lady gaga in splashville, sponsored by bud light

The singer ditched her aristocratic ties during the first stop of her "Dive Bar Tour" in Nashville on Wednesday, asking the attendees to please "just call me Joanne." And then, as such an instruction beckons, she got a touch folksy. Debuting three new songs off her evidently self-named album, the artist formerly known as Gaga also unleashed a new sound, from the bluesy "Sinner's Prayer" to twangy ballad "Million Reasons." Wearing the country Carmen Sandiego look from Joanne's cover art, she capped things off with a new version of "Perfect Illusion." Stefani Germanotta, you've never felt so near, nor so far. (via)

a 10 minute budweiser documentary about memphis music

justin timberlake is in charge of bud light (platinum) now.

Justin Timberlake is apparently the new face of Bud Light Platinum, the fancy, "nighttime party drinker" (their words) brand of Bud. Explained the sometimes singer and MySpace investor: "Bud Light Platinum brings a refined, discerning aesthetic to beer that plays well with what I'm doing." It's pretty much impossible to top that sentence, so yeah, what he said. (via)

we are adorable...

we do NOT drink michelob ultra, though.

what's for dinner?????

here's a deceptively creepy picture of what was actually a nice, delicious meal prepared and enjoyed by rachel, emily, midge, and i last night. emily roasted a gd chicken. all by herself! and john made these brusselsprouts, in an attempt to convince me to like them. they were good....but i could only eat 2. it takes me about 60 seconds to chew one, so. i made paula deen's crockpot mac-n-cheese, which was just ok. rachel made a blueberry cobbler-y thing, which was delicious even if, as she said, her inability to find apple filling lost some points on the 'all-american' theme. i thought it was as american as blueberry cobbler, myself. and, of course, we polished things off with some tall, cool, bud lights.