I have been to the Country Radio Seminar. I have been to National Association of Broadcaster conventions, the Conclave, the big electronics convention in Las Vegas and even a few Radio and Record Conventions. I have never been to Comic-Con and that is the one I want to attend more than anything. I have added Comic-Con to my very shallow bucket list. I am making my plans right now to attend next year’s gathering.
This year more than 130,000 people attended Comic-Con at the 2.6 million square foot San Diego Convention Center. From what I’ve heard about the convention, more than half of those 130,000 attendees are dressed up like its Halloween on Krypton. Now, the San Diego convention is not the only one but it is the biggest and many other locales have started their own versions. In fact, there are at least 12 more from Ashbury Park, N.J. to Williamsport, Pa.
For fun I thought I would imagine that Comic-Con comes to Nashville and envision how country music stars would dress at Comic-Con.
Avengers: The Zac Brown Band. The Avengers originally consisted of Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk. You see it now, right?
Iron Man: Kenny Chesney. You seen those guns? I am sure they are all iron. A billionaire, entrepreneur, playboy.
Captain America: Toby Keith. No additional comment needed.
The Hulk: Lee Brice. I love Lee but the shirts need to bump up a size.
Spider-Man: Brad Paisley. He weaves the best lyrical webs. (You try this. It is not as easy as it looks.)
Thor: Blake Shelton. Thor is the husband of the golden-haired goddess Sif. Sif in Viking is Miranda Lambert.
X Men: Florida Georgia Line. You know, of course, the X stands for X-tra power and it seems to me FGL is getting extra play on other formats.
Storm: Carrie Underwood. You’ve seen the costume, right?
Fantastic Four: Little Big Town. They had a fantastic year. And many of you may not know but Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman give back big time by serving on the CMA and ACM boards. They always show up for the meetings and give big effort during the meetings.
Not to be overshadowed by just Marvel characters, this year the Game of Thrones characters were the hot outfits. I cannot assign these characters though. I do not watch the show and I might easily assign one of our favorite country music performers the character of a murdering wildlings.
The convention also includes scores of other TV shows, like Bones, Castle, the Big Bang Theory and True Blood. Can you imagine, Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw on Bones, Maggie Rose as Penny, Hunter Hayes as Leonard and Brett Eldridge as Sheldon?
Anyhow, anyone wanna go to San Diego next summer with me?
(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of MusicRow.)

Black River Entertainment is looking to fill a position to oversee marketing, sales and new media; the label’s Director of Marketing Katie McCartney will exit her post Aug. 16. Send resumes to General Manager Greg McCarn here.

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RPM Entertainment has promoted Garrett Thomson to Manager, Country Promotion. Thomson has worked in the label’s digital marketing/media department since 2011. He can be reached here.

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 The limited time registration rate of $349 is no longer available for Country Radio Seminar 2014. The rate was made available for the first 349 registrants or through Aug. 15, whichever came first. As of July 31, the 349-registrant limit was reached.
The early bird registration of $399 is available at countryradioseminar.com. A ticket to the annual New Faces of Country Music Show is included with CRS registrations until the event is sold out. Country Radio Seminar 2014 is slated for Feb. 19-21, 2014 at the Nashville Convention Center.

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Bluegrass fans across the world can watch live as the final nominations for the 24th International Bluegrass Music Awards are announced on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. CT. For the third consecutive year, Music City Roots will broadcast the nomination press conference live at musiccityroots.com from the Loveless Barn in Nashville.
 

CC Media Holdings, Inc. has added Richard J. Bressler as President and Chief Financial Officer of CC Media Holdings, Inc. and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., reporting to Chairman and CEO Robert Pittman, effective immediately.
Bressler has served as CFO of Time Warner and Viacom, and Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. As a member of Thomas H. Lee Partners, one of the two private equity firms that completed an acquisition of Clear Channel in 2008, Bressler has been Director of CC Media Holdings and Clear Channel Communications since then. He will continue to hold both positions and has been involved in the company as a member of the CC Media Holding board’s operating committee.
Bressler succeeds Tom Casey, who served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CC Media Holdings, Inc., Clear Channel Communications and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. from 2010.

Country Radio Seminar will hold the second annual “CRS Battle of the Bands” on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 6-9 p.m at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley.
Bands formed from Nashville’s music industry executives will compete against one another in front of their friends and peers. Last year’s event featured bands with members from Broken Bow Records, Capitol Nashville, Sony Music Nashville, UMG Nashville and Warner Music Nashville.
The event proceeds will benefit the CRS Scholarship Fund and The Country Radio Hall of Fame.
“CRS Battle of the Bands” is a private, industry-only event. Last year’s event was sold out. For more information on sponsorships and group table sales, please call the CRS offices at (615) 327-4487.
CRS 2014 will be held at the Nashville Convention Center from Feb. 19-21, 2014. For more information, visit countryradioseminar.com.