New TV show filming

A TV show is filming in town!

Sadly, it's not the long-ago pitched crime reality show, but it's a scripted show called "Outsiders" scheduled to premiere next year.

The crew filmed Wednesday at Joe Hardy's airport.

“Outsiders” is a 13-episode, hour-long drama series that tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of renegades who’ve been in the hills of Kentucky since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they’ll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary, according to show information provided by Mahon.

I mean, that's not gonna reinforce the "Pennsyltucky" stereotype or anything. Also, why do people pronounce/spell it as "Pennsatucky"? That doesn't make any damn sense. We live in Pennsylvania, not Pennsavania.

The crew chose this area, though, for its look. You know, woods and run-down houses and stuff, presumably.

The cast includes a bunch of people I've never heard of before and notably hottie Joe Anderson. I mean, he was in Across the Universe, a gorgeous musical structured around Beatles songs. It's basically amazing, in case you don't already know.



God, I don't watch that movie nearly as often as I should.

The Nam on Facebook: Restaurant Real Estate

If anyone's in the market for a restaurant--especially Double Dragon--you might make my cousin very happy.

The Nam on Facebook: Brownsville or the new Fallout game?

I love this joke so much, I wish I would've thought of it.

The Nam on Facebook: Confederate Flags on 119

This is an old post I saw in my Facebook feed, but thanks to unruly computers not wanting to install Flash updates, here it is!

Look, I'm willing to grant the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe someone moved up here from the south or that maybe they support the more southern defenses of the Confederate flag, but I do see the point of this status. The heritage defense up here only makes sense in pretty specific circumstances.

That said, I don't think the heritage defense of the Confederate flag is a strong one. It still ignores a major part of the cause of the Confederacy--slavery. And it's possible to be proud of one's heritage without supporting the uglier aspects of it, which the Confederacy certainly was for the south. It's like loving your racist grandpa while acknowledging that he says some things that aren't okay.

Upcoming Connellsville Events

Here are some things to keep you busy and enrich your life.

• Sunday--tomorrow--Unity of Connellsville is hosting on event about setting healthy boundaries with your parents.
• St. Rita's Christian Mothers are holding a Nationality Day on Friday, September 11, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Bucci Social Hall, featuring many of what I'm sure will be delicious Italian foods. Take-out will be available.
• On Saturday, September 19, Carnegie Free Library will be holding a yard sale from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. It will be held in the basement and will benefit the library.

Ewan McGregor visited Fallingwater and no one told me

You may know Ewan McGregor as Christian from Moulin Rouge or a young Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars prequels. Or maybe from The Island or Trainspotting or Velvet Goldmine. He also did some voice work in Robots. His new movie is Last Days in the Desert, in which he plays both Jesus and Satan. I've also been pretty much in love with him since puberty. Hey, I was a young aspiring writer and he was gorgeous, sensitive, and loving. What can I say?

He visited Fallingwater over the weekend and took a gorgeous selfie and called the house "beautiful." Because, I mean, it is.

Hope he also went to Pechin's and rafting down the Yough.

Singer Violet Rose releases new video

Here you go, hard workers--singer Violet Rose has released a new, nifty sci-fi music video for single "Working Hard." Check it out!