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Hey, it's Carrie....and oh my goodness, it's Mike too

Holy smokes, it's like spotting a bigfoot in the wild. 

Here's a pic of Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher looking all couply and cute. 

Thanks Emily for passing it on.

My kind of heroes

Here's some brave rescuers going out to help a flooded neighborhood. Guess their little dog didn't want to get left behind.

Wanna know the details of Brad Paisley's kids' births?

 Usually when we hear about the birth of a celebrity baby it's via a shiny new press release, but MyBestBirth.comis about to change that and give us a little more in depth view of what famous moms go through to bring their little bundles of joy into the world. 

Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein (the ladies behind the documentary The Business of Being Born) have started a natural-birth and parenting site which is launching a star-packed weekly webisode through July which will have stars such as Mrs. Brad Paisley -Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Cindy Crawford, and Kellie Martin among others telling about their stories of giving birth. 

On the website it says "Mybestbirth.com is a community for people to share experiences and explore options about pregnancy, natural birth and holistic parenting."  I've wandered around the site and it's packed full of useful and interesting information, even if you're done having babies like me.  I think it'll be kind of interesting to hear Kimberly talk about having Huck and Jasper. 

Country music is there to help you drown out your screams of terror

 

Most of the roller coasters I've ever been on have had headbanging, screeching music which I guess is supposed to set the mood of your twisty, windy, crazy ride. All it ever did for me was make me want to rip out the speakers.

Well now Florida's most technologically advanced roller coaster (their words, not mine), Universal Studio's Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, is letting you pick the music you hear while you enjoy the craziness of the ride. Then you get to star in your own video somehow, although the roller coaster's website doesn't explain how that part of the experience works.

When you get in your seat there are buttons that let you choose the music that will play right into your ears that your fellow riders wont be able to hear (check out how this works here).

There are five genres, with six songs apiece. The country tunes are:

• "All Night Long," Montgomery Gentry
• "Guitars, Cadillacs," Dwight Yoakam
• "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" Jason Michael Carroll
• "Living in Fast Forward," Kenny Chesney
• "Midnight Rider," The Allman Brothers
• "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," The Charlie Daniels Band

The ride is set to open this summer sometime. Now enjoy a video of this awesomely crazy thrill ride. Thanks Meg for the story tip.

Keith Urban soundcheck

Nothing like seeing what goes on before the show goes on. I love this soundcheck series Keith runs on his YouTube channel giving us a glimpse of him doing what he does best.

Enjoy.

Your daily dose of Honky Tonk TV

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Luke Bryan releases his inner Sandman

Always kind of fun to see the country guys and gals do something a little different.  Check out this video Luke Bryan had on his site this morning of him performing a bit of Metallica's Enter the Sandman smack dab in the middle of a couple country tunes. 

Trace Adkins enjoys the feeling of being near death

Hey, one man's adrenaline rush is another's "you've got to be kidding" me I guess.

Trace Adkins recently chatted with The Washington Postand among the topics they talked about were Trace's run-ins with his exwife who shot him in the heart, cutting off one of his fingers, and running himself over with a tractor.  While some might see these as unlucky events, Trace just sees them as exciting moments in his life.

"I've cheated death several times," Adkins says. And that's just fine with him. "There is no greater adrenaline rush than when you think there's a possibility you're about to die."

And on a lighter note, he also talks about beating out some of the other country boys last year to be named Country Weekly's "Country's Sexiest Man."

"I think it's flattering," Adkins says of the honor. "But I find it humorous at the same time. You have to look at the pool they choose from. I know all those guys. I don't think any of them are sexy," Adkins says with a laugh. "And I include myself with that."

Lucky thing it's the fans who got the last say in the sexy country men issue I guess. 

Oh, and you're welcome for the shirtless Trace.  It seemed to fit with the whole "sexy country man" half of this post.  You can see more here.