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The Year in Music
Published: December 10, 2009
This wasn't just the year everyone you know got an iPhone. It was also a fitful, eventful year for the local music scene—full of blown speakers, broken strings, breakups,...
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Those Darlins w/Caitlin Rose, King D & Jimmy Neutron at YEAH!
Blast Off!
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 10, 2009
Yes, we're righting another blurb about YEAH. What can we say? The Murfreesboro youth arts center was cool in theory but even cooler in practice. Who else is going to follow up...
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Winter Whiteout at Avenue 9
White Noise
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 10, 2009
When we went back to a major coastal city (that shall not be named) recently and were catching up with some of our old raver buddies, they were surprised to find that there was...
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Lucky Tubb at fooBar
Better to be Lucky
By Timothy C. Davis
Published: December 10, 2009
Why, a man'd be a fool to have a last name like Tubb and not have a go at Nashville, right? Well, not exactly. The great-nephew of country-music legend Ernest Tubb—one...
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Vanilla Ice at Main St.
Ice Ice...maybe?
By Adam Gold
Published: December 10, 2009
No matter who you are or what your circumstances may be, you'd probably never trade places with Rob Van Winkle, a.k.a. Vanilla Ice. Perhaps the most maligned figure in the...
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An Aqua Velvet Christmas at Third & Lindsley
Pop Reconfiguration
By Ron Wynn
Published: December 10, 2009
Between them, there’s probably no instrument on earth that ace musicians Jim Hoke and Randy Leago don’t either play or have mastered. They’re just as versatile...
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Homeless Benefit at Station Inn
Inn Keepers
By Jon Weisberger
Published: December 10, 2009
October’s benefit for Bluegrass Hall of Famer and “bionic banjoist” Eddie Adcock and his singing partner Martha was a success in part because of the “give...
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Get Behind a Mule: Tom Waits Tribute at The Basement
True Love Waits
By Emily Bartlett Hines
Published: December 10, 2009
Tom Waits’ new album, Glitter and Doom, came out last month; it was his first live record since 1988, and critics praised Waits’ storytelling, emotionally affecting...
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Drewm and Ellie Holcomb at The Rutledge
Holcomb? Nearly Killed 'Em!
By Chris Parker
Published: December 10, 2009
Holcomb’s rootsy homespun shuffles crackle with naked honesty, like the confidences of a friend spilling his guts, and the Springsteen-stoked tone of his lyrics is one of...
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Bo Bice Fan Club Christmas Party at The Rutledge
Still Under Underwood
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: December 10, 2009
We had no idea that this American Idol also-ran even had a career still, never mind a fan club—especially a fan club that has Christmas parties. You might remember Bice as...
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Watkins Student Filmmakers Exhibit at Regal Green Hills 16
Scorsese's Babies
By Joe Nolan
Published: December 10, 2009
It's no secret that we're in love with movies, and one of our favorite periods of all time is the New Hollywood movement that began with Bonnie and Clyde in 1967 and ended with...
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Film Nashville Town Meeting and Nashy Award at The Belcourt
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: December 10, 2009
When you think of the movie industry, Nashville might not be one of the major filmmaking hubs that comes to mind. But fact is, Nashville’s small but passionate film...
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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders at Regal Green Hills and Opry Mills
M*A*S*H Without the Sugar Coating
By Jack Silverman
Published: December 10, 2009
A dose of harsh reality amid the onslaught of sappy Christmas films, this documentary follows the experiences of four volunteer doctors from the humanitarian aid group...
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Nashville Santa Rampage
Xmas Jeer
By Tracy Moore
Published: December 10, 2009
Say what you will about anarchy, it's at least pretty simple. No one’s in charge. Mayhem rules. It's every man for himself. Unless you're trying to pull off a Santa...
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Re-Sale at Open Lot
A Bazaar Occurrence
By Eric Lehning
Published: December 10, 2009
Open Lot Nashville has long served as a proud venue and exhibition space for underground artists. Now artists and collectors alike are called to take part in an epic re-sale at...
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ITVS Community Cinema: Young @ Heart
Old School of Rock
By Jim Ridley
Published: December 10, 2009
A chorus of senior citizens singing the Sonic Youth/Clash/Ramones songbook sounds like a recipe for obnoxious cutesiness, but the subjects of Stephen Walker’s moving 2007...
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Star Wars in Concert at Sommet Center
You've Gotta Be Sithing Me!
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: December 10, 2009
Oh man. Oh God. Oh boy. All right, we’re going to do our best to contain our sheer nerd-gasm elation over the prospect of a multi-faceted, multimedia Star Wars event of...
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Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown Franklin
Urchin's Delight
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: December 10, 2009
’Ello, blokes and birds. What might you say if I were to tell you that, for this weekend only, all of historic downtown Franklin has been magically transformed into a...
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KEZA Fashion Show at Mai
Developing Nations
By Tracy Moore
Published: December 10, 2009
“Microfinance has done more to bolster the status of women and to protect them from abuse than any laws could accomplish,” writes first Pulitzer-winning married...
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Halcyon Birthday Race
Meddle to the Pedal
By Steve Haruch
Published: December 10, 2009
There isn’t a cooler intersection of bicycle know-how, progressive-minded community action and DIY badassery than Halcyon Bike Shop. The 12South gearhaus celebrates its...
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