Thursday, July 30, 2009


Disney Warns LAPD About Obsessed Miley Fan
Got this story from TMZ.com. Nobody has Miley Cyrus' back like Disney.TMZ has learned some seriously concerned big wigs at the company informed the LAPD about the recent arrest of a 53-year-old obsessed fan in Georgia who claims Miley sends him "secret messages" through her TV show.Georgia cops arrested Mark McLeod for disorderly conduct on June 23 in Tybee Island, GA -- and during the incident cops say the guy made some very frightening statements about Miley. According to the police report, McLeod claimed he was "great friends with Miley" -- and that Miley had "told him to come see her today." Cops say McLeod also said, "I will f***ing be with Miley ... we're supposed to be together and [the cops] couldn't stop it."Here's the creepiest part -- cops say McLeod claimed Miley sent him "secret messages" on her television show directed only to him and that McLeod also boasted about having "thousands of pictures and letters to Miley on his computer." Click here for the full story.

Best Beer Names
There have always been mixed drinks with great names. From the ankle breaker to the zombie -- there are tons of mixed drinks with creative names. On the other hand, beers have names like "Bud" and "Miller." But, if you dig a little deeper, there actually are beers with cool names out there. According to The St. Petersburg Times here are some of the "Best Beer Names" of all time:
1. Unibroue La Fin Du Monde -- How can you not love a beer that calls itself "End of the World?"
2. Harveistoun Old Engine Oil -- A beer from Scotland that's probably not for the faint of heart.
3. Ridgeway Santa's Butt -- A brewery in England helping us through those miserable Christmas get-togethers.
4. Buffalo Bill's Alimony Ale -- The company claims Alimony Ale is the "bitterest beer in America."
5. Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Pooh Coffee -- The coffee added to the beer is pooped out by a civet (a catlike mammal that loves coffee).
6. McQuire's I'll Have What The Gentleman On The Floor Is Having Barley Wine -- You don't want to chug this one. It's sitting pretty with 12% alcohol.
7. Wasatch Polygamy Porter -- The slogan? "Why have just one?"

Wednesday, July 29, 2009


Tim McGraw Ejects Another Rowdy Fan
Note to fans attending a Tim McGraw concert: behave! A year after Tim made headlines for shoving and then ejecting an unruly fan, he was forced to play vigilante again. The San Luis Tribune reports that the country singer stopped his show Sunday at the California Mid-State Fair to reprimand a fan whom he believed was acting ungentlemanly."You don't treat a woman like that," Tim said from the stage, as the audience cheered.It's unclear what exactly the rowdy fan did to tick Tim off. The singer wouldn't resume his performance until security escorted the man out.

Monday, July 27, 2009


Goin' Out with a Bang!

The parties in the campground are legendary. Revelers half-clothed and braver than normal to take every dare tossed their way...provided AMPLE opportunity for lots of funny photos...all of which can be viewed in our photo gallery.

It was apparent that even though the entertainment ON STAGE was wrapped up for 2009 at Country JAM...the entertainment in the campgrounds was still reaching for maximum overdrive.

It's a pretty cool set up over in Whispering Pines Campground, with the bar and a deck that overlooks the outdoor dance floor (monstrous concrete slab) and DJ booth on steroids.

People were HAPPY. People were LOUD. It was AWESOME! Bumped into lots of people from the La Crosse area...and even a few who are going to school up in River Falls and Eau Claire that are originally from La Crosse.

I lost my voice. But it's slowly coming back. Not sure if that was from screaming "I LOVE YOU GARY!" during the Gary Allan show...or from whoopin' it up at the post-concert party at the campgrounds. Good times.

Country JAM has already announced that Alan Jackson, Sugarland & Miranda Lambert would be here for 2010. Mark your calendars now: July 22nd - 24th, 2010. I CAN'T WAIT!!

Gary Mmm Mmm Allan

First--I have to thank my good friend, Shari Wagner from Ashley Furniture. She allowed me to sit in one of her seats in the front row for Gary Mmm Mmm Allan. It allowed me to get all snap-happy with the camera!

The show was incredible...Gary had one of his bracelets get caught on his guitar and it broke, so he tossed it out into the crowd. (Bummer...not in our direction.) But it was pretty cool for whoever ended up with it...as he said he bought it for the most recent video shoot he did.

He and his band seemed pretty loosey-goosey on stage and having a genuinely good time. Much discussion in our area was about one of Gary's guitar player, Jaime--who wears a kilt for every performance. I saw Gary in the Dells earlier this year...and the kilt was a hugely intriguing for everyone there too! I'm not sure if Jaime was wearing underwear or not...I did attempt a naughty photo to verify...

And I attempted to garner a butt shot of Gary...however, I found myself just plain mezmerised by him that I often just stared with stars in my eyes, and neglected to snap the camera before he turned back around. My bad. But this shot is still OK.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

One Year Later...
Jim & Malissa Schultz got engaged on the roof of our headquarters here on the JAM grounds last year...and today, they swung by our site to say "HI."

With rings on their fingers now, they're continuing their celebration every year at Country JAM!

If you'd like to see the video of them getting engaged last year, click HERE.



Nice Boots!


So, while John and I were on stage, waiting to bring on the band, I caught a glimpse of something that totally caught my attention.


Sawyer Brown's bassist, Jim Scholten had on these KILLER boots and I had to take a picture of them. He told me they were holstein. SERIOUS. Fur and all. I think I'm developing a shoe fetish. My co-worker, Karen Williams, who is on Magic 105 will certainly appreciate that!