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South Padre Island To Host Dudefest '08

Known nationally as a second-rate Girls Gone Wild location, South Padre Island, Texas, could probably use an image makeover. But is it any better to be known as That Place With the Music Festival for Middle-Aged Dudes With Ponytails? Because the lineup for the second-annual South Padre International Music Festival has been announced, and it smells like warm beer and stale cigarettes. Press release after the jump. More »

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Toby Keith's "Beer For My Horses" Movie Is Ready To Roll


Yes, Beer For My Horses, the country caper based on Toby Keith's legendary ode to lynching (starring Keith, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, and Claire Forlani), has a trailer out and will be hitting theaters this August. As shown above, Ted Nugent will be playing a crazed gun enthusiast named Skunk, and judging by Keith's fond recollection of an on-set rabbit slaughter, it looks like the Nuge is a practitioner of the Method. More »

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Snoop Dogg Pimps That Country


Maybe it was too built up in reviews of Ego Trippin', but after hearing Snoop Dogg's new country single, "My Medicine," I can't figure out why anyone would look forward to hearing it unless they were being forced to review the album and pining for novelty. While it might be striking to hear Snoop Dogg talk about what a douche he is over a generic bluesy backdrop (hi, Everlast!), I never thought that Kid Rock's recent work was anything I wanted other rappers to ape. Points for getting Willie "Beer For My Horses" Nelson to appear with a gangsta, though, and if Snoop wants to cover "Square Dance Rap," I'm down. [YouTube]

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Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, And The Nuge To Play Musical Vigilantes

Remember "Beer For My Horses?" It's a song by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson about things were better back when we used to lynch troublemakers. The video, which plays like an episode of CSI with extra soul patch, was evidently enough of a hit that Toby's going to make a movie based on it! And if you're going to make a movie about a bunch of rootin'-tootin' singers dishing out street justice, of course you'll have to include Ted Nugent as Skunk Tarver, "an uppity, defiant, long-haired, over-the-top rock 'n' roll deputy sheriff in Jackson County, Okla., who loves bowhunting and guns." The Nuge wrote all about it in his weekly column for the Waco Tribune. More »

As if we didn't already have enough reasons to love Willie Nelson, the country legend is spending his free time filming public service announcements backing a "bill would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting" in Georgia. [AP]

i can't feel my face

Willie Nelson Gets High But He Don't Get Too High

Continuing to prove he's the most gangsta septuagenarian with little girl braids in the music industry, noted midnight toker Willie Nelson has some harsh words for uptight squares who think all that pot smoking has dulled his senses. More »

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Liner Notes: Willie Won't Land In The Joint

- Willie Nelson won't have to serve jail time for his pot-and-'shrooms arrest last September; lawyers attribute the decision to one particularly compelling character witness. [Billboard]
- Fergie apparently needed 18 takes to get her American Idol performance right last week, prompting some pour sound technician to bunch up into a corner and shake uncontrollably. [Gatecrasher]
- Just out of curiosity: How many times have you been forwarded the story about the goddamn cat who plays the goddamn piano? [Daily Mail]

on the shelf

On The Shelf: Tomorrow's New Releases Revealed Today

Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator's weekly look at the new releases hitting stores on Tuesday. This week's slate is curiously light on both holiday music—although we do kind of want to hear the Bootsy Collins Christmas album—but it has what may be a surefire No. 1 contender in the new collection of '60s songs from Barry Manilow. (Hey, it worked for Rod Stewart.) We've already given you a chance to suffer through Playing With Fire; after the jump, we look at Manilow's new full-length, as well as offerings from Deftones, Willie Nelson, Birdman & Lil Wayne, and Lady Sovereign. More »

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Blogsmacked: The Red-Headed Stranger Sure Loves The Green

- Willie Nelson's recent pot bust is captured in all its digital glory. Never let it be said that the guy skimps on the name-brand baggies. [Blooming Ideas]
- A eulogy for WOXY, the little indie-radio station that could—at least until last Friday, when it could not. [You Ain't No Picasso]
- Ape Shall Never Kill Ape posts a gazillion bootlegs from the likes of Prince, the Smiths and the Beastie Boys; we strongly recommend the 26-minute version of "I Would Die 4 U," especially if you've got some of Willie-size stash. [Ape Shall Never Kill Ape]