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May 23, 2006
Tuesday Buffet
No, see, it wasn't a secret meeting, at all. It was another gathering. There's more from newscoma and Frankly Speaking on these (not one, but two) private sessions.
And by the way, how much money are they talking about without us there? Can we find ways to spend most of the surplus? (HTs: V-Vo and B-Ho. I can't believe I said "B-Ho.")
Worst Mayor Ever has a new post up! It's only a moderately humorous image that pokes fun at the new Homeless Campus proposal. C'mon, "Billy Blades," write something. I'm jonesin'.
Don't forget to take your Dose. It's like a daily multi-vitamin.
Truman talks up a recent Roll Call article on our very own US Senate race. I'm sorry for the repetition, but this is going to be a great election year.
Music-centered civic blogging? That's a winning combination. Who's going to write something similar about Chattanooga? I love our big sister cities, but they don't have to fight over all the spoils.
This one's a bit stale, but the event hasn't happened yet: the National Conference of State Legislators is meeting in Nashville this year, and blogging/podcasting will apparently be hot topics. More blogging legislators could result from this, so don't say you weren't warned.
Liz Garrigan, whose editorials (and entire alt-weekly) I usually revere with childlike awe, done stepped in it as far as this crusty old music snob is concerned. I happen to agree that she's making more of a "scene" out of this than there really is, and that makes it all the more puzzling why she'd champion the lowbrow in this manner. I firmly believe that "rooting for Everyman" involves a continuous effort at elevating the species, rather than the waving of banners for the lowest-common-denominator status quo. How many sports stadia are there in Nashville, versus how many symphony-quality performance halls? Then again, I did just get an e-mail from Governor Phil Bredesen talking about his campaign logo being wrapped around a NASCAR "super truck" or some such. A cultured majority is a long way off, I'm afraid.
Finally, a happy note, for the 2006 Nightfall concert series begins this Friday at Miller Plaza with Lil' Brian and the Zydeco Travelers. Folks, this is free, high-quality LIVE MUSIC. Free.
Miscellaneous | By joe lance | 02:15 PM