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I have a friend working inside of the ops center at Direct TV. An onld friends actually; we speak monthly to catch up on family and friend issues. He gave me a heads up that Direct TV would be launching 21 new HD Channels tomorrow. The list and channel number are below.

Enjoy!

A&E (Channel 265)
Animal Planet (Channel 282)
Big Ten Network (Channel 220)
CNN (Channel 202)
The Discovery Channel (Channel 278)
The History Channel (Channel 269)
The Movie Channel East (Channel 544)
NFL Network (Channel 212)
Showtime West (Channel 540)
Showtime too (Channel 538)
The Smithsonian Channel (Channel 267)
The Science Channel (Channel 284)
Starz Comedy (Channel 519)
Starz East (Channel 522)
Starz West (Channel 540)
Starz Edge (Channel 520)
Starz Kids and Family (Channel 518)
TBS (Channel 247)
TLC (Channel 280)
Versus / The Golf Channel (Channel 604)
The Weather Channel (Channel 362)

What can you say about Pat Green that hasn’t been said already. This guy is as talented as the year is long and just as nice. I had a great conversation with him backstage at Floore’s Country Store. He really allow me to engage hi in some tough questions about his career, touring with Kenny Chesney and Sugarland, and life on the road. On of the real tasty morsels was asking him about the Sugarland performance here in San Antonio. If you perused the Sugarland edition of the Show String Threads, you’d have noted the strange requirements for taking pictures with the group. I asked Pat why he thought Jennifer and Kristian have such policies regarding “backstage” or “meet and greet” appearances. HE responded so honestly that it was refreshing and breathtaking all at the same time.

Pat essentially said, we all get the big head right as things start to blow up for us in the entertainment industry. We eventually come around to be normal again, we most of us… well, some of us.

Pat was very forthcoming about his own battle with stardom. I can attest that he did win that battle. What a great guy!