Nashville, TN

I was totally going to post an update yesterday after the “big” announcement. But apparently it was so big…that nobody covered it.

What? I don’t get it. I can’t find a follow-up story anywhere. I have google at my fingertips, and yet - NOTHING.

I know someone out there knows what Bredesen announced yesterday. So clue me in.

What can I say, I like it here under my rock, but sometimes I like to venture out for the scenery.

Anyone got any guesses on this big mysterious announcement that Bredesen is supposedly making today?

Vote:

a) free Bredesen bobbleheads to the first 50 new business owners in the first quarter of ‘08

b) Building a sequel to our newly endeared “Ghost Ballet”. He’s going to have locals vote on the new name. It’s going to be a close race between “Eye Sore”, “It’s not a freaking rollercoster, ok?!”, and “Begging For Grafitti to Improve my Look”

c) Buying another pro or minor league team that won’t win anything ever and we’ll eventually stop buying tickets for. And when someone else threatens to take them off our hands we will fight to save them. Even if it’s a synchronized swimming team, we will swear that we are a synchronized swimming town.

I vote for A. Bobbleheads are cute.

Photojournalist Joe O’Donnell passed away on Friday, August 10, 2007. He was 85.

O’Donnell was a White House photographer for twenty years. This is possibly one of his most famous images. It is titled, Sad Goodbye.

O’Donnell made Nashville his home for almost 40 years, and died here a week ago today. Services will be held this coming Sunday at Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Road.

I’ve heard a lot grumblings about our local assortment of journalism. This one leans too far left. This one reads right. This one might as well be a tabloid. Etc..

Lately, there’s been a lot of hype over a certain statement made by a certain journalist regarding the credibility of the media over the un-credentialed blogging community. Do they have a valid argument? Or are they simply afraid of the competition?

I want to know who you read. Who do you go to first when you want the real scoop? Who do you trust to tell the story sans the sugar? Do you even go to traditional news media anymore? Or have you started going straight to the blogs of your internet neighbors? Do we have a reliable source in Nashville?

Word on the street is the statute of limitations is now up on Jim Balsillie’s exclusive offer on our Nashville Predators. Locals have been in “save our team” mode ever since this Canadian billionaire offered to buy the team from current owner Craig Leipold in late May.

Get the full story here. Then come back and let’s have some fun.

Ready?

The article dropped several big local names as hopefuls for Predator ownership. Cal Turner…Martha Ingram…Tommy Frist…I even heard an Al Gore in there. So Nashville, who do YOU think should step up and save our team? Hint: I’m not asking for votes on the above-mentioned. Drop some new names on me.

My vote is this: let’s all bid together and take joint ownership of the team. Would we even be allowed to do that? How would ticket sales work if we were all part-owners? Just throwing the hypothetical ball around. Thoughts anyone?