From the Archives: In the Year 2030

Originally Posted Mar 31, 2010

In the Year 2030 #2

•Contemporary male country singers now name drop Justin Moore, Eric Church and Jason Aldean as proof of their country cred

•King Obama proclaims September National Western Swing Appreciation Month

•Martina McBride killed in 5-hour shootout with Mexican border narcotics officers

•Grunge hip-hop latest musical trend; flannel and bling shortages reported nationwide

•Big Kenny saves 5 refugees from house fire during Costa Rican civil war; John Rich saves flask of Black Label from flipped Land Rover

•Digital music can be downloaded from iTunes by thought to a 3 terabyte chip in the purchaser's temple, bringing new meaning to the phrase "that damn new Flo Rida song is stuck in my head"

•Kristian Bush sues Jennifer Nettles for half her career earnings, despite Sugarland having broken up 17 years prior

•Miley Cyrus' jazz album tanks

•Kings of Leon loses last original fan by covering Bon Jovi's "Have a Nice Day" non-ironically

•Tobacco references banned from ClearChannel; Jake Owen, Jerry Reed catalogue royalties plummet

YouTube Gems: Crowbar \m/

Okay, so this video is pretty terrible, but the song rocks. From their 2014 album Symmetry in Black, here's Crowbar with "Walk With Knowledge Wisely." RIYL: Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Down.

Waylon Really Said That, Right?

Top Albums of 2014 So Far: 2/3 Report

Subject to and likely to change, as usual.  The new additions and

selected others include album covers and links.

1. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

2. Adam Faucett - Blind Water Finds Blind Water

3. Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else

4. The War on Drugs - Lost In the Dream

5.  Old 97s - Most Messed Up

6. Cory Branan - The No-Hit Wonder

7. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - Dereconstructed

8. Spoon - They Want My Soul

9. Kelsey Waldon - The Goldmine

 10. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden

11. Fire Mountain - All Dies Down

12. Jimbo Mathus - Dark Night of the Soul

13. St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Half the City

14. Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer - The Flower of Muscle Shoals

 15. Jim Lauderdale - I'm a Song

16. Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun

17. Drive-by Truckers - English Oceans

18. Caleb Caudle - Paint Another Layer on My Heart

19. Jason Eady - Daylight and Dark

20. John Fullbright - Songs

Bro-Country Fan eCards: Sept. '14

These are actual unedited (except for one vulgarity) YouTube comments from bro-country fans.