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sl SECTION WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1996 The Palm Beach Post I I COMING UP Misplace the recipe for a purple cow? We can help with that and other summer treat recipes. THURSDAY IN FOOD WEEKEND PREVIEW Music pervades West Palm Beach with the tunes of MU330 and The Persuaders. PAGE 3D MartinSt. Lucie County Living ACCENT Cattle ranch tour travels to Old Florida In just a year, the 'alternative' rock station has found a successful formula in blending cutting-edge music and wacky promotional stunts. And it's not just teenagers tuning in.

Mama, don't let your babies grow up toie cowboys. Unless they're like Mark Harrison. He's one of the ecologically sensitive men on the range. Harrison, the nephew of rancher Bud Adams, grew up in Miami but spent his summers on the sprawling Adams Ranch, 12 miles west of Florida's Turn JRN RIGHT I I 1 i 1 i 1 i I- 1 r. pike in Fort Pierce.

"I'm part of the clan," said Harrison, whose mother is Elaine Adams Harrison. In February, Harrison, 43, began giving tours of the Adams Ranch in an open-air, canopied, camouflaged former school bus. "This has been a dream of mine Jeri Butler A is? I because we're proud of what we do here," Harrison said of the spread where 7,000 Braford cattle are raised. The Braford is a cross between the Brahma and the Hereford. In 1969, it was officially recognized as a new breed of cattle, with a pleasant disposition and a tolerance for Florida's summer heat.

"The Brahma can be mean," Harrison said. The Adams Ranch cattle, which are branded with the ranch's crossed double 7's, are easily rounded up by five cowboys on horseback and a few short-haired cow dogs. move them from pasture to pasture so that they don't graze out one area," Harrison said. and, yes, have a weekly chat with a representative from an animal shelter. Welcome to radio's morning zoo, slacker style.

It was one year ago today that the West Palm Beach-based WPBZ, home to the time-warped format known as Z-Rock, changed its tune and tone to The Buzz, "Florida's New Rock Alternative." Gone was the long-haired sound of '70s and '80s rock. In was the esoteric, in-your-face stylings of alternative rock, a catch-all term that incorporates everything from the roots-based Blues Traveler to the bizarre Ben Folds Five. A woman sings of swallowing a jagged little pill. A band of men praises the virtues of canned peaches. But the music is just the starting point.

With it comes a distinctive Generation posturing. The Buzz went on the Please see THE BUZZ3D By CHARLES PASSY Palm Beach Post Arts Writer WEST PALM BEACH A foul-smelling mutt is roving the studios of WPBZ (103.1 FM) on a recent weekday morning, sniffing miscellaneous body parts and chewing on microphone cables. Not that anyone seems to notice. Perhaps that's because it's hard to distinguish the dog odor from the dank smell of mildew that's pervaded the station since a roof leak a week ago. Or perhaps that's because canine visits are par for the course on the a.m.

drive-time show, hosted by Mark Summers and a guy known as Meathead. Between playing the latest discs by cutting-edge bands like Primitive Radio Gods, Goo Goo Dolls, Garbage and Stabbing Westward, the duo goes on air to read the horoscopes, give the latest surf report, play a version of the dating game with their listeners, rag on one another 1 JASON NUTTLEStaff Photographer Nicole Leonard (front), Kelly Mort (left) and Patrice Kennedy campaign for the Buzz along U.S. 1 in Stuart during the station's recent "Expose The Buzz" promotion. Florida Kancn Tours was organized by Harrison and Linda Rogel. "Mark's the trail boss, and I'm the edu-tainer," Rogel said.

The tours start at 7:30 a.m. when the cattle and wildlife are active during the coolest part of the day. A' I Harrison On 1 hursday as we headed out, a mist was hanging over the, velvet green pastures. A meadow lark greeted us with a beautiful song from the leafless branch of a bush. cows looked up from their breakfast, and some moved closer to the fences as we passed.

Their sweet faces made me think it will be hard to eat another hamburger. Within two hours of bouncing over the rutted ranch roads, we had seen deer scamper, a little fawn give us a long stare, five wild hogs grazing, lots of cattle egrets, ibis, mallards, wildflowers and finally a red-tailed hawk, ticked off because we interrupted his meal. Rolling pasture, a citrus grove, oak hammocks, canals, a spring-fed pond, a cypress cabin, stables and an auction barn give you a true picture of modern cattle ranching and Old Florida. this isn't a zoo," Harrison said. "We can't guarantee what you'll see, except cows." Florida Ranch Tours are $15 for adults, $12 for children and include a narrated tour and a slide show of Bud Adams' wildlife photographs.

For reservations, call 467-2001. Wear boots or high-topped sneakers and a hat. To share your news about people or Events on the Treasure Coast, call Jeri at 223-3552 or write her at The Palm Beach Post, 2101 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart, Fla. 34994.

Please include any photos. Km? LIU XINStarf Photographer Buzz disc jockey Jason Davis, 26, is considered one of the wackiest deejays at the station. 'The crowd that listens to this type of music is very active. It's not the easy listening STBLIL A FBEE Carefree show, Web sites keep Morrison's memory alive It was 25 years ago today that Jim Morrison died at the age of 27. Yet, thousands still visit his grave daily in Paris' Pere-Lachaise cemetery and his mu- sic continues to have a fyjXJl large following among at the Carefree Theatre, 2000 S.

Dixie Highway. The Doors, the movie directed by Oliver Stone, will be shown at 8 p.m. and the Black River Circus will perform a tribute to Morrison and his music. Admission is 98 cents, sponsored by WKGR-FM 98.7. For those who still can't get enough of Morrison, the Internet has plenty of places to relive the Lizard King's days of glory: Doors newsgroup: altmusic.the-doors The Doors Homepage: http:www.vis.

colostate.eduuserl209doors The Doors Collector's Magazine: httpv7 www.doors.com 1 I VVO 0 and old. Known for his raspy vocals and reckless lifestyle rumored to have caused his death Morrison had such hits as Light My Fire and LA Woman with his band. The A Small Wonder After Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty and Broken Arrow, it's hard to relate to a sentimental, smiley, intelligent John Travolta, but that's what viewers get in Phenomenon. Review, Page 4 Morrison And if you can't make it to France to view his gravesite, you can pay your respects at httpVwww.antics.comdoors,im.html, where there's a photo of the site. DANA ANDERSON Doors.

West Palm Beach tans can remember their fellow Floridian (Morrison was bom in Melbourne on Dec. 8, 1943) at 7 today.