Dad will be visiting town for a few days next week. His idea of cool is similar to mine; we won't be hitting the bars on Broadway, but I am trying to line up some studio tours and/or coffee with some audio people. Ideas and contacts gratefully welcomed.

Two Months After Trump’s Funding Cuts, a Nonprofit Struggles to Support Refugees and Itself
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After the Trump administration cut its funding, a Nashville nonprofit is fighting to provide refugees with the support it promised, despite contending with depleted resources, layoffs and disillusionment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/refugees-funding-cuts-nashville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Going to spend the day in a team mixing competition with two of my fellow recent Blackbird Academy grads up against teams from 4 or 5 of the local university and tech school audio programs. Should be fun. I am getting two t-shirts out of this.

At 8C/46F the forecasted frost never arrived, and the 14.2km/8.8mi walk proceeded apace. 9'15" per km and another moderately moderate 111 BPM (74%).
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting the same result. Never happens.
#TodaysWalk #Walking #Nashville

A #Tennessee state legislator filed a bill to change the name of #BNA (the #Nashville airport) to the Donald J. Trump International Airport. It didn’t even make it out of committee.

Days later, a petition was filed to instead change it to the Dolly Parton International Airport. It is now up to almost 50,000 signatures! Add yours, and say “Hello, Dolly!” on your next visit to #MusicCity #USA. https://www.wsmv.com/2025/03/21/nearly-20k-sign-petition-rename-nashville-airport-after-dolly-parton/

Thousands were at the #HandsOff protest in #Nashville , #Tennessee which is also known as the buckle of the #BibleBelt in ‘God’s Country’ #USA. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/hands-off-protest-brings-thousands-to-centennial-park

No word if Morgan Wallen was in the crowd, nor if he’s even set foot in #MusicCity after he was arrested on reckless endangerment charges for throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar on Lower Broadway.

#SNL
#Resist

Tornado spotted in East Nashville. Send good thoughts to @matthewtrask and everyone else who lives there.

My power is out, but we’re not in the path of the tornado.

Tornado warnings are terribly inconvenient

but probably less so than tornadoes

There was a decent turnout today in Nashville, Tennessee, for a deep red state. The wide shot shows the width of the crowd, which is the circumference of a circle of people surrounding a small amphitheater.

A briskish (9'07" per km) on today's 14.2km/8.8mi walk. The temp wasn't brisk at 23C/73F nor was the heart rate at a moderately light 104 BPM (69%).
I'm calling it exercise anyway.
#TodaysWalk #Walking #Nashville

‘Batman and R2-D2’ buildings in #Nashville. Did you know the ‘Bat Cave’ is now a Honky Tonk? #photography #tourism

Political rant of the day. So last weekend I heard Elizabeth Warren was planning to come to Nashville for a rally. Yay! I signed up. There's of course also a big protest tomorrow from 12-2. I figured Warren would appear either before or after the protest. No. Warren is speaking at 2 at a different venue than the protest and people are supposed to get in line by at least 1, earlier if you want a good seat. WTF. I'm so annoyed I'm going to an event in a different city. I will refrain from smart ass comments about Democratic leadership. I feel bad for the local organizers because they scheduled their protest weeks ago. #uspol #Nashville

If it wasn't for the 92% humidity, today's 14.1km/8.8mi walk would have been quite nice at 17C/63F. A comfortable 9'23" per km and a chill lightly moderate 106 BPM (71%).
Only saw 1 tree and a few limbs down, but there was water and mud everywhere. Might or might not rain today. Might or might not be severe weather.
#TodaysWalk #Walking #Nashville