Hockey News: Jets Fall To Sabres

  The Buffalo Sabres got back into the win column vs the Winnipeg Jets over the weekend.  Buffalo squeaked out a 2-1 win behind goals from veteran Kyle Okposo.   Jonas Johanson covered the crease for the Sabres saving 25 out of 26 shots.    Buffalo moves to 29-25-8 on the season and is still in the hunt for a wildcard spot in the playoffs.
   Buffalo hits the ice again on Wednesday vs a hot Colorado Avalanche team. 

Jim's Equipment Repair Nashville Music News 2/23/20

What Intimidated Miranda?

Many people may not remember but in 2003 Miranda Lambert  made a splash  by competing on the first season of Nashville Star. Last week she shared that the show was very intimidating, and she actually failed her initial audition.

  Taste Of Country Dot Com reports that Miranda gave an industry only interview as part of the 2020 Country Radio Seminar in Nashville last week.   She told the audience that when she first auditioned for the USA Network reality singing competition, her heart wasn't really in it, and she didn't get very far into the audition process.

   Bev, her mom, was angry with Miranda for not putting her heart and soul into the audition. Bev had spent countless hours shuttling Lambert to auditions, and bookings. The notion that Miranda didn't showcase her true talents didn't sit well with mom.   Bev insisted that her daughter audition again in another city, and Lambert sang "Crazy" in her second audition, winning her way onto the show.

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Baby Mooney

  Dan & Shay's Shay Mooney welcomed baby number 2.  People reports that Ames Alexander Mooney was born on Friday (Feb. 21) in Nashville. to proud parent's Hannah and Shay. 

The little guy weighed in at 6 lbs., 7 oz. and is 19.5 inches long.

“Our family is ecstatic,” the couple say in a statement to People. “Ames is absolutely perfect!”

   This is their second child. Their first son Asher James was born  in January of 2017.

Brandi Carlile will serve as this year's Record Store Day Ambassador. 

 When this year's Record Store Day rolls around on April 18 a familiar face in country music will be front and center.   Brandi Carlile was named the 2020 Record Day Store Ambassador on Friday.

  The official record store day twitter made the big announcement including a video of Carlile in a studio.   Carlile says,  "We’ve been making the physical manifestation of independent-minded music for over two decades in this space,".  "What independent record stores do is that they mine, archive, love, meticulously care for, and make available to you other people’s dreams,"  Carlile continued. 

Small Town Scandal: Deadlier Than Sharks?

What's deadlier than a shark attack? Sadly, not the Shaq Attack... Selfies!

 A medical journal in India has compiled information leads us to believe that we could all become victims of our own vanity.  The Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care in India shared findings of a study comparing selfie related deaths to fatal shark attacks.  According to their data  259 people worldwide died in 137 selfie-related accidents between 2011 and 2017, while just 50 people were killed by sharks.
  An unrelated survey uncovered the following shocking statistics:

• 41% of us have already risked our safety in pursuit of a selfie.
• Men are more likely to take risky selfies
• 61% of males would accept the challenge of a cliff-edge photo, compared to 38% of females.

 Have you ever taken a risky selfie? 

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Mystery Woman Poses With A-Listers: Today's Small Town Scandal

A thrift store in Belgium received an unusual donated item: an album full of photos showing a mystery woman posing with celebrities. Employees were going through boxes of donated items when they found an album filled with pictures of a woman posing with celebrities including Keanu Reeves, Elijah Wood, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, William Shatner, Johnny Depp, Drew Barrymore and Bruce Willis. The store's policy is to destroy any personal photos found inside donation boxes, but in this case the uniqueness of the photos inspired the staff to attempt to identify the woman in the photos using social media. The woman in the photos has been identified as Maria Snoeys-Lagler. Snoeys-Lagler was former member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who died in 2016 at the age of 87. The woman's daughter now has possession of the album and the one of a kind photos of her mother.

NASCAR: Looking At Last Year's Pennzoil 400

 
    NASCAR hits Sin City this weekend for the second race of the 2020 season, the Pennzoil 400 from Las Vegas .  last year's race took place on March 3rd and ended with Joey Logano holding off teammate Brad Keselowski for the win.   Coverage begins Sunday at 2:30  on WYDC Big Fox.

Highlights From The 2019 Pennzoil 400

A New Feature: The Red Dirt Report- Maren Morris Wants a Gypsy Baby

 I wanted to try something new today, The Red Dirt Report. The concept is simple. I take a seriously written country music story and add tabloid elements to it to make it sensational and ridiculous .  Darn it! Maren and Ryan are just too likeable though, so I figure my first time doing this on Kickin is not as tabloid-ish as I would have liked...

   Maren Morris told NASH COUNTRY DAILY that she and husband Ryan Hurd are going to raise a  "Tour Bus Baby". 

   In a recent interview with Kix Brooks Maren said:

    “I don’t want to take a year off,”..... “I don’t want to, like, be away from my fans for that long. I’m still, at my core, a workhorse, and I love performing. I love being onstage, and I love to sing, so my turnaround after I deliver is pretty short. It’s only two months and I have another gig, but mentally and emotionally—and I could change after I have my baby—but I think that it’ll be good for me to have an endpoint because if it’s just open-ended, I’m gonna be, like, [having] cabin fever, going stir-crazy in the house, like, taking care of this kid . . . It’s kind of nice to have a goal to be like, ‘Okay, I have two months,’ to not put pressure on myself but to get it back together, bring him on the road with me ’cause that’s gonna be the reality. He’s gonna be a tour bus baby, so it makes me feel like I can do motherhood and my career and not have to compartmentalize them.”

   Maren and Ryan's baby boy is due to make his world premier debut in March, meanwhile mama Maren is scheduled to perform at the legendary Houston Rodeo in early March, just weeks from her due date. 

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Love Your Lizard : Today's Small Town Scandal

  A  video on the internet shows an Australian man saving the life of a Gecko he found drowning in his beer.    The man known to his friends as Slab saw the reptile drowning in a glass of beer .  He scooped him out and did CPR on the little green guy until he had life back in his scales. 
  Some wildlife experts assume the lizard may have simply been playing possum as a defense mechanism.   The bigger question; Did Slab end up saving 15% on his car insurance.

This Day In Country Music

  Today's look at this day in Country Music for 2/20

1993

Billy Ray Cyrus was at #1 on the US Country music album chart with his debut album, Some Gave All.  The album features his classic Achy Breaky Heart.   

   Billy Ray Stops By America's Funniest Home Videos

1996

Alan Jackson made a guest appearance on Home Improvement, singing "Mercury Blues".

    AJ's special guest appearance

2005

LeAnn Rimes performed "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" and Big & Rich performed "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" at halftime during the NBA all-star game .

  Big & Rich Live in 2005 

       

Jim's Equipment Repair Nashville Music News 2/20/20

  Carlile Hits Hollywood

  Brandi Carlile tweeted her excitement about contributing to the new Disney-Pixar film ONWARD.

Thrilled to announce that I will perform the end credit song for Disney & Pixar’s upcoming film, Onward! This new song is called “Carried Me With You,” which I wrote and produced with Phil & Tim Hanseroth. https://t.co/YhO0zqEm9D

— Brandi Carlile (@brandicarlile) February 12, 2020

   The Song, CARRY ME WITH YOU was written specifically for the film.  ONWARD Opens nationwide March 6th.

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 Kane Brown's New Documentary Is Coming

Kane  Brown is the subject of a new  Amazon documentary.    The film is entitled Velocity and follows Brown's recent sold out show at the Staples Center in LA.   TASTE OF COUNTRY   reports that Brown is only the 11th Country Artist to sell out the arena. According to his management, he did so in 90 minutes.    

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 Ronnie Dunn Covers Merle in New Project

Ronnie Dunn is bringing a 1984 Merle Haggard Grammy winning classic back into the public eye by performing his own rendition. Dunn lends his smooth delivery to THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES.  The song is part of Ronnie's upcoming project Re-Dunn a lovingly record collection of 24 classic country songs covered by  Dunn.

Patient Plays Violin During Surgery (with video)

  A 54 year old professional musician recently underwent surgery in London. The woman was diagnosed with a small tumor years ago which had grown to the point that action needed to be taken. Her chief concern was that she would lose the ability to continue in her career as a professional violinist.   In order to ensure that they avoided damaging her motor skills during the procedure they woke her up and allowed her to serenade them as they finished the life saving surgery.

Couple Feels The Sting Of Their Mistake

A couple somewhere in the Southern part if the United States is moving a little  slowly today after being ravaged by bees following a car wreck.  The video may be the most stereotypical southern story you see all day. 

   

SNAKES ALIVE!! Today's Small Town Scandal

 A Total of 29 snakes have been tossed outside of a fire station in England over the course of a week.

Last week  pythons were discovered wrapped in pillowcases.  This week 15 corn snakes and a carpet

python were found in a bin behind the same fire station.    Authorities are unsure if they were dropped

at the same time and not discovered or if the shameless snake skippers made a return trip.   The

reptiles have been checked by a vet and are free of any form or a reptile dysfunction.   The RSPCA  is

 working with local authorities to locate the slithery sidewinders responsible.  More information can

be found at CNN.COM or UPI.COM

Sabres & Senators NHL Preview 2/18/20

  Tonight the Buffalo Sabres travel to Ottawa to for game 4 in the season series against the Senators.
Buffalo is on hot streak right now, having won 4 of their last 5 games and coming of a convincing      5-2 win over Toronto. Ottawa has a 2-3 record in their last 5 games and is coming of an overtime win against Dallas.     
   Buffalo has seen some key players returning from injury in the last week and may be as healthy as they have been all season.  The dark horse in terms of health may be the presence of the flu in the Buffalo locker room; Sabres forward Michael Frolik missed Sunday's  game with the flu. 
  The puck drops at 7:30 tonight. 

This Day In Country Music 2/18

A quick look at the biggest moments from this day in country music.

1954
 "No Money in This Deal" George Jones' debut single was released

1975
 Trevor Rosen from Old Dominion was born Michigan

1988
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner shared a stage for the first time since they parted ways in 1974.   The reunion happened during a taping of Dolly's short lived TV Show Dolly!

1999
Dixie Chicks were at #1 on the US Country music album with Wide Open Spaces.

RAGE BAKING: Sweet Stress Relief

Good Morning America recently did a  story on the new phenomenon of RAGE  BAKING.  

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A few years ago Kathy Gunst was struggling with bubbling rage over many political and social issues in the world.   The renowned chef, and author took her frustration to the kitchen and whipped up a pan full of stress relief. She posted exploits to social media with the hashtag #Ragebaking.    Before long the internet  was loaded with rage bakers relieving stress one confectionary treat at a time.   

    Gunst told GMA,  "The science of baking became very soothing to me, the idea that if you measure your flours and you put in all your ingredients and you whip the butter, you will get results."  Visit GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM  for the full story.