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Bright & Early: Takes All Kinds Edition

Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve been in this town for a few years, you may remember the feuding between Metro and the Nashville Sounds about a new stadium by the riverfront that never ended up happening. To say that things got tense would be an understatement, as Metro decided show us all how they really [...]

Happy Hour: Sharing The Wealth

The TBI is considering charging local law enforcement for the use of their crime lab to analyze crime scene evidence. Local police departments depend on the labs for most of the analysis, but because our state is broke and slashed their budget, they’ve decided they need the extra money. A change like that could cost [...]

Happy Hour: You’re Fired

After the Titans’ excruciating six straight losses that we try to forget about, Coach Fisher announced today that Vince Young will be the starting quarterback for the rest of the season. No pressure or anything, VY™. [WKRN]
Vols Coach Lane Kiffin is totally down with Lil’ Wayne. [Tennessean]
Speaking of the Vols, the Tennessean is kind enough [...]

Bright & Early: Wash, Rinse, Repeat Edition

Good morning, Nashville. The Jefferson Street Freedom Riders mural will be getting yet another coat of paint just two weeks after being repainted to cover up where vandals had whited out all of the black faces. This time around, which is actually the third time someone has defaced the mural since it was finished on [...]

Happy Hour: Change We Need

Next Tuesday morning, President Obama will be addressing school-aged kids on C-SPAN and some parents in Sumner County aren’t real happy about it. The school system has decided to give parents the choice to opt their kids out of hearing the speech, which is supposed to be about staying in school and succeeding. No word [...]

Happy Hour: Life As A Tent

Nashville’s Tent City made the Wall Street Journal yesterday, just in time for Otter Creek’s Night Out for Tent City event tonight. [WSJ]
Regardless of the fact that Rep. Jim Cooper canceled his appearance at West End Middle School, tea partiers have decided they’re going to protest outside the school anyway and even floated the idea [...]

Happy Hour: Thursday Is The New Friday

Starting off the long weekend with some happy news, Metro Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut has been upgraded to stable condition after undergoing multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds sustained earlier this week. [WTVF]
The guns-for-circus-tickets campaign was a success, collecting almost 100 guns this week. [WKRN]
A camp for troubled kids was kicked off of its land by [...]

Mayor Dean’s Long & Boring Speech Explained [State Of Metro]

Today, Mayor Dean gave the annual State of Metro address out in front of the new bus terminal on Charlotte, joined by the likes of Keith Urban and some girl doing sign language. We understand that most of you don’t have 30 minutes to sit around and watch our fearless leader Mayor Karl Dean wax [...]

Tonight: Nashville 4 Africa Benefit At The Schermerhorn

Tonight at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, a whole bunch of performers will be gathering together to put on Nashville 4 Africa, a benefit show to fund educational and community efforts through the Love Everybody Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and other similar charities. But this isn’t any ordinary benefit show, even for [...]

Bright & Early: Everyone’s A Star Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We feel like it’s safe to say that we left our mark on the Grammy’s last night. Sure, Miley and Taylor were no Stevie Wonder and the Jonas Brothers, but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss walked home with five Grammy’s including Best Album and Best Record. Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, and [...]