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Sometimes you're the interviewer and sometimes you're the ibex

This video had me laughing so darn hard.  Today has been one of those days and I know how this guy feels.  I have no idea why he's arguing with an ibex but I feel his pain.  And his pain made me laugh. Hysterically.  

And the ibex reminded me of my husband.  Don't know why.  

Anyway, there is so, so much news that I've missed over the last week that I honestly don't even know where to start so I'm just not going to.  I basically have information overload and can't seem to figure out a place to start so I'm going to wuss out and start tomorrow fresh.  I'm going to ignore what's been going on the last week and start tomorrow fresh and new.  Now I'm off to watch America's Got Talent.  See you tomorrow.

That country conception train just keeps on rollin'

 
Yep, more country stars are getting ready to hear the pitter patter of little feet in the very near future.

Seriously, what do they feed these guys backstage?

The two latest stars to join the bun-in-the-oven gang is Josh Turner and Dierks Bentley.

Josh tells People.com that his wife is due early next year and that his father intuition came in handy when his wife's first pregnancy test came up negative. 

"She did (take a pregnancy test) and it was negative, but I refused to believe it," Josh says. "So when she took another and told me she's pregnant, all I could say was, 'I told you!' and she was floored."

This baby will make three for the couple, they also have Baby number three for the couple who have two sons, Hampton, 3½, and Colby, 1.  

The baby will join the family on the road so Josh says, "we have talked about getting a bigger bus."

Also maybe needing a bigger bus is Dierks Bentley who revealed to People.com that 21-month-old Evie is going to be a big sister this winter.

"We're so excited that our daughter Evie is going to get a baby sister or brother for Christmas."

Now that's what I call a stocking stuffer.

Congrats to both expanding families. 

Ke$ha is inspired by country music, let's hope she just stays inspired by it

There are a few people in music who bug me just because they exist in a realm where I actually have to hear about them despite the fact that I would never listen to their music.  Justin Bieber is one.  I mean really, this is a teeny bopper sex symbol? If I have to read one more thing about what type of "woman" he wants to date I think I might just stab my eyeballs out with a pencil.

Ke$ha is another. Her music isn't horrid I suppose, although I have to admit the only song I've ever purposely listened to is TiK ToK (if you've never heard the song, check out a short but entertaining video of Israeli soldiers dancing to it here).  It has nothing to do with her music, it's just her.  Maybe in a past life she pissed in my Post Toasties or maybe it's the fact that she spells her name with a dollar sign.

Anyway, despite my personal feelings, I'm generally able to ignore those who initiate my gag reflex.  Well I can ignore them until they decide that country music may just be their future home that is.

Ugh.

Yep, Ke$ha has now declared her love of country music and hinted at a possible country future.

As Johnny Cash rolls over in his grave.

The singer (the dollar sign one, not the Man in Black) tells Paper Mag:  I'm really inspired by country music -- my mom wrote country music -- and I love Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash. I think at some point there might be some country collaborations or records in the future. But I'm also really digging being called, like half jokingly, a white girl rapper. I think it's really funny and I'm going to ride that train for a little bit.

So, in other words, she'll ride that train until the money runs out and then give country a try.

Let me tell you, I'm totally stoked.

A little Tuesday morning motivation presented by Keith Urban falling off a stage

I've been up since 4 this morning going through the news and yet I haven't posted a darn thing.  Fact is, I'm having a bit of a motivation drain.  I get that a lot lately.  I love the site but after two years of doing it all by my lonesome, I just sometimes find it very hard to sit and write. 

Maybe it's writer's blog block or maybe it's the summer sunshine streaming through my window that does it to me, but whatever it is it sucks.

And after taking the last week off to spend with my out-of-town family I'm finding it exceptionally hard to get back in the groove of things. I quite literally feel like my ass is draggggggging.  But you know what helps tremendously?  Keith Urban falling off a stage. 

Okay, I'm not actually evil or anything, just that laughter is the best medicine for what ails me and watching a sexy Aussie guitar hero rockin' out, pumping up the crowd only to fall into it a moment later is...well....pure awesomeness!

The backstory:  Kilt radio  had a little piece about Keith Urban resurrecting one of his guitars that had been damaged during the Nashville floods.  Apparently while Keith was playing a show in Sarnia, Canada recently he told the crowd that the guitar he was playing that night was special because it had been destroyed in the floods and was brought back to life to be played that evening.  So I headed over to YouTube to see if I could find video of Keith talking about his guitar resurrection.  I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find a nifty little video of Keith falling off the stage in Sarnia instead. 

The universe works in mysterious ways sometimes. 

Jump to the 4:50 mark and enjoy (but not too much because that would just be mean).

And to show that I'm not too horrible, here's Keith dusting himself off and getting back on stage good as new.

Is this country? Not really, it's just Sugarland

Sugarland released their first single Stuck Like Glue from their 10/19/10 CD "The Incredible Machine" to radio on Friday and will be releasing the song to iTunes tomorrow. 

Doesn't sound very country but is definitely very Sugarland.  And it's definitely a toe tapper.

Take a listen while the video is still up since it will probably be removed shortly. 

Jake Owen's new tattoo documented by new country artist

New country artist, Tyler Reeve, gave us a glimpse of a beer-fueled tattoo session Jake Owen recently had.

Back on July 20th, Tyler Tweeted about Jake Owen getting a new tattoo. 

Jake Owen getting his new tattoo... On a whim- after a few beers - on our way to dibber http://fb.me/CGYTvmSJ

Here comes the tat http://fb.me/xmDdFhcM

The Tennessee stars http://fb.me/C0FiXznf

All I can say is thank goodness Twitter didn't exist when I was doing crazy stuff like getting tattoos after an evening of drinking (yes, I have a tattoo that also involved a little alcoholic encouragement. Don't ask).

{Via The Country Vibe}

 
And if you're interested in learning more about Tyler, you can check out his Facebook here.  Here's a video from Tyler's YouTube Page.

More country folk get sp[oil]ed

The sp[oil]ed campaign that I first told you about back in June is still in full swing and some more country stars have had their oily pictures taken.  Here are a couple of the newest ones.

Ty Herndon

Brady Seals

 Ashton Shepherd

The sp[oil]ed Campaignis "a photographic movement created by New Orleans photographer, Matthew Arthur and NLE founder, Nicholas Landry in direct response to the massive oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. The photo project is open to anyone willing to get involved and work for a solution in the Gulf."

The campaign first came to my attention when they joined with Protect Our Coastline whose spokesman is Sammy Kershaw. 

All these photos are by Kevin White.  You can check out more pictures on their Flickr page here.

The first winner of the secret city Sugarland tix

Well it's finally here, time to announce the winner of the tickets for the secret Sugarland city.

I know, I know, I'm late.  Sorry.

This week's tickets were for Baton Rouge, LA where Sugarland will be playing on August 7th at the Baton Rouge River Center Arena.  

And the winner is......Keri. 

Congrats Keri.  I hope you and your daughter have a blast. 

Your next chance to win Sugarland tickets starts today.  Here's how you get your extra chances to win.  All week I will be Tweeting (twitter.com/nashvillegab) hints to the next secret Sugarland city which will be announced on Friday. 

Follow me on Twitter, respond via Twitter with the correct answer to the secret city hints and with each correct answer, you will have an extra entry into the contest before the official contest even begins on Friday. 

On Friday, July 30th, I will post the official contest on the site.  If you live near the secret city and you correctly responded to my hints on Twitter, then when you enter the contest just send me your Twitter name and you will have extra entries into the contest for each correct answer you had tweeted me this week.

I hope that makes sense.  Now head over to Twitter for my first two hints.  Good luck everyone!

Calling all Sugarland fans

Good Monday Morning my gabby friends.  First off, let me say I'm so, so sowwy.  I honestly haven't abandoned you guys.  We had a family reunion this weekend and my daughter's birthday on Friday and my aunt and her grandchildren are now in town from Seattle so it's been a busy, busy weekend.  My aunt will be here most of the week so there will be barbecues and visits to the waterslides, and whatever else we all come up with to help her enjoy her vacation so I will be trying to work on the site around all the fun going on.

I love working on the Gab, but it's times like this that I wish there were two more of me to keep things going around here. 

Anyway, if I seem like an absentee parent for the next couple of days you'll hopefully understand why.

Next off, are there any Sugarland fans who happen to live near Baton Rouge?  I had started a new contest for a pair of Sugarland tickets to their August 7th Baton Rouge concert and so far I've had not a single entry.  My mind has officially been blown.  I've never had a contest with no entries. 

Now all you have to do is email me at Shannon@nashvillegab.com and let me know you'd like to be entered so it's not a tough contest, and if things stay the way they are if I get just one entry then you're very likely to win. 

Come on guys, I know there's gotta be at least one or two Louisiana Sugarland Fans in da house. 

Now I'm off to Boise to buy my daughter a new cell phone for her belated birthday.  Hopefully I will be back later since I know there's tons of stuff I really need to talk about. 

Enjoy your morning guys.

Sara Evans new hubby tries to perform text message exorcism on Sara's ex

 
Sara and Craig in happier, pre-text-exorcism days

This is sad, although funny as hell if you're a total outsider like me. 

According to TMZ, Sara Evans' ex, Craig Schelske, recently filed papers in Tennessee asking the court to modify his child custody agreement with Sara because Sara's new hubby, Jay Barker, thinks he's possessed by the devil. 

I'm sure that's not the only problem, but it's a big one.  Seems Jay has taken to sending Schelske harassing texts with messages such as "Satan is controlling your thoughts and actions. You are what Jesus stood against ... The things I have seen with my own mind is a man possessed by Satan ... Away from us Satan!!!"

Away from us Satan?  I shouldn't laugh but I can't help myself.  Exes are always difficult to deal with, especially when kids are involved, but no matter how tough it gets it's probably never a good idea to text them and call them Satan.  That's best left to anonymous blogs and pillow talk I think. 

Sara's ex is looking for six-month-at-a-time physical custody of the kids and also wants some sort of gag order put on Sara and her hubby when in front of the kids. 

A gag order - or at least a text block - seems like a reasonable request.  View the court documents here.