man, yallz rule.

colin, thomas is indeed hard to get a hold of. he's all fancy and househunting & stuff with his doctor wife. hope you get to see him tho -- his current band is really great too -- www.myspace.com/buriedbeds in case he hasn't pimped it here.

i'm definitely biased but i really do think nashville music is killer right now, whatever it is you dig.
personal loves, some of which i think are probably no news to anybody:

cortney tidwell -- ethereal pop, really pretty, www.myspace.com/cortneytidwell

de novo dahl -- quirky pop, www.myspace.com/denovodahl

the features -- power-pop, www.myspace.com/thefeatures

how i became the bomb -- synth-pop, www.myspace.com/howibecamethebomb

turncoats - sort of 60s-ish indie-power-pop, www.myspace.com/turncoatstn

the carter administration -- power-pop, www.myspace.com/thecarteradministration

forget cassettes -- gritty pj-ish rock, www.myspace.com/forgetcassettes

the privates -- amazing quirky power-pop, www.myspace.com/theprivates

thornton -- kinda high-drama cabaret pop, www.myspace.com/thornton

apollo up -- costello-influenced rock, www.myspace.com/apolloup

cerys matthews is here too, & her newer stuff is astounding, glossary is still kickin and still kickass. some good r&b pop stuff too, count bass-d does the smart hip-hop thing, i could go all day. it's nutso awesome here musically. the humidity tho, yes, sucks largely.

i've been playin a whole ton here too, yep.
got to record with a singer/songwriter alongside lloyd green, the steel guitar guy who did sweetheart of the rodeo and everything else that's cool. it was killer. there's a song i played snare on on the new todd snider odds&ends collection which was cool too.

mostly keeping busy with this nowadays:
www.myspace.com/sleeptalkerband

& wwwmyspace.com/youngprofessionalsband

might be doing something else soon but i'm still workin on it.

i saw frampy here a few weeks ago, incidentally... esquire sent him to nashville to interview jack white.

mark & scott from come down aren't doin the music stuff too much currently but i think that'll change for mark pretty soon. they're good dudes. i miss that band a bunch. was nice to hear that it was recently listened to.

apologies for the length.
& lots o' love,
n.

Good to "see" you, Nico! What's the latest on Nashville's own THE SHAZAM?

My brother in-law and his brood live in Brentwood, so I'll be sure to let you and St. Patrick know the next time we're there for a visit. I'm thinking maybe late this year sometime. Thanksgiving, perhaps?

The Carter Administration.

Heh.

They should do an all-covers show that's all song about presidents or originally performed by bands named for presidents.

"James K. Polk", "I Shot Reagan"; Clinton, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments; Nixon - Lambchop.

See them with opening act Hamilton Jordan Frank and Reynolds, featuring their hits "Don't Pull Your Funds Out On Me, Baby."

Hi Nicole. You have been MIA, not only from this board, but from Nashville in general. Or is it me? I still need to hear your new stuff.

Nico left off The Clutters from "what's hot in Nasvhille" - http://www.theclutters.com/wp/

I'll also let you know when I'm in town next, Stuart Ransom Walker.

I would appreciate that.

I'm hoping for a Kingfish spotting this weekend since he's supposedly running the Country Music Marathon. Insanity.

I'm late to the party, but ...Hi, Nico!! It's been too long since you've graced our screens. Sounds like everything is going swell in your corner of the world. Please don't be a stranger.

Ok, I'll be the guy.

Hey Nic

When is the Come Down record gonna be finished and put out??


DOv

Come Down is finishing a record?

a year or so ago i recall them mentioning it....

info might be on their home page or myspace page.

thanks nicole, i'm blushing.

tis great about de novo dahl gettin' signed
http://billboard.blogs.com/jadedinsider ... dahls.html