Nashville, TN

Toy-maker Matel is expected to announce another toy recall later today. The recall is for toys with lead-based paint that were manufactured in China.

No word yet on which specific toys will be affected, but as soon as I hear some news, I will pass it along.

Not a good month to be Matel.

I watched much of the Titans vs Redskins game Saturday night on television. I love football, but there’s something not so much fun about a football game when the temp is in the 90s at kick-off at 7 p.m. at night.

OK, let me rephrase that–I’m not so thrilled by pre-season games in the heat. Now if it were a game that counted and I could go, I’d be all over it.

I know, some of you were worried that maybe I’d been replaced by a clone.

That said, the Titans effort on the field was great on defense, not so hot on offense. Our running game has got to get going. I miss Travis Henry already. OK, more than I did before…

You know the drill.

This one’s for the demographic that has been searching low and praying high for a local children’s biblical musical, free to the public, and conveniently located about one mile in between your pick of two main exits off 65.

That’s right, your prayers are answered.

Otter Creek Church of Christ is producing “Go Go Jonah!”, a children’s musical, tonight on their campus for one night only. Free and open to the public, and conveniently located about 1 mile north of Concord Road exit, or about 1 mile south of Old Hickory Boulevard exit off 65 on Franklin Road in Brentwood. Come and enjoy as the children of Otter Creek chronicle an important providential event in the life of a biblical hero named Jonah. Starring…….my niece JBelle!

Ok, so she’s probably not the star. But she will be to me.

I’ll admit I didn’t tune into the wrasslin’ debut of Adam Jones last night. Sorry, but actual NFL pre-season football was on and that takes priority (gotta figure out who to put on my fantasy team!)

Anyway, I’m sure that the footage of Jones on there will work its way to YouTube later today or in the coming days…

So, did anyone see Pacman’s debut? Any thoughts?

Wow, no love for Where in Nashville? Or maybe it was just too hard. Or maybe you knew it but you’re only in it for prizes. That’s cool….
For those of you who care, it was Big River restaurant on Broadway, downtown.
My recommendation: Tuna fillet sandwich. Comes on a bun, but would be better without it. It is topped with a seasonable-sensation: pineapple salsa. The fries are yummy too.

Anyhoo, (I actually hate when people type ‘anyhoo’, as if it’s cute to change ‘anyhow’ to ‘anyhoo’. As if it might increase readership…), I may have made my reality t.v. show debut last night at The Rutledge. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be on a reality tv show. Last night I caught a glimpse. And don’t be all mad if you didn’t get in on the action, because I totally invited each and everyone of you on Tuesday’s post.

Matt Jenkins, a ridiculously talented, humble, and genuine buddy of mine is having his life taped for this fall’s Fox reality show Nashville. I have mixed feelings about actually, maybe, having been caught on tape last night. There is a slight anticipation though to see the final edited results on t.v. this fall.

Set your Tivo’s kids. Nashville premiers Friday, September 14.

Adam “Pac-Man” Jones will make his debut on TNA (Total Non-stop Action) Wrestling this evening.

The show airs at 8 p.m. local time on Spike TV. (I believe it’s channel 61 on Comcast).

So, will anyone be tuning in out of morbid curiosity?

Or will you, instead, be watching the first televised pre-season NFL game of the year instead?

Or maybe a test pattern that’s airing somewhere else?

I was particularily annoyed with Comcast last night. Several stations were have some issues (the picture kept breaking down, similiar to what happens when you have a scratch on a DVD and the sound kept fading in and out), including one of the stations I planned to watch–SciFi.

See, it was Tuesday and that means time for an all-new episode of Eureka. Fun show, nice summer time diversion.

But I couldn’t watch it last night. Well, I could–in between the image breaking up, the sound fading in and out. Call me crazy, but I like to see and hear what’s going on in the show. The verbal barbs the characters trade are funnier when, oh I don’t know, you can hear them!

Anyway, I called Comcast and got the usual b.s that it was issues and they were working to resolve them. Yeah, not very hard since this had happened for several hours that day. I didn’t check this morning any of the affected stations because I was too busy trying not to throw up from the unrelenting Barry Bonds coverage (seriously, ESPN…there were other teams playing last night. Did you just flash scores on the screen for every other major league game? Oh wait…I’m sure you showed full highlights of the Yankees because heaven forbid be not see those!)

Anyway, I hope this problem is fixed soon….as in by Friday night when Flash Gordon premieres.

It’s not like Comcast really cares…they’ve got a monopoly on the local cable market and they know it.

Answer this location correctly and win a free pair of nuthin’. As well as my undying gratitude that someone cared enough to comment.

I didn’t watch the show “Age of Love” but I’ve heard re-caps of it on Rick and Bubba.

I wasn’t aware that the winner of the show, Amanda, is from right here in Middle Tennessee. In fact, according to the official web site, she’s a student at MTSU and she hails from LaVergne.

So, I didn’t see the show but did anyone out there see it? Anyone out there know Amanda? Or maybe you are Amanda and are reading this…if so, feel free to leave a comment or two.

And congratulations to Amanda on her selection.

Pictures to come of last night’s show at Fuel. If you missed it, then you don’t know what you’re missing you missed. Quite literally.

Here’s another scoop on an upcoming show: Matt Jenkins. Wednesday night. 10pm. The Rutledge. Check your smokes at the door.

If you don’t have any prior engagements this evening, or heck, even if you (drop everything), come out to Fuel tonight on 2nd Avenue. My friends Lainey Edwards and Spencer Tenney are playing around 7pm. There’s no cover at Fuel before 11pm, so you don’t even have to have cash for the door. Just come on out and support true local talent. I will be there for sure. I’ll be the amateur with my rocking-awesome camera that makes me look like a professional.

As my grandfather used to say, “It’s H-O-T, warm outside.”

It’s going to be hot the next couple of days here in Music City, with reports we could break 100 degrees by mid-week. And the humidity will be suffocating, pushing the old heat index up even higher. Add to that the haze that was reported yesterday as being worse than that in Los Angeles….now that is truly frightening.

So, make sure you stay cool when you can and that you stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water.

And also, say a prayer for our homeless brothers and sisters. I know the extreme cold can be hard on them, but I read today somewhere that the extreme heat like this can be just as brutal on them.

My friends and I took in the latest and greatest of the Jason Bourne trilogy on Friday. We bought tickets to the 9:00 at the Carmike Cinema in Cool Springs. After securing our spots at the theater, we had dinner at the muoy delish Ghengis Grill nearby. If you haven’t been there yet, stop what you are doing right now and fix that. It is the Mongolian barbecue concept, and they have everything you could possibly want to throw on a grill with rice. Chicken, steak, shrimp, lobster, vegetables, fruit, seasonings, sauces, you name it. You won’t be disappointed.

After dinner, we had about an hour or so to kill before movie. We decided to walk around outdoors in attempt to settle the copious amounts of food we had just ingested. And not too long after we started walking, the inevitable happened. We needed to find a restroom.

Someone had the big idea that Chuck E. Cheese would suffice. I wasn’t too sure. I thought we had to buy admission just to get past the faux velvet ropes. So we sent in the lackey (the only boy in our trio) to get the sitch. As we peered through the windows like stalkers without restraining orders, we saw him gain access to the facility with little-to-no quandary. So we did what any good friends would do. We followed suit.

Sure enough, we too were admitted without so much as a puzzled expression. The door-master did, however, roll her eyes at us in exasperation when we tried without success to convince her that our “special adult friend” needed retrieving from the skee-ball stand, and that we were very sorry for letting him out of his car seat unattended.

So here we are, three adults wandering the child-packed Cool Springs Chuck E. Cheese on a Friday night, with no other business there but to…well, do our business. And had the entire restaraunt not smelled like stinky feet (I think that was the pizza), we might have stayed for a round of Caveman Crashers.

All I’m sayin’ is…parents beware. Not of us, of course - we’re harmless. But not all unsupervised adults aimlessly pacing a children’s facility are quite as safe as we are.

If you know what I mean.

The results are in Nashville!

Now that the polls are closed…anyone care to share how they voted?

I’ll go first. I didn’t vote.

yah….I know. Let the reaming ensue below.