City of Smoke » John R. Brinkley http://www.cityofsmoke.com New York History, Commentary, and Culture Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:02:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Unsubtle Knife http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1590 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1590#comments Wed, 28 May 2003 15:03:01 +0000 William Bryk http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1590 Several recent obituaries of June Carter Cash referred to her early years as part of the Carter Family, singing over XER, a border blaster, one of the extraordinarily powerful radio stations broadcasting to U.S. audiences from south of the Rio Grande. XER was founded in 1931 by Dr. John R. Brinkley, whose scalpel made, as [...]]]> http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1590/feed 0