Nashville News Blog

Are Combos supposed to be a manly snack?

Don't tell me those guys wouldn't enjoy stashing their stuff on an Ektorp, were there room in their huts. Also, I'm pretty sure they're wearing earrings--without detracting a bit from their manliness.

Surely Combos fall squarely into the masculine camp, as does any form of chemical cheese. Would you rather be known as a guy who pounds brie? Or an aficionado of stadium nachos and chemical snack products with negative nutritional value? I think the answer is obvious, Mr. Loony.

Were points added or subtracted for the Musica statue?

Nobody told them about Keith Urban Hair.

No welding on the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue. That sucker is all real fiberglass. Done by an old attorney that remembers some of the folks that rode with Forrest.

I grew up near the Ohio & West Virginia border and I about did a spit take when I read the bit about how hunting and fishing has contributed to Nashville's "manliness".

No place in this whole state can hold a candle to the sportsman culture that exists up in Appalachia. The so-called "hunters" here are posers compared to their Yankee counterparts.

What a laugh.

The Nathan Bedford Forrest statue was sculpted by Jack Kershaw, a defense attorney who represented James Earl Ray, Dr. King's assassin. In addition to being a professional bigot, he also apparently thinks quite highly of his sculptural talents and reportedly lives on grounds surrounded by his own sculpture. The "Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Park", which is private property owned by Mr. Kershaw and his associates, is a vexing problem for the city because the land on which it lies is hemmed in by the interstate and a CSX right of way and has no access except through the CSX right of way. Because of these limitations it has been difficult to come up with a use of the land that would justify an eminent domain claim over it so that the park could be eliminated or at least moved to a less visible location.

Proud to be in the manliest city ! thats awesome