Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Moderation Is Key
- Tennessee’s Chief Medical Examiner was busted for felony marijuana possession today while staying at a hotel in Mississippi. Predictably, the state immediately terminated his contract and he’s on 90-day suspension as Chief Medical Examiner for the city of Nashville. [WKRN]
- Another reminder that DUI checkpoints have been set up around the city today. No, this does not mean that you should avoid the checkpoints. Yes, this does mean that you should not drive drunk. If you find yourself in a pinch, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office is offering sober rides until 2am if you call 862-RIDE. [WTVF]
- And OH THANK GOODNESS the Fishtanks In Barbershops bill passed! [WTVF]
- A waterway near the airport was found to be “polluted to the point that I could find only sewage fungus and black sludge when examining the stream for indicators of healthy biology,” according to a representative of the Tennessee Department of Environment. Unfortunately, some federally endangered crayfish were also found dead and the pollution comes from airplane de-icing. [Tennessean]
- Two bank robbery suspects, one dressed as a leprechaun, were killed this afternoon after allegedly holding up a bank in Gallatin. [WTVF]
Photo by victorjames615.
Tennessee’s Chief Medical Examiner was busted for felony marijuana possession today while staying at a hotel in Mississippi. Predictably, the state immediately terminated his contract and he’s on 90-day suspension as Chief Medical Examiner for the city of Nashville. [WKRN] Another reminder that DUI checkpoints have been set up around the city today. No, this [...]
St. Patty’s Day: Distracted By Shiny Things Edition
So, as it goes, we were a little distracted by something shiny in the Demonbreun roundabout this morning, and our St. Patty’s Day roundup is rolling in a little late. But it’s never too late for green beer, so check out our top picks for the evening. Be safe, and program 862-RIDE into your phones now – It’s the sheriff’s Sober Ride program, and it’s good for a free ride home until 2am.
Get Lucky East Yazoo Brew Pub Crawl. 7pm-12am, East Nashville’s Five Points, free. Pub crawl around East Nashville’s Five Points, beginning the evening with a Yazoo beer chug contest at Red Door and ending with the “sexiest dressed” contest at 3 Crow Bar, grand prize giveaways and more! We love the Get Lucky East crawl, but good luck getting in the doors. It’ll be packed!
The Greenman Cometh St. Patty’s Day at MAI. 10pm-3am, MAI, free. Our hats go off to MAI for the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia reference, and for a free party with sweet DJs and cheap Guiness and carbombs. And well, you know how we feel about the Greenman here at Nashvillest… or do you?
David Bazan with Headlights. 9pm, Exit/In, $12. Okay okay, so it’s not a St. Patty’s Day event per se, but it’s where your Nashvillest editors will be spending the first part of their holiday evening. We highly recommend this show if you’re not in the green-beer-and-car-bombs mood.
St. Patty’s Day at Dan McGuinness. All day, both locations, $10 cover. Dan McG’s kicked off their celebration early this morning, Kegs ‘n Eggs style. For the rest of the day, they’re serving up Shepherd’s Pie, corned beef & cabbage, fish & chips, beef & guinness and all the rest of your favorite St. Patty’s fare. The music is already going strong, and we have a sneaking suspicion that the Roundabout Vandals are one of the performing acts this evening. Will we get a confession? We’ll see!
McPatty’s Fest. McFadden’s, $10. Plenty of music & shenanegins to go around. Space Capone? A Lucky Charms eating contest? You clearly can’t go wrong with this one.
St. Patrick’s Day at 1808. 1808 Grille, 11am-10pm, $15 whiskey tasting / $12 pub-style menu. The first 100 guests to 1808 Grille’s whiskey tasting will take home a free whiskey glass, which we think is a pretty sweet deal.
St. Patrick’s Day at Whiskey Kitchen. 5pm-close. Give us any excuse to hang out at the Whiskey Kitchen, and we’ll take it. 2-for-1 Jameson is tonight’s reason!
St. Patrick’s Day at Mulligan’s. 4pm-close, cover starts at $5. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at a traditional Irish pub with live music, dancing, green beer, and all the other usual suspects.
Jimmy Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Day. 5pm-close. It’s Jimmy Kelly’s 75th annual St. Patrick’s Day party, which is reason enough to attend. At the oldest St. Patrick’s Day party in town, you’ll hear traditional Irish music by Les Kerr & the Bayou Band, eat traditional corned beef n’ cabbage, and drink yourself silly. It is St. Patty’s Day, after all.
St. Patrick’s Day at Hard Rock Cafe. 8pm, $5. While many St. Patty’s parties will set you back $10 or more, the Hard Rock is charging a wee $5 cover tonight. As you might expect by now, the evening will feature live music (Stacy Mitchhart Band, Kendra Chantelle, Brennin and Clay Evans).
St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Flying Saucer. 9pm, $6. Live music by Bueller until the wee hours (1am), and lots of great drink specials on Irish beer.
Photo by Dizzy Girl.
So, as it goes, we were a little distracted by something shiny in the Demonbreun roundabout this morning, and our St. Patty’s Day roundup is rolling in a little late. But it’s never too late for green beer, so check out our top picks for the evening. Be safe, and program 862-RIDE into your phones [...]
Happy Humpday: Okay, Who Kilted The Nudies?
A well-played St. Patty’s Day joke has our Nashville Nudies in the Demonbreun roundabout fully clothed! Dan McGuinness, we’re looking at you…
Check out the pics below, and stay tuned for our St. Patty’s Day roundup coming soon. See also: The Tennessean gets video of the clothed statue and the reactions of a few shocked Nashvillians.
Update: Thanks to an anonymous tipster, we think we’ve pinpointed the pranksters, and our initial guess of Dan McGuinness was close. The bandit(s) may be appearing there tonight. Use your imagination!
A well-played St. Patty’s Day joke has our Nashville Nudies in the Demonbreun roundabout fully clothed! Dan McGuinness, we’re looking at you… Check out the pics below, and stay tuned for our St. Patty’s Day roundup coming soon. See also: The Tennessean gets video of the clothed statue and the reactions of a few shocked [...]
Bright & Early: Top O’ The Mornin’ Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy St. Patrick’s Day! Councilman Charlie Tygard has chosen to hold off on a bill he was sponsoring that would have reworked our public art funding to spread the love all across the city rather than just downtown. As much as we’d love to see some more riverfront rollercoasters, naked people and giant buffaloes spring up in other parts of Nashville, it looks like the Metro Arts Commission is doing a fine job of this on their own and Councilman Tygard doesn’t feel they need the bill anymore.
- Measure it out. Nashvillians are making a splash this year at SXSW and trying to prove to the world that there are no other music cities quite like this Music City. Of course, you all know where we stand on this issue.
- Pandora’s box. Speaking of luring people to our fair city, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau is kicking around a new concept of using Pandora internet radio to give people a little taste of the Nashville flavor. For the next month or so, there will be a Music City button that listeners can click to hear some of the best Nashville tunes that are hopefully not all country.
- Bits & pieces. Downtown Presbyterian might be getting a boozy new neighbor … Rocketown kids are getting into the parking business and learning a little along the way … This is the first we’ve heard of the Radnor Lake Rambo … Council members Megan Barry, Ronnie Steine and Erik Cole are urging Metro to investigate private employers accused of discrimination based on gender identity … We can’t remember if we told you about the TVA’s latest rate hike scheduled for April because we’ve officially lost count of these.
Photo by Peppysis.
Good morning, Nashville, and happy St. Patrick’s Day! Councilman Charlie Tygard has chosen to hold off on a bill he was sponsoring that would have reworked our public art funding to spread the love all across the city rather than just downtown. As much as we’d love to see some more riverfront rollercoasters, naked people [...]
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