Comment Archives: stories: Arts and Culture
Re: “Congratulations, Acklen Post Office — You're One of America's Quirkiest Post Offices”
I live in the Acklen PO zone, and, while their lobby may be lots of fun, the carriers are insane. One Saturday morning, we saw a carrier scream at one of our neighbors. It was so blatantly crazy and unprofessional that we were actually as impressed as we were terrified.
To this day, our household discussions often end with "MIND YOUR BUSINESS AND WALK YOUR DOG!" or "Lady, you better watch yourself. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAY I'M HAVING!"
(It all started because the postman parked her truck in a lane of traffic, instead of 10 feet down the street in a parking spot, and the neighbor suggested that she pull forward 10 feet.)
Good times. Go Uncle Sam.
Also, in the interest of full disclosure and as a disclaimer of potential bias, my regular carrier tramples through my flower garden EVERY DAMN DAY and gets muddy tracks everywhere.
Re: “Hot Type: Martin Brady on Why The Columnist Matters for Local Theater”
Terrific play, tour de force performance by Alford. See this thing. Kudos Tennessee Rep.
Re: “'Gangsters': A Second Series of Drawings From Those Darlins' Jessi Zazu”
Bought both sets! Fantastic!
Re: “Vince & Amy, Renée Fleming to the Rescue in Cash-Strapped Nashville Symphony's 2013-14 Season”
No they do not ..
Re: “Vince & Amy, Renée Fleming to the Rescue in Cash-Strapped Nashville Symphony's 2013-14 Season”
I wish I was able to of seen it
Re: “'Gangsters': A Second Series of Drawings From Those Darlins' Jessi Zazu”
I considered the R. Crumb correlation, too, as well as that series of prints from Bryce McCloud of heroes like Johnny Cash and Fred Rogers on pennants.
http://isleofprinting.blogspot.com/2008/04…
Re: “'Gangsters': A Second Series of Drawings From Those Darlins' Jessi Zazu”
These remind me of those awesome R. Crumb trading cards of early blues musicians. Love that grid layout too — Kurt Wagner did something similar with his exhibit a couple of years ago at Zeitgeist, using small, finely textured black-and-white portraits drawn (as I recall) from a book of cotillion photographs.
Judging by her series title and subject, wonder if Jessi's ever read Robert Warshow's essay "The Gangster as Tragic Hero," still one of the best pieces of writing about movies and culture I've ever read:
http://www.srs-pr.com/ESSAYS/warshow-gangs…
Re: “Is The New Mind of the South Fact or Fluff?”
Interesting point about the changes "from prosaic to pop-cultural" — why should the South be exempt from the shifts wrought by mass-media globalism? Every culture is under threat right now from the bombardment of monolithic corporate media, and the resistance often takes the form of social-media mutation.
Re: “Tonight: Poetry Sucks! With Sing Again Soon at Dino's”
These Rachel Briggs posters are amazing.
Re: “The Scene's Jack Silverman interviews comedian Sarah Silverman in anticipation of her upcoming set at the Schermerhorn”
Saw Sarah last night at Largos in L A. She should be cloned and allowed to re-populate the planet. It seems I also lost my virginity there, so if anyone finds it please contact me.
I have a great bit for her and Kyle if anyone knows how to get in touch.
Peace, out.
Re: “The Scene's Jack Silverman interviews comedian Sarah Silverman in anticipation of her upcoming set at the Schermerhorn”
Nice wig.
Re: “The Scene's Jack Silverman interviews comedian Sarah Silverman in anticipation of her upcoming set at the Schermerhorn”
The use of vulgar language is reprehensible.
Re: “Nashville Recap: ‘My Heart Would Know’”
You didn't kill Avery!! :(
Re: “Cahiers du Coco: Beauty and the Beast”
Oh, my Lord, I so love this movie! Her tears turn into diamonds! The living mantelpiece and wall sconces! It's magical.
Re: “How to Fit Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem into Your Nashville Film Festival Schedule”
Zombie's music, I confess, I can take or leave. Zombie's movies, though, are another story — he's the most original horror filmmaker to come along in many, many years, one who discards worn-out devices like jump scares in favor of building fully detailed, steadily unnerving worlds. THE DEVIL'S REJECTS is the LAWRENCE OF ARABIA of drive-in rotgut, fusing every disreputable genre of ’70s exploitation into a crazily ambitious sleaze epic. His HALLOWEEN remake seemed at first an intriguing failure, but a second viewing shows how much he brought to the project — only Zombie, with his empathy for the devil, could have envisioned the Michael Myers origin story as a headbanger cousin to CARRIE, more morose tragedy than slasher movie. (His sequel is a pretty daring anti-horror anti-sequel that deliberately undermines and sabotages the slasher genre. It's rather torturous to watch, but it's more thoughtful than its reputation.) I can't wait to see what the guy does next.
Re: “How to Fit Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem into Your Nashville Film Festival Schedule”
Not directly related to the article, but Rob Zombie is doing other cool stuff too.
We gave Rob Zombie's new album a pretty good review:
http://nowso.com/review-of-rob-zombies-ven…
The fact he didn't really break new ground and stuck with his formula prevented it from being truly great.
Re: “Cahiers du Coco: Beauty and the Beast”
Thank you for writing these. Great writing on one of my favorite films. Keep up the great work!
Re: “How to Fit Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem into Your Nashville Film Festival Schedule”
I'm a fan of the Graybar shortcut. No lights.
Re: “Congratulations, Acklen Post Office — You're One of America's Quirkiest Post Offices”
I think the Belle Meade post office has celebrity photos as well. It's been a while since I've been, but I seem to remember that (and thinking #yasni).