If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been absent from posting over the last week or two. Unfortunately, that will probably be the status quo for the forseeable future. I am a teacher, and my college students are becoming increasingly needy as finals near. My high school students have big auditions coming up, so they’re freaking out. So things are busy for me, and probably won’t ease up a bit until after Christmas.

Basically, we’re semi-retiring from blogland, at least for the next few weeks. We’re not completely disappearing, so look for more sporadic mp3 mixes in the immediate future. MP3 blogging was our original intent for musenashville! So that’s what we’ll be doing.. Keeping up with what’s going on around town is too much to handle at this point.

Our little blog has grown bigger than we ever expected it to! So don’t forget about us.

love, celine

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE ASK ME WHAT THREE (movie) THINGS I AM EXCITED ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ON EARTH, OKAY I WILL TELL YOU:

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We have just (very reluctantly) returned from a trip to Austin, Texas, where we checked out UT (I have to go back to school soon, for my doctorate! It makes me want to kick things) and ate a lot of food. I have actually never ever spent any time in Texas at all prior to this weekend, which is sort of shameful. We had an amazing time, and didn’t want to come back home. BUT NOW WE ARE BACK. And Nashville, this weekend, is boring as ever. But! There are a few good things going on this weekend, so here goes:

Friday, Curt Perkins and Luke Doucet are playing a show at the The Basement. I really like Doucet, he has a very friendly, poppish/alt-country sound.. I love his voice, and he’s a killer guitar player. That show starts at 9 PM on Friday, and the cover is $7.

We’d also recommend catching Claire Small over at the Family Wash on Friday. She’s a little over a month out of her performance at the Austin City Limits Festival, and has a new album up for sale. Her music is a great mix of pop, Latin-infused jazzy rhythms, and a beautiful, sweet and clear voice to top it all off. That show starts at 9 PM, and there’s no cover, just take a few dollars to throw in the hat.

Saturday, The Exit/In is hosting the Hotel Cafe Tour. There’s a great lineup for this show - Cary Brothers, Joshua Radin (who is also doing an in-store at Grimey’s on Saturday at 5 PM), Joe Purdy, Jim Bianco, and Sanders Bohlke. RACHAEL YAMAGATA (one of our favorite ladies on earth!) is also on the bill!! A stellar line up, only 12 dollars a ticket (purchasable through The Evil Empire, or at the door). Doors are at 8, show begins at 9.

Also on Saturday - The Steep Canyon Rangers perform at the Station Inn at 9 PM. Tickets are 10 dollars.

Two big shows over at the Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom on Saturday. The Mercy Lounge has a great show scheduled - Greg Dulli’s (Whigs!) group, The Twilight Singers performs with the Stars of Track and Field. Show is at 9 PM, tickets are 12 and can be purchased online. Marc Broussard also performs with Sons of William over at the Cannery Ballroom on Saturday at 9 PM. Tickets are, again, 12 dollars and can be purchased here.

THE END! We love you.

Joshua Radin: The One You Knew, from First Between 3rd and 4th

Rachael Yamagata: The Reason Why, from her EP

Luke Doucet: New York, from Aloha, Manitoba

The Twilight Singers: Martin Eden, from Blackberry Belle

Peter Salett: Hey Susan (okay, so we only wish as fast as our little hearts can carry us that Peter Salett would make his way to Nashville), from Heart of Mine

love, celine