This blog was created to give a glimpse into the various and sundry spectacular shenanigans of the community of musicians/supporters of Slingshot Records, LLC.
The “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” debate.
So many Christians are getting frustrated because
the very mention of Christ, Joseph/Mary, the manger,
etc being pushed out of the public square that
they won’t say any season’s greeting except “Merry
Christmas.” The concern is that if Christ isn’t a part
of the holiday greeting that the secularists have won.
Removing Christ from […]
I happened to be in a ritzy part of Nashville a few
weeks ago. I already knew it was a ritzy section of
town, but it was reinforced when I saw the cleaning lady
pushing her cart off the elevator. She had all the
cleaning trappings, tools, etc… and, hanging off
the side of her head was a […]
In this edition of Southern Speak you’ll learn how to use
the phrases a) “Fine as frog hair” (pronounced Frawg Hair),
and b) “draw back a bloody nub.”
a) Let’s say that you’re eating one of your favorite meals
cooked just like you like. When ask if you’re enjoying the
food you should respond: “Yes, it’s FINE AS […]
The other day I was explaining some of the operations of Slingshot Records to an artist that’s contemplating signing on with us. Below is part of the conversation. And, I’ve attached a trackback article that discusses the current state of the music industry… which is very much
in FLUX!!!
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As an artist (I know because […]
What really matters? Have a child and you’ll know what really matters. Have your child get sick and you’ll get tunnel vision REAL quick. Nothing else matters. My youngest daughter is in Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital right now. She appears to be healing now. But at 4am this morning
that wasn’t the case. […]
It’s very apparent that my daughters enjoyed their Thanksgiving fishing
trip with their granddad. I walked in the den the other day found them
fishing from our couch. They had tied a string to a broom handle, tied
our dog’s nylon bone to the other end, and were fishing for him. They
were playing like our dog […]
Nutshell News will be an on-going blog of combining all of todays news into a mish-mash of pontifications. I’ll be doing something that I do quite often…Speculating on things that I know very little about.
Today Ike Turner died. God rest his soul, and may he remain in God’s presense eternally.
Now, setting the serious […]
Let’s see where this goes. I’d like to introduce myself. From now on I will be known as Job’s cousin Jim. Where to begin? How about a guy who loves to give, always tries to have a smile on his face no matter what the situation. Helps his fellow man, allows […]
Or is that “hakuna-matada?” Anyway, what ever happen to that Volkswagon ad campaign? Which ever ad agency came up that sales pitch should’ve been paid double for getting Volkswagen to buy it. Or… should they only have been paid 1/2 because the public didn’t latch on to that word as a catch phrase?
I like watching […]
I put my garbage out tonight for pick up tomorrow morning. I still get the same twinge that I got when I was a teenager in SC… that wild dogs are going to come over and rip apart my garbage. Throw it all over the yard/street. Not so much “wild dogs”, but local dogs roaming […]