May 13, 2026 • 7 mins
Cure For Paranoia, straight out of Dallas, won the NPR Tiny Desk contest and will get to do a Tiny Desk concert later this month. Congrats friends!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've been in Skin Show ninety seven point one.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Eagle.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
Let's give away those MEWS tickets. They're coming to dose Eki's.
We got a pair of tickets. The first person using
the talkback feature on the iHeart app leave your name,
your phone number, your email address, and be able to
correctly answer this question. What foreign country do the Dallas
Cowboys play in in week three? We just told you
what it is. If you didn't hear, maybe you can
(00:22):
look it up fast enough and beat somebody. But the
first person that has the answer, you're gonna go get
see news. You're gonna get those MWS tickets. We'll give
away more tickets tomorrow, but right now it's time for this.
Are you excited and gets t s week Day Up
Day featuring veteran news anchor Ktis Fun Tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Now News brought to you by sports Predict. Download do
sports Predict app today, Go to sportspredict dot com. Slash
Eagle the Uh. There's this contest that happens every single
year where bands could submit a video or a performance
to NPR to try to get in the Tiny Desk
to perform a Tiny Desk concert, which is pretty famous.
(01:05):
Right by one of the more iconic concerts series I
would say, if not the most, And.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
For people that don't know, it started as the NPA
Office NPR office booked an act to play in the
desk area. Like it's all crammed together, there's bookcases behind it,
so you have to scale everything down. And it grew
and like really legendary things happened there, and it got
to where Taylor Swift played it, for example, and one
(01:30):
of the most famous things that ever happened was t
Pain played it without using any harmonizers or the vocoders
or whatever on your voice. The picture, just stuff, and
people found out that he could really sing, and it
gave him this whole other life. Like there was so
much renewed interest in t Pain after he did that
Tiny Desk concert. It's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
MPR reviewed more than six thousand submissions this year and
they have chosen one band and this band will do
their Tiny Desk Concert name date later this month in Washington, DC. Okay,
and they also get a ten show tour. I believe
it's funded by them as well.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yes, and it's band. It's places like Chicago, San Francis,
Like it's a pretty legit. Nice little tour.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Your winner is Dallas band Cure for Paranoia.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Let's go, someone from our hometown got this very prestigious honor.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Very cool. Yeah, it is. Think about that six thousand
submissions that they went through. So this is what NBR said.
They are destined to be a force in the music
industry and their entry, which was titled no Brainer when
they performed it in front of the big eyeball down
in Deep Elum, was the winner of the contest. You
can just see the performance of that video on YouTube
as well. It's got like seventy five thousand views.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, it's cool, So good job.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
That's really awesome, Like what a great break for them too.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
It's huge, and they've had a really great year. They
had a huge showing at south By Southwest when they
did a bunch of shows there. They ended up getting
a bunch of national rap publications. So they've been growing
and their social media. Their Instagram page is up right
under five hundred thousand wow, and as of like I
(03:14):
think maybe late July it was at forty thousand wow.
So their growth has been astronomical. They're exploding and I
think they're playing the London South by Southwest in June,
like they got I know, they got a couple of
European shows coming up, like they're blowing up and now
(03:35):
it was like already happening that now is their moment,
and then this thing came through and happened. So you know,
I mean, even if it's not your style of music,
just be happy that a local Dallas act that's been
on the scene for like nine years, ten years, they've
been around for a while. What is this style? It's rap?
I mean they get lumped into as alternative rap.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
And the article he Cameron McLeod describes it as pro
mental health fusion of rap, hip hop and soul. Now
he's a preschool music teacher as well. Yeah, he's like
he had a whole thing online, like every single day
he would freestyle and post it on Twitter. It was
really cool.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, he had three hundred and sixty five verses last
year that he would post a different verse every day
and that's how they grew their Instagram.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But like, they're gonna play the Tiny Desk concert the
same year as Geese did, and we've seen what's happened
to Geese, one of the world's biggest bands.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now, Yeah, weirdly, dude, I love that. I I wasn't
aware of the full history, but you know it's eye catching.
You see how huge bands crammed in there, like timber Lake. Yeah,
and that tiny desk. I love the mac Miller performance there.
Legend Doci was awesome. Scarface had a great appearance. Yeah,
Scarface was awesome too. So anytime I see that, I
(04:49):
stopped down to watch it. It's so cool. What a
huge honor. Yeah Street, which one Sesame Street? I don't
think I've seen those? Is that right? They piled in there?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Oh, I need to see.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That Jim big bur in there. The blocking's all off
because he's too big.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, have I ever shown you guys the picture of
my son when he's six and he's wearing, you know,
his little swim shirt, swim shirt and bathing suit, and
he's surrounded by like nine gigantick members of Sesame Street. No,
I'll bring this picture tomorrow. It's amazing. It's just him.
It was at one of those beaches resorts and they
had a whole Sesame Street thing, and he is so proud. Man.
(05:23):
He's just sitting there with a perfect posture and he's
surrounded by snuffle uf I guess and all this stuff.
It's so funny. I got to bring that tomorrow. So good,
so good. All right, Kevin, there you have it. Congratulations
to a cure for paranoia. All right, coming up next,
and I love technology. Be careful before you get in
a way, moo. We'll explain next before we get there.
(05:43):
Thinking to our friends at the chalk Taw Casino and
Resort and Durant, Oklahoma. Right up Central Expressway. You just
keep going. Pass through Sherman, cross that Oklahoma Texas border
right there and Durant, Oklahoma. There you are where all
the fun happens. That's where millionaires are made. Three people
are gonna win one million dollars a eear each at
chalk Taw Durant, and one of them could be You
join them up there at chalk Taw Durant on June sixth,
(06:07):
July eleventh, and August twenty second. Now you want to
get up there. They're giving away money all the time.
You can stop and smell the cash. Nine hundred and
twenty five grand is up for grabs in the bloom
Into Cash giveaway. Just go up there any Saturday in
May for your chance to win big at the Chalktaw
Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. However, those three dates June sixth,
July eleventh, and August twenty second, somebody's gonna win a
(06:29):
million dollars on each of those days. It's incredible. Man.
We love our partnership with the chalk Taw Casino and
Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. Not only are they doing really
cool things for our listeners and members of the DFW community,
but it's a great place and they're great partners and
there's so much cool stuff to do and just looking down,
you know, if you go to ticketmaster dot com, you
(06:50):
can get seats for you know, tickets for any of
the shows at the Grand Theater, which you've heard us
talk about over and over, Rascal Flats, Zachtop, Matchbox twenty two,
Twisted's Sister. They got all kinds of good shows coming.
And then there's all the fun and it's been mentioned
all the chances to win cash. Make sure you have
a Choctaw Rewards Club card. Go have some fun, baby,
(07:11):
get away to it all at the chalk Taw Casino
and Resort, Dran, Oklahoma, just ninety minutes north of Dallas
on Highway set
I've been in Skin Show ninety seven point one.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Eagle.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
Let's give away those MEWS tickets. They're coming to dose Eki's.
We got a pair of tickets. The first person using
the talkback feature on the iHeart app leave your name,
your phone number, your email address, and be able to
correctly answer this question. What foreign country do the Dallas
Cowboys play in in week three? We just told you
what it is. If you didn't hear, maybe you can
(00:22):
look it up fast enough and beat somebody. But the
first person that has the answer, you're gonna go get
see news. You're gonna get those MWS tickets. We'll give
away more tickets tomorrow, but right now it's time for this.
Are you excited and gets t s week Day Up
Day featuring veteran news anchor Ktis Fun Tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Now News brought to you by sports Predict. Download do
sports Predict app today, Go to sportspredict dot com. Slash
Eagle the Uh. There's this contest that happens every single
year where bands could submit a video or a performance
to NPR to try to get in the Tiny Desk
to perform a Tiny Desk concert, which is pretty famous.
(01:05):
Right by one of the more iconic concerts series I
would say, if not the most, And.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
For people that don't know, it started as the NPA
Office NPR office booked an act to play in the
desk area. Like it's all crammed together, there's bookcases behind it,
so you have to scale everything down. And it grew
and like really legendary things happened there, and it got
to where Taylor Swift played it, for example, and one
(01:30):
of the most famous things that ever happened was t
Pain played it without using any harmonizers or the vocoders
or whatever on your voice. The picture, just stuff, and
people found out that he could really sing, and it
gave him this whole other life. Like there was so
much renewed interest in t Pain after he did that
Tiny Desk concert. It's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
MPR reviewed more than six thousand submissions this year and
they have chosen one band and this band will do
their Tiny Desk Concert name date later this month in Washington, DC. Okay,
and they also get a ten show tour. I believe
it's funded by them as well.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yes, and it's band. It's places like Chicago, San Francis,
Like it's a pretty legit. Nice little tour.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Your winner is Dallas band Cure for Paranoia.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Let's go, someone from our hometown got this very prestigious honor.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Very cool. Yeah, it is. Think about that six thousand
submissions that they went through. So this is what NBR said.
They are destined to be a force in the music
industry and their entry, which was titled no Brainer when
they performed it in front of the big eyeball down
in Deep Elum, was the winner of the contest. You
can just see the performance of that video on YouTube
as well. It's got like seventy five thousand views.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, it's cool, So good job.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
That's really awesome, Like what a great break for them too.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
It's huge, and they've had a really great year. They
had a huge showing at south By Southwest when they
did a bunch of shows there. They ended up getting
a bunch of national rap publications. So they've been growing
and their social media. Their Instagram page is up right
under five hundred thousand wow, and as of like I
(03:14):
think maybe late July it was at forty thousand wow.
So their growth has been astronomical. They're exploding and I
think they're playing the London South by Southwest in June,
like they got I know, they got a couple of
European shows coming up, like they're blowing up and now
(03:35):
it was like already happening that now is their moment,
and then this thing came through and happened. So you know,
I mean, even if it's not your style of music,
just be happy that a local Dallas act that's been
on the scene for like nine years, ten years, they've
been around for a while. What is this style? It's rap?
I mean they get lumped into as alternative rap.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
And the article he Cameron McLeod describes it as pro
mental health fusion of rap, hip hop and soul. Now
he's a preschool music teacher as well. Yeah, he's like
he had a whole thing online, like every single day
he would freestyle and post it on Twitter. It was
really cool.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, he had three hundred and sixty five verses last
year that he would post a different verse every day
and that's how they grew their Instagram.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But like, they're gonna play the Tiny Desk concert the
same year as Geese did, and we've seen what's happened
to Geese, one of the world's biggest bands.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now, Yeah, weirdly, dude, I love that. I I wasn't
aware of the full history, but you know it's eye catching.
You see how huge bands crammed in there, like timber Lake. Yeah,
and that tiny desk. I love the mac Miller performance there.
Legend Doci was awesome. Scarface had a great appearance. Yeah,
Scarface was awesome too. So anytime I see that, I
(04:49):
stopped down to watch it. It's so cool. What a
huge honor. Yeah Street, which one Sesame Street? I don't
think I've seen those? Is that right? They piled in there?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Oh, I need to see.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
That Jim big bur in there. The blocking's all off
because he's too big.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, have I ever shown you guys the picture of
my son when he's six and he's wearing, you know,
his little swim shirt, swim shirt and bathing suit, and
he's surrounded by like nine gigantick members of Sesame Street. No,
I'll bring this picture tomorrow. It's amazing. It's just him.
It was at one of those beaches resorts and they
had a whole Sesame Street thing, and he is so proud. Man.
(05:23):
He's just sitting there with a perfect posture and he's
surrounded by snuffle uf I guess and all this stuff.
It's so funny. I got to bring that tomorrow. So good,
so good. All right, Kevin, there you have it. Congratulations
to a cure for paranoia. All right, coming up next,
and I love technology. Be careful before you get in
a way, moo. We'll explain next before we get there.
(05:43):
Thinking to our friends at the chalk Taw Casino and
Resort and Durant, Oklahoma. Right up Central Expressway. You just
keep going. Pass through Sherman, cross that Oklahoma Texas border
right there and Durant, Oklahoma. There you are where all
the fun happens. That's where millionaires are made. Three people
are gonna win one million dollars a eear each at
chalk Taw Durant, and one of them could be You
join them up there at chalk Taw Durant on June sixth,
(06:07):
July eleventh, and August twenty second. Now you want to
get up there. They're giving away money all the time.
You can stop and smell the cash. Nine hundred and
twenty five grand is up for grabs in the bloom
Into Cash giveaway. Just go up there any Saturday in
May for your chance to win big at the Chalktaw
Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. However, those three dates June sixth,
July eleventh, and August twenty second, somebody's gonna win a
(06:29):
million dollars on each of those days. It's incredible. Man.
We love our partnership with the chalk Taw Casino and
Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. Not only are they doing really
cool things for our listeners and members of the DFW community,
but it's a great place and they're great partners and
there's so much cool stuff to do and just looking down,
you know, if you go to ticketmaster dot com, you
(06:50):
can get seats for you know, tickets for any of
the shows at the Grand Theater, which you've heard us
talk about over and over, Rascal Flats, Zachtop, Matchbox twenty two,
Twisted's Sister. They got all kinds of good shows coming.
And then there's all the fun and it's been mentioned
all the chances to win cash. Make sure you have
a Choctaw Rewards Club card. Go have some fun, baby,
(07:11):
get away to it all at the chalk Taw Casino
and Resort, Dran, Oklahoma, just ninety minutes north of Dallas
on Highway set
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