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A Night at the Movies

Tara — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:02:18 +0000

Like a Christmas song, it’s hard to pick my favorite Christmas movie of all time. If I had to, though, I would say it is A Christmas Story. It’s just a classic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppOXpyhM2wA

What’s your favorite Christmas movie?

Oh yeah, in case you forgot my favorite Christmas song…

Best 2008 NASCAR TV Ads

Tara — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:30:56 +0000

Every year, NASCAR and its many sponsors spend the off-season and downtime during the season making commercials with the drivers they sponsor. Now that the 2008 season is over, I thought I would share my 5 favorites from 2008. For me to like the commercial, it must entertain me. Most of these are just hilarious to me. I can also quote memorable lines from them. One is memorable to me because it is a bittersweet goodbye to one of the veterans of this sport. Here are my 5 favorites, in no particular order.

Kasey Kahne -- Allstate

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6zVBsXxsr4

Various Drivers -- Toyota

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNgalNFZt-c

Jimmie Johnson -- Kobalt Tools

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1h_MPJFK1I

Various Drivers -- Tylenol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgoFCNwSSwk

Various Drivers -- UPS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIS0Ki3ArDw

Thriller

Tara — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:46:32 +0000

September 20, 2008 was not a pretty day for Razorback fans. We hosted Alabama and lost 49-14. I don’t think the Razorback Marching Band realized that day that they would be the highlight of the game (for Hog fans). Their halftime show that day was titled “Things That Go Bump in the Night”. It featured a rendition of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson with a special non-musical surprise within the song. They received a pretty good standing ovation for their performance. I found this video of one of their practices of “Thriller”. It’s the best video I’ve seen of the performance. Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r1ZOvdmnts

The Hometown Boys

Tara — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:41:10 +0000

Last night, Arvest Ballpark hosted Joe Nichols in concert. Another local boy -- Tim Meitzen -- opened for Joe.

Well, although Tim now lives in northwest Arkansas while going to the U of A, he is actually from over in Batesville, Arkansas. I still consider him a hometown boy, though. Tim was a great opening act. He sang several covers and also two or three originals. I’m told he performs down on Dickson St in Fayetteville pretty often so I might have to see him again in the near future. Instead of strumming his guitar and singing in the above picture, he is playing with his cell phone. In case no one heard, Arkansas beat Auburn yesterday evening. They were in the closing minutes of the game when Tim took the stage, and Arkansas was ahead. Tim was very interested to know the outcome. When the game concluded, the crowd errupted in celebration but Tim wasn’t completely convinced the Hogs had actually pulled off the win so he decided to take a moment to double-check the score on his cell phone. When it became official, he led us in singing the Arkansas Fight Song. Woo Pig Sooie!!!

Sorry about the poor quality in the above photo of Joe. It was the best I could do in order to capture the moment. What is Joe doing? Well, he is calling the Hogs. None of Joe’s band-members are from Arkansas so he wanted us to demonstrate the Hog Call. Given that we were all very high on the Hogs at that moment (because Arkansas beat Auburn, in case you hadn’t heard), we all jumped up out of our seats and were happy to oblige. [On a side note...I'm told Joe was a little late to sign autographs backstage before the concert because he was watching the Hogs on pay-per-view and wanted to make sure to see the end.]

Joe’s concert was great. My favorite Joe Nichols song is “The Impossible”. I took a little video of him singing the chorus of the song. Click here to take a look. Besides singing all of the songs that have made him a country star, he also sang a couple of covers -- Hank Williams Jr’s “A Country Boy Can Survive” and Nickelback’s “Rockstar”. Oh yeah, and we can’t forget the mid-concert sing-a-long we had of “Old McDonald”.

Click here to see a slide show of several photos from the concert.

Joe Nichols -- “A Country Boy Can Survive”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZFW-VuBBw

Joe Nichols -- “Rockstar”