Tag Archives: country music
Happy Hour: Not-So-Cyber Monday
Tennessee would like to remind you that you can’t use that whole Cyber Monday thing to avoid state sales tax. Even if the site doesn’t charge you anything up front, you’re still supposed to e-file. [WTVF]
Our neighbors to the north in Kentucky are getting a brand new country-ish music festival next summer called HullabaLOU. And [...]
Bright & Early: CMApocalypse Now Edition
Good morning, Nashville. CMApocalypse is really sneaking up on us this year, and we’d almost forgotten about it until we saw the news this morning that more than 40,000 rabid country music fans are expected to descend upon our fair city for the festival next weekend and 30,000 of them are expected to be filling [...]
Bright & Early: Too Early For Tequila Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Cinco de Mayo. We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that tonight is the night that Franklin will try to earn the prestigious title of Tequila Shot Capitol of the World by having around 1,300 people do tequila shots at the same time, thus breaking the existing world [...]
Happy Hour: Hillbilly Hoedown
We’ve been calling this one for a while, but now the research confirms it: Listening to country music makes you dumb. [Pith In The Wind]
Three people, ages 18-21, were arrested for the brutal attack of a 62-year old man in the Green Hills Mall parking garage that landed him in the Vanderbilt Medical Center in [...]
Camp Nashville = Country Music’s Fantasy Camp?
Oh CMT, always coming up with creative ways to make sure that our city never shakes that cowboy-boots-n-twangin’ image (see also: CMApocalypse). Their newest offering is Camp Nashville, or what they refer to as “Country music’s fantasy camp.” From May 21-25, 100 lucky campers will get:
Five days of red-carpet treatment as an industry insider while [...]
Our Favorite Country Musician Remixes Our Other Favorite Country Musician [Snoop Dogg]
Remember back in July when we told you that Snoop Dogg was going to be remixing Johnny Cash’s “Walk The Line” for a Johnny Cash Remixed project? Well, the day has arrived. Sort of. The album comes out January 27, but thanks to a stroke of good luck, we can actually listen to good ol’ [...]
Titans and Ravens and NASCAR, Oh My! [Road Closures]
We know we’ll be pretty firmly planted on our couches this afternoon for the Titans game, but in case you’re out and about today, watch out for these street closures. Most are business as usual for Titans games, but there are a few changes:
Starting at 12:30pm:
Woodland St. (Union St.) from 5th Ave. North to the [...]
Happy Hour: Hate To Say We Told You So
Hey guess what! Vandy pulled through and topped Boston College 16-14. We can hear the fireworks all the way out in Green Hills as we speak. It should be noted that this is the first time they’ve won a bowl game since 1955. [WSMV]
Second Harvest Food Bank is about to meet their record goal of [...]
Happy Hour: Goin’ To Disneyland!
Heartwarmer for the day: The Snowball Express, a program that sends families to Disneyland that have lost a loved one in the war, pulled through Nashville this week–not by train, but by plane. American Airlines donated 1,400 tickets to families, many of whom shipped out from BNA. [WKRN]
Vince Young has his panties all in a [...]
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