May 2010 Archives

In one of the email digests I subscribe to, there was link to the trailer of the to-be-released documentary about Creation Records, "Upside Down." Watching the trailer and the cavalcade of music demi-legends on screen along with the transit map graphics name-checking a roll call of vital bands with a Mary Chain song as soundtrack brought back acres of memories.

That's twice in as many days this has happened, as just yesterday I read that New York City's Limelight nightclub is now an indoor shopping mall.

Below is the "Upside Down" trailer, and more of my thoughts on Creation Records from 10 years ago.

• 8 hours at Dollywood is, arguably, not necessarily enough.
• Speaking of Miss Parton, more than 3000 songs recorded, and 75 albums released.
• People go to Tennessee on vacation. License plates seen from 39 states (what's up with you: Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Alaska, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada?) and three Canadian provinces.
• Speaking of license plates, Tennessee has more plate designs than you can shake a Toyota FlapJack at.
• Speaking of flapjacks, if you open a restaurant in Sevier County, it better serve pancakes. The Smoky Mountain Pancake House in Pigeon Forge is the spot to beat.
• Not news, but that the Jack Daniel's distillery is located in a dry county, is pretty damn funny.
• It's whiskey, not bourbon.
• Gatlinburg is the unknown sister city to Seattle. It has its own Space Needle.
• Even for only 20 minutes, walking on the Appalachian Trail is pretty damn cool.
• Thankfully, it seemed the majority of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Hatch Show Print survived the floods with limited damage. The same can't seemingly be said for the Grand Old Opry.
• Nashville is open for business.
• It's probably impossible to hear "Rocky Top" too many times.