entertain kate

Apparently, Kate Hudson was in Knoxville last April when her husband's band, The Black Crowes, played at the Coliseum. I didn't see her while she was in town, but as one Kate to another, I would have been happy to show her around town and keep her entertained. I probably would have encouraged her to grab some pizza at Tomato Head and a beer at Preservation Pub. She could have taken baby Harley or Spyder or Mango or whatever his name is down to Volunteer Landing by the river to play in the fountains. My kids love that.

But I never knew she was in town and she didn't call, so apparently she just hung out at the downtown Hilton and was pretty bored, which I can certainly understand. (She should have stayed at the St. Oliver). And on David Letterman's show the other night, she told the entire nation that Knoxville was the worst town she visited while on tour with the band.

Her comments have generated some conversation around town, over at KnoxBlab (look at the "Oh Kate" thread) and spurred my pal Jack Neely to write a very entertaining column in Metro Pulse this week about Kate's dislike for K-town.

And now, some clever cleverkins has launched a line of "Entertain Kate" t-shirts.

As someone also named Kate, I plan to give these t-shirts to all my friends and family because, whatever Katie Hudson happens to think of my adopted hometown, I like the idea of people wearing "Entertain Kate" slogans plastered across their chests. It's a good sentiment in general, don't you think?