MUSIC CITY!

Nashville has treated us well. We visited some of the sights, did a bit of dancing, met some great musicians and heard some fabulous musicians, especially last night at 3rd and Lindsley. Most towns are dead on a Wednesday night, but Nashville’s music scene doesn’t seem to sleep. Or even rest. Unfortunately for me, dim lighting and shaky hands don’t allow for any great photos of the musicians in these little joints, so the sights and sounds are committed to memory. If one of you masters the Vulcan mind meld, let me know and I’ll share the experience (wow, sometimes my own geekiness surpasses my expectations…)

I did, however, get some shots of the Parthenon. The only full-sized replica in the world. The real thing, of course, sits in ruins on the top of the Acropolis overlooking the dinghy city of Athens.

This fake one just doesn’t have that ancient appeal, but it’s neat to see what it might have looked like in its complete state. We went to haunt the place both by day….
And by night…

We also got around to the Grand Ole Opry which doesn’t look grand or old, but hey, it’s important because… Apparently it’s the oldest continuos radio program in the USA, but what’s weird is that it’s neither broadcast from this location nor is there even anything remotely radio-esque about this location. The Grand Ole Opry is now a very famous venue for country stars, rock stars, any stars to play. So we saw it. Here it is. Be excited for us

It wasn’t all fun and nonsense in Nashville. In an attempt to be serious individuals, we went to Vanderbilt University to visit a friend of Leah’s from U of L who now works in the Psychology department and is about to embark on a study of guitar playing as a cognitive event, or multiple events, or as a lack of cognition, or, or, or, I don’t know what I’m talking about He was also quite adamant about the importance of synthesizers in modern music… but we won’t go there… (note to M: you will never convert Leah to be Leotarded!)

Two more strange items Nashville has to offer. The Batman Building (aka the at&t building). And from all the good looking men we met in Nashville, we picked up this special beauty on the street:

Farewell Nashville! Thanks for a great time!