We have your Tim McGraw tickets all this week on 98-7 KUPL’s Simon in the Morning show.

Why don’t cops enforce this law?  Just sayin’…

-simon

Advance Auto Parts MONSTER JAM driver Taryn Laskey in the Simon in the Morning studio with Scott, Jolynn and Jake.

Here’s her MONSTER TRUCK…Tasmanian Devil

Kacey was in Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1 and although we can’t reveal much about it (and you wouldn’t want us to), she will play an even bigger role in part 2.

-simon

Entertainer of the Year

• Jason Aldean
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist of the year

• Jason Aldean
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Blake Shelton
• Chris Young

Female Vocalist of the year

• Sara Evans
• Miranda Lambert
• Martina McBride
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the year

• Love and Theft
• Montgomery Gentry
• Steel Magnolia
• Sugarland
• Thompson Square

Vocal Group OF THE YEAR

• The Band Perry
• Eli Young Band
• Lady Antebellum
• Rascal Flatts
• Zac Brown Band

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]

• Chief – Eric Church (EMI-Nashville)

• Four The Record – Miranda Lambert (RCA)

• Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney (BNA)

• My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean (Broken Bow Records)

• Own The Night – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)

Single Record of the Year [Award to Artist(s)]

• Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band (Republic Nashville)

• Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)

• Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith (Show Dog-Universal Music)

• Tomorrow – Chris Young (RCA)

• You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA)

Song of the Year [Award to Composer(s)]

• Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band-Composers: Lee Brice, Liz Rose

• Home – Dierks Bentley-Composers: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dan Wilson

• Just A Kiss – Lady Antebellum-Composers: Dallas Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott

• Threaten Me With Heaven – Vince Gill-Composers: Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Dillon O’Brian, Will Owsley

• You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter-Composers: Matraca Berg, Deana Carter

Oh, and one more category…

ACM Major Market Radio Station of the Year

• KUPL/Portland (woot woot!)
  

• KYGO/Denver

• WQYK/Tampa

• WXTU/Philadelphia

• WYCD/Detroit

-simon

Friday on Simon in the Morning, we have funny guy/actor TOM ARNOLD on the show at 7:40.  Tom is the host of a new show premiering this Saturday on CMT called “My Big Redneck Vacation.”  So we thought we get some funny redneck vacation stories from you.  Let this photo jog your memory…

Redneck Cruise Line…lol.  I love it!  Plus we have PBR tickets and the KUPL Big Plastic Payoff…we want to pay one of your bills…FRIDAY morning at 7:20 on 98-7 KUPL.

-simon

The People’s Choice Awards show is  tonight (Wednesday 1/11) on CBS.  This young lady leads the nominations among country artists…

Yep, that’s Taylor Swift.  Her nominations includes Favorite Female of the Year and Favorite Tour Headliner. Blake Shelton is up against Justin Bieber for Favorite Male. Lady Antebellum‘s “Own The Night” is country music’s only Album of the Year nominee. And you can look forward to a performance from Faith Hill tonight.

This is one of those things I would be way too chicken to do.  This guy is standing on a huge rock wedged more than 3,000 feet up between two cliff faces. The rock is known as the Kjeragbolten boulder and it is in the Kjerag mountains in Norway.   I remember once climbing a 1000-foot radio station tower to see how far up I would be brave (or stupid) enough to go.  I think I made it about 20 feet before getting the willies and coming right back down…lol.

I know some of you live for these kind of moments…otherwise we wouldn’t have  any firefighters, loggers, highrise window cleaners, roofers or people to change the flashing red lights on top of our radio towers. Crazy daredevils.  Oh, and thanks.

-simon

Thanks to Jim for sharing this incredibly cool video…

Whew!  Finally got my Christmas lights up over the weekend.  Here’s a photo…tell me what you think:

I know what you’re thinkin’…that’s not my house either and I still don’t have my lights up.  Well, I’d like to tell you that you have another think coming.  I’d like to tell you that, but I can’t because you’re absolutely right.  But maybe today’s the day.  Check back here tomorrow.

-simon

Here ya go…I finally bought a few lights and put ‘em up on my house last night.  Here’s the outcome…

Alright, alright…that’s not my house either…lol.  It’s the Queen Anne Victorian Mansion at 1441 N. McClellan…open daily from 6-10 evenings Dec. 12 thru 27th.  The Queen Anne is a 5,500 square foot mansion built in the 1880’s with 2.5 million lights -that’s a lot of lights!!  It is an amazing home and display of lights.  The home is also open for tours.  Maybe I’ll get my lights up this weekend and post the picture Monday!  Have a great weekend.

-simon

We were talking on the show about how I felt like a Grinch for having (darn near) the only house in my neighborhood with no Christmas lights.  I felt so bad, I ran out right after the show, bought some lights and decorated my house.  Here it is…

Okay, that’s not really my house.  I still don’t have lights up.  Maybe I’ll get some today and post the picture tomorrow…lol

-Simon

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