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We are hitting the lake this weekend, which I am so stoked for...and will be incredibly tired because there is no way I am missing the midnight showing of one of my all time favorites, Raising Arizona at the Belcourt. You can catch it Friday and/or Saturday at midnight (wouldn't that be Saturday or Sunday, then...ah, I digress). Anyway, it should be a beautiful Sunny Saturday, but if you can--carpool this weekend. The air quality is really poor right now. Sigh...

Okay, on to the list!

Friday!

• How I Became The Bomb w/ Velcro Stars and Rosewood Thieves at the Basement. 9pm ($8)

Saturday!

• Tift Merritt at the Opry Plaza. 5:30pm (Free!)
• Robert Plant and Allison Krauss at the Sommet Center. 8pm ($37.50-$67.50)
• Umbrella Tree w/ Mock Orange and All We Seabeesat the Basement. 9pm ($7)
• The Empires featuring John Cowan, Reese Wynans & Tom Britt at 3rd & Lindsley. 9pm ($10)

Sunday!

• Tift Merritt w/ Jim Bianco at 3rd & Lindsley. 8pm ($10)
• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Have a safe and fun weekend!!!

heart,
j.

This month’s UnSpun is all about killing time. We’ve all been there before and we’ve all explored the best time killers Nashville has to offer. I’ve added the first few and now it’s your turn to add what you do.

All you need is an Amazon.com account to add comments, new items and other things. Click the up or down arrow next to each as a vote up or down. If the item gets more votes than the one above it moves up. Vote for each one. So get to it!

More from Nashville Feed Unspun lists.

My goodness, there are some good options for the weekend! So get out and have a good time. That's an order.

Friday!

• Imaginary Baseball League w/ Eric Wilson and the Empty Hearts (MySpace) & the Privates (MySpace) at the 5 Spot. 9pm ($5)
• Lucero at the Cannery Ballroom. 9pm ($10 - $12)
• Sausage Fest 2008 featuring Hurts to Laugh, the Mattoid, Jeff Boswell, Stephanie's Id, Chris Crofton, Radio Death Wave & Creeping Cruds at the Basement. 9pm ($7)

Saturday!

• Jypsi at the Opry Plaza. 5:30pm (Free!)
• Pat Buchanan at 3rd & Lindsley. 7pm ($7)
• Panty Raid!'s Fifth Annual Tease-A-Thon and Birthday Bash at the Cannery. 9pm ($15 - $18)
• Hotpipes (MySpace) w/ the Nobility & D-Funk: a benefit for the Martha O'Bryan Center at the Basement. 9pm (Free)
• Brad Sample (MySpace) w/ Stateliner (MySpace) & Jason Moore (MySpace) at Windows on the Cumberland. 9:30pm ($5)

Sunday!

• Panty Raid! 5 Year Anniversary Wrap DJ Dance Party at the Basement. 8pm (Free!)
• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Grimey's Top 10 Album Sales for the Week

Def a mix of music on Grimey's Top 10 Sales of the week. Go down to Grimey's and get all the goodies! Support your local music store.

1. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
2. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
3. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
5. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
6. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
7. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
8. Townes Van Zandt - Live At The Old Quarter
9. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
10. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

For the rest of the list visit Grimeys.com.

Again Amazon has it's Friday 5: Five Albums for $5 Each download. They are: Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane, George Strait, Michael Bublé, Jimi Hendrix and Pavement. To find out what albums follow the link.

A plethora of options! Have fun and be careful!

xo,
j.

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So the post-Bonnaroo week has been a bear, to say the least...which makes this weekend all the more welcome and awesome. So what to do??

Friday!

• Dog Days of Summer Concert Series Fundraiser feat. Jedd Hughes, Ross Copperman & Jeremy Lister; Bruce Wallace (MySpace), Victoria Bands, Eric Paslay & Liz Rose (MySpace); Lila McCann, Melissa Pierce, Jen Schott (MySpace) & Jesse Lee at the 5 Spot. 8:30pm
• Bobby Bare Jr. w/The Shazam at Exit/In. 9pm ($10)
• Ghostfinger (MySpace) w/Joshua Black Wilkins & Miles Neilsen at the Basement. 9pm ($5)

Saturday!

• Kim Richey at Opry Plaza. 5:30pm (Free!)
• King Doublebass Summer NAMM Party feat. Three Blue Teardrops (MySpace) & Hillbilly Casino at Exit/In. 8pm (@10)
• Duane Jarvis Fundraiser feat. Hacienda Brothers at Mercy Lounge. 8pm ($10)
• John Hall, Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Bill LaBounty, Todd Sharp, J.D. Souther, Victor Wooten & more at 3rd & Lindsley. 9pm ($20)
• The Carter Administration (MySpace) w/ Eureka Gold & Everthus the Deadbeats at the 5 Spot. 9pm ($5)
• De Novo Dahl w/Hotpipes (MySpace) at the Basement. 10pm
• Left Can Dance (MySpace) at Ombi. 10:30pm (Free!)
• Chris Scruggs (MySpace) w/Ben Prestage (MySpace) & The Howling Brothers at the 5 Spot. 9pm ($5)

Sunday!

• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Grimey's Top 10 Album Sales for the Week

One of my old favorites Sloan appears on the list. Go down to Grimey's and get all the goodies! Support your local music store. Also for those not in Nashville check out Amazon.com's $5 Friday deals. 5 Albums each for $5. This week Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Raising Sand, Frank Sinatra's Essentials(Columbia Years), The Best of Andrea Bocelli - 'Vivere' and Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight

1. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
3. Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
4. Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
5. Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)
6. Sloan - Parallel Play
7. Robert Pollard - Is Off To Business
8. Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
9. The Cool Kids - Bake Sale

For the rest of the list visit Grimeys.com.

Have a fun and relaxing weekend!
Peace,
j.

Technorati Tags: Mercy Lounge, The Basement, Hillbilly Casino, weekend, de novo dahl

Yeehaw! Time for some weekend fun. I'm sending you this week's list from beautiful Napa, California...so if there are a lot of misspellings and grammatical errors, you know why.

Friday!

• An Evening with Tommy Womack at Krooner's Custom Bikes and Music Venue. 9pm ($5)
• Here Come the Mummies at the Cannery. 9pm ($12 - $15)
• Maureen Murphy, Oblio, Cassino & Space Capone (MySpace) at Mercy Lounge. 9pm (Free!)
• A Bourbon and Ginger Party featuring Those Darlins (MySpace), Chuck Mead (MySpace) and the Grassy Knoll Boys and Anna from Curse of the Drinking Class. 9pm

Saturday!

• Hands Together in Flatrock Music and Arts Festival feat. Tommy Womack, Irene Kelley, Trova Urbana, Danny Salazar, Austin Cunningham, Boomerang & more at Coleman Park Community Center. 11am
• Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts (MySpace) CD Release w/The Lonely Hearts & Aaron Robinson at 12th and Porter. 9pm
• Wess Floyd and the Daisycutters (MySpace) w/The Lonely Hearts & Red White Blue at the 5 Spot. 9pm ($5)
• Chris Janson w/Josh Byrd at 3rd and Lindsley. 10pm ($10)

Sunday!

• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Monday!

• Take the day off and enjoy it!

Hot Nashville Music Sales of the Week

Grimey's Best Sellers for May 12 - 18,2008

A whole bunch of new stuff this week. Enjoy and support your local record store.

1. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
2. The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
3. Portishead - Third
4. Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity
5. Elvis Costello - Momofuku
6. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
7. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
8. No Age - Nouns
9. Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
10. The Felice Brothers - Tonight At The Arizona

We only list the top 10 for the rest of the top 50 visit Grimeys.com. (Please note that Amazon.com links are provided for those not in Nashville, if Grimeys had an online store we would link there.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.
Peace,
j.

Technorati Tags: weekend, nashville, it list, here come the mummies

It’s been a little longer than a month since our last Unspun was posted. My job is in the music industry and we have a major event coming in a few weeks so my time to blog is limited. Anyway, the weather is getting much nicer outside and it got me thinking of things happening in town. I’ve really only got one event I’m looking forward to this summer and that’s not even a big public thing. It seems like in the past few years Nashville has lost quite a few major summer festivals and shows; Dancin’ in the District, Uptown Mix and a few more that I can’t bring to mind.

This month’s Unspun question is: “Best Summer Events in Nashville, TN?” These are the events that make your summer and you look forward to attend each year. Some have already passed like Steeple Chase but there are plenty left. I’ve added some to start with and if you can think of others feel free to add them. Make sure they are big events not just band shows. (I’ll delete those; it’s not a list to promote your show)

All you need is an Amazon.com account to add comments, new items and other things. Click the up or down arrow next to each as a vote up or down. If the item gets more votes than the one above it moves up. Vote for each one. So get to it!

More from Nashville Feed Unspun lists.

A dreary crappy week is over...and now make way for lots of sunshine, good music, movies and more...

Friday kicks off DIRECTIONS: a small collection of films curated by Harmony Korine at the Belcourt. Tonight at 7:30, Mister Lonely opens and Harmony Korine will make an appearance. For the full schedule of DIRECTIONS as well as other showtimes for Mister Lonely, visit the Belcourt's website.

Friday!

• Velcro Stars w/Fishboy (MySpace) & Chris Freeman and Unicorn Horns (MySpace) at Tomato, Tomato in Murfreesboro. 9pm ($5)
• The Official The Hives After Party feat. Har Mar Superstar at Mercy Lounge. 10pm ($5)

Saturday!

• Concert for Darfur Relief feat. Kathy Chiavola, Greg Trooper, Barry and Holly Tashian at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Nashville ($10)
• Roots Rock for Research: A Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation feat. Mike Plume Band (MySpace), Ned Van Go & Jen Duke (MySpace) at the Rutledge ($10)
• Matthew Ryan vs. the Silver State w/Jon Dee Graham at Mercy Lounge. 9pm ($12)

Sunday!

• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Get out and have fun!

Peace,
j.

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