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1. The Spin

   The Spin

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Who’s who at MercyThursday’s lineup at Mercy Lounge was one of the strongest local bills we’ve seen in quite some time. Solid draws respectively, Ghostfinger,...

2. Letters

   Love-Hate Mail

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Railroad crossingIn response to the letter to the editor submitted by Davis Carr (Love/Hate Mail, Dec. 6), several of the houses on Sadler Avenue predate the construction of...

3. Cover Story

   What’s the Matter with Fred?

   How media image-makers are killing Thompson’s presidential bid—with a little help from the candidate himself

   Jeff Woods

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Here comes another negative article about Fred Thompson. Big surprise. You’ve heard it all before: Fred got in too late; Fred’s cranky, lazy, a dumb Tennessee hick...

4. Words of the Week

   Words of the Week

   Published: December 13, 2007

   “My soul could have been placed in the body of a woman in Afghanistan. I could have been born a woman in Afghanistan, ladies, and that is worse than being born a...

5. Features

   Bad Medicine

   A Nashville youth facility is a nightmare for kids, staffers say, but the state’s licensing body sees no cause for concern

   Elizabeth Ulrich

   Published: December 13, 2007

   In a smattering of red brick buildings at the bottom of a hill on Eighth Avenue South, a few blocks away from the bustle of Wedgewood Avenue, sits Hermitage Hall—a...

6. Desperately Seeking the News

   A Few Notes

   Liz Garrigan

   Published: December 13, 2007

   The bad news is that The Tennessean planned to discontinue longtime scribe George Zepp's Learn Nashville column, the destination where readers could learn about the city's...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Holy War

   Could the anti-immigrant backlash really be an anti-Catholic backlash?

   Gustavo Arellano

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Dear Mexican: I’m sad that there aren’t more Mexicans here in the Detroit area. We’re one of the few areas in the country that is predominately Catholic....

8. The Fabricator

   All Wet

   ‘Gore on Ice’ not nearly as good as ‘Kafka on Ice,’ critics say

   Published: December 13, 2007

   The MTSU “Books on Ice” Skaters, who gained national fame for the Murfreesboro school with such productions as “Kafka on Ice,” “Silas Marner on...

9. Helter Shelter

   Oh ’Luminum, Oh ’Luminum

   How faithful are thy branches

   Walter Jowers

   Published: December 13, 2007

   My parents Jabo and Susie Jowers had their last Christmas together in 1965. The night before that Christmas, Jabo couldn’t wait for Susie to see what he’d bought...

10. Features

    Excitable Boys

    This year’s best books for music lovers

    Diann Blakely

    Published: December 13, 2007

    I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren ZevonCrystal Zevon, HarperCollins, $26.95, 480 pp. In I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty...

11. Features

    Cool Yule

    Highlights of this year’s Christmas releases

    Christian Schaeffer

    Published: December 13, 2007

    by Christian SchaefferForget boy bands and Barry Manilow—Christmas music may be the ultimate guilty pleasure. It’s inherently corny, unrepentantly joyful and the...

12. Columns

    Public Art

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Wait, this is Goody’s country? We’ll keep that in mind if we’re ever looking for pain relievers in our grandparents’ medicine cabinet. What’s...

13. Dining

    Grocery Story

    A landmark in Leipers Fork—and now Franklin—Puckett’s serves music and meals to the stars

    Kay WEst

    Published: December 13, 2007

    “Peyton” is scratched large and deep into the surface of one of the old wooden tables in the dining area of Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant. Did...

14. Reviews

    London Recalling

    Exciting doc captures the titan of The Clash

    Jim Ridley

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Punk died, the Silver Jews sang, the first time a kid shouted, “Punk’s not dead!” The words are never uttered in Julien Temple’s Joe Strummer: The...

15. Short Takes

    Short Takes

    Published: December 13, 2007

    PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID Three different versions exist of Sam Peckinpah’s elegiac 1973 Western, and each has its own unique character: even the mangled...

16. Reviews

    Fresh Prince of Darkness

    That old ‘last man on earth’ setup proves a triumph for Will Smith

    Scott Foundas

    Published: December 13, 2007

    There are two momentous performances in the Darwinian horror fable I Am Legend. One is by the movie’s star, Will Smith—but more about him in a minute. The other is...

17. Theater

    Double Your Pleasure

    A couple of two-actor productions succeed to varying degrees

    Martin Brady

    Published: December 13, 2007

    When two major shows open on the same weekend, and each has a cast numbering exactly two, it’s hard to avoid drawing a simple conclusion: Budgets are tight on the...

18. Books

    A Story Full of Heartbreak and Desire

    New book reveals every detail of Gram Parsons’ tragic life—including his collaboration with Emmylou Harris

    Lacey Galbraith

    Published: December 13, 2007

    inger-songwriter Gram Parsons died in 1973 at age 26, but biographer David Meyer’s Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music...

19. Books

    Grooving on Gibson

    Illustrated history chronicles seven decades of Nashville’s famous guitar

    Michael Ray Taylor

    Published: December 13, 2007

    by Michael Ray Taylor Lucille began life as acoustic archtop L-30 with an added pickup. She got her name in a nightclub in Twist, Ark., in 1949, when two men slugging it out...

20. Our Critics Picks

    Our Critics' Picks

    Published: December 13, 2007

    THURSDAY 12/13War and Remembrance NPT’S NASHVILLE WWII STORIES It is impossible to watch Nashville WWII Stories, the latest NPT original production, without making...