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21. Our Critics Picks

    2008 Tomato Art Fest

    By Lee Stabert

    Published: August 7, 2008

    OMG! Tomatoes! So Red (or yellow or pink or green or orange). So sweet (or tart or earthy). It's easy to forget that, like people, tomatoes come in every shape, size, color and...

22. Our Critics Picks

    Thought Bubbles Out Loud: A Comic Book Discussion

    By Joe Nolan

    Published: August 7, 2008

    In case the bat cave full of hype that has accompanied the bleakly existential Dark Knight to record-breaking box office receipts hasn't made it abundantly clear—comics...

23. Our Critics Picks

    Daniel Tosh

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: August 7, 2008

    I owe Daniel Tosh an apology. Circa 2004, I wanted to punch him in his perfectly sculpted face with every one of his generic, overly-cutesy relationship quips. But a couple of...

24. Our Critics Picks

    Plowhaus Presents: Heroes & Villains

    By Jack Silverman

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Holy tie-in, Batman! With The Dark Knight obliterating box office records, what better time for Plowhaus to host an art show featuring your favorite comic book and film saviors...

25. Our Critics Picks

    Open House Telescope Night

    By Lee Stabert

    Published: August 7, 2008

    If I've learned one thing from Battlestar Galactica--who am I kidding? I've leaned tons of things!--it's that space is totally cool. Get closer to the stars at this monthly...

26. Our Critics Picks

    Throwdown With Bobby Flay Outdoor Screening

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Last November, when Irma Paz Bernstein and her sister Norma showed up one afternoon at Fido, they thought they were representing their renowned 12South popsicle palace Las...

27. Our Critics Picks

    Bad Friend

    With a Little Help

    By Chris Parker

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Do you flake? Forget names or birthdays? Screen phone calls? Are you a bad friend? Stuart von Stein can sympathize. It’s the conundrum at the center of local shambling...

28. Features

    Ain't Miss Beehivin'

    After nearly self-destructing himself, Howard Tate makes fun of, prays for Amy Winehouse

    By Edd Hurt

    Published: August 7, 2008

    "Miss Beehive" leads off Howard Tate's new full-length Blue Day with a Chess Records groove made humorous by Nashville producer Jon Tiven's riffing saxophones—and that's...

29. Features

    Just Plain Good

    Treva Blomquist takes no detours

    By Jewly Hight

    Published: August 7, 2008

    If it's been said once, it's been said a thousand times: People—especially those who came of age during the 1980s and since—don't like to feel like they're being...

30. Features

    Defying Gravity

    The Duke Spirit seriously rock, just not that seriously

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: August 7, 2008

    If The Duke Spirit were ever serious about being hardline analog purists, they got over the idea quickly. "It came out of necessity, in a way," explains guitarist/cofounder...

31. Features

    Cut off and Unhinged

    Bon Iver takes bedroom music into the wild

    By Dustin Allen

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Holed up in a hunting cabin in the Wisconsin wilds, chopping pine in the dead of winter and spending listless hours hunched over his worn acoustic guitar, Justin Vernon got his...

32. Cover Story

    Meet the Amazing PhilBot 3000

    He's praised as a possible Obama running mate. Too bad our governor isn't programmed to function as a Democrat

    By Jeff Woods

    Published: August 7, 2008

    To all the national media touting Phil Bredesen as Barack Obama's running mate, we ask one question: Seriously?We thought it was a joke at first. Is America really ready for...

33. News

    Black Out

    Even after drawing national scrutiny for its lily-white membership, the Belle Meade Country Club can't lend a brother a hand

    By Matt Pulle

    Published: August 7, 2008

    When David Ewing walks into the foyer of the Belle Meade Country Club, he sees a painting of Robert E. Lee hanging over the fireplace. But the amateur historian only chuckles...

34. The Fabricator

    Phantom Vibrations

    Man mistakes theater rumbling for cell phone call

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Jason Witt of Antioch says that his enjoyment last week of a matinee of the animated hit WALL-E was marred by the constant feeling that his cell phone was vibrating in his...

35. Ask a Mexican

    Speak-in of Languages

    When employers inhibit free speech

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Dear Mexican: Where I recently started working at, Latinos make up about 95 percent of the work force. We are, however, prohibited from speaking Spanish. Our supervisor tells...

36. Words of the Week

    “I think he’s been cautious..."

    Published: August 7, 2008

    “I think he’s been cautious and deliberative on development issues, which I admire.” —Metro Council member Mike Jameson, lying through his teeth in a...

37. Letters

    Letters from our readers

    Published: August 7, 2008

    Pink and green There's a lot more going on in Nashville, as far as music goes ("Oh, What a Mangled Web We Leave," July 31). People care about their music and work hard at...

38. Dining

    Three in a Row

    City Limits team anchors The Shops on the Harpeth with a trio of dining options

    By Carrington Fox

    Published: August 7, 2008

    If there were an index tracking the volume of chicken salad being made from scratch in Bellevue's cul-de-sac kitchens, it should be plummeting faster than shares of a sub-prime...

39. Reviews

    True Bromance

    In Pineapple Express, two chronic offenders race the bong arm of the law—andget a contact high off each other

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: August 7, 2008

    On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks and geeks who have made Judd...

40. Short Takes

    Short Takes

    Published: August 7, 2008

    BEER FOR MY HORSES Pay to see this video-caliber Toby Keith vehicle, and you'll feel like you got one of those Larry Mahan colonoscopies Keith prescribed for the Taliban. The...