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1. Letters

   Love-Hate Mail

   Letters from our readers

   Published: June 12, 2008

   Swain’s swainI’d like to thank your publication for a revealing look at the life and career of Carol Swain (“A Woman Apart,” June 5). I have known her...

2. Words of the Week

   Words of the Week

   Published: June 12, 2008

   “Being a superdelegate is kind of like being a beautiful young woman. You get lots of opportunities to field phone calls.” —Gov. Phil Bredesen, on his many...

3. The Spin

   The Spin

   Published: June 12, 2008

   Nada clueThursday night was Nada Surf’s first time playing Mercy Lounge after two straight packed out shows at Exit/In in the last two years. It seemed like a few of...

4. Features

   Case, But Not Mystery, Closed

   Even with an arrest in the Marcia Trimble murder, just how it happened is as elusive as ever

   Matt Pulle

   Published: June 12, 2008

   A few years after her young daughter died, Virginia Trimble went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and said a prayer. She asked God to save the soul of the person who killed her...

5. Features

   Nylon and Steel

   Renowned classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco comes to Nashville

   Geoffrey Himes

   Published: June 12, 2008

   by Geoffrey Himes The “Concierto de Aranjuez” is not only one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th century classical music, but also the most popular piece for...

6. Features

   Re-segregation Plan?

   Business leaders secretly lobby to excuse white children from school rezoning

   Jeff Woods

   Published: June 12, 2008

   It’s being sold to the public as a happy return to neighborhood schools. But critics see the proposed school rezoning plan as a ploy to re-segregate the races in...

7. The Fabricator

   Local Firm Lands McCain Defibrillator Contract

   Buzzing of paddles on chests often accents candidate’s speeches

   Published: June 12, 2008

   Nashville’s Defibrillation Corporation of America has landed the contract to provide portable defibrillators at John McCain rallies from now through...

8. Features

   Making Hay

   Union Station’s Dan Tyminski gets his own band going

   Jon Weisberger

   Published: June 12, 2008

   Within Union Station, Alison Krauss may be getting the lion’s share of attention these days for her exploration of new musical ground with Robert Plant. But what’s...

9. Features

   Trains Across the Sea

   On the Silver Jews’ latest, David Berman sings about truth, failure, burglary, urban renewal and Sonny James

   Edd Hurt

   Published: June 12, 2008

   For all anyone knows, the shakiness that sometimes takes over David Berman’s voice is a conscious technique, but it doesn’t sound like one. On the new full-length...

10. Cover Story

    Hippies, Heat and Hot Jams

    Bonnaroo is back for its seventh year

    Tracy Moore

    Published: June 12, 2008

    What the South lacks in progressive vision, it has always made up for in the wonderful and weird—we gave the world blues, rock ’n’ roll, ragtime, and, uh,...

11. Cover Story

    Armageddaroo

    Is Metallica’s Bonnaroo appearance a sign of the Apocalypse?

    Jack Silverman

    Published: June 12, 2008

    “We can discover the wonders of nature / Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside.”—“Sugar Magnolia,” Grateful Dead“Fight fire with...

12. Cover Story

    An Open Letter to the Guy Whose VIP Passes We “Borrowed” for One Day at Bonnaroo but Were Kinda Supposed to Give Back, and Didn’t

    Tracy Moore

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Dear Bobby Bare Jr.,We don’t flatter ourselves, so we’re sure you probably don’t remember. We’re fairly confident it has slipped your mind...

13. Cover Story

    Crazy Train

    Prepare yourself physically and mentally for Bonnaroo—or pay the price

    Steve Haruch

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Have you ever seen that Gatorade commercial where they show footage of a triathlete trying to cross the finish line? Dude’s so dehydrated that he’s stumbling...

14. Cover Story

    Funny or Die

    When the weekend gets hot, seek refuge in the comedy tent

    Lee Stabert

    Published: June 12, 2008

    The Bonnaroo comedy tent is an oasis in the desert (read: air-conditioned tent in the dusty, hippy-strewn festival wasteland). It might be a tad difficult to get in, but...

15. Ask a Mexican

    ¡Muy Caliente!

    Special summer edition

    Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Dear Readers: The Mexican has previously published only one best-of column in his nearly four years living under his cousin’s identity in this country with, but I must...

16. Features

    Danny Rhodes, 1950-2008

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Danny Rhodes, the founder, guitarist and lead singer of 1980s Nashville band The Nerve, died from complications due to gastric cancer on May 23 in Cottonwood, Ariz., where...

17. Helter Shelter

    Praising Fire and Mutants

    Get ready for a hot mess

    Walter Jowers

    Published: June 12, 2008

    It’s not officially summer yet. But it’s hot enough to be summer, and it’s hot enough for crazy things to start happening. Once the temperature creeps up to...

18. Dining

    East Meets Southwest

    I-24 leads to Mexican and Thai cuisine well worth the short trip

    Carrington Fox

    Published: June 12, 2008

    If you are not already familiar with the burgeoning Antioch neighborhood, take down these directions: From downtown, take I-40 East to I-24 East. At Exit 59, turn right onto...

19. Columns

    News of the Weird

    Published: June 12, 2008

    Two men from the class of ’08 did not graduate from Duke University in May because they were two of the three lacrosse players accused of rape in March 2006 and were...

20. Reviews

    The Not-Too-Bad-But-Kinda-OK Hulk

    In the shadow of Iron Man, the latest from Marvel can’t live up to its billing

    Robert Wilonsky

    Published: June 12, 2008

    By Robert Wilonsky In recent days, Universal’s been running a TV spot for The Incredible Hulk that gives away what should come as no surprise to any fanboy worth...