WEEK IN REVIEW: ashton offends, rascals serenade, and lionel does vegas!

{photo credit: people.com}

the ACMs were so fiercely publicized by CBS that i suppose i'm not that surprised that i was a tad underwhelmed by the evening. of course, carrie underwood was hot as hell, i mistook gorgeous faith hill for giselle bundchen, and miranda looked extraordinarily fabulous. but other than that, i'd say the highlight was brad paisley coming out wearing the same beanie as zac brown. (if you don't know what i'm talking about, google the zac brown band to see that he is NEVER beanieless!) apparently the real highlight though was ashton kutcher offending the likes of miranda lambert and justin moore with his presentation of the best female vocalist award. i'm suprised at this! i loved it, and thought it was adorable! he's a big country music fan and he was paying homage to the great george strait with his little song and getup. and why oh why would he make fun of country at the ACMs, where he is surrounded by the beefy likes of jason aldean and eric church? it don't make no sense people! we all know miranda's not a fan of womanizers, so perhaps anything ashton did would have rubbed her the wrong way.

dancing with the stars said goodbye to jack wagner from the bold and the beautiful this week (i have yet to make the phonecall to my mother), and there to give him the musical warning were none other than rascal flatts, singing here comes goodbye while julianne hough (aka ryan seacrest's beard girlfriend) returned to the show for a dance. pretty snazzy stuff!




lionel richie continues the media blitz for his new record tuskegee with a huge lionel richie and friends concert in vegas. filmed the night after the ACMs, it will air on--you guessed it--CBS this friday the 13th. have a great rest of the week my lovelies!

{lionel richie dueting with tim mcgraw. photo thanks to zimbio.com}

country barbecue!

it's barbecue weather, everybody! as i spend the day outdoors, i leave you with two songs about having great food and ice cold beer. enjoy!

chicken fried by zac brown band.

 

something like that (bbq stain) by tim mcgraw

Tim McGraw's Emotional Traffic Kicks Off 2012

{photo thanks to www.savingcountrymusic.com}

The announcement of Tim McGraw's January 24th release date for his latest record Emotional Traffic officially starts the 2012 country music ball rolling!  Yes, I once knew him only as Mr. Faith Hill, oft to be confused with the other country artist formerly known to me only as Mr. Nicole Kidman. And yes, I watched The Blind Side in its entirety without realizing who played the husband.  And yes, then he was just another silly thing Taylor Swift says in her silly little songs. But now that I'm totally an important country music person (what do you mean I'm not?) Tim McGraw is officially on my radar (and Taylor, I'll admit I crank those silly little songs up as high as they'll go more often than I would like mentioned).  So forgive me, won't you?

But anyway, my next question is, what do you mean Felt Good On My Lips was the first single off this record!?  Do you know how long that mother-lovin' song (as they say) has been on the radio!?  I mean, I'm not complaining--I adore the thought of Tim McGraw sipping on a little mellow yellow umbrella'd cocktail as much as the next girl--but that was 2010! That's like, two years ago.  Naturally, I poked around the interwebs and realized that Felt Good On My Lips was originally released as a new track on Tim's Number One Hits record from 2010, and now it's being re-released so it can be part of a real record family. Ah yes, now it makes sense, no?  Because I was about to say, I know y'all take things a little slow out in the country but THIS is ridiculous.

So in actuality, he's doing the big-but-not-hardcore Tim McGraw fans a favor this way.  Those of you who have all his previous records and didn't want to buy his Number One Hits because you hate those pesky little duplicates that litter your iTunes library and were thus depriving yourselves of the single can now purchase Emotional Traffic worry-free, have that first single as well, and keep your music libraries repeat-free.

Oh Tim, you sweetheart, you think of everything.

COUNTRY PLAYLIST: boys of summer.

the bar exam will be over in a couple of weeks, and to keep my academic demons at bay, i sought out to make a list of my favorite summer songs to prematurely get in the mood for what will undoubtedly be the best summer yet! we're gettin CRUNK every night! and by "crunk" i mean i'll have a glass or two of wine, get talkative and giggly, then pass out at 10 pm.

anyway, one youtube video led to another and the next thing you know, the list was done and there wasn't a trace of estrogen in sight! well, shit. give me some time and i'll have a girls of summer list up here as well. in the meantime, here are your hot country boys of summer in all their farmer tan glory. except you, darius. you are tall, dark, and handsome all year long.

1. barefoot blue jean night. jake owen.

2. put a girl in it. brooks + dunn.
3. dirt road anthem. jason aldean.
4. summer nights. rascal flatts.

5. summertime. kenny chesney.
6. long hot summer. keith urban.
7. chattahoochee. alan jackson.

8. chicken fried. zac brown band.
9. alright. darius rucker.
10. felt good on my lips. tim mcgraw.