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Re: “Quote of the Day: Emily Evans on the Music City Center”
It's built now, so what is she supposed to say, "I hope it burns to the ground so we can salt the Earth whert it stood"?
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I agree with Mark and Steve. This welfare for the rich doesn't seem to pay off. How long will it be before the Titans do another shakedown, and then pick up and leave if we don't deliver? Dell, as pointed out, was a disaster. I can't believe Spyridon and his bunch are willing to throw money at this.
To hell with them. "Nashville," as I understand it was on the bubble and only got a reprieve by the network. I suspect this wll be its last season anyway.
Re: “The real drama at ABC's Nashville starts as the season stops”
I'm not that impressed with Connie Britton or the show
Re: “Quote of the Day: Emily Evans on the Music City Center”
Well, that to me shows a mature and responsible attitude. What would be better? That she says, "Well, I was opposed to this, so now I hope it fails and all these millions of dollars are down the drain?" No rational and responsible person would take that attitude. She lost in the council, but a true public servant (as opposed to a slef-absorbed hack) will take her approach. If it's going to happen, let's hope for the sake of Nashville that it is a big success.
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
If that's what it takes to get you through the night, son, sure; you hit a nerve...
Re: “When a journalism career gives way to cake baking and homemade piñatas”
Great piece! The good news.....after your children are gone, you can do all that again!
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Which rock stars are you talking about, Donna?
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
What a joke. On Tennessee. I hope that ridiculous show leaves and takes the rock stars trying to go country with them. And most of the record-label moguls as well. Alan Jackson done said it in song.
I listen to a country station down this way that plays a mix of old and new. They've been having to throw in more and more of the old because people are tuning out the new 15-song rotations that have gotten worse by the year. Heaven help us all. Glad I remember the old AM stations and the music mixes I grew up with. Payola lives.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
It would be something if the state had some sort of organization, a commission, say, that was responsible for working as a liaison between the film industry and the state, in order to make mutually-beneficial deals to attract projects to the state.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Heather,
No one disputes that there are benefits. The question is two fold.
1) Do those benefits outweigh the costs and the establishment of the idea that we will pay for business we might get otherwise?
The worst economic deal in Tennessee history was when Mayor Bredesen offered Dell $80 million plus to locate in Nashville instead of eastern Wilson or eastern Rutherford counties. We ended up paying to get jobs that would have still benefited the region for free. It looked good in theory but was a disaster in reality.
2) Is there a longer term benefit that will come from our initial investment or will we need to continue bribing projects to come here?
I would be happier if Nashville and Tennessee were working with private industry and banks to make a long term concentrated program to become a film capitol. Such a project would look at attracting all the different sectors of the business, not just filming. We should be the perfect location for that with all the different types of talent and technology we have.
Tennessee can be used to film all sorts of different locations and Nashville is centrally located to be the focus of all the production and ancillary work.
Re: “Stephen Fincher Loves Government Handouts, Just Not for the Poor”
Hiding his dripping cynicism behind the bible and claims of Christianity, what a sleaze ball. It's jackholes like fincher that give real honest Christians a bad name.
Re: “WSMV Exposes Metro's Makeshift Toxic Landfill (And a Scalp for Ken Jakes!)”
WSMV is doing some serious journalism lately. They also featured a story the other day about how KIPP dumped a bunch of its most problematic, lowest achieving students back into the public school system, right before TCAP tests.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I don't watch the show and am not such a fan of what passes as 'Country Music" today. That being said, if (and only if) the return on investment (boon to the local economy) is in excess of the cost (tax incentives), it makes perfect sense to accommodate the show's execs! I CAN see where this MIGHT be a positive for tourism and local labor.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I enjoyed "Memphis Beat". At least they shot enough exteriors and establishing shots in Mamphis to make it mostly believable. Unfortunately for us, "Nashville" may already have enough of those in the can from this season to be able to move to California with no problem.
Re: “Whose Faith & Values Is The Tennessean Covering?”
Actually, as a for-profit corporation (just like Nashville Scene), their #1 responsibility is to sell enough newspapers and advertising to make a profit for their stockholders. Of the subscribers that they have left, most of them are Gen Xers and older, who are predominently Christians. Since devoting a huge section of the newpaper to a gathering of 30 or 40 pagans in Burns might cause a few hundred more subscribers to drop off the vine, you're probably not going to see a story like that. Many of their current advertisers are "old school" business people who have either always advertised in a newspaper or are marketing hearing aides and scooters to the aging readership. OTH, the Scene is just dropped off once a week and if you piss off every one of your readers, they'll probably pick up another copy because, heck, it's free. Any romantic notions that still existed about journalism being above the bottom went out the window when newpapers went from being the big dog on the porch to treading water as fast as they can.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I'm not completely educated on the ins and outs of this question, but I have several friends among the creative class who've been able to pay their bills due to the show.
I also think that time may tell. All the experience gained by individuals can only help their careers, and it may be several years before we can quantify the economic boost from tourism—not to mention other productions that might want to film here. I'd put my vote on the "keep 'em" side.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, cast & crew.
Re: “The real drama at ABC's Nashville starts as the season stops”
--make that "crew" members
Re: “The real drama at ABC's Nashville starts as the season stops”
I heard that Connie Britton bought a home in Nashville, as well as other cast and drew members.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Although I don't really care for this kind of nighttime soap opera, I will say one thing. The show makes Nashville look beautiful.