It’s true: I’m just enough of a dork to keep track of these anniversaries. Yesterday marked one year since my first appearance in that Roman Coliseum of country music blogs, The 9513. For those who missed some of them the first time around, here’s an index of the 30 articles I’ve written over there to date.
October 2008
Album Review: Melonie Cannon – And the Wheels Turn
November 2008
Jason Michael Carroll – “Where I’m From”
Richie McDonald – “How Do I Just Stop”
December 2008
Album Review: Blake Shelton – Startin’ Fires
Brad Paisley – “Winter Wonderland”
Kellie Pickler – “Santa Baby”
January 2009
Darryl Worley – “Sounds Like Life to Me”
Shane O’Dazier – “I Hate This Town”
Album Review: Amy Dalley – It’s Time
February 2009
BOMSHEL – “Fight Like a Girl”
Alex Woodard w/ Sara Watkins – “Reno”
Randy Rogers Band – “Buy Myself a Chance”
Dierks Bentley – “Sideways”
March 2009
Daryle Singletary – “Love You With the Lights On”
Album Review: Eric Church – Carolina
Mark Chesnutt – “She Never Got Me Over You”
May 2009
Album Review: J.B. Beverley and the Wayward Drifters – Watch America Roll By
Trace Adkins – “All I Ask for Anymore”
Phil Vassar – “Bobbi With an I”
July 2009
Tim McGraw – “It’s a Business Doing Pleasure With You”
Album Review: Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night
Blaine Larsen – “It Did”
Lost Trailers – “Country Folks (Livin’ Loud)”
August 2009
Kenny Chesney w/ Dave Matthews – “I’m Alive”
Mica Roberts – “Days You Live For”
Radney Foster – “Revival”
September 2009
Steel Magnolia – “Keep on Loving You”
Randy Houser – “My Kind of Country”
Heartland – “Mustache”
October 2009
Rascal Flatts – “Why”
Thanks again to those 9513 folks for having me and here’s to another great year.
Happy Anniversary! Mine is next month, so I guess I join you in the dork club.
I didn’t know about these anniverseries but I’m a dork to remember that I started chatting in the Terri Clark chatroom in the fall of 2008.
Wow, it’s been that long for both of you? Juli, was your first article the Chambers/Nicholson album? Anyway, congratulations.
Juli made her first appearance on Nov. 18 with the Chambers/Nicholson review.
Signed,
C.M. (Thanki Street Team… we call ourselves Thanki’s Honkies)
I want to be a Honkie.
Just sip on this Kool Aid…
I’m pretty sure accurately naming her first 9513 review makes me a proud Kool Aid swiggin’ member of that team.
More seriously though, I have to say that I’m super impressed, CM, that you’ve written over there and have still maintained this blog so faithfully over the year. Awesome work in both places.
Congratulations, CM!
“The Roman Coliseum of country music blogs, The 9513″ … I like that phrase. You just might hear me repeating in comments soon. And congratulations from me too – always enjoy your writing, over at The Coliseum and here.
Thanks for the kind words!
Thanks to you and the others at The 9513, I’ve heard more good country music than I ever would have by keeping to mainstream radio and the 2 big corporate music sites, not to mention a free prize winning CDs occasionally. I am forever grateful for your efforts and opinions.