Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Doing The Electric Slide
- U.S. Representative Jim Cooper is under investigation by the FBI for illegally accessing the website of the largest electric cooperative in the country. His spokesman calls the investigation “laughable,” but we think it’s safe to say that no one’s laughing about electricity these days. [Tennessean]
- The Tennessee Highway Patrol kicked off their 100 Days of Summer HEAT campaign today, and they’ll be out in full force putting in 500 overtime hours to search out folks who are speeding and drunk-driving. [WTVF]
- Mindy McCready is at it again, this time getting arrested for a probation violation. We’re not sure what it is she did this time, but she had been on probation for prescription drug fraud. [Tennessean]
- We haven’t gotten any definitive word yet, but word on the internets is that On The Rocks on Demonbreun will be closing its doors sometime in the near future. More on that as it develops.
- Titans wide receiver Brandon Jones, arrested in the airport a few weeks ago for having a gun in his bag, has been assigned an August 25th court date. [Tennessean]
Photo by Paul Nicholson.
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper is under investigation by the FBI for illegally accessing the website of the largest electric cooperative in the country. His spokesman calls the investigation “laughable,” but we think it’s safe to say that no one’s laughing about electricity these days. [Tennessean]
The Tennessee Highway Patrol kicked off their 100 Days of Summer [...]
Mixed Reviews: Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
We can hardly stop giggling long enough to bring you this week’s mixed reviews. That’s because, uh, Rogaine did a study and ranked Nashville as the 23rd best city for regrowing hair. Yes, you heard that correctly… Rogaine.Â
Next up on the list is a study by Men’s Health that ranked 100 cities based on their driving habits. We’ve clearly got a long way to go to become the “greenest” city in the Southeast, rolling in with an overall rank of 77 (out of 100). We’re also hanging out with the back of the pack in most of the individual results – the study ranked us on least amount of fuel wasted (#57), number of people using public transit (#80), lowest number of high ozone days (#20), lowest daily particle pollution (#68), least amount of gas consumed yearly (#74) and fewest household miles driven yearly (#71).Â
Some more good news (we think): The American Justice Partnership Foundation released study results naming Tennessee the #1 business-friendly state in litigation. In other words, Tennessee businesses have the lowest risk of being sued.Â
We can hardly stop giggling long enough to bring you this week’s mixed reviews. That’s because, uh, Rogaine did a study and ranked Nashville as the 23rd best city for regrowing hair. Yes, you heard that correctly… Rogaine.Â
Next up on the list is a study by Men’s Health that ranked 100 cities based on their [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 26, 2008
The Arcade is one of those places in Nashville we tend to forget about, but it’s a place that’s full of all kinds of good food, art, and history. Having been open for more than 100 years, it’s changed quite a bit, but it still stands as Nashville’s oldest shopping mall. Kudos to dwneese for this great shot.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest†if you’re feeling lazy.
The Arcade is one of those places in Nashville we tend to forget about, but it’s a place that’s full of all kinds of good food, art, and history. Having been open for more than 100 years, it’s changed quite a bit, but it still stands as Nashville’s oldest shopping mall. Kudos to dwneese for [...]
YouTube Thursday: Naked Cowboy Does Nashville
In all of the craziness of CMApocalypse 2008, we almost missed one of the more important D-list celebrities to grace our town with his (very naked) presence. Trekking all the way from New York City, the Naked Cowboy hit the streets of Nashville this year for the CMA Music Festival to attract every bad mullet within a 5-mile radius of downtown. The good news is that his entire visit was trimmed down to a 10-minute Youtube episode packed full of awkward moments for your viewing pleasure.
In all of the craziness of CMApocalypse 2008, we almost missed one of the more important D-list celebrities to grace our town with his (very naked) presence. Trekking all the way from New York City, the Naked Cowboy hit the streets of Nashville this year for the CMA Music Festival to attract every bad mullet [...]
Bright & Early: Cops And Robbers Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro is looking into a $500,000 jewelry heist that happened Tuesday night. A salesman in town from New York had just pulled into the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Brick Church Pike when the robbers sliced his tires, smashed in his windows, and ran off with the briefcase containing $500K worth of diamonds and jewelry. Before he had even gotten out of his car.
- Green Hills murder. The wife of the Green Hills lawyer who was found strangled in his Bowling Avenue home last week was arrested for three counts of violating protection orders for her children. Police haven’t named her a suspect in the murder of her husband, but everyone keeps implying it.
- Music City Star goes broke. Things continue to go bad for the Music City Star commuter train, as the Regional Transportation Association is now predicting they’ll be $1.7M in the hole by next year. And since we received federal funding for it, the FTA sent a letter to RTA saying that RTA will owe them $30M if they can’t fix their financial woes.
- Bits & pieces. Nashville community pulls together to help Fisk University avoid financial disaster … Ricky Skaggs covers his own songs bluegrass-style for new album … Prepare to see the “green” taken out of Green Hills … The Tennessean wants to hear about your experience with prayer.
Photo by kateface.
Good morning, Nashville. Metro is looking into a $500,000 jewelry heist that happened Tuesday night. A salesman in town from New York had just pulled into the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Brick Church Pike when the robbers sliced his tires, smashed in his windows, and ran off with the briefcase containing $500K [...]
Freebies Of A Different Sort: It’s Taco Time
Most of the summer freebies so far have been sweet – floats, iced coffee, donuts, and lots of ice cream. Today at Jack In The Box, it’s Two Free Tacos Day! Just bring a gas receipt to any Jack In The Box, and they’ll take pity on you and hand out two free tacos. And unlike many of the other summer freebies, this one is actually accessible for most of us, with no time constraints and locations pretty much everywhere.
Most of the summer freebies so far have been sweet – floats, iced coffee, donuts, and lots of ice cream. Today at Jack In The Box, it’s Two Free Tacos Day! Just bring a gas receipt to any Jack In The Box, and they’ll take pity on you and hand out two free tacos. And [...]
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