Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Happy Hour: Sully Of Steel
- The Preds’ Steve Sullivan will be playing two games in two days, which he hasn’t done in almost two years. Can he do it? Definitely. [City Paper]
- Former Titan Eddie George is getting kicked off the Metro Arts Commission because he never shows up to any of the meetings. [Post Politics]
- Tennessee has the highest beer tax in the entire country, just barely beating out Alaska. :( [WSMV]
- And before you start thinking about ditching beer for water, they’re probably jacking that up too. [WSMV]
- Good news, though: We’re gettin’ a Chipotle! [Tennessean]
- And because the US House of Representatives passed the DTV transition delay today, you’ll have a few more months with your beloved (albeit antiquated) analog televisions. [WKRN]
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The Preds’ Steve Sullivan will be playing two games in two days, which he hasn’t done in almost two years. Can he do it? Definitely. [City Paper] Former Titan Eddie George is getting kicked off the Metro Arts Commission because he never shows up to any of the meetings. [Post Politics] Tennessee has the highest [...]
Bright & Early: Merrily We Row Along Edition
Good morning, Nashville. One east Tennessee high school is pulling out all the stops to get kids to school on time. Every month, they dole out a $300 prize to a student who hasn’t been late that month for the student to split with his or her parents. And what is the first lucky winner doing with his cash? Buying a Nintendo DS? Taking a day trip to Dollywood? Putting it in the college fund? No, he’s taking all his friends to Red Lobster. If you ask us, he should’ve gone for Captain D’s.
- Heh. We’ll let the headline speak for itself: “Kid Rock has powerful new video to accompany ‘best song I’ve ever written.’”
- Inmate execution. Last night, the State of Tennessee executed convicted murderer Steve Henley, who used some of his final words to maintain his innocence. Henley tried to challenge lethal injection earlier this week, filed for an appeal through the US Supreme Court, and requested clemency from Governor Bredesen this week, but all were denied.
- Bits & pieces. The Tennessean lists all of the recalled peanut products that have been distributed in Tennessee, and where. Check your kitchens! … A group in Nashville is buying up land to preserve the largest old-growth forest in an urban area in the country … Metro Council passed a compromised version of the noise ordinance at last night’s meeting … Sheriff Daron Hall wrote a letter apologizing to the Metro Council for accidentally speaking in front of hate group Council of Conservative Citizens.
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Good morning, Nashville. One east Tennessee high school is pulling out all the stops to get kids to school on time. Every month, they dole out a $300 prize to a student who hasn’t been late that month for the student to split with his or her parents. And what is the first lucky winner [...]
Bright & Early: The Dog Days Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Times are tough for the folks working (or who used to work?) at the DPL Corporation, a packaging and shipping company up in Clarksville. After allegedly skipping out on paying some employees for over a month, the company started doling out pink slips instead of paychecks when workers came to pick them up yesterday. Unfortunately, this seems to be a pattern all over Tennessee.
- Snow is headed back into Kentucky today, much to the dismay of all of the Kentuckians who are still trying to dig their way out of the destruction caused by last week’s ice storm. Many of them have fled over the border to shelters as far down as Knoxville. Please consider tossing some change at the Red Cross while they continue the relief effort.
- Unfortunate. Sounding suspiciously like the Great Election Commission Laptop Theft from a few years ago, a Metro employee has “accidentally misplaced” a thumbdrive with all sorts of vital information about juvenile crime victims in Davidson County. The little bugger sprouted some legs and walked away on December 19th but wasn’t reported until the middle of January.
- Bits & pieces. Tennessee executed its first criminal since 2007 at 1 o’clock this morning after a rapid-fire court battle by activists to have the execution stayed … If you wanted a job at the new Logan’s, you may have some stiff competition … The Tennessee legislature is having a tough time getting out of its rut.
***Correction: Says commenter Sarah, “Steve Henley is scheduled to be executed at 1 AM tomorrow morning – he has not been executed yet. If anyone wants to call the governor to ask for clemency for him, the number is 741-2001.”
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Good morning, Nashville. Times are tough for the folks working (or who used to work?) at the DPL Corporation, a packaging and shipping company up in Clarksville. After allegedly skipping out on paying some employees for over a month, the company started doling out pink slips instead of paychecks when workers came to pick them [...]
The Cat’s Out Of The Bag: Bonnaroo ’09 Lineup Leaked
We thought we’d have to wait until tomorrow morning, and then we heard it might come out at 11pm tonight, but it looks like the cat’s out of the bag with no one to blame but TV On The Radio and their Myspace blog. Without further ado, the lineup for Bonnaroo 2009:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello (Solo)
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
Band of Horses
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross
(Thanks to @jonarnold for the tip!)
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We thought we’d have to wait until tomorrow morning, and then we heard it might come out at 11pm tonight, but it looks like the cat’s out of the bag with no one to blame but TV On The Radio and their Myspace blog. Without further ado, the lineup for Bonnaroo 2009: Bruce Springsteen and [...]
Happy Hour: State Of The State Of The State
- Despite the fact that Governor Phil is probably pushing back the state budget for another few weeks, he’s still planning on delivering the State of the State address next Monday, Feb. 9th. [Tennessean]
- Co-owner of the Titans, Nancy Adams, passed away last night at the age of 84. [City Paper]
- The Metro Health Department surveyed 400 Nashvillians and concluded that most of us are actually on board with the plan to put calorie information on restaurant menus. [WKRN]
- If the new convention center goes on as planned, several downtown businesses would be torn down and forced out including Rocketown and the Nashville Autohaus. [WSMV]
- Be sure to check tuneinmusiccity.com tomorrow for the Bonnaroo 2009 lineup! … If you can yank yourself out of bed at 5am, they’ll be giving us the first scoop. [Tennessean]
Photo by Grey Street Girl.
Despite the fact that Governor Phil is probably pushing back the state budget for another few weeks, he’s still planning on delivering the State of the State address next Monday, Feb. 9th. [Tennessean] Co-owner of the Titans, Nancy Adams, passed away last night at the age of 84. [City Paper] The Metro Health Department surveyed [...]
Bright & Early: Groundhog Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter (though you wouldn’t know it if you went outside yesterday) according to Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow this morning. We’d like to take a moment to pause and observe the above photograph of poor Punxsutawney Phil that accompanied the Tennessean’s Ground Hog Day article this morning. We came dangerously close to having a case of the Mondays until we realized that no matter how much we hate today, Punxsutawney Phil is probably up in Pennsylvania hating it more.
- It just gets better and better. Nothing seems to be going right for Metro Schools these days. This time around, they’ve discovered that someone botched the school calendar and accidentally didn’t schedule enough days in the school year to comply with federal regulations. No more snow days for you, kids! New director Jesse Register will be holding a series of community meetings to talk about what can be done to set things straight.
- New and improved downtown Y. After months (years?) of remodeling, the downtown YMCA opened its doors to reveal a host of improvements including a new cafe, an elevated track, and a “cardio-cinema” room (we don’t know what that is, but we want one!) that has four times as much space as the old one.
- Bits & pieces. Kroger is now recalling a few possibly-salmonella-tainted baked goods that don’t even contain peanut butter … A 5-year old found her uncle’s stash of Oxycontin pills hidden in her pants pockets … Dolly is playing at the Wildhorse Saloon tonight and we wish it wasn’t 45 bucks!
Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP.
Good morning, Nashville. Looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter (though you wouldn’t know it if you went outside yesterday) according to Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow this morning. We’d like to take a moment to pause and observe the above photograph of poor Punxsutawney Phil that accompanied the Tennessean’s Ground [...]
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