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Bright & Early: The Good Old Days Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Depending on how long you’ve lived here, you may or may not remember the glory days of the Starwood Amphitheater. Situated way out in Antioch, it certainly wasn’t perfect, but it was the primary venue for outdoor music here in Nashville until it closed down in 2007. Now Mayor Dean’s administration is [...]

Bright & Early: Accidents Happen Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’re running on a tight schedule this morning, so here is your abbreviated Bright & Early: The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office is shaking things up a bit at the jail in response to that murder suspect who was accidentally released back in February. In addition to suspending two of the officers involved, [...]

Happy Hour: And Tennessee’s Hottest Bachelor Is…

Take a number, ladies: Cosmopolitan magazine has picked Nashville’s own Beau Davidson to represent Tennessee in their 2009 Hottest Bachelors issue. [Tennessean] A Delta Airlines flight en route to Atlanta was diverted to Nashville after a passenger reportedly started getting a little too hands-on with some fellow passengers and quoting Bible verses all the while. [...]

Bright & Early: Just Say No To H1N1 Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Unlike several other states, Tennessee won’t be requiring any of its residents to be vaccinated for H1N1. The first batches of the vaccine are set to arrive in our state next week but will go to high-risk professionals such as hospitals and health care providers. The next round will be reserved for [...]

Happy Hour: Number Nine

In an effort to appear cool (and okay, also to bring more live music to Nashville), Mayor Dean is teaming up with Lightning 100 to bring a number of free shows to the public square downtown. We won’t find out who’s playing until the press conference tomorrow. [City Paper] When he’s not hatin’ on will.i.am [...]

Bright & Early: Just Another Manic Monday Edition

Good morning, Nashville. So this weekend wasn’t quite as relaxing as we’d hoped, but somehow despite the craziness of Steve McNair’s death, our souvenir sunburns from the Hot Chicken Festival, and The Great Fireworks Monsoon of ’09, we’ve still rolled into Monday morning in once piece. As of this morning, developments in the McNair case [...]