Ever since we interviewed DJ Sprout last spring, the soundtrack of our show has been the forthcoming CD, “Can I Keep This Pen?,” from Long Island born, bread and inspired Northern State. It’s not only on our iPods but we’ve been using some of the G rated songs as bumper music for the show.
Today is […]
Summary: Mayoral candidate Karl Dean is our guest in this segment of today’s show. Dean survived the general election challenge, coming in first out of 7 candidates, and will square off against Bob Clement in the runoff on September 11th. Karl gives us an update on the post-general election, pre-run off race in general and […]
Summary: In the first part of this morning’s show we run down the run off. Take it away, Grandmaster Flash!
We were standing on the corner ’round Freddie’s bike,
When we realized we were king and queen of the mic.
The election had passed and what did we see?
A runoff election - Nashville’s legacy!
Neither Gentry, Dozier, Eaton, or […]
With apologies to Frank Capra, I was going to call this post about Saturday night’s mayoral debate, “Every time the Congressman Opens His Mouth, an Angel Changes Its Vote.” I altered it after hearing candidate Karl Dean ask candidate Bob Clement the question that’s been on my mind for weeks: “What is your pledge?”
He was […]
Rev. Victor M. Singletary and the “New Wine Ministers” are holding a press conference next Wednesday to discuss the responses they received from Karl Dean about his intentions, if elected mayor, “to redress longstanding substantive issues of the African-American community.” At the news conference, they’ll also address “Bob Clement’s failure to respond to issues of […]
Today, American intelligence officials issued a report stating that “The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki will become ‘more precarious’ over the next six months to a year, and while its security forces have improved they are not strong enough to operate without outside help.” Does anyone else get the feeling that the […]
I noticed this morning that the blurb at the bottom Steve Gill’s guest commentary in this morning City Paper describes him as “a statewide radio talk host and television political analyst for WKRN in Nashville.” Maybe I’m not watching at the right times but I haven’t seen Steve Gill on a newscast in quite a […]
According to a press release from The Nashville Homeless Power Project, both Bob Clement and Karl Dean were invited to attend this morning’s Mayoral Candidates Debate. When originally invited by The Project on August 6, “both campaign offices indicated that their candidate had nothing scheduled” August 20 at 11 am and said they “would confirm […]
I’m the proud new owner of a Brill Luxus 38 push reel mower (thanks to Clean Air Gardening). I assembled it last night, mowed my back yard (which is, thankfully in this heat, small), and marveled at the impact of quality engineering. Based on the insubstantial difference I notice between a push reel mower and […]
Stephen Hayes, senior writer at The Weekly Standard and author of the new book, Cheney: The Untold Story of America’s Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President, went on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night giving Stewart the chance to ask him questions about the King of All Fear Mongerers that give us a […]
