What a fantastic trip. Nashville is really fun, my friends are fun, had a great time all around. None of the bands blew me away, but 3 nights of pretty-good bands was very fun. Sometimes what you need to be happy in life is to jump into a loud pile of people and shove some dudes in denim jackets. A couple of my friends kept hating on Nashville which got pretty old. They kept arguing Nashville is a lot less dense than St Louis, which didn't really hold water to me. We wouldn't have had to drive so much if we hadn't been staying in two different places. The difference is that the northernmost 3rd of St Louis is pretty devoid of "hip" locations, so if you are us you pretty much hang out in the middle third. Which means it seems like "you don't have to travel as far in St Louis." It's really just that most of the cool stuff in St Louis is in a small area.
Lots of pictures upcoming on that Facebook if you guys are friends with me on there. There is one in particular where me and a roommate and the cute girl I stayed with are looking at the sunset from a hilltop that is pretty much the definition of happiness.