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Jack White Covers U2′s “Love Is Blindness” [Things Jack White Does]
Oh Jack White, you’re always up to something, aren’t you? Whether it’s throwing a divorce party, producing Insane Clown Posse tunes, becoming Nashville’s Music City Ambassador or shenanigans with Stephen Colbert, we’ve learned to never be surprised at what the man has got up his sleeve. Today’s offering: An intense, very Jack-White rendition of U2′s [...]
Keep Your Music Local At Record Store Day 2011
The past year has been a rollercoaster for record stores in Nashville. The Great Escape closed their midtown location after 33 years. We lost (and then got back!) The Groove. Grimey’s has been shining in the national spotlight this year, reeling in one high-profile instore performance after another and chatting it up with NPR. And Jack White is [...]
Happy Hour: How To Train Your Dragon
The Daily Beast ranked Nashville as the soberest city in the United States, followed by Bristol, TN and Memphis, TN. We’re calling shenanigans. Have they seen Five Points at 1am? [WSMV] The former TSU student who was arrested in Texas for killing an Army Private first became caught up in Islamic extremism in Nashville, according [...]
Bright & Early: Clash Of The Titans Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Ol’ Bud Adams finally made up his mind yesterday: Vince Young is officially getting the boot. The Titans had a pretty disastrous 2010 season, and most of the chatter in the past few weeks has suggested that either Vince or Coach Fisher would be leaving the franchise, as the two can’t seem [...]
Bright & Early: The Waiting Game Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Today seems to be pretty light on the news-that’s-not-about-CMA-Fest front (except for this important update from FEMA about assistance for renters), so we’re going to give you what we’ve got, in bullet form: The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau says we should “probably appreciate our visitors a little more this year because [...]
Happy Hour: Centerstage
Conan revealed this afternoon that he’ll be making a stop at Jack White’s Third Man Records tomorrow evening at 8pm, first come first served! Which means you should all probably start getting in line right now and also save us a spot. [Tennessean] The weather hasn’t been real nice to us today with some of [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Crisis Averted Edition
Good morning, Nashville. While we were busy worrying about our own share of emergencies during the flood, the United State Coast Guard was scrambling around to prevent a “huge” oil spill at Marathon Oil on the Cumberland River, where trucks fill up and distribute gasoline to local gas stations each day. At the peak of [...]
Celebrate Independent Record Stores At Record Store Day This Saturday
It’s that weekend in April when everything happens at the same time (at least Rites of Spring held off until next weekend this year, right?). Record Store Day is this Saturday, and things are probably going to get a little wild at the indie record store of your choosing. Exclusive releases, live music, lots of [...]
Bright & Early: What’s For Breakfast Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A recent study by a food security-focused nonprofit revealed that Tennessee is one of 11 states where over 20% of kids under 18 are at risk for hunger, which comes out to about 300,000. Around 77,500 of those kids are under the age of 5. According to the president of Second Harvest [...]
Happy Hour: Rain, Snow, Sleet, Or Hail
Reviews of today’s winter storm include “puny” and “a bust.” Yep, that about sums it up! [WZTV] In case you haven’t heard, Jack White is forming a new band called The Dead Weather and opening an office here in Nashville that’ll be home to his new record label, vinyl store, photo studio, dark room, and [...]
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