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   A Nashville cop's fall from power to prison

   By Caleb Hannan

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Gary Antol sat outside the bunkhouse strumming his guitar in a pool of manufactured light. A budding musician who should have kept Yellow Cab on speed dial, Antol was serving...

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   Mashville at Limelight

   Do the Mashed Potato, Do the Twist

   By Sean L. Maloney

   Published: May 28, 2009

   This is the final Mashville party before resident DJ and local hip-hop luminary Kidsmeal becomes a man—a man with a record, that is. After years of anticipation and more...

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   Fugitive Video Project 2009 Festival

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   By Joe Nolan

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Although there are numerous one-minute film festivals out there, this one is our very own, and this second installment of the bi-annual event promises to be more...

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   Generations Against the Death Penalty at the Belcourt

   Crime and Punishment

   By Emily Bartlett Hines

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Death penalty opponents can point to many sensational incidents of mistakes and miscarriages of justice—like the case of Paul House, who was exonerated May 12 after...

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   Jason White at Third and Lindsley

   Tonight's Top Story

   By Jim Ridley

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Perhaps best known for writing Tim McGraw’s sobering hit “Red Ragtop,” White has proved he can polish off anything from New Wave rock to feathery pop to...

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   Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles at Third and Lindsley

   Tough Girl with Heart

   By Edd Hurt

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Borges nailed Doug Sahm’s “I Wanna Be Your Mama Again” on this year’s Sahm tribute Keep Your Soul, and her new full-length The Stars Are Out finds the...

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   Leon Redbone at the Belcourt

   Who is the Man?

   By Adam Gold

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Only the deaths of Andy Kaufman and Frank Zappa proved for certain that neither was the true identity of whimsical vaudevillian performer Leon Redbone, who remains shrouded in...

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   Tokyo Sonata at The Belcourt

   Tokyo Story

   By Scott Foundas

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Like the revered Yasujiro Ozu, the prolific Kiyoshi Kurosawa (best known for supernatural horror films such as Pulse) here uses the microcosm of family to reflect a changing...

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   Shakespeare's Case at Belmont's Troutt Theater

   Burden of Proof

   By Martin Brady

   Published: May 28, 2009

   The Nashville Shakespeare Festival has found interesting ways to expand its community presence in the recent era. Besides bringing the Bard to the younger set via its many...

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    Works by Raymond E. Proctor at the Public Library

    City in Sketches

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: May 28, 2009

    What local artists such as Ann Tiley and Peggy Snow attempt in paint--capturing Nashville landmarks, homes and street scenes in defiance of the wrecking ball--R.E. Proctor has...

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    Bike for Branches

    Bike-Curious

    By D. Patrick Rodgers

    Published: May 28, 2009

    There's a lot of talk going around these days about "going green" and "minimizing our carbon footprint." But for all the fashionable environmentalism and goofy, over-utilized...

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    Generous Helpings at the Farmers' Market

    All You Can Eat

    By Carrington Fox

    Published: May 28, 2009

    A perennial favorite food event, the Nashville's Table fundraiser moves to the newly renovated Farmers' Market, where once again, the city's ever-generous restaurant...

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    Chuck Mead CD Release

    Good Luck, Chuck

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Mead will always be a local hero for his part some 15 years ago in the resurrection of Lower Broadway’s honky-tonk scene—no question one of Nashville’s defining...

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    Prabir and the Substitutes

    Prabir for my Horses

    By Seth Graves

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Setting aside the qualms of good and bad taste, we all know what great classic pop music sounds like, and we all recognize the elements that make it timeless when we hear them....

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    Home Keys at Exit/In

    Qwerty South

    By D. Patrick Rodgers

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Monikered "home keys [asdfjkl;]" on paper, this one-man outfit is the brainchild of videographer, frequent Scene contributor and veritable polymath Seth Graves, and it lands...

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    The Quebe Sisters at Station Inn

    Heebie Queebies

    By Jon Weisberger

    Published: May 28, 2009

    If the Station Inn’s weekly dose of western swing from the Time Jumpers isn’t enough to slake your thirst, you’re in luck tonight. Though they’re young,...

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    Au Revoir Simone at the End

    Viva La Dream Pop

    By Dustin Allen

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Like most indie acts lent the unfortunate “dream pop” epithet (which seems to attract as much preconception as gushy fans), Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone have fallen...

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    FuseBox's Craigslist Show at Cafe Coco

    Casual Encounter

    By Martin Brady

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Of all its various strains of improv programming, FuseBox Theatre has probably gotten the most mileage out of this form, which attracts a diverse and enthusiastic following....

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    Museums of the 21st Century at The Frist

    A Night at the Museum

    By Joe Nolan

    Published: May 28, 2009

    In their earliest days, museums were literally conceived of as temples to the Muses, and their sacred architecture demonstrated the vaulted position that the arts occupied in...

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    Cedric the Entertainer at the Ryman

    King of Comedy

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Andre the Giant. Jack the Ripper. Dennis the Menace. Each has left a unique mark in his respective field, whether it be wrestling, serial killing or neighborhood...