concert. The dude that sings "Drunk on a Plane" saw a chick in the crowd dressed up like a stewardess. Naturally, he pulled her up on stage to help him sing. Halfway through the song, she spewed all over the audience and was projectile vomiting all the way out of the venue...
This Weekend’s Cat-Griz Game Goes Global
On Saturday, hundreds of Billings football fans will make the trip to Missoula for the annual Brawl of the Wild. Thousands more will be watching the big game in local bars, restaurants or at home. But did you know that the rivalry now reaches all over the world...
Rick’s Pick: Stranded By Choice Is One of Billings’ Best Rock Bands
I've been in Billings for a little over a year now and I've seen some badass rock bands. From the high school headbangers in Tribe, to veteran metalheads End Ever, to fun party groups like The Repeat Offenders and Downtime, there's several solid outfits in town...
New Downtown Billings Concert Venue to Open Sunday
Sunday is opening night for The Pub Station, the new 500 capacity downtown concert hall that recently took over the building once occupied by Jefferson Bus Lines. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, based folk band Field Report will break in the venue...
Foo Fighters’ HBO Doc Series “Sonic Highways” is the Best Television Program of the Year
The Foo Fighters HBO documentary series "Sonic Highways" is my favorite television show right now, which is a bold statement. It really evokes an emotion in me that I haven't felt about music in a while and reminds me of the performers and songwriters who have had such a profound impact on my life...