Nashville Scene

Black and White

African American Council bloc wary of Dell deal

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Dell Inc., Don Majors, Frank Harrison, Nashville

Party Lines

Democrats take a leap on income tax plan

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Features, Features, Doug Horne, John Farris, Jeff Clark, Memphis

True Renewal

12 South project is the way it should be done

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Features, Features, Gary Hawkins, Nashville, Barge Cauthen, Hawkins Partners

User Error

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Dell Inc., Nashville Career Advancement Center, Paul Haynes, Dell OptiPlex

Cat Fight?

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Judy Ladebauche, Stephanie Bailey, Vanderbilt University, Janis Sontany

Running on Empty

Can Lamar Alexander find his exclamation point?

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Lamar Alexander, Iowa, George W. Bush, Tennessee

Labored Politicking

Mayoral candidates address the union issue

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Purcell, Jay West, Phil Bredesen, Dick Fulton

Niche-y is peachy

Off the floor

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Dodge Durango, Mercury Sable, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Xterra

The Graduate

A 19-year-old father's long hard road

• by Beverly Keel
• Tags: Features, Features, Eugene Bassham, Nashville, Richard Jones, Stratford High School

The Politics of Sprawl

Why there can be no suburbs without urbs

• by Phil Ashford
• Tags: Features, Features, Gregg Easterbrook, John Tierney, Pete Wilson, Lawrence (Massachusetts)

Top Bottom

Nashville bassist lives up to his stellar reputation with new release

• by Ron Wynn and Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Victor Wooten, Nashville, Josh Rouse, Richard Bachschmidt

Bond and Gagged

Even as it stifles content in other movies, the MPAA lets the funny, saucy "Austin Powers" sail through

• Tags: Stories, Austin Powers, Mike Myers, Homeless Isa, Hugh Grant

Rules of Engagement

Two recent books offer different views of relating to the world

• by Michael Sims, Charles Wyrick, and Diann Blakely
• Tags: Stories, Diane Ackerman, Diane Leslie, Eleanor Ross Taylor, Fleur de Leigh

Voice Lessons

Local singer Connye Florance adeptly bridges jazz and pop styles

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Stories, Connye Florance, Nashville, Sarah Vaughan, Cole Porter

State of the Arts

Agency showcases noteworthy work by Tennesseans

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Tennessee Arts Commission, Craig Nutt, Timothy Weber, Tom Lee

World Gone Mad

New releases go inside a troubled boy's head, on dangerous mountain treks, and into surreal political hearings

• by Scott Tobias and Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Hayao Miyazaki, Stephen Rea, Neil Jordan, David Breashears

New Again

Veteran blues guitarist infuses fresh ideas into vintage American music

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, Duke Robillard, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Ben Webster

Battle of the Bathroom Bowls

What's a boy to do?

• by Walter Jowers

Old Friends

A rare trip back to some past favorites

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Ali Baba, Ali Shahosseini, Abdirizak Hassan, Kim Totzke

Summer Breeze

"The Tennessean" takes a vacation

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, The Tennessean Newspaper, Nashville, Perry March, Mexico

No Way Out

The dark, uncomfortable world of a pregnant woman

• by Margaret Renkl
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Mama Keyfingers, Paul Newman, Laurel and Hardy