Nashville Scene

Let's Make a Deal

Did Bredesen go too far for Dell, Titans, or Columbia/HCA?

• by Phil Ashford
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Bertelsmann AG, Dell Inc., Phil Bredesen

List

• Tags: Features, Features, Don Sundquist, Dennis Ferrier, Brian Lapps, Bill Purcell

Poster Trucks

Chevy takes the high road in full size SUV contest

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Excursion, Steve Ramsey

The Opposite Sex

Not that kind of girl?

• by Danny Solomon and Ben Taylor
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville

Bad Connection

BellSouth rejects pleas of gay support group

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Features, Features, BellSouth Corporation, Wayne Rosing, Myra McClendon, Nashville

Red Alert

Firefighters work off-duty too; is that a problem?

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Steve Meador, Debbie Meador, Buck Dozier, Bill Phillips

Blacklisted

Arena bans five cops

• by Willy Stern
• Tags: Features, Features, Sommet Center, Charles Hagar, Nashville, David Spencer

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Journalists, guv all chummy at holiday party

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Dennis Ferrier, Jeff Woods, Larry Daughtrey, Bob Rochelle

The Week That Was

Don't ask, don't tell

• Tags: Features, Features, Philip Workman, Bill Clinton, Memphis, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

Woe is Metro

It ain't great, but Purcell's bad news is just as we thought

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Phil Bredesen, Bill Purcell, David Manning, Mike Whitaker

Dumped On

Joelton's safe, but what about Old Hickory?

• Tags: Features, Features, Tom Dean, Phil Bredesen, Liz Murray Garrigan, Bill Boner

Off Limits

Fund-raiser gets the boot

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Features, Features, Charlie Dyer, Jim Shulman, Jimmy Naifeh, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

Editorial

Meeting Dr. No

• Tags: Features, Features, David Manning, Bureau of TennCare, Tennessee, Ned McWherter

The Fabricator

Locals annoyed by game show 'witticism'

• Tags: Features, Features, Jim Sandlin, McDonald’s, Nashville, ABC Inc.

Personal Statements

Critics' choices are always subjective, but that hardly makes them devoid of meaning

• by Bill Friskics-Warren
• Tags: Stories, Julie Miller, Ibrahim Ferrer, Beth Orton, Prince Paul

The Longest Mile

Serviceable film adaptation of King novel doesn't quite live up to potential

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Frank Darabont, Stephen King, Alvin Straight, David Lynch

Around the Edges

The year in jazz, blues, and gospel music

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Stories, Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington, Oxford, Wynton Marsalis

Living Large

A year of terrific shows—even counting the ones that got away

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Andre Williams, Nashville, Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve

Mixing It Up

Modern musical flavors are commingling more than ever before

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, Cassandra Wilson, Tom Waits, Edgar Meyer, Beth Orton

Building a Better Map

New books explore the hidden history of homosexuality

• by Michael Sims
• Tags: Stories, James Saslow, John Howard, Mississippi, Carl Corley

Rolling Over

The arbitrariness of numerical designations

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Steve Malkmus, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., The Flaming Lips, Fountains of Wayne

Tightly Woven

Potent drama gets at the knotty bonds that link family members

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Kess Briggs, Lee Blessing, Evelyn Briggs, St. Augustine (Florida)

Close to the Earth

Show of New Mexico artists offers glimpse into unique aesthetic

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, The Parthenon, Susan Shockley, Nashville, Santa Fe

No Place Like Home

It was a great year for music in Nashville

• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Woody Guthrie, Kenny Alphin, Josh Rouse

Sum Things Up

A year of achievements—some notable, some laughable

• by Ben Taylor
• Tags: Stories, Prince (Musician), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Beck (Musician), Chris Cornell

Worlds Collide

The Latin influence played a big role in both R&B and world music this year

• Tags: Stories, Wilson Pickett, Ibrahim Ferrer, Aretha Franklin, Melvin Van Peebles

99 Year Sentence

The 11th Annual Boner Awards

• Tags: Boner Awards, Columbia, Bruce Dobie, Brentwood, Janet March

The Roaring 20th

Superlatives you won't read anywhere else

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Stuart Scott, Babe Ruth, Dan Patrick, Michael Jordan

New Scene

Investors buy stake in paper

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Bruce Dobie, City Communications, Nashville, Matt Pulle

Room to Move

1960s houses are the last real-estate bargains

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, U.S.S.R., Styrofoam

On the Move

Fresh Express feeds office workers who are too busy to eat

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, James Taylor, Kim Totzke, Bongo Java Roasting Co.