ColRebSez: Commercial Appeal reports government giving poor h...: The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports on how federal poverty payments are helping to keep that city float. According to the story, ...
Monday, 31 December 2012
Friday, 23 November 2012
On their Reverbnation page, "Buying Trouble," https://www.reverbnation.com/buyingtrouble a young hard rock band from Chicago claim that they play so loud that they have hearing damage and they play so hard that they bleed sometimes. And that they play with so much emotion that the stage usually isn't big enough. "We freak out to promote freedom. And we hate hip hop. Long live Hard Loud Rock N' Roll!" This...
Saturday, 6 October 2012
OAKLAND, Ky. _ It hit me suddenly last Saturday night at Ballance Farms* in Warren County while attending Starry Nights Music and Arts Festival. I was standing backstage when I heard the incredible loud roar of the crowd of thousands of people cheering, clapping, yelling and screaming for Bowling Green, Ky's own super-stellar indie rock band, "Cage The Elephant" as they performed their hit song "In One Ear" on the stage.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBXlbw0niUI&feature=relmfu....
Sunday, 9 September 2012
I haven't written a blog about BBQ in a while. I just love how BBQ is spelled or displayed in many different ways in our American society-BBQ, Barbecue, Barbeque, Bar-B-Q, Bar-B-Que or even Bubba Chew. (Being a Southerner, I made that one up-"Bubba Chew." lol.) But anyway, lately I have found myself becoming more of a "purest," or more simplified if you will, going more for the straight, hardcore BBQ. I...
Sunday, 2 September 2012
BOWLING GREEN, KY. _ Indie Rock invades Southcenteral Kentucky again! And all eyes in the rock world will be on us! The 2012 Starry Nights Music + Arts Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-as4PLTgHDY will be happening at Ballance Farms on U.S. 31-W several miles outside of Bowling Green, Sept. 28 & 29. I was able to attend two years ago when it was out on Morgantown Road, northwest of Bowling Green to see indie rock...
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
As a former journalist, I went to our local Chick-Fil-A today with my wife out of curiosity to witness the spectacle (Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day in Bowling Green, Ky., where thousands flocked to.) Although, I am married to a woman (Patty) and have been for 26 years, I believe if two human beings two men, two women or a man and a woman) are in love with each other and even committed to each other, more power to them. I do strongly believe, however,...
Saturday, 21 July 2012
I think for moviegoers here in the US and worldwide, the mass shooting and killings at the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., was the unthinkable.There should be a federal law that applies to all states that requires a very specific background check for any current or past history of mental illness through medical records or an unstable past including all misdemeanors as well as felonies, of course, for anyone who tries to purchase...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
"In regards to Actor Andy Griffith's death today, I think most of us baby boomers who grew up in the 50's and 60's watching his television sitcom still long in our hearts and minds and would like to think that a "Mayberry" still exits somewhere in America. But in reality we know that it does not these days. But at least we have the re-runs from "The Andy Griffith Show"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7_cac6gqAU to escape reality for 30...
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
I am signed up for Google Alerts and I received one the other morning on my cell phone about Sleeper Agent and Rolling Stone magazine. I had just woke up and I hadn't brewed or drank any coffee yet. However, I put on my bathrobe and then proceeded to put my eye glasses on as I thumb through my e-mails until I found it again gingerly holding my cellphone. And then all of sudden I was like totally surprised and...
Sunday, 3 June 2012
I had to work Saturday morning like most weekends. However, I did have something to look forward yesterday afternoon when I arrived home. One of our new friends who is a Sleeper Agent fan drove down from Lexington, Ky., to go see the movie, "What To Expect When Expecting" starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, with Patty and I. We have been wanting to see it ever since it came out in May. Of course, we mainly...
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Patty and I drove down to downtown Nashville last Tuesday night, May 8th, along with a couple of friends from the Lexington, Ky., area to see Tony and his band mates from Sleeper Agent perform at The Whiskey Bent Saloon. We also had a chance to see another up and coming Bowling Green, Ky., based band, "Schools" also perform. I always enjoy going to Nashville because when you get downtown, you always feel the...
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
The newspaper article posted below was published in the Bowling Green (Ky) Daily News today about a murder that happened four years-ago at the Ramada Inn, one of Bowling Green's oldest hotels on Scottsville Road. Of course, the hotel has changed hands several times through the years as well has been remodeled a couple times too. But to me, this was a strangely bazaar murder case that happened right here in Bowling Green....
Thursday, 5 April 2012
You might describe the Ben Kweller concert last Sunday night at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville as the "Unofficial Parent's Night," for the band members of the Bowling Green, Ky., based indie rock group, "Sleeper Agent."Yes, all of us band member parents were there to show their love and support of our wonderfully talented and gifted children. Besides, we hadn't seen them for almost three weeks! It was great to see Tony, Alex, Josh, Scott,...
Thursday, 8 March 2012
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. _ The other night I was watching television when my cell phone rang. It was Tony and he was sitting on the beach in Tampa Bay, Fla., with his band mates from Sleeper Agent drinking rum and coke. And then he said, "Dad, is mom there?" I said, "No, she is at work, why?" "Because I need to tell her something," he said with excitement in his voice. And I said, "What's going on, Tony?" "He said we're...
Monday, 27 February 2012
"If you like action packed movies mixed in with thrills and you want to know more about what the U.S. Navy Seals do for a living, this is the movie for you. Patty and I went to see "Act Of Valor" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrhd2WPd64Ethis afternoon (2/26/12) and we were literally sitting on the edge of our seats watching this very intense movie. It's amazing what goes on behind the scenes with the government's high tech, top secret, special armed...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw is where Cage The Elephant had posted on Facebook, Bowling Green, Ky., based indie rock band, Sleeper Agent's new video, "Get Burned" that was just released to today on MTVu.com The video was directed by Cage The Elephant's Matt Shultz and filmed in downtown Bowling Green at Labold & Sons Salvage Co. Check it out!http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/sleeper-agent-get-burn...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Apparently, the new Taco Bell commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=-UL8l1-c2Ec featuring the Bowling Green, Ky., indie rock band, Sleeper Agent's hit song, "Get It Daddy," must be a smash hit because it's racked up almost 7,000 views on Youtube in less than a week. Also, the commercial is being shown on countless networks on cable television across the nation as well in other countries. The networks...
Monday, 9 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
Regarding my son, Tony Smith and Sleeper Agent's success for 2011 and 2012 in light of the Rolling Stones magazine and the other distinctions that the band has received this past year and in the new year already-Rolling Stone's "No. 14-Best 50 songs of 2011, "Get It Daddy," "No. 2-Rookies Of 2011" and "No. 2-Best New Artists of 2011"--"For me, it's like reverting back to my high school and college days digging the music scene all over again. However,...
Sunday, 1 January 2012
By Galen A. Smith Sr.BOWLING GREEN, Ky. _ 2011 was an incredible, exciting year for both Bowling Green based indie rock bands, Cage The Elephant and Sleeper Agent as they zoomed into the stratosphere making headlines across the nation playing shows while on tour all across North America. Cage The Elephant made several trips to Europe as Sleeper Agent made their way up to the "Great White North," Canada, for the first time requiring some...
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