To Coincide With The New Bon Jovi Album...

Bon Jovi's new album Forever is out now. Apparently JBJ's Nashville officially opens tomorrow, too. I honestly didn't know a Bon Jovi restaurant was coming, but it seems cool enough. It's on Broadway in Nashville, TN so crazy expensive real estate right there. Yes, I want to visit this place. Maybe during Bengals vs. Titans weekend this fall!

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[Him]

First, a live album from an 80s band with a singer that they no longer have?!?! That is going to go gang-busters!!!

Now an An Chovi restaurant?!?! This is quite the week. I guess I have to come out of my tent to help everyone else make sense of things.

Here is the recently leaked menu from JBJ's. It's got something for everyone; sorta' fusion-ish.

Drinks:
Shot Through the Heart (Top Shelf)
Bad Medicine (Well)
Crush (Wine List)
Aleways (Select Draught Beer)
Thank You for Loving Tea (Non-Alcoholic)
Richie Sambuca (Aperitifs and Digestifs)

Appetizers/Starters:
In and Out of Lavosh
Oysters: Dead or Alive
Bed of Roses (and Bibb Lettuce)
All About Loving Soup/Who Says You Can't Phở Home (Changes Daily)

Mains:
Because We (Beer) Can (Chicken)
You Give Duck a Bad Name
Pad (Thai) Medicine
7800° Fahrenheit (Brick Oven Pizzas)
Ale Bier (Breaded Fish) There for You
Born to be My Bánh Mì
Braise of Glory (Meat Sampler)
Halalujah (Certifier on Site)

Desserts:
Never Say Good Pie
Keep the Faith/Have a Nice (Angel Food) Cake

Can't wait to go there. Yum-yum!!!

[Metalboy!]

Richie Sambuca!

Haha!!

[fletch]

Bon Anchovy. Double haha! !!

[fletch]

Somehow somewhere I saw a clip of jon saying "I never called her Dot after"

Clears up the question.

[fletch]

Never say good pie.

Ha ha quadruple!! you.

Funny thing to me is that years ago it was metalboy who posted things like Bon Anchovy, not him.

[Him]

Glad you enjoyed the post, Metalboy! and Fletch.

Thing is, I think (and I may be wrong) that I started the whole An Chovi thing, given how much I dislike their music (save for "In and Out of Love"), though admire their CEO's commitment to charity . . . and his obsessive focus on achieving stardom with a group of well-paid employees who helped him craft glossy pop-metal sing-a-long nuggets of pap.

And, to be fair, I've found his round of interviews in support of the documentary, My Cords Hurt (or whatever it is called), informative and entertaining in their own way. Lord knows I won't ever watch the darn thing. The discussion isn't as soft-focused and hagiographic as I was expecting. Sure, he dances around the whole Sambora issue when a simple, and honest, answer would suffice (though probably hurt the other party, so I respect him being vague). And he does a similar trick when it comes to Such. But he also seems incredibly circumspect. I suppose that is what happens when the thing that made you is no longer a thing you can trust. Age is a cruel thing. But he seems to be handling it well. I mean that sincerely.

For his fans, I suspect this documentary will be like candy. I just hope they all are taking their diabetes medication! With bad hips and other ailments, you can't forget to take care of yourselves.

Just another two cents. And a wink.

[fletch]

A wink? Really him? My 'ol supervisor used to wink at me all the time and tell me to keep what I was doing. She'd support me. Then she fucked me. Hard.

At least I got a Bryn Mawr diploma out of that relationship.

[Him]

Fletch, great backstory there. Thanks for letting all of us know. We were wondering, even if the matter of what you denote and connote is a bit fuzzy. Was it an academic brawl or a Ms. Robinson crawl? Let me backtrack and say, no, I don't really care which.

So I guess I will give you another, less suggestive, one: Wink Martindale is a legend!!! No need to defend the wink. Where others would squint, Winston wouldn't.

See? Classy, PC, fun. Costs us nothing. Nor did yours, Fletch. But, geesh. When is the autobiography coming out? And it won't have pictures, will it?

[fletch]

him. With all do respect...you need to run, not walk, to David Lee Roth YFLM, on repeat for a few days and then some.