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Features
Double Crossing
Residents of a South Nashville neighborhood are still held hostage by a railroad crossing
P.J. Tobia
Published: February 7, 2008
For the past few months, the Scene has documented the battle between the Sadler Avenue community and the CSX railroad company. The community, located in South Nashville...
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Features
Tuckered Out
Loony Ex-Metro Council member losing steam in her bid to become the next schools director
Matt Pulle
Published: February 7, 2008
In eight years on the Metro Council, Carolyn Baldwin Tucker lashed out against gay people, burst into song on the campaign trail and supported a resolution proclaiming...
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Cover Story
The Lust List
But don’t get the wrong idea—we’re not all tangled up on looks
The Committee of Insiders
Published: February 7, 2008
Caitlin RoseIf you’re ever lucky enough to score a date with Caitlin Rose, be sure to bring some Dylan, or maybe some Gram Parsons—in other words, stay away from...
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Features
Confederacy of Dunces
A weekly roundup of embarrassing behavior
Published: February 7, 2008
This week’s winnerSen. Doug Henry, an 81-year-old Nashville Democrat, explaining to the state Senate his votes surrounding amendments to the abortion...
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The Fabricator
Penguin of Doom
Man sues WSMV over Snowbird theme distress
Published: February 7, 2008
The ice cream truck-style jingle that accompanies promotional spots for WSMV-Channel 4’s mascot Snowbird has been a part of the aural landscape of Middle Tennessee for...
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Helter Shelter
Clutter Control
Mud swamps and trash heaps are the answer to excessive crap
Walter Jowers
Published: February 7, 2008
A few weeks back, I wrote about wife Brenda’s hoarding kink. Brenda, bless her heart, just can’t bring herself to throw things away. Brenda gets attached to her...
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Letters
Love-Hate Mail
Published: February 7, 2008
Mayor schooledMatt Pulle’s piece “Head of the Class” (Jan. 31) contained two telling comments for my family, with a sixth-grader at Head Middle Magnet and...
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Features
Off the Straight and Narrow
Records from Stephen Simmons and Thad Cockrell both take artistic license with their spiritual backgrounds
Published: February 7, 2008
By Jewly Hight By Jewly Hight For singer-songwriters like Stephen Simmons and Thad Cockrell, a Southern evangelical Christian upbringing doesn’t necessitate sticking to...
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Features
Edge of the Radar
Who to dig in ’08 from the Nashville underground
Matt Sullivan
Published: February 7, 2008
By Matt Sullivan Now that the yearly best-ofs have finally run their course and we can confidently say that the past year has properly been put into perspective, let us never...
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Woods
Gun Play
Bredesen blasé about lunatics buying firearms
Jeff Woods
Published: February 7, 2008
The annual low comedy that is the Tennessee legislature is well under way, and the shenanigans again this year include bills letting supposedly law-abiding citizens carry...
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Words of the Week
Words of the Week
Published: February 7, 2008
“It’s always hard to be opposed to something that probably has 80 percent approval in the country. But I just think it’s a crazy thing to do.... To me,...
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The Spin
The Spin
Published: February 7, 2008
Bro-downA couple of months ago, we visited our older brother in Louisville, Ky. He’s a great brother, we love him—though we could do with fewer...
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Features
Montana in Middle Tennessee?
Jim Ridley
Published: February 7, 2008
The best of both worlds, indeed. Nothing is official—no formal announcement is being made, and the outcome still hinges on a number of factors, from the ongoing WGA...
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Dining
Days of Lime and Moles
Chris Hyndman & Co. put their sleek spin on Latin-inspired cuisine
Carrington Fox
Published: February 7, 2008
When restaurateur Chris Hyndman burst onto the local scene with Virago in 2000, his Asian-fusion menu made headlines with its dazzling array of creative sushi and a...
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Reviews
This Girl’s Life
The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi
Nick Pinkerton
Published: February 7, 2008
Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation—though it moves fluidly enough, and its drawings have a handcrafted charm...
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Reviews
Pity the Fool
There is no gold at the end of this terrible Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson mash-up
Scott Foundas
Published: February 7, 2008
by Scott Foundas When a friend recently told me that she’d been confused by the poster for the Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson fortune-hunting romp Fool’s Gold...
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Short Takes
Short Takes
This week in local theaters.
Published: February 7, 2008
THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE The old generalization says that Los Angeles movies are organized horizontally (desert, suburbs, freeway) while New York movies are vertical...
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Art
The Only Race That Mattered
Two artists explore the oft-forgotten history of late-19th century black jockeys
Christine Kreyling
Published: February 7, 2008
Though black athletes dominate many of America’s playing fields these days, you won’t find many hurtling down the stretch at Saratoga, Santa Anita or any other...
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Books
Murder, He Wrote
A Nashville judge pens a historical novel based on a shocking 1913 Gallatin slaying
Liz Garrigan
Published: February 7, 2008
It might be hard to imagine a book that reads, both thematically and in some cases stylistically, like a marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Michael Connelly. But Kip Gayden’s...
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Books
Goin' Down to Georgia
Susan Gregg Gilmore’s debut novel keeps the small-town spirit alive
Published: February 7, 2008
Every Saturday, Catherine Grace Cline sits on a picnic table at the Dairy Queen, licks a Dilly Bar and thinks about the world. Her hometown, Ringgold, Ga., has one stoplight,...
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