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Happy Hour: After The Storm
All things considered, we made out slightly better than the rest of the country in the storm department this afternoon. Here are some scary pictures from around the midstate, though. [WKRN] If you’ve noticed the new artwork popping up around the Music City Center construction site, you can thank the kids from the Oasis Center [...]
Happy Hour: Across The Sky
So about those storms! Lots of power outages all over Davidson County. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 8pm. [WKRN] On this fine Election Day–otherwise known as the Most Convenient Day Of The Year For Every Tennessee State Government Website To Go Down–every Tennessee state government website went down. Though it reportedly had [...]
Bright & Early: Technicolor Dreams Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve heard rumblings of some big changes in store for the heavenly patch of grass and flowers that houses our city’s true pride and joy–our full-scale replica of the Parthenon. Centennial Park (also home to some of our other favorite displays such as the half of a fishing boat, a plane, a [...]
Happy Hour: Good Looking Out
This year’s marathon is expected to draw another record-breaking crowd of 32,000 runners and 100,000 spectators. [WKRN] As such, we really hope this approaching storm system decides to take its hail and tornadic activity somewhere else. [City Paper] You won’t see Mayor Dean trekking down the half-marathon course this weekend thanks to a knee injury [...]
Happy Hour: We Forget Sometimes That We Have An Official State Rap
Yes, it is true: We really are probably going to get an eighth official state song. If approved, Brenda Monroe-Moses’ “So I’ll Just Shine in Tennessee” will join “My Homeland, Tennessee,” “When It’s Iris Time In Tennessee,” “My Tennessee,” “Tennessee Waltz,” “Rocky Top,” “Tennessee,” and “The Pride of Tennessee” among the honored ranks. This does [...]
Bright & Early: It All Falls Down Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the time you read this, the demolition of the Nashville Autohaus and several other buildings near the 7th and Shirley intersection will probably be underway (but not Rocketown just yet!) Construction for the Music City Center is expected to break ground today meaning that all of the buildings that are currently [...]
Happy Hour: Rich. Cash Rich.
Not only will John Rich soon have a spawn, but The Internet has uncovered his plan to name the kid Cash. The discovery was made after someone found the family’s gift registry with Babies R Us (which has since been removed) and it contained a note of thanks from “JOHN, JOAN & CASH” and also [...]
Bright & Early: Rough Weekend Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A Billy Currington concert in Alberta, Canada went horribly wrong over the weekend when a storm blew through and caused the stage to collapse. Though they tried to clear the stage about three minutes before the storm hit, one person was killed and fifteen other folks were injured. Currington managed to escape [...]
MTV’s MADE Makes Stop At Rocketown
Guilty pleasure alert: We love MTV’s Made. Go ahead, poke fun, but it’s one of the few shows on MTV with a positive spin. We just can’t hate on a show that helps kids realize their dreams and accomplish things they never thought would be possible. And episodes always seem to be running marathon-style when [...]
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