Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Bright & Early: Music To Our Ears Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we joke around about Bluepocalypse and CMApocalypse and all the other -pocalypses that involve hundreds of thousands of tourists flooding downtown Nashville, we really do appreciate it. Folks who visited over the weekend for the SEC festivities pumped an estimated $10 million into our economy and also had some awfully nice things to say about our town. According to one blessed tourist: “We’ve been to Atlanta, New Orleans and Nashville for the SEC Tournament. This is absolutely the best venue here.” You hear that, Atlanta? We’re coming for you.
- Dead voters purged. Tennessee decided it was about time to purge the dead folks from the state’s election rolls… all 10,000 of them. This was apparently a result of an election in Memphis where people tried casting votes on behalf of the deceased. Which happened 5 years ago.
- Shenanigans? Supporters of Nashville General Hospital, which provides medical care for the uninsured and underinsured in Nashville, are accusing the state of withholding almost $20 million in federal funding from the hospital.
- Bits & pieces. Nashville is currently renovating its only mountain bike trail … Today’s weather can be summarized by the phrase “clouds and occasional drizzle.” Booooo … New statistics are showing that 120,000 Tennesseans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease … The Haiti benefit at the Farmer’s Market yesterday organized by a local chef raised $10,000 … Don’t forget to fill out your census forms when they appear in your mailboxes!
Photo by fallingwater123.
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we joke around about Bluepocalypse and CMApocalypse and all the other -pocalypses that involve hundreds of thousands of tourists flooding downtown Nashville, we really do appreciate it. Folks who visited over the weekend for the SEC festivities pumped an estimated $10 million into our economy and also had some [...]
Nashvillest PSA: Set Your Clocks Ahead On Sunday
The above ecard pretty much sums it up: Daylight Savings time begins this Sunday at 2AM, so don’t forget to set your clocks ahead when you go to bed. Here at Nashvillest, we’re a little unnecessarily excited about the extra hour of sunlight in the evenings (it’s the little things that count). And if your Monday morning Bright & Early is a little less bright and a little less early than usual, well, you’ll know what happened.
Photo from someecards, hat tip to paigel.
The above ecard pretty much sums it up: Daylight Savings time begins this Sunday at 2AM, so don’t forget to set your clocks ahead when you go to bed. Here at Nashvillest, we’re a little unnecessarily excited about the extra hour of sunlight in the evenings (it’s the little things that count). And if your [...]
Happy Hour: Bluepocalypse Now
- The Tennessean investigates these strange creatures we call Kentuckians and explains that they eat too much junk food and drink too much booze which can land them in the hospital during this weekend’s SEC tournament. Nutritionists would also like to remind these creatures that they should stick to a 2,000-calorie diet, even if they are excited. Kentucky, we are actually feeling a little offended FOR you. [Tennessean]
- The Tennessean has also aptly named the flood of Kentucky fans “Bluepocalypse,” and we actually like that one. [Tennessean]
- This weekend is a big one for aspiring reality show contestants as there are auditions for both The Biggest Loser and So You Think You Can Dance happening. [WSMV & Tennessean]
- Tennessee lawmakers would really love to bring back the Crack Tax, which targets drug dealers by placing a tax on illegal drugs. No drug dealer in his or her mind will ever voluntarily pay this, of course, but it does force them to pay up when they get caught in addition to whatever sentence they receive for the distribution or possession charges they’ve already racked up. [Tennessean]
- Rest easy: The Preds Chairman has agreed to keep our boys in town at least through 2012. [WPLN]
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The Tennessean investigates these strange creatures we call Kentuckians and explains that they eat too much junk food and drink too much booze which can land them in the hospital during this weekend’s SEC tournament. Nutritionists would also like to remind these creatures that they should stick to a 2,000-calorie diet, even if they are [...]
Nashville Sounds Introduce Thirsty-ish Throwback Thursdays
After lamenting the absence of Thirsty Thursdays last season at the newly-renovated Greer Stadium, we’re excited to deliver news of a new Nashville Sounds season promo day that’s so close to the Thirsty Thursdays of olde, we can taste it. The Nashville Sounds will introduce “Throwback Thursdays” this year, offering hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, sodas and, yes, beer (!) for just $2 each. While it’s a 100% markup on the $1 beers we used to guzzle on Thirsty Thursdays, we really can’t complain about this.
Individual tickets for this season go on sale this Tuesday, March 16. The Sounds are also offering new ticket flex packs of undated vouchers, so you can use your tickets whenever and with whomever you please. Like on Throwback Thursdays.
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After lamenting the absence of Thirsty Thursdays last season at the newly-renovated Greer Stadium, we’re excited to deliver news of a new Nashville Sounds season promo day that’s so close to the Thirsty Thursdays of olde, we can taste it. The Nashville Sounds will introduce “Throwback Thursdays” this year, offering hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, sodas [...]
The Weekendist: Films, Basketball, Beer And Benefits Edition
What more do you need in a weekend? Okay okay, so we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel this weekend, but hey. It’s Friday. Cut us some slack.
FRIDAY
- 2010 Oscar Shorts. The Belcourt, times vary. Stop by The Belcourt at some point this weekend to catch one of two 2010 Oscar Shorts offerings – 2010 Oscar Shorts: Animated Program and 2010 Oscar Shorts: Live Action Program. Each set of short films will show several times over the entire weekend. Click here to see showtimes.
- Films at the Frist: 300. Frist Center, 7pm, free. The Frist will screen 300 tonight in conjunction with their brand new exhibit Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. 300 is the first of four FREE film screenings.
- SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament. Bridgestone Arena, Thursday-Sunday. It’s happening, and it’s clogging up traffic. Unless you’re going to the tournament, steer clear of downtown!
SATURDAY
- Chile Aid Event. Second Presbyterian Church (Belmont Blvd), 5-8pm, suggested donation $15. Chilean artists, songwriters and authors will appear at this fundraiser to aid earthquake relief in Chile.
- Franklin Main Street Brew Fest. Main Street, 6-9pm, $30 advance/$35 day of. Sample more than 40 beers and Irish Whiskeys at the Franklin Main Street Brew Fest (formerly Féile Franklin) this Saturday. Beer speaks for itself, do we really need to say any more?
SUNDAY
- From Nashville With Love. Nashville Farmer’s Market, 5-8pm, $15. Join Chef Andrew Hunter of The Acorn Restaurant (speaking of The Acorn, they’re today’s Groupon!) to enjoy food, wine, music and a silent auction, all benefitting Haiti’s Visitation Hospital.
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What more do you need in a weekend? Okay okay, so we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel this weekend, but hey. It’s Friday. Cut us some slack. FRIDAY 2010 Oscar Shorts. The Belcourt, times vary. Stop by The Belcourt at some point this weekend to catch one of two 2010 Oscar Shorts offerings – [...]
Bright & Early: Keep The Lights On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of our Twitter feed, many of you guys started out the morning in the dark. According to NES lightning struck the Edmonson Pike substation a little after 6am, causing a widespread power outage that lasted for about an hour and affected more than 10,000 customers. Storms are expected to continue throughout the morning, but are mostly on their way out. Hopefully NES can manage to keep the lights on for us, especially since they’re giving us fancy new meters that double our electric bills.
- Expensive grills. The city may soon be shelling out $95,000 to settle a lawsuit involving a gold grill (which reminds us of this other one). A man was ordered to remove the grill while he was being booked at the local jail, and when he declared that the teeth were cemented in place, the cop reached into his mouth and yanked them out. And then the man was given some Tylenol in lieu of some much-needed dental care.
- Can you hear us now? On the heels of the budget cut announcements for Metro Schools, over 100 custodians turned out to the School Board meeting last night to protest Metro’s plan to outsource custodial work to another company. Metro plans to cut 665 jobs, most of which are custodial or maintenance-related.
- Bits & pieces. Music City Center construction, in all its disruptive glory, will at least create about 3,000 jobs … Metro Councilman Jamie Hollin has his own theory about why Metro3 decided not to broadcast last night’s board meeting … Consider this your second warning to stay clear of downtown while the 180,000 SEC fans run around like crazy people … Both the Hillsboro Rd. and Murphy Rd. exit ramps will be closed on I-440E this weekend.
Photo by victorjames615.
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of our Twitter feed, many of you guys started out the morning in the dark. According to NES lightning struck the Edmonson Pike substation a little after 6am, causing a widespread power outage that lasted for about an hour and affected more than 10,000 customers. Storms are expected to [...]
Happy Hour: Not So Fast
- As it turns out, our one interesting news story from this morning concerning the young lady who tackled the dude who stole her wallet is not true. According to witnesses, a couple of good samaritans banded together when they heard the girl screaming and managed to get the wallet back and enough information for police to track the suspect down. So, props to the three bystanders who were completely left out of the article because someone (or maybe the teen herself) thought it would make a better story! And there goes our one good news item of this morning. (Thanks to Meg M. for the tip.) [Topix]
- Nashville’s unemployment rate shot up to 10% in January, increasing by 0.7% since the previous month. [Tennessean]
- However! Our city has actually gained almost 7,000 jobs since last July due to companies moving into town or expanding. Silver lining? [City Paper]
- “Energy bill” and “skyrocket” are two things that we never, ever want to see used in the same sentence. Unfortunately we just did. [WSMV]
- And 180,000 very excited SEC fans are trickling into Nashville tonight and this weekend for the men’s basketball tournaments, which will be held at The Bridge. [WKRN]
Photo by fallingwater123.
As it turns out, our one interesting news story from this morning concerning the young lady who tackled the dude who stole her wallet is not true. According to witnesses, a couple of good samaritans banded together when they heard the girl screaming and managed to get the wallet back and enough information for police [...]
2010 Nashville Film Festival Lineup Announced
It seems like just yesterday that we were straggling through the 2009 Nashville Film Festival with over-ambitious schedules, obscene amounts of coffee and not nearly enough sleep. But it was almost a year ago, and it’s that time again – the 2010 Nashville Film Festival lineup has been announced, and we’re getting tired just looking at it. 70 Feature Films, 9 World Premieres and over 220 films from 38 countries make up this year’s offering. Impressive, yes?
Click through to read the full lineup press release. The 2010 Nashville Film Festival takes place April 15-22 at Regal Green Hills Cinema, and tickets go on sale April 5. For more information, visit them online at NashvilleFilmFestival.org.
It seems like just yesterday that we were straggling through the 2009 Nashville Film Festival with over-ambitious schedules, obscene amounts of coffee and not nearly enough sleep. But it was almost a year ago, and it’s that time again – the 2010 Nashville Film Festival lineup has been announced, and we’re getting tired just looking [...]
Bonnaroo Goes Team Coco: Conan O’Brien Will Rule 2010 Comedy Stage
Making the most of his hiatus from late night TV, Conan O’Brien is hitting the road on a comedy tour this summer, making the nationwide Team Coco very happy indeed. But the best news, at least for us? Conan will be making a stop to slosh through some mud and hit the comedy stage at Bonnaroo!
Conan will be performing in the Comedy Theatre, as well as MCing on the What Stage on Friday and Saturday. In addition to Conan O’Brien, the 2010 Comedy lineup includes Margaret Cho, Aziz Ansari, Jeffrey Ross Roasts Bonnaroo, Greg Giraldo, Bo Burnham, Doug Benson, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, John Roberts, Baron Vaughn and Chelsea Peretti.
This morning’s comedy announcement comes on the heels of several other lineup additions that have been trickling in for the past few weeks. Ween, Galactic, Umphrey’s McGee, John Butler Trio, The Gossip and Circa Survive have all been added to the artist lineup, and we know there’s a few big acts still yet to be announced.
Making the most of his hiatus from late night TV, Conan O’Brien is hitting the road on a comedy tour this summer, making the nationwide Team Coco very happy indeed. But the best news, at least for us? Conan will be making a stop to slosh through some mud and hit the comedy stage at [...]
Bright & Early: Hats Off Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Everyone warned us that it was going to get soggy today, but that didn’t make it any easier to roll out of bed this morning. Most of the midstate saw some pretty strong thunderstorms overnight and into the early morning, and we’re not out of the woods yet. Though the rain should be gone for the moment, we’re expected to see some more nastiness this afternoon. But hey, at least it’s not snowing!
- You go gurl. When a Murfreesboro teen had her wallet stolen from her in a parking lot, she decided to take matters into her own hands. At 5’7″ and 125 lbs., she got all “angry and screaming” and went after the 6′ 220 lb. man and “kind of half-jumped and half-tackled him.” So she got her wallet back! And then she gave the police his description and they arrested him! We wouldn’t advise trying this at home, but color us impressed.
- Editor’s note: There is seriously no interesting news today (well, unless you count Sarah Palin testifying against her hax0r in Knoxville, some quasi-local teachers making up educational songs to the tune of “Pants on the Ground,” and this one inmate who turned himself in after accidentally being released.) We actually contemplated making some up for the heck of it, but we love you guys too much. So carry on!
Photo by Jon Erickson.
Good morning, Nashville. Everyone warned us that it was going to get soggy today, but that didn’t make it any easier to roll out of bed this morning. Most of the midstate saw some pretty strong thunderstorms overnight and into the early morning, and we’re not out of the woods yet. Though the rain should [...]
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