slight fog of being tired, slight buzz of excitement, yep… i suspect i’m ready for the first batch of interviews…

there seems to be a lot going on in Nashville this year… in my hotel particularly as there’s always a flashmob of tourists from England or somewhere that breeds a similar accent… made breakfast a bit of an adventure since it was quite crowded and loud… but there was plenty of bacon, cinnabuns and coffee to go around, so i’m not really complaining… i headed back down to my morning interviews which, after a disappointing cancellation with Derek Webb, meant BJ Harris, a classically-trained illusionist and Mike Farris… then a two hour break…

Well, i got to the BJ interview a few minutes early to find him locked out of his hotel room (i’m sure there’s a joke there - an illusionist locked out - but i’ll pass) and then headed down to the McKendree Center to interview Mike… only to find out that Mike’s sick and he cancelled his interviews about ten minuted before i got there… Rolling with the punches, i headed down to the press room to see what there was to see before heading up to my room for some down time, time to wake up, time to relax, time to write…

Then my phone rings, or sings as the case may be, and yadda, yadda, yadda… i have an impromptu interview with Grits now in about a half hour… then, i’ll hustle back up to the room, cool off in this glorious a/c and eat some leftovers from last night’s PF Changs for lunch, before resuming my normal schedule with a Chris Sligh interview…

oh, nice… Sportcenter is using Paramore’s That’s What You Get as a backdrop for Top Plays…

anyway, i’ll have about five back-to-back interviews starting at 12:30 with a little room to breathe after that… so, we’ll see how much i’ll get written… i’ll do my best…

peace… love… bdg…