Just What I Promised

So, its been what, nearly 8 months since I've posted? So much has happened, mainly getting married last September, there's me and my wonderful husband on our wedding day. We've also had a couple kids since then...kidding, not yet, it hasn't been that long.

We've mostly been getting used to this marriage thing and hanging out with family and friends in our nice, little hometown. (Hey, Craig!)

Speaking of our nice, little hometown there is supposed to be a music festival coming to town in September but we'll see if it actually happens. I can't get any good info out of the local organizer as to exactly where it will be or who will actually be playing even though the tickets ($200 a piece) were supposed to go on sale on March 1. In my humble opionion, he's trying to be Bonnaroo without the name recognition but the same concept and ticket prices. Bonnaroo isn't that far away, in Tennessee, we're in Kentucky, its not like this area of the world is lacking a big time festival. California has Coachella, Texas has South by Southwest, Tennessee has Bonnaroo. It might be different if we were in say, Minnesota, and for all I know they have something too. Besides the relative nearness to Bonnaroo, I just don't think that he's going about it right. Why charge more than what Bonnaroo charges for a festival that doesn't have any clout? Why not charge much less to get the word out and more people out, and the locals out even and build it up instead of starting it up like its already something with a reputation. If it flies, good deal man, but at this point in the game I just can't see it.

Since my blog name is 8 shades of blue, you better believe I'm a Democrat and we've got quite the gubernatatorial primary coming up. Like most loyal Democrats, I am completely opposed to the Lunsford-Stumbo ticket given Lunsford's un-Democratic actions since he ran the last time all the way up to last fall and I've never been a Stumbo fan. They actually wanted me to be their myspace friend and I just had to deny them. At this moment, I'm a Miller girl. I was very impressed that he came out very quickly after Lunsford announced and denounced his turncoat ways which gave him (Miller that is) a ton of free press to boot. People don't always remember what happenened last time around and people need to be reminded.

Speaking of people named Miller, go check out Scott Miller and the Commonwealth. They are our new favorite band and will be playing near these parts on April 27 at the Southgate House in Newport, KY. We'll be traveling down to Johnson City, TN for their cd release shows Easter weekend and we are really looking forward to seeing the man and his band once again.