Nashville, Music town CAS Options

[Snow_Fox]

Has anyone done a run in Nashville? In RL it is hte home of ocuntry music and there's a lot of money in all that. As the USA falls apart this could easily become the music capital of the CAS. Atlanta might be the media capital but Nashville, spared from any serious uphevals would probably grab up all the other types of music. "Hey the indians blew up our recording studio, where can we record?" "I got us in for two days at Nashville!"

So has anyone tried a run there or the music industry?

Anyone from that area posting here able to tell some of the other stuff to be found in that area?

[TeaTime]

There is this little Gem. Don't believe it has been collected, so would be worth a run by any major players, including a self-motivated team (and of course, the text says only one person gets their wish.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) )

To any person who possesses a ticket stub to Maria Mercurial’s only foray into country music, performed at My Brother’s Place in the Nashville sprawl: present yourself to the Draco Foundation at any time, and the Foundation will grant you one wish. I believe the saying is, be careful what you wish for—you may well get it.

- Portfolio of a Dragon: Dunkelzahn's Secrets

[Snow_Fox]

OOO, good catch. I'd forgotten that. But it looks like no one else here has an interest in Nashville or has any suggestions about what might be there.

[MADness]

Sorry to res what must be a truly dead topic, but I have great interest in the shadows of Nashvegas. My little brother is interested in pencil and paper RPGs, and I just moved back home from the region. Maybe some people who have an interest in running the Mid-State "sprawl" could post some ideas?

[kzt]

Has anyone done a run in Nashville? In RL it is hte home of ocuntry music and there's a lot of money in all that. As the USA falls apart this could easily become the music capital of the CAS. Atlanta might be the media capital but Nashville, spared from any serious uphevals would probably grab up all the other types of music. "Hey the indians blew up our recording studio, where can we record?" "I got us in for two days at Nashville!"

So has anyone tried a run there or the music industry?

Anyone from that area posting here able to tell some of the other stuff to be found in that area?

Biggest industry in Nashville is hospitals. I'm not sure if publishing is second or 3rd, as Nashville is apparently the bible publishing capital of the world. But music is either 2nd or 3rd.

[ravensmuse]

I could...really see Nashville becoming the music capital of the CAS. That makes strange sense.

[MADness]

It's not just country music. Also, I think I recall seeing (though I have no idea where) that Nashville actually became the media center of the CAS; so runs there would include a lot of sabotage and PR campaigns. Also, it (currently) is a major pipeline location, providing multiple transit options; so smuggling would be a major industry (probably three or four under Denver, maybe top three in CAS). And bootleg drug production in the hill towns to the east would probably be a major thing too.

There are several major universities and collages in the region. And I can just imagine the kind of craziness that would occur in small towns like Carthage.

[Wakshaani]

Well hello!

I'm not far from NashVegas, and, believe me, there's quite a lot in the Athens of the South (Actual nickname!) for runs. Aside from country music, Nashville is well known as the Simsense (And BTL) capital of the CAS and, indeed, beats the UCAS pretty badly in the production as well. TN as a whole is a smuggler's Mecca, but the state is chock full of stuff from Memphis to Nashville to Knoxville and beyond. You have the Trail of Tears, Mississippi mounds, Appalachian witches, coal, oil, Reelfoot Lake, the Parthenon... the list goes on and on.

We call it the 'Vol Sprawl', and I could go on about it for *days*.

[MADness]

I seriously think that we should start collecting our info and stuff here. I had this whole thing for the Hwy 70 corridor east of Nashville, with a bunch of stuff centered around smugglers in Carthage. This also included a bunch of hillbillies who had undergone creepy SURGE (think the swamp people in Fallout3).

[Wakshaani]

Oh heck, the hard part is in cutting the stuff out, not adding it in. Memphis and the pyramid, why the Church of Elvis is in Nashville instead of Memphis, the New Madrid fault, Oak Ridge (Home of the only nuclear bombs ever dropped in war!), the Bell Witch, Lookout Mountain, the Clarksville Train Disaster (I lived through that one), Kudzu ...

WEALTH of stuff.

[Daylen]

Am I the only one wondering just what is showing up in the BBQ pits of Nashville in 2070?

[Wakshaani]

Pulled Pork, of course.

Mind you, this line of talk invites a barbeque flamewar, and if you've never seen one, you'd best hunker down. It usually pits Memphis vs Texas vs the Carolinas vs Kansas City.

And it gets ugly.

And it gets there FAST.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Pulled Pork, of course.

Mind you, this line of talk invites a barbeque flamewar, and if you've never seen one, you'd best hunker down. It usually pits Memphis vs Texas vs the Carolinas vs Kansas City.

And it gets ugly.

And it gets there FAST.

Pulled Long Pork is more likely. It is Tennessee after all... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Wakshaani]

You're thinking South Carolina. We're civilized on THIS side of the mountains. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

You're thinking South Carolina. We're civilized on THIS side of the mountains. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Heh... My Mistake... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Daylen]

Pulled Pork, of course.

Mind you, this line of talk invites a barbeque flamewar, and if you've never seen one, you'd best hunker down. It usually pits Memphis vs Texas vs the Carolinas vs Kansas City.

And it gets ugly.

And it gets there FAST.

Maybe for city slickers. I was thinking along the lines of wild game BBQ. Anyone care for some BBQ bandit, Basilisk, cockatrice, and firedrake?

[Tech_Rat]

Yeah. The best bbq in Tennessee is still no match for the worst bbq in Texas.

Just my (correct) 2¥

[Wakshaani]

Maybe for city slickers. I was thinking along the lines of wild game BBQ. Anyone care for some BBQ bandit, Basilisk, cockatrice, and firedrake?

Oh, don't get me wrong, we'll kill and cook *anything*, but BBQ is kinda sacred.

That's like going to a Texan and wondering if they'd make some goose chilli.

[Tech_Rat]

That's like going to a Texan and wondering if they'd make some goose chilli.

Yeah. That ain't happenin'.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Yeah. The best bbq in Tennessee is still no match for the worst bbq in Texas.

Just my (correct) 2¥

Amen to that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Wakshaani]

"In our lead story today, the Confederation of American States broke up over the issue of Barbeque. As armies gathered in defense of Memphis, cries of "Pork, not beef!" could be heard, while in Texas, militias formed around the banners of local cookoff winners. Mississippi is expected to be a battleground state between these two great powers, while Lousiana released a statement in Creole which no one quite understood."

I think that we can all agree that White Barbeque is an abomination, however. (Mayonese as a base? Seriously? DEATH to the blasphemers!)

[Warlordtheft]

IIRC it also picked up greater importance music wise when the bugs took over Chicago. The corps moved their operations from Chicago to Nashville or LA.

[Wakshaani]

Oh, and for the record?

Don't eat possum, people. Not even on a dare.

It's only mildly, MILDLY edible in a stew, but it's desperation food at BEST.

Never trust any meat that's more liquid than solid and that makes it's own blue gravy.

[Tech_Rat]

"In our lead story today, the Confederation of American States broke up over the issue of Barbeque. As armies gathered in defense of Memphis, cries of "Pork, not beef!" could be heard, while in Texas, militias formed around the banners of local cookoff winners. Mississippi is expected to be a battleground state between these two great powers, while Lousiana released a statement in Creole which no one quite understood."

I think that we can all agree that White Barbeque is an abomination, however. (Mayonese as a base? Seriously? DEATH to the blasphemers!)

I agree with that last bit... Mayo is not a good base for any of my bbq's. It's just... I dunno... A couple of ingredients in my BBQ and chili involve brown sugar, cinnamon, and habanero peppers..

Oh, and for the record?

Don't eat possum, people. Not even on a dare.

It's only mildly, MILDLY edible in a stew, but it's desperation food at BEST.

Never trust any meat that's more liquid than solid and that makes it's own blue gravy.

I... I made this mistake once... I'd rather eat squirrel...

[Wakshaani]

Yeah, my uncle was a professional hunter and bass fisherman. If it walked, wiggling, flew, or swam, we ate it at some point. Rattlesnake's pretty good for example (Though twenty years later I found out that it's illegal to kill rattlers in this state), catfish can be amazing depending on where it comes from, deer is famously gamey but, with the right treatment, is yum. Squirrel and rabbit have their moments, but, possum?

Just ... just no.