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East Side Storytellin’ 27: When the extraordinary Lydia Peelle and Griffin House gave us many reasons for and advantages of enjoying life in general.

  Hello, good evening (or morning or afternoon depending on when you are reading this for the first or 100th time), and welcome to another excellent round of East Side Storytellin’.  RIGHT NOW, like the 26 great episodes before, YOU are in store to read about and listen to the magic that was made on […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 26: Where East Side Story and Palaver Records combined forces for the future … NOW!

  Hello, good evening (or morning if that’s the case whenever you’re reading this), and welcome to East Side Storytellin’ once again.  Right now, we have the honor of celebrating our 26th show, and I’m so excited for you to do so here with me.  In this round, you are primed to have a one […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 25: When we turned 1 year old and celebrated Vandy style

It was one year ago, on Tuesday, November 6th, on a cold, rainy election night when we started making this cool idea into a reality.  It seemed like and continues to seem like an obvious, perfect combination of inviting local authors to read from and describe their printed work, showcasing local musicians that perform and […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 24: Where Old Hazelwood met new Nashville ghost stories

One shy of a full year of doing this East Side Storytellin’ project, 24 might be my lucky number now because I was as excited as I’ve been since the start to take part in it. Whether or not you know this about me personally, I am a huge Halloween and horror movie aficionado.  It […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 23: Where Nashville’s art Bulb turned on paint & poetry for @artobernash’s sake!

Once again, sitting at my desk at the bookstore, East Side Story, days after the show you are about to read about and listen to, I am still amazed at all of the fun we are having for East Side Storytellin’ two times a month!  If you haven’t been to a live show yet, shame […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 22: When the Buckeye state gave East Side Story luck and perfect prose

  Beyond being that it was the 22nd East Side Storytellin’ show, the second show at Mad Donna’s, and the second show that featured a local poet, I knew ahead of time that it was going to be something special.  Pretty much every show has some kind of coincidental connection that happens the night of […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 21: Where A Dancing Girl Got Her Chair and Swan Dive too!

I can’t believe that I just wrote and said that number above.  Twenty-one shows that we have put together for East Side Storytellin’.  Over the course of ten months, we have had three friendly locations, and over forty-two groups of Nashville artists that have shared amazing talent to those willing to give us a chance […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 20: When The Coal Men didn’t miss the Bus, People

I must admit that it is quite a treat for me to have the chance to sit back and reflect on these shows just days after they take place.  It’s not like these are just the run-of-the-mill shows either, in case you haven’t been paying attention.  If you haven’t been paying attention to East Side […]

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East Side Storytellin’ 19: When the Black Chokeberry met its match in Tommy and the Tomato (Fest, that is)!

  Once again, our no rain dance prayers were answered.  Looking back, it was the calm before the flood of ’13.  Looking ahead before the evening of August 6th, 2013, I was doing more than one little no rain jig in the bookstore, hoping that the scattered showers by morning and afternoon would get rid […]

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July 19th, 2013- When East Side Story turned the Windy into Music City and made dreams come true: a tale of 3 Matt’s, mE, Em, and Pearl Jam

 a week prior: “So let me get this straight.  You asked a friend, who happens to be the nephew of Magic Johnson, to see if Magic Johnson could ask the owner of the Chicago Cubs for tickets to see Pearl Jam play a concert at Wrigley Field?” My friend, Matt Hummer, looked at me funny. […]