The Soul of America
by Jason T Sparks Perhaps you’ve noticed that we have just lived/are living through an intense moment in American history? A pandemic hovers over everything, as does our recent election, which has weaponized seemingly...
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Why Do We Enjoy Movies In The Park?
via Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville ed note: This was written in the Before Times, then held until the summer movie season rolled around. Things changed. July 2019: It’s a beautiful June...
Alas, Poor Peanut; I Knew Him Well
By Jason T Sparks My relationship to advertising is complicated, and I know exactly why. I grew up around advertising; my father was an account executive at an agency called Carden & Cherry for...
Best Song of 2018? Maybe this one by The Beths
While it’s hard to calculate what the best song of the year might be, the catchiest single in my brain is my New Zealand act The Beths. I’m not alone in noticing the group!
Nashville Film Festival: Day Three
Special from Our Man in Nashville, Jason T. Sparks Saturday, May 12. Finally, the day job is over for the week, and I can devote a full day to Nashville Film Festival…ing. Added bonus,...
Nashville Film Festival: Day One
Special from “Our Man in Nashville”, Jason T. Sparks Nashville, Tennessee, 10 May, 2018: The Regal Hollywood 27. This theatre is next to a building known as 100 Oaks, which was in the 1950s...
What’s on: Nashville Film Festival!
Special from “Our Man in Nashville” Jason T Sparks This year’s Nashville Film Festival will see somewhere around fifty films screened. While your obedient Man In Nashville would gladly attend every last one of...
Looking Forward to Binge Watching Tabula Rasa
With binge watching being a thing, finding a new binge watching series is the kind of thing that’s worth celebrating. Unfortunately they are still busy in Belgium making my new favorite binge -worthy television...
Friday Night at Positivus is American Night!
My First Time Impressions of the City, In Social Media.
Note from a reader
Dear readers: I’ve decided to introduce a new feature, featuring some of the e-mail that I get to my website. Let me know what you think. On Saturday I wrote a column for the...
