Matthew Delaney

@bradluttrell Amazing! The 2020 lineup would have been the best. Stapleton and Sturgill as two headliners. Sold soul for no apparent reason. Basically The Burl County Fair (which is phenomenal) but adding jelly roll and charging $375 for a weekend.

@MatthewBDelaney I was there the CWG / Ratliff year and it was friggin killer

More thoughts on the Railbird debacle because I can't walk away: • Railbird has sold out many times. I think they even added 10K tickets last year, and still sold out Saturday. Arguing it's only to sell out doesn't make sense. There had to be a stop gap between "sell 10% more tickets" and "Go full bore pop country" • The festival's brand was alt country. They had killer lineups and had built a brand on the backs of Childers, Stapleton, Zach Bryan, Turnpike. Unveiling Jelly Roll as a headliner is so friggin' out of left field. • The artist exposure argument is flawed. Sure, people who ONLY come for Jelly Roll may find a great band. But the festival was already selling out—the exposure was already good, and with fans who are much more your core audience. Please go ask one of these indie artists in person if they'd rather play for Jelly Roll fans or Tyler Childers-type fans. I'll wait. • They could have hired nearly anyone for what they paid Jelly Roll. Jelly Roll was almost certainly paid $1.5M - $2M for a 2 hour set. • "The bottom half looks good" thought is flawed, too. Sure, the bottom half of the lineup looks great. But those will all be short 30 min sets that overlap and are spread out all over the place. You're going to see 60% of those small acts any meaningful time once you factor you'll be peeing out $16 White Claws every 37 minutes. If you don't like Bailey Zimmerman, Shaboozey, and Jelly Roll types, you just lost 4.5 - 5ish hours off your experience that historically has been A+ alt country talent. • "It's a business" is ignoring the importance of brand. People keep saying it's business thinking only in ticket sales. Building a business is also building a brand. They had years of great brand equity rebuilt up after the famous Failbird where they ran out of water. They dug their way out of that, then this? I mean, why? I cannot get it. • There was a middle ground with pop acts that would have worked. Lainey Wilson would have been fine. Luke Combs would have been a great fit. There are plenty of ways to book bigger names without going to this level of garbage. Hell, Morgan Wallen would be better than what you got, Railbird fans. I said it. Do not let anyone tell you this makes sense for financial, artist exposure, or any other reason. Most of the bigger names are just bad bookings—and if we have Gavin Adcocks slipping into the middle of the lineup this year? I'd say you can expect more of that next year, pushing out your independents you're all cheering for. You may call me elitist for these takes on Railbird. If wanting to keep Jelly Roll and Gavin Adcock multiple states away from my favorite genre is elitist, pass the champagne and stay out of my comments, you peasants.

@RowlandRIVALS For 3 years!

@Shpigford Life in Pieces

Need recommendations for feel-good, binge-able shows! In the vein of… The Office Parks & Rec Community New Girl Brooklyn 99 Schitts Creek 30 Rock

@mjarvis33 Haha there were some categories back in the day I could give him a run for his money.

It’s @MatthewBDelaney

Sure looks like a fanbase that’s happy they get to have college basketball again instead of being told they are free to observe Cal staging an NBA prep academy in their uniforms.

Coach Cal leaving Kentucky for Arkansas means one thing: "They were sick of his sh*t!" - @bomani_jones

IN BRUGES was released 16 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great black comedies of the century and the film that kick started the McDonagh/Farrell/Gleeson triumvirate, the making of story is as beautiful as the city it’s set in… 1/34

Only Martins in the Building! It was an honor to welcome @SteveMartinToGo and Martin Short to the GUTENBERG! stage last night🍽️✨

@JoeGoodberry Thoughts on Chris Rodriguez?

Fun part about our Draft Spreadsheet is seeing how past Bengals draft picks would've graded out in comparison to the current class. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@KySportsRadio Jerry Eaves was very confident on his return this am on his show

Serious question as I have been mostly offline this week Where is the “Oscar is coming back” stuff coming from? Is it hope or has there been a report?

The Last Judgement, by Crispijn van den Broeck, 1573, 📸 by Grant Halverson

@graeters Bring back Bourbon ball and take that!

Packing the ice cream truck for Buffalo! Which flavors should we bring? 🤔

@Dan_Hoard Tirico already nailed it, The Cincinnati Kid!

So has anybody come up with an "Immaculate Reception"-like name for Hubbard's touchdown? Sam's Scram? Hubbard's House Call? The Sam-man Run? What do you got?

@ryenarussillo first commercial break and already coming back to Herbstreit mid breakdown.

@liveinlou @MarkEnnis @the_transit_guy doesn’t the snow just make Louisville’s spaghetti junction too pretty?!

Just when you thought we were done... RT for a chance to win a @ImBlaCkOWned #SDCE reversible jacket SIGNED BY VONN BELL! Decided to show you both sides this time 😏 #ProBowlVote x @Vonn

@mjarvis33 @Reds team web page blacked out in Louisville just like their games!

Highly annoys me

@dpg4uk Why the Pac 12 love with UU and O? Utahs loss is against the team we beat the following week on the road. Our loss is by 3 to a better team on the road. We have a better loss and better win. Oregon lost by 50 on a neutral field

Here is the RJ Young that I'm used to. Drops Kentucky from #6 to #17 after a three point road loss to his #10 Ole Miss. 🤡