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When last we heard from the fake Florida Boys, they were performing to not-bad reviews from a few readers but seemed to be keeping a generally low profile. Now, it looks like they’re slated to start appearing at the Showplace Dinner Theater in the Smokies. Theater management is in a dispute with the previous headliner, […]

I speak, of course, of XBox Rock Band, which I played for the first time tonight. Our group had a four-piece combo … drums, bass, lead guitar, and vocalist. My inner music snob made me reflexively skeptical of the game at first, and if you’re not a metal or hard rock fan, it’s easy to […]

For those of you who took a long weekend, Tim Parton left Legacy 5, the group announced they were auditioning new pianists, and Parton rejoined the group this morning. Reminiscent of Frank Seamans leaving the group a while back, and then unleaving before he was ever gone. Maybe the group needs a new slogan. L5: […]

I don’t watch much television, unless it’s reruns of Seinfeld or Law & Order (original flavor only please, and preferably the Adam Schiff era or earlier). So sometimes it’s a revelation to me when I finally see shows that everyone’s been talking about. Or shows that are knock-offs of shows that everyone’s been talking […]

So, if David Bruce Murray’s little bird is right that a bluegrass song will be the next No. 1 song on the SN chart, and given that Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver were sitting at No. 4 last month (same position on Billboard’s report, too), doth my powers of deduction fail me to conclude that DL&Q’s […]

Reader S writes:

i’d add to your list of things that fans wouldn’t believe about sogo artists and writers the amount of plastic surgery and the numerous varieties of cavorting (men with men, women with men, women with women, men with others’ wives, wives with others’ husbands, dogs with cats)….i guess because i have been “enlightened” […]

Well, I guess I should have a strong opinion about this Joel Hemphill kerfuffle, but honestly I find it difficult to get overly worked up about it. The best I can tell, Hemphill is coming from the general vicinity of Oneness Pentecostalism, which certainly is unorthodox compared to mainstream Protestantism, but is just one subspecies […]

From the Ask Avery file, JM writes:

Question: The history of the Evangelical movement in America goes back to colonial times and before. However, during the baby-boomer generation, we have seen the rise of evangelists (Graham, Humbard, Robertson, Falwell, Swaggart, Baker, etc.) via electronic media. And while some of these mentioned TV pioneers have passed […]

And now a few words on netiquette from your tired traveler, to all my fellow itinerant telecommuters who, like me, are enjoying the free internet at the local café: Even though you may have paid $4 for that cup of coffee, you are not thereby entitled to camp out near the electrical outlet and set […]

Insiderman says the Perrys pianist is leaving. Or rather, has already left.
A little digging confirms this is indeed the case and the Ps are auditioning replacements. From what I can tell, they parted on good terms. Holt is, evidently, returning to some sort of something in education near his home.
If all the details aren’t entirely […]