Joshua Quimby Releases New Single, Announces ‘Back Home Tour’ Ahead of Upcoming Album

With each single release, the anticipation surrounding Joshua Quimby's forthcoming record only builds. Titled Back Home, the Connecticut-born and Nashville-based country music artist's sophomore effort features 10 brand new tracks, including the previously released singles "Big Mack Truck" and "Growin' Up," and is set to be released in just a couple of weeks on May 31. Each single thus far has strengthened the case that Back Home could prove to be a breakthrough record for Quimby, and the latest release "The Barn" is no exception. As the narrator mulls over the changes that have transpired in their town over the years, and does so through the context of an old dairy farm that once provided milk for the town's residents before ultimately becoming a housing development, "The Barn" is a song that is close to Quimby's heart but relatable people everywhere as rural land and green spaces throughout the country fall victim to development and urban sprawl. Check it out here: "This town ain't the same as it was back in the day Hell its not the same town I once knew I left it behind and returned to find About the half the damn place was built new About the half the damn place was built new Well I'd sure hate to see the damn day come to be When each dirt road is paved, where the trees are topped clean Where each barn in this town is torn down, and becomes memories It can't be" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIiUZ3K5No And if you haven't heard the other two singles Quimby has released thus far in promotion of Back Home, then you're going to want to listen to those, too. "Big Mack Truck" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVq6J5S6MLw "Growin' Up" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Yy8VN2wfA Just after the release of "The Barn," Quimby also announced the Back Home Tour, one of his biggest tours yet that will feature 25 shows in as many cities between August 25 and October 1. There's a solid chance he's coming to a city near you, and you're not going to want to miss when he does, so go ahead and get those tickets to hear these new songs live.

Back Home Tour 2024

8/25 - High Horse - Louisville, KY* 8/27 - xBK - Des Moines, IA* 8/28 - 7th St Entry - Minneapolis, MN* 8/30 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL* 8/31 - Lager House - Detroit, MI* 9/1 - The Basement - Columbus, OH* 9/5 - Iron Horse Music Hall - Northampton, MA^ 9/6 - Skinny Dennis - Brooklyn, NY^ 9/7 - 118 North - Wayne, PA^ 9/9 - Pearl Street Warehouse - Washington D.C^ 9/10 - The Monument - Winchester, VA^ 9/13 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC^ 9/14 - The Blue Stage - Andrews, NC^ 9/15 - Radio Room - Greenville, SC^ 9/17 - Eddie's Attic - Decatur, GA^ 9/18 - Proud Larry's - Oxford, MS^ 9/20 - Blueberry Hill Duck Room - St. Louis, MO^ 9/21 - Rose Music Hall - Columbia, MO^ 9/22 - Knuckleheads - Kansas City, MO^ 9/24 - Reverb Lounge - Omaha, NE^ 9/25 - Barleycorn's - Whichita, KS^ 9/27 - The Old Town Pub - Steamboat Springs, CO^ 9/28 - Velvet Elk Lounge - Boulder, CO^ 9/29 - Globe Hall - Denver, CO^ 10/1 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK^ *w/ support from Masion Via (formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show) ^w/ support from MP Gannon https://www.instagram.com/p/C66gv54OInc/?hl=en

You Better Believe Overreactions Are Flying In After Caitlin Clark’s 20-Point, 10-Turnover WNBA Debut

Stunning as this may seem, in an era of microwaved hot takes and the power to knee-jerk react to anything in real time by pressing some keys on a social media platform, Caitlin Clark is taking some serious heat in the aftermath of her first taste of real WNBA action. The Indiana Fever got smoked on Tuesday night against the Connecticut Sun. They never really had a chance. Clark was adjusting on the fly to the much higher caliber of play across the board at the professional level. https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1790558866964377883 Already fielding heavy criticism for how she performed in the preseason, Clark's haters had even more ammunition when she didn't waltz onto a WNBA court and immediately score 45 points to spark an upset win. A rocky first half had last year's No. 1 overall pick, Aliyah Boston, counseling Clark on the way to the locker room, and the dynamic rookie played much better after the break. https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1790547310054699347 All told, Clark scoring 20 points as a member of a team who had first dibs in two straight drafts for a reason isn't the disaster scenario many are making it out to be. Just don't tell that to the weirdos who are getting worked up about her performance. https://twitter.com/A5Reallyhim/status/1790559275003060661 https://twitter.com/DiegoSu64449064/status/1790561190042575021 https://twitter.com/notcrypticno/status/1790559633548914767 https://twitter.com/LandOfPG/status/1790559019372843036 https://twitter.com/jbondwagon/status/1790558995918573687 https://twitter.com/BoujeeOp/status/1790559540095975575 https://twitter.com/crazy4_30/status/1790560543150846225 https://twitter.com/GreenArrow31798/status/1790559411825496070 https://twitter.com/Swegicorn01/status/1790561320154304694 https://twitter.com/SorareTyler/status/1790555706606727168 I'll admit that I thought Clark would perform a little better. You could tell she was feeling things out early on and perhaps thinking a little too much. Nerves had to be intense. The Sun's arena was totally packed, and as good as Connecticut is as a team, the truth is Clark was the real box office draw most people were there to see. The Sun played in the WNBA Finals two years ago. They have 78 wins across the past three regular seasons. Alyssa Thomas is one of the WNBA's all-time greats and exploited an outmatched Fever squad for yet another triple-double. https://twitter.com/WNBA/status/1790557208112922633 Thomas is also an excellent defender, and Connecticut actually had the No. 1 scoring defense last season. Clark couldn't have asked for a much tougher assignment, never mind that her other star teammate in Boston managed only four points and four turnovers on the night. Yes, Clark coughed up 10 turnovers, but Indiana accounted for twenty-five giveaways as a team. It was hardly all Clark's fault for the Fever's erratic play. I was trying to find a unique angle on this game, because to be honest, it was a bit of a snoozer. The Sun just flat-out dominated from start to finish. I looked back at the men's player who Clark is most often compared to, Steph Curry. When he began his career on the Golden State Warriors, they were picking high in the lottery (Curry was the seventh pick), and didn't have much of a formidable team to speak of. Curry's first full month as an NBA player, in November 2009, saw him average only 9.8 points on 41.7% shooting. He steadily improved as his rookie campaign wore on, saving his best for last with a 42-point, nine-rebound, eight-assist performance against Portland to close out his maiden season. So I know it's hard, but let's all take a deep breath and try not to freak out too much. Before Boston's arrival last season helped the Fever markedly improve to a 13-27 record, they had won only 17 games total over the prior three seasons. Indiana is going to need to hit on another high draft pick at least, in addition to hopefully bringing aboard another veteran star, to really set Clark up optimally for success. All that said, I still think Clark made some decent strides within her first game itself. I'm confident she'll figure it out, and the rest of the WNBA players and fans who want to see her flop in the pros will thank her. Because otherwise, their relevance would be a fraction of what it is with her in the league. Caitlin Clark is the needle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjPfqJ8NQTw

“He Preaches The TB12 S*** But He Lives It” – Julian Edelman Reveals Tom Brady Would Just Smell (Not Eat) Chicken Wings On Game Days

Tom Brady's discipline and competitive drive are many rungs above the average man, and several notches more intense than even the vast majority of professional athletes. All due respect to his peers, but Brady was just built different. A killer on the gridiron who couldn't stand not having all the finer details right even on the practice field, never mind when it was time to shine on game day. Longtime New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman got to experience this firsthand as one of Tom Terrific's go-to targets. Edelman was on the team for three Super Bowls of the Patriots' six Super Bowls in the Brady-Bill Belichick era. Now that Brady is for sure retired  — well, maybe not for sure — more details are coming out about the dynasty Brady was the chief catalyst for. I'm sure we'll hear our fair share of Brady-related tales in the coming years, especially now that he can comment on his encyclopedic football experience while being an announcer at FOX. What Edelman shared on The Pat McAfee Show, however, is one of the funnier anecdotes I've ever heard that underscores just how locked in Brady was during his glory days. Offensive linemen would often eat chicken wings before every game, which didn't really mesh with Brady's mostly plant-based diet, featuring the occasional avocado ice cream as a little treat. Rather than joining the party with the fine strapping gents who protect him on Sundays, Brady would inhale the fumes from those foodstuffs but never cave to consuming them. https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1790458036131176958 That's some legit psycho behavior and I mean that as a compliment. In doing some cutting-edge research like Googling "tom brady pregame meal", I've discovered that he had it all down to a science. According to a 2021 report from Business Insider, Brady had a consistent diet in terms of what he'd eat for dinner the night before the game, and what he put in his body on game day. Maybe this was tweaked over the years, but probably pretty similar. The routine was as follows:

• Dinner (night before game) — 80% plant-based (veggies, grains rice) / 20% lean protein (wild-caught fish or organic chicken)
• Breakfast — Smoothie with almond milk, almond butter, hemp milk, bananas, chia seeds, blueberries, whey protein powder, and walnuts
  • Eggs and avocados to eat
• Last pregame meal — Kale Caesar salad and protein shake
• Postgame meal — Another 80/20 split like his night before. Favorite is salmon with veggies and lentils.
  • Dessert: Dark chocolate ("a few squares")

That actually sounds pretty easy to stick to. Nothing awful in there that you have to hold your nose and eat. It really is incredible how far a diet can go in shaping one's mood or mental focus on any given day. Brady was clearly determined to be at his best in every possible way. In other words, the complete opposite of chain smokin' John Daly. To be fair to JD, he plays golf and doesn't have 300-pound freak athletes trying to tackle him to the ground with force like Brady used to. During his Netflix roast, Brady made a joke about missing the love of his life, football. Was it really a joke? I'm not so sure. Anyway, I'm just glad Edelman is down to share stuff like Brady sniffing the wings but not eating them. Edelman has his own podcast called Games With Names. Brady will likely be on there at some point and I very much look forward to that day. Until then, I'll remain on "believe it when I see it" when it comes to Brady being on the FOX broadcast booth, and I'll keep whatever faint hopes alive there are of him coming back for one last season in 2024. Preferably with the team he intends to partially own, the Las Vegas Raiders. He's clearly still adhering to his patented TB12 method and staying ready... https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1763208898331254830

“This Is More The Norm Than The Exception” – Kirk Cousins Finally (With Class) Speaks On Falcons Drafting Michael Penix Jr

It's still hard to believe that the Atlanta Falcons guaranteed Kirk Cousins nine figures of real-life money, only to select his eventual replacement Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. They could've drafted a dynamic edge rusher like UCLA's Laiatu Latu, who didn't go off the board till the 15th pick to Indianapolis. Another good cornerback opposite AJ Terrell would've helped Atlanta's defense, too. Toledo corner Quinyon Mitchell waited till the Eagles got him at pick 22. Instead, the Falcons are playing the long game to end all long games and probably messing with Captain Kirk's head in the process. He's already dealing with the adversity of fully recovering from a torn Achilles, acclimating to a new team, establishing himself as the leader of the locker room, and dealing with expectations as the heavy NFC South favorite. Quite a tall order. Good thing Cousins is accustomed to this sort of thing. After all, he entered the NFL in 2012 as a second-string, fourth-round pick behind No. 2 overall selection Robert Griffin III. That was the message Cousins more or less drove home while addressing the media on Tuesday. He explained how draft night went down, and seemed to have excellent perspective on the move to acquire Penix. He even laid down a fun fact about his college days at Michigan State that I had zero awareness of. "It’s similar to the call that Mark Dantonio made to me in 2007. He said, Hey we're gonna offer another quarterback. I know you've signed. Nick Foles. You guys are gonna have to compete.' And it's like OK, let's take the next step... This is more than norm than the exception. And I think the response is that this is the exception, when really, if you know my story, you know this is more the norm of the journey. And it's more of OK, you know, let's let's just start working and start building together." https://twitter.com/Ria_Martin/status/1790445497653637599 This came on the heels of an appearance on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast, where Cousins said it's "not a foreign concept" that something shocking happens in the NFL. He spoke about not being concerned with things that are out of his control. The decision to draft Penix firmly falls into that category. https://twitter.com/BussinWTB/status/1790385602791157875 Cousins had to be more than a little taken aback in real time when he got a last-minute phone call and zero heads-up prior to Penix getting picked. This was confirmed by Cousins' agent. You can't tell me, despite all that he's been through in his career, that it didn't really sting a great deal. It's just such a weird tone to set right out of the gates. In looking over GM Terry Fontenot's resume, I'm starting to wonder a little. He was the Saints' director of pro scouting from 2013 through 2019. Did they nail a lot of free-agent signings in that span? I feel like they have salary cap issues out the wazoo every single year because of how they paid so much for aging veterans. Fontenot was instrumental in building that whole foundation, was he not? The Falcons haven't drafted terribly well since Fontenot took over, either. Finding Tyler Allgeier in the fifth round in 2022 was a nice hit, but then to draft another running back in Bijan Robinson at eighth overall, with Allgeier coming off an 1,100-yard rookie season? Questionable allocation of resources if you ask me. Just look at their other drafts since Fontenot came aboard in 2021. Not great, Bob! So you have a longtime pro scouting director who kind of coasted on the greatness of Drew Brees — signed as a free agent in 2006, well before Fontenot took his pro scouting director post in 2013 — and now a dubious draft record in Atlanta thus far. In other words, main point, bottom line, etc: Should we really trust that Terry Fontenot made the right call here with the Cousins-Penix plan? I would say history tells us no! Having said all of that, I'm fully onboard with the Falcons' plan to sign Cousins. They had to upgrade that position in a major way and did so. But then it was as if Fontenot said, "You thought it was weird when we spent the eighth pick on Bijan despite Allgeier's excellent rookie campaign? Watch THIS!" WTF, mate? WTF?

Treaty Oak Revival Promises An Acoustic Drop Coming “Soon”

Treaty Oak Revival has been riding the high of success since the release of their last project, Have A Nice Day. The sophomore album has received massive measures of praise, helping the band keep fans of their debut album and gain many more fans from this one. The album f**ks... plain and simple. While there has been no announcement of another project being in the works, we all know that singers and songwriters are constantly writing and workshopping new songs for when the time is right to share them. Treaty Oak Revival has, however, been teasing that they are back in the studio working on "something" from images on social media: https://twitter.com/TreatyOakMusic/status/1779931650412945909 And noting that this next project will be rough and rowdy. https://twitter.com/TreatyOakMusic/status/1776720620044091570 But before we get a new record, the West Texas boys might be releasing some acoustic cuts. They recently responded to a fan Tweet, noting that acoustic cuts were coming "soon." While "soon" does have no official time stamp as to how soon, I am hopeful it's around the corner. https://www.instagram.com/p/C668IzbgH9x/ In other Treaty Oak news, during a recent show in Salado, Texas, lead singer Sam Canty debuted a new song called "Happy Face." "It could suck incredibly bad. This is our first time playing it in front of an audience. I wrote this song about missing my wife; it's called 'Happy Face.'" Someone in the comments noted that when Canty starts a song off with "Well," you know it will be a heater, and that statement rings true for "Happy Face." The rock 'n roll inspired melody draws listeners in while the tender lyrics talk about life on the road and missing the ones you love. "Sometimes it feels like I'm running in place And sometimes it's like I don't remember your face But I can't go back Oh no, I'm writin' a song for you..." I will need this to be the next single from Treaty Oak Revival. Drop this one soon; I'll get on my hands and knees to beg if required.

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