View Larger MapBeen a loooong time since we've written about Derrick Mitchem and his proposed Motorsports Museum across from Fair Park, in the old Bama Pie building. Been no reason to: Last I looked, oh, three weeks ago, the place looked just as it has for years and as you see above -- more or less abandoned, despite here-and-there renovations made over the better part of the decade. It's always been the project no one at City Hall really wanted to discuss, even though it ate up about $200,000 i
Josh Jenkins and Jamey Ice roared onto CNN's set this morning.The Fort's own Green River Ordinance popped up in a rather unlikely spot this morning, getting interviewed and performing a toned-down, two-man, acoustic take on its new single, "Come On," in, uh, the CNN newsroom?OK, sure, why not? Say what you will of the band's saccharin pop-rock, but its busy summer (and, granted, major-label backed) schedule of touring and performing alongside the likes of Collective Soul, Gavin DeGraw and Dav
Times New Viking on Friday at The Lounge on Elm Street:In lieu of any quality video from last night's Snoop Dogg concert, I give you Ohio's pride and joy, Times New Viking. After playing The Lounge, the band headed down to Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest. And, according to their MySpace schedule they're playing in Memphis, Texas, tonight. Are we ready to adopt Memphis yet? Maybe it's all a part of Rick Perry's secret secession plan...