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Teenage Rebellion Blaine Larsen tackles class and success on his latest

The Pitchfork Effect How a small staff in Chicago makes bands

Fast and Furious Be Your Own Pet grow up on their new record

The Only Band With Dish Pan Hands Hurra Torpedo bring Norwegian stovetop rock to Nashville

Brown Paper Bag Test Artist explores the politics of race identity and skin shade

The House That Cash Built John Carter Cash, the only son of one of America’s most famous couples, manages both his late parents legacy and a career of his own

One Person’s Trash… Three new country archival releases offer a bounty of once-discarded treasures

Now Serving Broadway Brewhouse opens a third location to thirsty patrons

 

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While enjoying the unique character of our downtown the other night, we heard a street musician standing in front of Trail West singing a new version of the Schoolhouse Rock classic, “I’m Just a Bill.” The song was called “I’m Just a Buil-ding,” and it talked about all the stages for a building proposal on Lower Broad. It mentioned Rick Bernhardt (head of Metro Planning) and Ann Roberts (head of Metro Historical Commission) and Phil Ryan (head of MDHA) and how we can all (no crackpots, please) contact them with our concerns about sky plane variances and sightlines and historic preservation. That way, when a company like, say, Westin Hotels wants to make a valuable investment in our community, we’ve been engaged from the start and we’ll have a better chance of liking the result.