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Words of the Week
Words of the Week
Published: January 17, 2008
“It does show that my mother’s ancestors started out in East Africa. I’m not sure if LaSimba Gray has papers or not.” —Memphis Congressman Steve...
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Letters
Love-Hate Mail
Published: January 17, 2008
What the f?Lest the semantics of sensationalism agitate beyond amusement the imagination of the local populace, let it be known the designation of “gang” status for...
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Features
Happy Birthday, Lounge Lizards
Mercy Lounge turns 5
Tracy Moore
Published: January 17, 2008
To hijack some current presidential campaign lingo, our rock scene sometimes eerily resembles the musical version of “Two Americas”—bands that toil in the...
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The Spin
The Spin
Published: January 17, 2008
Punch-drunk punk The weather last week wasn’t exactly perfect for jaunting about town, but fortunately there were a few events that were well worth getting wet and...
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Features
Unfinished Business
Singer-songwriter Walter Hyatt’s widow releases his unheard gems
Michael McCall
Published: January 17, 2008
Walter Hyatt never quite seemed of this world. His gentlemanly demeanor, one of elegance and wry insight, shined through in his music—an orderly tastefulness that...
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Features
White Lightning
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals give their vintage-meets-now sound a kick
Jewly Hight
Published: January 17, 2008
Even after a week playing Jam Cruise 6 on rough seas and coming away sleep-deprived and hoarse, Grace Potter is still plenty animated when she talks about the journey she and...
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Features
Nashville Skyline
Two new bluegrass releases could have only come out of Music City
Michael McCall
Published: January 17, 2008
The opening of “Midnight Train to Memphis” from the self-titled debut by Nashville acoustic group The SteelDrivers uses acoustic instruments to shake the earth with...
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Features
Dereliction of Data
Election commissioner says a controversial employee ignored directives to safeguard Social Security data
Matt Pulle
Published: January 17, 2008
by Matt Pulle What one member of the Davidson County Election Commission says now about the notorious break-in at the voting agency renders almost moot the shoddy performance...
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Desperately Seeking the News
Stop the Presses
City Paper plans to move to an online-only model
Matt Pulle
Published: January 17, 2008
by Matt Pulle Is Albie Del Favero the same visionary who built the Scene from a harmless shopper to a booming alt-weekly? Or is he a cranky has-been who never should have...
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Ask a Mexican
Brown Booze(rs)
Yes, there’s more drunk driving among Mexicans, but it’s not because of machismo
Gustavo Arellano
Published: January 17, 2008
Dear Mexican: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Mexican Americans have the highest proportion of DUIs and alcohol-related traffic fatalities of...
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Woods
Marital Bliss
Are the House speaker and his lobbyist wife teaming up for AT&T?
Jeff Woods
Published: January 17, 2008
Even the jaded denizens of the state Capitol are wrinkling their noses at House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh’s intervention in one of the legislature’s costliest business...
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The Fabricator
‘You Come and See Us!’
Conte pitches for Rivergate Toyota
Published: January 17, 2008
Tennessee’s first lady Andrea Conte has taped a series of commercials for a local car dealership, and political observers see payback in the pitches....
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Cover Story
The Other Volz
Eric Volz’s little sister scuffled with her illegal boyfriend and his brother. Now she’s having them deported.
P.J. Tobia
Published: January 17, 2008
On Dec. 17, an appellate court in Nicaragua declared Eric Volz innocent. Volz—convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend despite considerable evidence to...
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Helter Shelter
Homeowner Beware
Just because a contractor is nice and cleans up after himself doesn’t mean he’s good
Walter Jowers
Published: January 17, 2008
There’s been a whole lot of renovation in my part of town lately. Some old houses have been gutted to the studs and rebuilt from the walls in. Some folks dug deeper...
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Dining
A New Begin-ning
Copper Kettle co-founders dish up a friendly concept in Franklin
Carrington Fox
Published: January 17, 2008
Rare is the meat-and-three restaurant that can claim salads among its signature dishes. More often than not, the fresh-vegetable proxy is a pale mixture of cucumbers and...
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Dining
Neighborhood Watch
Look out for new arrivals in downtown and Rutledge Hill
Carrington Fox
Published: January 17, 2008
The latest evidence of retail resurgence in and around Rutledge Hill can be found at the corner of Peabody Street and Fourth Avenue, where Charlie Robin and Jim Blumberg of...
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Reviews
Crix Nix Chix Flix
This weekend’s Diane Keaton-Katherine Heigl title match delivers no knockouts
Robert Wilonsky
Published: January 17, 2008
If Diane Keaton were a comer in 2007, she’d likely be stuck in romantic comedies cooked up in movie studio test kitchens. No Godfather for her. No Annie Hall, no Shoot...
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Short Takes
Short Takes
This week in local theaters
Published: January 17, 2008
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY For cruel cosmic jokes, it’s hard to top debilitating a sensualist with a stroke that leaves his mouth and body immobile but his mind...
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Reviews
California Burning
An epic gusher, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood strikes oil, and then some
J. Hoberman
Published: January 17, 2008
A great brooding thundercloud of a movie, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood arrives as if from nowhere on a gust of critical acclaim, lowering over a landscape...
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Books
Year of Destiny
Kurt Andersen’s epic novel captures America’s defining age
Chris Scott
Published: January 17, 2008
When did modern American culture begin? Any five people would likely give five different answers. Maybe it was during the social upheaval of the 1960s, or the carnage of World...
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