Nashville Secrets

Here are a few neat things you may not have known about Nashville...

10. The walmart on Nolensville Rd. in Nashville Tn is the only one to offer valet parking. According to the manager it's because the parking lot is built so unusual in order to preserve a creek in the area that many drivers found it hard to navigate, so wal-mart made the decision to offer valet. http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=9198121 In Nashville you can also find valet at the majority of nicer grocery stores, gyms, malls and other retail establishments. What can I say, we Nashvillians are a lazy bunch.

9. Almost every musician worth his salt has recorded in Nashville. The list is so extensive it isnt even worth listing. Hell Jack White even has his own lablel down here. Nashville has the best recording studios in the world. Extreme time and care is put into creating perfect acoustics, allowing musicians to sound and preform better. Nashvillians are also a very laid back bunch and don't get overly excited when we see even the most famous of celebrities. No worry of paparazzi down here!!!

8. Speaking of paparazzi, many movie stars are moving down south too! We have tons of film stars that are slowly making nashville their home.Maybe it is due to our lack of a state income tax or our laissez-fair attitude toward celebrity. When you have actual debutantes who's family linage goes back pre-civil war..well down here-that trumps movie star any day. However if you are the kind to go "star gazing", here are a few places to hit while in town: Larry's off Murfreesboro Pike, the Bungnut Pig, Princes Chicken, Puckett's Grocery, Sambucko's , and anything in the trendy (but not to trendy) mid-town area. 

7. Tennessee is known as the Athens of the south and we have the exact replica of the Parthenon in Nashville to prove it. The nickname is due to the amazing amount of colleges and universities we have!.  The list is pretty long so I'm just going to let Wikipedia list them for me....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Tennessee

6. Jazz fan, well Nashville has quite the jazz history. Jefferson Street saw a jazz, blues and R&B music heyday during the 1940s through the 1960s. Greats like Duke Ellington, Ella  Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, Etta James and more played in numerous local clubs, such as The New Era Club, Del Morocco and Club Baron.

5. Vinyl Lovers Unite!!! United Record Pressing, a vinyl pressing plant in downtown Nashville, is one of only four remaining vinyl manufacturers in the nation. Operating since 1949, United has pressed millions of records.

4. Tennessee Whiskey has a really long tradition in Nashville!  During prohibition in the 1930s, many of the local printers established boot-legging in their basements located in downtown’s Printers Alley. When alcohol was legal once again, the bars simply remained there — and are still operational today.

3. We were music city before the recording studios... The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson, boasts a driveway in the shape of a guitar. Legend says that the driveway was so shaped to please his daughter-in- law Emily. Nashvillians like to think it was a sign of good things to come ;)

2. Nashville native William Walker was the only American to become the president of another country. He became president of Nicaragua in 1856 and attempted to unite all of Central America into one country.

1. Nashvillians pride themselves on being..well Nashvillians. We talk about it all of the time. Statements of distaste and jokes are often made about Nashville imports. I'm a west Tennessean and I'll never quite be part of the "true Nashville crowd" and you can for-get-it if you are farther west than Memphis or more east than Chattanooga!

For your entertainment:
You are so Nashville if:
 http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/24th-annual-you-are-so-nashville-if/Content?oid=3464114

Shit people from Nashville don't say...
http://youtu.be/L5fST0RsLZQ

Dirty desperate to be seen hipsters!!!
 http://youtu.be/RQ6t83f8ay0

Why I'm secretly, apparently a gay southern man...who knew?
http://youtu.be/EuWgqRcEmcE

My Midnight Movie Obsession...or why I wanted to make The Grindhouse Sleepover.

There is NOTHING like a well made/yet horrible/cheesy movie that takes itself way to seriously!! I have so much nostalgia for 80's B-title movies. It seems as if while making low budget movies is becoming easier..the quality is actually going down. You can't find a half way decent indi or b title horror or comedy anymore. I remember being in 7th grade and coming home after a night at the skating rink, eating left over pizza talking to some cute 7th grade guy on the phone and watching Up all night...all night. In fact I can owe The Grindhouse Sleepover to those late nights in front of the TV.
Below you will see my top ten list of what I like to call late night comedies from the 80's.. (you know the ones they edited all the boobs out of on USA!) I specifically stayed away from anything other than comedy (look I'm in way to deep with horror and this would be a top 100 list if it included horror) and I tried to pick ones you probably haven't scene. So, for example, while I love Risky Business I didn't include it because of its popularity. Rhonda Shear and Gilbert Godfred...this is for you!!!

1. The Night Before..
Keanu Reeves is really charming in this as he tries to figure out exactly what happened to his prom date. (He sold her to a pimp named Tito) It has a real night in the life of Jimmey Reardon feel.
 http://youtu.be/au162B_kGuQ

2. My  Chauffeur...
Pin and teller is in this one first of all. So its worth watching just for that reason. The girl who plays the lead is very funny I think and I love the panty scene! 20,000 points!!! Basically the movie is about a girl who gets a job as a chauffeur. I actually have this one on VHS!
http://youtu.be/IHspAcJG1mQ

3. Zapped-
The dude from Charles in Charge is in it. He gets telekinetic powers and mostly uses it to look at girls naked and cheat at sports from what I remember.
 http://youtu.be/f-lLsewsAuk

4.Hunk
A nerdy guy sells his soul and becomes the early 80's version of really hunky. The best part is the banana hammock he wears in the beach scenes and the sleeveless jacket and tie he sports when he goes out. Also-there is massive collar popping.
http://youtu.be/KeRtcKUT0-Y

5. Don't Tell Her Its Me-
Steve guient...(I cant spell his name, you know the guy from police academy) yeah that guy, well he falls in love with this news lady (the chick from Lost Boys) and has his sister (the chick from cheers) make him into a romance novel hero. Cheesy goodness.
 http://youtu.be/xfzCHP3Lfvc

6.Just One Of the Girls-
One of the coreys is in this one. He gets beat up daily and dresses as a girl so the guys will stop. Hilarity ensues..or something like that. (I also like just one of the guys...but that really isn't a midnight movie)
http://youtu.be/NInuwVBtcK0

7.Spring Break-
So very, very bad. Nerds go on spring break and the hotel almost gets shut down.
 http://youtu.be/bL1Er4-fTkc

8.Getting Lucky-
A high school nerd finds a drunk leprechaun who gives him three wishes.
 http://youtu.be/9wSFsNvLA_U
 http://youtu.be/3kwnQV5Q3Ao

9. The Wild Life-
From what I remember, its about three guys who go out and party all night.
 http://youtu.be/OMCKBotk3p0

10. Making the Grade-
Andrew dice clay in one of his first movies! Judd Nelson is also in it playing pretty much the same guy he did in The Breakfast Club. In it this rich guy hires someone to be him for his senior year of school so he doesn't get cut off and have to get a job.
 http://youtu.be/k5W-onIU2RE

So, what's your favorite Up All Night Movies??  http://youtu.be/1hyhYiAzpv0
Now I gotta go watch some bad 80's flicks before bed....good (up all) night!