Live Blog: Paradise Park Trailer Resort

November 2008.

America awaits with breathless anticipation one of the most meaningful events in its young history, the results of which will affect not only this generation but all generations to come.

It is a happening that is beyond important, beyond monumental. It is quite simply the single most significant moment that we as a people shall ever experience …and now that that damn election is out of the way, we can finally get to it! I’m talking about the CMT.com Watching Party and Live Blog for the 2008 CMA Awards! That’s right friends! No more partisanship. It’s just a big ol’ party and you’re invited! So come down and join us right here in Music City at the famed Paradise Park Trailer Resort in downtown Nashville as yours truly, the Bloated Baron of Blogging, Shane Caldwell, along with my faithful companions Jennifer Morrison and Brian Bayley, bring you all the dish, all the dirt and all the doin’s from this year’s CMA Awards. We’ll begin documenting this star-studded extravaganza at 7/6c with CMT’s Red Carpet Show and then it’s on to the Big Show at 8/7c. And just to make it more fun (and to take the pressure off of us), we’re inviting YOU, the fans to guest blog! That’s right! You say and we relay it. Your most personal inner thoughts posted for all the world to behold! You can brag about your favorite artist’s big win or rant about how they were robbed of their rightful place in history. You can also make predictions, prognostications or just make fun of what somebody is wearing.

And isn’t mocking the rich and successful the real fun of these awards shows, anyway? Just remember you have to be 21 and Over and reasonably sober. (Jen will be giving field sobriety tests at the door so practice saying your ABCs backwards while hopping on one leg.) And if you can’t join us at Paradise Park, join us online and we’ll post your comments right along with ours. Plus, there’s a rumor that some country stars may be joining us with their backstage comments as well. Yes, it’s a publicist’s nightmare and we’ll be the ones dreaming it. So let your freak flag fly this Wednesday night (Nov. 12) as we bring you the CMT.com Watching Party and Live Blog for the 2008 CMA Awards! Truly, a night to remember or at least a fairly harmless way to kill a few hours. Be there. Aloha!