Our Critics Picks
THURSDAY 5/15
Music
DAVID WILCOX
You’d think that a musician cooped up in a small trailer with his wife
and kid for a while would emerge with an album of fairly on-edge songs,
but not David Wilcox. His new album Airstream—named for where he’s been living and
where it was recorded—has the soft glow of contentment outside of the
fast lane and heartfelt sentimental songs for both of the souls with
whom he’s been sharing those close quarters (“Forever Now” for his wife
and “This Old Car” for his son). Wilcox saves his ire for political
matters, like violence in the name of religion. Even then, the grainy,
mellow warmth of his voice and patient, poetic philosophizing of his
lyrics make “Three Brothers” and “To Love” come off as more thoughtful
than caustic. 8 p.m. at The Belcourt —JEWLY HIGHT
Theater
TWELFTH NIGHT
One of the Bard’s best-loved comedies doesn’t lack for plot devices—a
pair of twins, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, the power of love
(and jealousy). This new Naked Stages/Valhalla Shakespeare Project
collaboration, under the direction of Tee Quillen, promises a
revelatory modern take on the Bard, and the notable cast of eight (each
assuming multiple roles) features some very good actors who ought to
know what they’re doing with the language. The performances at Valhalla
are free. Through May 17 at Belmont University’s Black Box Theater; May 31 & June 1 at Valhalla Farms (3081 Jimtown Road, Woodbury) —MARTIN BRADY
Music
JOHN GORKA
There’s a moody chiaroscuro to John Gorka’s folk sketches, as he works
from dry, dispirited wit (“I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair”) to wistful
resilience (“A Saint’s Complaint”), tracking the heart’s nomadic
travails. While primarily a folksinger balancing his broad-shouldered
baritone with lithe, ringing acoustic arpeggios, he also wanders into
bluegrass, kicks up the occasional bit of rock ruckus and isn’t averse
to adding a touch of swing to his poetic meditations. He’s a gifted
storyteller, employing both confessional and third-person narratives to
weigh ambitions and hopes unfulfilled. “I’m far from the mint
condition, circulation’s hard on you,” he sings on the Celtic-tinged
“Blue Chalk.” 9 p.m. at Bluebird Café
—CHRIS PARKER
Bone Up on Stallone
FIRST BLOOD/SON OF RAMBOW SUMMER SEQUEL FAKE TRAILER COMPETITION
It can’t be coincidence that after 26 years, the movie that unleashed
Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo upon a lily-livered world is back in
theaters—at the same time that British import Son of Rambow is killing ’em in limited release. The comedy about two boys who shoot their own home-movie sequel to First Blood
doesn’t arrive in Nashville until May 23 at The Belcourt, but to drum
up excitement the theater is sponsoring a trailer contest for all ages.
All you have to do is make a trailer 30 seconds to two minutes long for
a nonexistent sequel—There Will Be More Blood? No Country for Older Men? Re-Made of Honor?—using
only original footage, and submit it to the theater on CD or DVD by May
18. The winner gets a private screening of their choice, and the
trailers will be shown throughout the film’s run. To get warmed up,
check out the one-night-only return of First Blood to theaters, featuring the theatrical debut of the movie’s original downbeat ending. 7:30 at Green Hills 16, Hollywood 27 and Opry Mills 20 —JIM RIDLEY
Five Finger Death Punch
FRIDAY 5/16
Music
2008 MERRELL CRAWFISH BOIL
From where I’m sitting, the Crawfish Boil is the strangest event ever.
With a lineup heavy on active rock and ’90s nostalgia, the event
planners obviously looked across musical tastes to draw people with no
musical taste. OK, that’s a little harsh—but it’s hard to imagine
someone looking down the lineup and being excited about Papa Roach and T-Pain and 3 Doors Down and Presidents of the USA (yes, those dudes) and some
band called Five Finger Death Punch. The highlight of the bill could be
local teen pop-punkers Paramore, who bring a catchy pop sensibility to
their emo-tinged anthems. Oh, and there’ll be 15,000 pounds of crawfish
too. May 16-17 at Riverfront Park —LEE STABERT
Art
THE ARTIST’S VOICE: AN EXHIBITION FEATURING TENNESSEE ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES
The title of this ambitious show emphasizes the important role that art
plays in conveying the unique experiences of the individual. Since the
first markings on a cave wall, art has been a vehicle of healing:
social, spiritual and physical. The idea of a “voice” is something
universal to all artists, and in presenting such a large and varied
show, Voice overcomes any possibly precious preoccupations and
finds its own voice in art-for-art’s-sake highlights like Paul
Miktarian’s pastel drawings. Featuring more than 50 works by numerous
artists, Voice features paintings and prints, as well as sculpture, digital art and documentary film. May 16-Sept. 14 at the Frist Center’s Conte Community Arts Gallery; free admission as always —JOE NOLAN
"Pennie Picasso,” Toni Dranes Hooper
Art
PERSONA OF THE HAT
Hats protect us from the elements, they once conveyed social status,
and the hat-as-fashion-statement can be iconic: Where’s Bogey without
his rumpled fedora? But how does a humble hat become an object of inspiration? Persona
is not only a party for Hanging Around Gallery’s sixth anniversary,
it’s also a celebration of family and tradition. Offering up a
collection of hats that date back to the 1930s, Hanging co-owner Toni
Dranes Hooper emptied the trunks of her family’s former haberdashery to
entice the show’s artists. Each artist offers a nod to the hats in
various media. Nashville wine divas The Saucy Sisters will make sure
you pair that trucker cap with the proper chardonnay. May 16-June 13 at Hanging Around; opening reception 6-9 p.m. —JOE NOLAN
Art
CHRISTI NUELL Most eating is performed as part of a ritual: People eat to be close to their families, as an element of a religious ceremony, or as a means of indulging an extravagant lifestyle. In her current show at Sarratt, MTSU printmaking professor Christie Nuell investigates the significance of eating in the human experience. Nuell’s mixed-media pieces incorporate vivid colors and highly structured surfaces that draw the viewers’ attention to an everyday activity whose significance is often overlooked. Through May 30 at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Gallery —AMANDA DILLINGHAM
Music
GHOSTFINGER W/DAVID VANDERVELDE If the soundtrack for your summer could use something along the lines of The Band fronted by Bowie, Ghostfinger is your band—and if that’s not your thing, then at least stop by to witness the finest beards and handlebar mustaches Nashville has to offer. Enhanced by the most entertaining front man in Nashville, the band’s tunes prove to be equally as heavy on pedal steel and organ as they are on charisma, humor and wit. Side A of their 7-inch single best describes their eclectic mix of glam, Southern and psychedelic rock—they truly do sound like they were all “Born on the Moon.” Joining Ghostfinger on the bill is another Bowie inspired songwriter, David Vandervelde, a youngster who packed up his guitar chops and theatrical voice and holed up in former Wilco member Jay Bennett’s studio for two years and recorded a superb T. Rex-ish ’70s revival album. 9 p.m. at Exit/In —MURRAY SHARP
Shelean Newman
Crooncore
BILLY BLOCK PRESENTS THE GRANDVISTA MUSIC CLUB
Block has kept his weekly showcase/radio broadcast The Billy Block Show
(formerly Western Beat) going strong through 12 years of fickle tastes
and music industry upheaval. Now he’s teamed up with Nashville label
GrandVista for a monthly evening of dining and dancing to jazz,
romantic crooners and the Great American Songbook. The maiden voyage of
“Nashville’s Perfect Date Night” begins at 6 p.m., with seating for a
candlelight dinner. The GrandVista Recording Orchestra, featuring local
jazz and session heavyweights, takes the stage at 8 p.m., followed by
sets by songstress Shelean Newman, who’ll interpret jazz and Broadway
standards, and romantic crooner Perry Danos. (Both Newman and Danos
have upcoming releases on GrandVista, Anything Goes and Swingin’ on the Moon, respectively.) 6 p.m. at Limelight (202 Woodland St., across from LP Field) —JACK SILVERMAN
Music
THE COAL MEN Cooled out but not austere, The Coal Men’s 2007 Beauty Is a Moment never
exerts itself, yet its atmospheric effects aren’t merely atmosphere.
Singer-songwriter Dave Coleman writes like a guy who listens more than
he talks—he’s smart enough to underplay, and he has a feel for
outsiders, which might include him. The terse accompaniment of bassist
Jason Hitchcock and drummer Dave Ray adds the perfect fatalistic edge
to Coleman’s tunes. “Come to Me” is country-rock as rendered by The
Feelies, while the band’s arrangement of “Natural Wonder” uncoils like
the best pop. Beauty stands with records such as Fountains of Wayne’s Traffic and Weather and Marshall Crenshaw
as much as it does any comparable Nashville alt-country effort. They’re
currently working in town on a new record with a projected early-2009
release date. 9 p.m. at The Rutledge —EDD HURT
Music
BRADLEY WALKER
It was just minutes after Bradley Walker’s stellar IBMA Awards Show
performance of “Life or Love” last October that the young singer was
called back to the stage to accept the organization’s Male Vocalist of
the Year trophy. It was one of the big surprises of the evening, and by
the time Walker wheeled his chair out, there was barely a dry eye in
the house. His 2006 Rounder debut Highway of Dreams boasted a
big-name cast of players, but these days, he’s backed by a dandy
ensemble of youngsters that includes bass man David Babb, powerhouse
guitarist Dustin Benson, the redoubtable Patton Wages (banjo, guitar)
and an underappreciated mandolin player, South Carolina native Jenni
Lynn Gardner. Creative and flexible, yet firmly grounded in tradition,
the group offers perfect support for Walker’s powerful baritone,
whether he’s serving up a bluegrass classic or a country ballad. Five
years ago we called him “arguably the best unsigned singer in bluegrass
today,” and the only change we’ll make now is to drop the “unsigned.” 9 p.m. at Station Inn —JON WEISBERGER
SATURDAY 5/17
Music
RICKY YOUNG CD RELEASE SHOW
If lazy Saturday mornings had a resonant frequency, a specific tone
that identified them, that tone would be Ricky Young’s voice. The
Eastsider’s debut album Learn to Steal is a simple pleasure,
the folk-rock equivalent of drinking a beer with your biscuits and
gravy while realizing that the person you brought home from the bar
really is cute, funny and cool. The album meanders occasionally,
drifting off into hazy introspection and losing focus, but when it
bears down on songs like “Fade to Gold,” “Acoustic Guitars” and the
title track, Young’s slacker romanticism is undeniably endearing. 9 p.m. at Exit/In —SEAN L. MALONEY
Television
LAMBCHOP-A-PALOOZA
With Music City Arts TV-9 providing the biggest explosion of televised
local arts coverage Nashville has seen in decades, Nashville bands are
getting a boost. Imagine another channel devoting almost three solid
hours of airtime to local treasure Lambchop. Tonight marks the
broadcast premiere of No Such Silence, a 45-minute portrait of
the ever-expanding group by Florian Giefer and Peter Göltenboth that
weds their dreamy, melancholy smear of a sound to lushly textured
split-screen Super 16 footage of local landmarks and European touring.
It’s an unusually handsome doc that could easily have gotten festival
berths, with the added treat of music by Cortney Tidwell, Altered
Statesman and Dave Cloud’s Gospel of Power. MCA follows it with a
two-hour Lambchop/Hands Off Cuba concert filmed at Brussels’ Ancienne
Belgique, featuring the Dafo Quartett and projected films by James
Clauer and Deborah Johnson. If nothing else, this package shows that
Nashville now has a televised forum for unconventional local arts and
film programming—and that Nashville bands and filmmakers should get off
their asses and meet the challenge. 9 p.m. on MCA TV-9; also 4 p.m. May 18, 8 p.m. May 21 & 9 p.m. May 29 —JIM RIDLEY
Jon Dee Graham
Semi-Mythic Texan Comes to Town
JON DEE GRAHAM
There’s no glamour in Jon Dee Graham’s music, which might explain the
Texas songwriter’s mythic status in Austin and his low profile
elsewhere. Mark Finkelpearl’s 2007 film Swept Away: A Rock and Roll Documentary
follows the songsmith as he makes the rounds in a town swamped by good
musicians. With his screwball blues guitar style, Graham brings an
intensity to live performance that evokes punk pioneer Roky Erickson.
He doesn’t sing as compellingly as Erickson, which would be a problem
if Graham weren’t capable of writing songs on the order of “Amsterdam,”
in which he notices “the most beautiful girls in the world on bikes.” Swept Away is
a film about not being a rock star, and not letting it get you down—as
Graham tells an interviewer, “That job opportunity has passed me by.” 9 p.m. at Mercy Lounge
—EDD HURT
Go for Baroque
ALIAS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
closes out its “Double Take” series with this concert, featuring a
veritable United Nations of classical music. The evening spans 325
years and five countries, with works from France (Camille Saint-Saëns’ Fantasie for violin and harp), Italy (Pandolfi’s violin sonatas 4 & 6), Germany (selections from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe,
arranged for cello and piano), Slovakia (two pieces for two cellos by
Ilja Zeljenka) and the good ol’ U.S. of A. (Aaron Copland’s Sextet for
clarinet, strings and piano). Guest artists include pianists Leah Bowes
and Melissa Rose, violist Daniel Renker and Thomas Heine, who will read
the German text of the songs from the Schumann piece. ALIAS regular
Matt Walker will also have his hands (literally) full—in addition to
his cello duties on the Copland and Pandolfi, he’ll play some Baroque
guitar on the latter. 8 p.m. at Blair School of Music’s Turner Recital Hall
—JACK SILVERMAN
Kids’ Matinee
THE POINT
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man may be king—but in a land
where everything must have a point, even heads, a round-topped tyke
named Oblio is an outcast. Since it was first broadcast in
1971, Fred Wolf’s psychedelic animated fable has bobbed in and out of
view with narrators ranging from Ringo Starr to Alan Thicke;
here’s your chance to see a rare print with the original narrator,
Dustin Hoffman. What hasn’t changed is the gorgeous score by the
fable’s creator, Harry Nilsson, including “Think About Your
Troubles” and the hit “Me and My Arrow.” The film is this weekend’s
Family Matinee, showing Saturday and Sunday only. Noon May 17-18 at The Belcourt —JIM RIDLEY
Music
QUOTE AT OFF 12TH With The Pace of Our Feet,
the upcoming debut album from Nashville duo Quote, Jamie Bennett and
Justin Tam have contributed a sleeper classic to the
folk/singer-songwriter canon. The fact that Tam and Bennett have done
so quietly, with little to no pretense, highlights the ease with which Pace
offers its many pleasures to the listener. Not only do the pair spin
engaging narratives, but producer Mike Odmark weaves exquisite mixes
around them. Intimate yet spacious, the songs exist as freestanding
milieus for the moods and characters residing within. While Tam and
Bennett’s harmonies boom, other instruments creak, shimmy and groan in
the background. Fittingly, Pace comes with accompanying artwork and poetry. Quote appears with 11 other acts as part of Off 12th, a free daytime backyard festival (myspace.com/off12th). 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at 1206 Elmwood Ave.; Quote perform at 5:40 p.m. —SABY REYES-KULKARNI
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Jeff Dunham
Comedy
JEFF DUNHAM
We know what you’re thinking. “Puppets?! What am I? Four?” Rest
assured, there’s far more to the profession nowadays than neon felt,
googly eyes and ditties about division. As anyone who has sung along to
Avenue Q or counts Being John Malkovich or Team America: World Police
among their favorite flicks will attest, it can be a decidedly
adult-themed outlet for biting social commentary. Enter Dunham, who has
ridden the ventriloquist route to an American Comedy Award, two
insanely successful DVDs and the No. 1 slot on Comedy Central’s 2008 Stand-Up Showdown.
Not only do his characters—including a cantankerous old man, a jalapeño
pepper and a dead terrorist named Achmed—make you think, they make you
laugh ’til your eyes go googly. 7 & 10 p.m. at TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall —JULIE SEABAUGH
Death Proof
KEITH DONNELLY
East Tennessee gave the mystery genre a boost with the famed Body Farm,
and now it has a new private eye. Fictional, that is. Donald
Youngblood, author Keith Donnelly’s gumshoe creation, is independently
wealthy, athletic and possessed of more influential friends, connected
associates and curvaceous female companions than Sam Spade and Phillip
Marlowe combined. In Three Deuces Down, the opener of a planned
series, Youngblood and his Cherokee associate Billy Two Feathers track
down a missing heiress and her slippery husband. What happened to them
and their millions? Will Youngblood—Blood, to his friends—find the girl
of his dreams? The Gatlinburg-based Donnelly sends his gadget-equipped
protagonist galloping through the mountain-filled and football-obsessed
east-Tennessee landscape, but also jets him off to exotic locales in
search of the answers. 2 p.m. at Davis-Kidd Booksellers —CHRIS SCOTT
Music
LADYHAWK W/ NEVA DINOVA
Harking back to the late post-punk underground of Dinosaur Jr. and the
reckless abandon of The Replacements, Canadian quartet Ladyhawk
re-create a band-of-brothers authenticity in their crunchy, riff-driven
rhythms. Not too far off step from their eponymous ’06 debut,
Ladyhawk’s latest, Shots, was recorded in two short weeks in a
Montreal farm house and is yet another blasted-amp portrait of a band
who always seem to be budding. Front man Duffy Driedinger’s pinched
vocals and the band’s sonic solos are apt accents to their throwback,
garage-rock sound. 9 p.m. at The End —DUSTIN ALLEN
Music
LIAM FINN W/LAURA VEIRS
It’s hard following in your dad’s footsteps—just ask Julian Lennon. But
despite the high bar set by his dad Neil (Crowded House, Split Enz) and
uncle Tim (Split Enz), Liam Finn looks capable of matching their
output. Finn got his start as a teen in indie rockers Betchadupa before
they went on hiatus. Last year, he played with his father in the
Crowded House reunion and then released his solo debut I’ll Be the Lightning.
He shares Neil’s penchant for airy, Beatles-inspired melodies and the
type of subtle craftsmanship that reveals itself on additional listens.
Veirs’ girlish vocals and folk-pop style recall Suzanne Vega or the
Blake Babies shrouded in an atmospheric fog. The backgrounds of the
Seattle native’s songs are often dotted with clatter or odd noise,
though last year’s Saltbreakers plays it straight, with some of her best produced shimmery ache yet. 9 p.m. at The Basement —CHRIS PARKER
SUNDAY 5/18
Theater
ORDINARY PEOPLE Judith
Guest’s sensitive 1976 novel about a modern suburban family in
psychological crisis was translated into an acclaimed 1980 film by
Robert Redford. In 1983, Nancy Gilsenan adapted the book for the stage,
and productions occasionally pop up on the national community theater
and college scene. Director Bob Roberts’ new staging in the ’Boro
offers locals a chance to revisit Guest’s uncomfortable, often painful
lessons on love and communication (and the lack thereof). Plus, a
fairly strong curiosity factor—how well does this brand of
upper-middle-class angst hold up through the years?—should be in play.
The cast includes Matthew Payne as young Conrad, Jeff Harr as father
Cal, Julianna Smith as mom Beth (the Mary Tyler Moore role) and Mike
McRee as the therapist Berger. Through May 18 at Murfreesboro Little Theatre
—MARTIN BRADY
Archetype
GEORGE JONES
His career is the stuff of legend: Left home at 16, overcame a raging
cocaine addiction, popped diet pills, performed shows in a Donald Duck
voice, found himself on the business end of a straight-razor slashing,
smashed guitars and hotel rooms, took a revolver to a tour bus, burned
through finances (and wives), got his ass kicked for defending
Stonewall Jackson, operated a successful sausage-selling operation,
rode a lawn mower for miles in order to procure alcohol…multiple times.
Oh yeah, and those 14 equally rollicking and heart-wrenching No. 1 hits
ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. These days he’s a bit slower and his
voice noticeably huskier, but he is, without a doubt, still the one and
only Possum. 7:30 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium —JULIE SEABAUGH
Music
DRAGON MUSIC SUNDAY FEAT. WILL KIMBROUGH
Sundays at Dragon Park are pretty much a given in our household—part of
a weekly routine that includes laughing at Pancake Pantry patrons and
bitching about work on Monday morning—so we were stoked to hear about
the Hillsboro/West End Neighborhood Association’s Dragon Music Sunday
series. Featuring some of the ’hood’s best musicians, including Will
Kimbrough and J. Fred Knobloch, the free weekly music series starts
this weekend with the 19th Annual
Dragon Parade and Ice Cream Social, which may be the greatest
combination of things ever (other than robots and fried okra). The
festivities kick off at 3 p.m., which means you have plenty of time to
catch the Belcourt’s screening of The Point too. 3 p.m. at Fannie Mae Dees Park
—SEAN L. MALONEY
Patricia Schultz
MONDAY 5/19
She Launched a Thousand Trips
PATRICIA SCHULTZ launched more than travel dreams and vacations with her best-selling 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—the
work has also inspired a companion reality TV show (gorgeous scenery,
annoying couple) produced by Schultz, as well as seemingly endless
knockoffs. In the book’s follow-up, 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die,
Schultz narrows her focus to, well, you can figure it out. Arranged by
region and then by state, the book offers specific travel experiences
mixed in with overviews of music, food and history. Several stops in
Tennessee are included: Schultz saw Rock City, hung out at Dollywood,
went to Belle Meade Plantation and visited Memphis’ music museums. 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Brentwood —MICHELLE JONES
Barack the House!
MAKE IT BLUE MONDAY VOLUME III
It’s pretty clear that Hillary’s cynical,
I-think-you’re-so-dumb-you’ll-fall-for-this gas tax move has torpedoed
her campaign, so it’s time for Dems to rally behind Barack. Join the
Williamson County Democrats at this fundraiser, featuring a musical
lineup—Delbert McClinton, Bekka Bramlett, Todd Sharp and the inimitable
Pokey LaFarge—that shows they’re the party who knows how to party.
(Seriously, can you name even two or three cool Republican bands?
Didn’t think so.) Come on, libs, it’s time to pony—er, donkey—up. RSVP
to 790-3659; $20 donation. 6-9 p.m. at Saffire Restaurant in The Factory at Franklin —JACK SILVERMAN
Bill Frisnell
TUESDAY 5/20
Musical Snapshots
BILL FRISELL’S DISFARMER PROJECT
Think of this side project of stellar jazz guitarist Frisell—a
Grammy-winning solo artist and sought-after sideman for the likes of
Elvis Costello, Paul Simon and Norah Jones—as a less arch, more
musically expansive version of the Trachtenberg Family Slideshow
Players. His inspiration is the haunting portraiture of Mike Disfarmer,
a small-town studio photographer whose posed World War II-era photos of
the citizens of Heber Springs, Ark., evoke a Diane Arbus-like
alienation in the hollows of the heartland: two grim sisters gripped in
a stilted deadlock of an embrace, little boys facing forward with
ancient eyes. Tonight, along with the photos, Frisell will be
accompanied by steel guitarist Greg Leisz, violinist Jenny Scheinman
and bassist Viktor Krauss. 7 p.m. at The Belcourt —JIM RIDLEY
Music
KT TUNSTALL
With just two-and-a-half albums, British import KT Tunstall
demonstrates a steadfast desire to avoid easy categorization. The
dreamy ’70s-ish folk-strum of tracks like “Other Side of the World”
earned her comparisons to Dido, who Tunstall suggested (not
inappropriately) “can’t fucking sing.” Acoustic Extravaganza—squeezed
out between world tours—offered the countrified “Ashes” and the husky
drift of Beck’s “Golden Age.” It’s impressive beyond its odds and sods
status, and teased anticipation for last fall’s Drastic Fantastic,
which maintains a more straightforward pop/rock approach. The fuller
production muddies some of Tunstall’s charms, though her versatility is
apparent on tracks like “Funnyman,” whose folksy shuffle is buoyed by a
funky Mothership undercurrent, and the sultry Latin strut of “Hold On,”
which sounds like a soul-injected Miami Sound Machine. 7:30 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium
—CHRIS PARKER
Music
THE HEROINE SHEIKS
Frontman Shannon Selberg’s unhinged imagination provides the surreal
lyrical perspective icing the odd, discordant riot of Heroine Sheiks.
They follow in the noise rock tradition of Selberg’s old band The Cows,
who came out of the same mid-’80s Minneapolis hardcore scene that
produced Hüsker Dü, Breaking Circus and Amphetamine Reptile Records.
Formed with ex-Swans guitarist Norman Westberg in the wake of The Cows’
dissolution, the Sheiks had the honor of headlining shows with
Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gogol Bordello, without making any of the
same subsequent commercial inroads. This isn’t exactly surprising,
since their pummeling atavistic roar still harks back to a moment when
the Butthole Surfers ruled the underground. After three albums, Selberg
moved back to Minneapolis and formed a new lineup with guitarist Paul
Sanders (Hammerhead). They’ve recorded a new album, Journey to the End of the Knife, consistent with their catalog’s spazzy cacophony. 9 p.m. at The End —CHRIS PARKER
WEDNESDAY 5/21
Local Produce
EAST NASHVILLE FARMERS MARKET
The seasonal debut of the all-organic, all-local market near the Five
Points crossroads in East Nashville kicks off with music, contests and
kids’ activities. The outdoor market will run 4 to 7 p.m. every
Wednesday during summer. Organizers Hank Delvin Jr. of Delvin Farms and
Peggy Marchetti of Madison Creek Farms have assembled an assortment of
local growers who will provide fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy,
cheeses, honey, flowers and plants. There will also be chef
demonstrations, live music and movie nights. 4-7 p.m. every Wednesday at Turnip Truck Natural Market (970 Woodland St.) —CARRINGTON FOX
Wear Demetria’s Clothes!
GENUINE HUMAN T-SHIRT SALE
It’s no slam at Demetria Kalodimos as WSMV’s news co-anchor that some
people wish she’d make a full-time career of her side gig:
documentarian pursuing forgotten, marginal or downright bizarre stories
from Nashville’s secret history. Thus far her subjects have included
the notorious Foot Stomper and a pair of gender-bending 1970s Music Row
fringe dwellers. Her upcoming projects include a portrait of The Farm’s
revered midwife Ina May Gaskin and the case of a man prosecuted for
possession of eagle feathers. To help finance these films, her Genuine
Human Productions now sells T-shirts bearing the logo “258”—the
apartment number of Nashville’s famed radio evangelist the Prophet
Omega, subject of her first documentary Friends Seen and Unseen.
They should be available for $20 (L or XL) at her website
(genuinehuman.com), but just in case it’s down, contact
genuinehuman@comcast.net. —JIM RIDLEY