Friday, July 17, 2009
Alison Krause, Cherryholmes and Others to Host Fund Raiser at Wildhorse Saloon
A genre-crossing collection of local artists -- including Alison Krauss & Union Station (featuring Jerry Douglas), bluegrass family crew Cherryholmes, breakout bluegrass achievers the SteelDrivers and Juilliard-trained contemporary Christian outfit Annie Moses Band, among others -- are teaming on Aug. 4 at the Wildhorse Saloon to benefit Nashville's Chris Fontaine, who's suffering from a rare form of cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma.
Fontaine, a luthier at Music Row's Williams Fine Violins, has been unable to secure medical coverage based on a pre-existing condition, organizers noted, thus supporters and friends have organized the benefit and a fund via Bank of America to which well-wishers can donate. More information about the fund is available at www.FontaineFund.com.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the event, and general admission tickets are $25 (limited $50 VIP tickets are also available).
Flavor Flav's Pajama Party Featuring THB & Collier
Date/Time:Sat., July 18, 9:00pm
Twenty years ago—back when we had just started fighting the power and welcoming folks to the Terrordome for the first time—if you told us that the second in command for America's most politically charged rap outfit would one day come to town promoting a pajama party, we would have laughed right in your face. Public Enemy's Flavor Flav hosting a pajama party has to be a joke, like 911, right? We can't be expected to believe that we've got to git up uh git git down just because Flava is in his underwear in our town, right? Well, believe it folks. Strong Island's most famous second banana is taking his reality teevee-bolstered reputation to Club 527 for what's probably going to be a nonsensical party of epic proportions. This, after all, is the man that coined the phrase “Wipe ya butt, ya gotta hole in your couch.”
Nashville Fairgrounds Schedule for July 18, 2009
Saturday – July 18, 2009
125 Lap Late Model Race
125 Lap Late Model Race
2:00pm
Registration/Pit Gates Open
3:00pm
Practice Begins
Dwarfs 3:00-3:05 Super Stock 3:28-3:33
Legends 3:07-3:12 Limited Late Models 3:35-3:43
Frontrunners 3:14-3:19 Super Truck 3:45-3:53
Thunderstox 3:21-3:26 Late Models 3:55-4:03
4:00pm
Grandstand Gates Open
4:10pm
Driver Meeting/Draw
Thunderstox
Super Stock
Limited Late Models
Frontrunners
4:30pm
Qualifying
Dwarfs
Legends
Super Truck
Late Models
5:30pm
National Anthem (Bailey Dozier)
Dwarfs (25 Laps)
Legends Pro/Master (25 Laps)
Legends Semi-Pro/Young Lions (25 Laps)
Frontrunners (20 Laps)
Thunderstox (25 Laps)
Super Stock (30 Laps)
Limited Late Models (30 Laps)
– INTERMISSION –
Super Truck (40 Laps)
Late Model (125 Laps)
** All times/events are subject to change.
** Preliminary Rain Date for this event will be July 25th.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Upcoming Mingo Fishtrap Tour Dates
07.25.09 Threadgill's World Headquarters (south), Austin, TX
07.31.09 McDavid Studio @ Bass Hall, Ft. Worth, TX
08.01.09 Whitewater Amphitheater w/ Delbert McClinton & more, New Braunfels, TX
08.03.09 Siro's, Saratoga Springs, NY
08.04.09 Musikfest, Bethelehem, PA
08.05.09 Musikfest, Bethelehem, PA
08.06.09 Alive at Five Concert Series w/ The Neville Brothers, Albany, NY
08.08.09 Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, PA
08.27.09 The Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
01.10.10 Delbert McClinton's Sandy Beaches Cruise 16 - The Grand Finale, from Tampa, FL
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
May Town Center Asks for Revote
Tony Giarratana is asking for a do-over for the May Town Center with the city's planning commission.
In a letter delivered to the Metro Nashville Planning Commission Thursday, Giarratana - president of Giarratana Development - says the multiple motions and votes made on June 25 during the re-zoning hearing for the $4.2 billion development in Bells Bend were handled improperly.
He is asking for a new vote at the July 23 Planning Commission Meeting.
Metro City Council, which has final say in the matter, has since delayed its consideration of the issue.
The letter says a new vote is necessary “(t)o maintain the integrity of the process, to instill public confidence, to ensure the applicant is guaranteed its fundamental due process rights, to promote a concept of basic fairness, and to correct the procedural errors that occurred throughout the evening.”
Planning Department spokesman Craig Owensby says the department is reviewing the request.
Jack May, a partner in the project's owners, Bells Landing Partners, says the owners are still evaluating the prospects for the development and the property.
The May Town Center has been the subject of intense public debate since it was first introduced in early 2008. The developers say the project is needed to create a viable location for corporate campuses in Davidson County. Opponents argue that the project is the wrong land use the farmland, and would do harm to the surrounding community, especially in regards to traffic and congestion.
Meanwhile, Giarratana is struggling with financial difficulties, as an $11.5 million loan on Giarratana Development’s Signature Towers site in downtown Nashville has been in delinquency since February. And his Atlanta-based development partner is trying to extend or restructure at least $100 million in loans, many of which are delinquent.
May says Giarratana is a hired consultant in the project and does not have any equity in the May Town Center development, and that outside financial issues had no impact on the property's prospects — “good, bad or indifferent.”
He said there was no apparent reason Giarratana’s role in the project would not continue.
Thanks to Turner Hutchens
Taylor Swift to Perform New Version of "You Belong With Me" on MTV's Video Music Awards Show
Taylor Swift will perform a never-before-heard version of "You Belong With Me" at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sept. 13 in New York City. This will be Swift's first time to perform at the VMAs.
"I'm so excited that MTV and the VMAs have invited me to perform because I think this year's show will be unlike anything they've ever done," Swift said. "I love incorporating theatrics into my performances, and the VMAs have always allowed artists to run with that. MTV has been so good to me, and I could not be more excited about this year's VMAs."
British actor-comedian Russell Brand will return as host.
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