Thursday, September 02, 2010
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
United Record Pressing - Nothing but vinyl since 1949
Such a cool idea: "We'd like to offer one free test pressing for every person
who donates $50 or more to your cause!"
Expect a worse downtown rush hour Thursday - Nashville Business Journal
Downtown workers might want to escape the office a little early Thursday night, because the evening rush hour promises to be even worse than normal. The Metro Nashville Police Department issued a traffic warning for Thursday, saying that a trifecta of downtown events is likely to tangle streets, especially around LP Field. The Woodland Street Bridge will close at 4:30 p.m. The extra congestion will come coutesy of the 7 p.m. Titans preseason game versus the Saints; the last ever Brooks & Dunn concert, at Bridgestone Arena at 7:30 p.m.; and an Opry Country Classic show at Ryman Auditorium at 7 p.m.
More details from the police department:
By 4:30 p.m., the Woodland Street Bridge will close to regular traffic and be available only to pedestrians and shuttle buses. Police officers will staff a number of intersections in the downtown area to keep traffic moving and assist pedestrians.
Fans traveling downtown for the game and who normally park in state employee lots on game days will not have access to those lots Thursday evening until 5 p.m., when they are vacated by state workers.
Fans parking north of Broadway, and those who use state parking lots, can safely walk across the Woodland Street Bridge from downtown to LP Field.
For fans parking along and south of Broadway, the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge will provide safe, enjoyable, and easy access to the stadium.
Additional downtown-area parking information can be found at parkitdowntown.com.
Gates to LP Field will open at 5 p.m. Thursday. Stadium parking lots will open at 3 p.m. to Titans fans with parking passes. Football fans are reminded that only persons with parking passes will be allowed to park on the stadium campus. Fans without parking passes who drive to the LP Field campus will be turned away. Those fans are urged to save time, find parking in the downtown area, and walk to LP Field or ride an InShuttle Transportation shuttle bus.
InShuttle will provide park and ride bus service for this game from the state parking lots at 4th Avenue North & Harrison Street, from 10th Circle North downtown (off Charlotte across from TSU’s downtown campus), and from Greer Stadium beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge (Gateway Bridge), which connects East Nashville to 4th Avenue North, will be open to eastbound and westbound traffic until moments before the conclusion of each game this season. However, there will be no access to the LP Field campus to eastbound traffic coming across the bridge from the downtown area in the two-hour period before each game (eastbound vehicles coming across the bridge will not be allowed to turn left onto the LP Field campus).
Shortly before the conclusion of the Brooks & Dunn concert, officers will staff intersections around Bridgestone Arena, as well as Broadway immediately in front of the building, to move traffic out of downtown as efficiently as possible while assisting pedestrians cross streets.
Given these three very large events on Thursday, citizens are asked to be patient and understanding as police officers work to direct the thousands of vehicles to the interstate system and other major routes leading away from downtown.
Careful out there Nasties!
Chris Chelios retires after 26 NHL seasons, three Stanley Cups - ESPN
Chris Chelios officially retires from NHL
DETROIT -- Chris Chelios, the longest-tenured defenseman in NHL history, is finally hanging up his skates.
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After 26 NHL seasons and three Stanley Cups, Chelios announced his retirement Tuesday at the age of 48.
"I guess I've been dreading this day for a long time," he said at a news conference in Detroit.
Chelios, who won three Norris Trophies during a career that included stops in Montreal, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta, will become an adviser with the Red Wings. His new job will include working with Detroit's front office and coaching staffs while helping to develop and mentor young players.
In NHL history, only Hall of Famer Gordie Howe was older than Chelios when he played, skating at 52 for the Hartford Whalers during the 1979-80 season almost a decade after leaving the Red Wings.
Chelios is also the only player in NHL history to appear in at least 400 games with three different teams.
Known for his strict workout regimen and surprising endurance given his age, he played the fourth-most regular-season games in NHL history (1,651) and the most postseason games in NHL history (266).
Chelios said he has "nothing left in the tank."
Chelios represented the U.S. on four Olympic hockey teams, including three as team captain -- in 1984, in 1998, the silver medal-winning team in 2002 and in 2006. He spent seven seasons with the Canadiens before being traded to his hometown Blackhawks in June 1990. He played nine seasons there before being traded to the conference rival Red Wings.
He was limited to 28 games with Detroit during the 2008-09 regular season because of a broken leg suffered during an exhibition game and the Wings chose not to bring him back following season. Not ready to retire just yet, Chelios signed a few months later with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League and in March was recalled by the Thrashers, where he appeared in seven games.
"I loved every minute of it," he said of his long career.
Chelios, who ranks second all-time among defensemen with 2,891 penalty minutes, had this to say Tuesday to the fans of opposing teams: "I hope you'll forgive me for the things I did to some of the players on your teams."
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
Hated him as a Hawk, loved him as a Wing. What a career!
