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Bright & Early: Cuddly As A Cactus Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s the holiday season and the sound of Christmas music fills the air downtown thanks to those giant speaker-boxes on every street corner. The extra dose of holiday flavor makes just about everyone a little more cheerful–everyone, that is, except for the state workers in the Rachel Jackson Building on Sixth and [...]
Bright & Early: Our Own Prison Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Few things are spookier (or photogenic!) than an old abandoned state penitentiary, and as of this afternoon, we’ll have another one in our midst. The Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in East Tennessee, which has been housing some pretty nasty criminals (including MLK Jr.’s assassin James Early Ray) for 113 years, but will [...]
Free CMA At The Riverfront This Year [CMApocalypse 2009]
Yes folks, CMApocalypse is starting already! Well, not quite, but news is rolling in, and we’re actually pretty excited about this bit of info - All of the CMA performances at the Riverfront Park Stage will be free and open to the public this year! If our city is going to be overrun by tourists [...]
Happy Hour: Let’s Build Them An Island
As if anything else about the music industry needed to be exclusive, they can’t even be in the same nursing homes as the rest of us when they get old and senile. They’re building their own. [Tennessean]
In case you missed it earlier, Mario’s caught on fire. The restaurant had been empty since the last fire [...]
Bright & Early: We’re Missing Bonnaroo Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The folks in Manchester, TN are all geared up for the huge and amazing Bonnaroo Festival that kicks off tomorrow. We’re sad that we don’t get to be there, but for everyone who will be, Nashvillest hopes you have the time of your life. Keep us posted on Twitter or in the [...]
Happy Hour: The Wheels On The Bus
Chris Cagle is at least one person who won’t be participating in the CMA festivities. Instead, he’ll be making an appearance in court about the alleged hitting-the-girlfriend-in-the-face-with-her-purse thing that he was arrested for last week. [WSMV]
A Greyhound bus on its way to Nashville flipped over on southbound I-65 in Indiana, sending its 42 passengers to [...]
First Things First: Road Closures (CMApocalypse 2008)
Well, it’s that time of year again: The time when 200,000 country music fans will be making the annual trek to Nashville for the CMA Music Festival and Fan Fair. Luckily Nashvillest has your back, and we want to give you a heads-up on how you can avoid getting yourself stuck in the worst traffic [...]
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