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I think this All Things Considered segment finally put Nashville, TN on my list of cities I must visit -- (link)

Posted by con_carne Jan 6 '09, 07:49

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It's about a band called the Time Jumpers, who play a genre called Western Swing (www.npr.org)

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Nashville is fun, but I liked Memphis better. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:53 11
- It also appeals to me, because of the rock n' roll history -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 07:58 1
  - Graceland, Sun Studios, Beale Street. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:59
- I feel a little bad for you for thinking this. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 07:54 8
  - why? Elvis and Delta Blues. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:57 7
    - The history I know, but comparing the cities now... - TFox Jan 6, 07:59 6
      - Oh, Memphis is a shithole. Nashville is sterilized family fun. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:00 5
        
        Maybe on its surface some, but not if you spend significant time there or know where to go. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 08:01 4
        
        fair enough. I'm just saying Memphis feels more like me. I'm more blues than country. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:02 3
        
        old and broken down? -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 08:03 2
        
        and country's not? Maybe I'm really an old black man from Mississippi. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:04 1
        
        "Someone really hates these cans! I need to get away from the cans!" -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 08:06
Nashville has a ton of groups that bend "country" into many weird, appealing shapes. - TFox Jan 6, 07:52 10
- Sure seems like it - con_carne Jan 6, 08:00
- My dad was a huge fan of Randy Travis/Reba MacIntyre type stuff, so I can never get into the mainstream stuff - Reagen Jan 6, 07:55 8
  - The mainstream almost-top-40 stuff I am ambivalent to. But the alt-country and roots revival and rockabilly and so on... - TFox Jan 6, 07:56 7
    - Which is why I far prefer Austin to Nashville. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:57 6
      - Never been to Austin, I'm sure I'd love it. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 07:59 5
        
        ACL will blow your effing socks off. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 08:02 3
        
        it's deliciously freaky. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:02 2
        
        The Batman/Klingon guy I saw is apparently a regular. - Reagen Jan 6, 08:04 1
        
        the whole city is freaky. TFox would never leave. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:06
        
        it makes Nashville look like Disney, not in a good way. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:59

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