Nashville Scene

Love/Hate Mail

We’ve been waiting for an Olson comeuppance

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, David Alford, Todd Olson, Lance Armstrong

A List

• Tags: Features, Features, Bacardi Ltd., Bethlehem, Nazareth, Pontius Pilate

Class Action

Vanderbilt students led the effort to honor Perry Wallace

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Perry Wallace, Vanderbilt University, Zach Thomas, Richard Pride

News Briefly

Good People keeps getting worse

• Tags: Features, Features, Ronal Serpas, Amazon.com Inc., Tennessee, Chester Hughes

Consumer Abdicates

When news is entertainment, don’t expect a straight story

• by John Spragens
• Tags: Features, Features, Ralph Nader, George W. Bush, Howard Dean, Al Gore

This Lenten Season

Please give these things up

• by Roger Abramson
• Tags: Features, Features, George W. Bush, John Rutherford, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter

Tyne Boulevard House Purchased, Not Demolished

Unusual move surprises entire neighborhood

• Tags: The Fabricator, Ansel Wolfe, Ruth Wolfe, Czech Republic, Elizabeth Bradford

We Hear...

• Tags: Features, Features, Peyton Manning, Joel Kaplan, John Kerry, Ned McWherter

Blow the Drug Companies Out of the Water

• Tags: Features, Features, Bureau of TennCare, Tennessee, Gatorade, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.

Sounds Real Good for Free

In hopes of being heard, local artists jetpack and Fognode are giving away their music online

• by Paul V. Griffith
• Tags: Stories, Brian Siskind, Recording Industry Association of America, Weezer, Marc Bolan

Welcome to the Funhouse

Local theater organization brings Kentucky troupe to town for David Lindsay-Abaire’s zany comedy

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Jaz Dorsey, Nashville, David Lindsay-Abaire, Bowling Green

Story-Building

First-time Filmmaker examines the legacy—and the mess—left behind by his late father, architect Louis Kahn

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Louis Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Academy Awards, I.M. Pei

Animal Act

Nashville Children’s Theatre premieres local playwright’s likable adaptation of African folktale

• Tags: Stories, Patricia Taber, Nashville, Alex Stadaker, Bret Grigsby Wilson

Another Country

Two distinctly different bodies of work examine racial repression in 20th century America

• by Julie Roberts
• Tags: Stories, Jacob Lawrence, Harold Lowe, Lowe’s, Nashville

Pick of the Week

Fred Armisen ♦ Saturday, 28th

• Tags: Stories, JUDY CHICAGO, Fred Armisen, B.B. King, Nashville

Reaching for the Ring

A Pulitzer Prize winner takes a nuanced look at gay marriage

• by Paul V. Griffith
• Tags: Stories, David Moats, Vermont, Beth Robinson, Susan Murray

Rock ’n’ Reel

This year’s Nashville Film Festival turns up the music

• Tags: Stories, Gram Parsons, Phil Kaufman, Nashville, Metallica

Saving Our Soul

Before, Music City’s history was in black & white. A new compilation CD puts it in color

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Bobby Hebb, Cecil Gant, Memphis

Blues With a Feeling

New book from blues impresario Dick Waterman sounds the right note

• Tags: Stories, N.Y. Waterman, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Tom Parker

Live Shot

Reunited Zombies bring their odyssey full circle

• by Steve Morley
• Tags: Stories, Colin Blunstone, The Zombies (Musical Group), Rod Argent, Steve Cropper

A Face in the Crowd

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Ina Hughes, Nashville

Car Trouble

Doesn’t matter how modern our world is, women still get mistreated by auto mechanics

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Jean Harrison, Nashville

Organized Slime

Scene outs restaurant critic

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Kay West, Neil Pond, Jo Dee Messina, Alanna Nash

Stupid Sports Tricks

In honor of Audrey, who took a shot put to the groin, we bestow the following dubious honors

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, AL East Division, American League (Baseball), Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball

Crush of the Week

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Gorgeous Greta, Greta Casey, Russ Meyer, Betty Page

Arms Race

Volkswagen upsets balance of power with R32 pocket-rocket

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Volkswagen AG, Subaru Corporation, Germany, Japan

Dining Notes

New tastes in town

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Jay Pennington, Josh Weekley, Dan Morrissey, Jeremy Barlow

Bad Oranges

The troubled NFL careers of former Vols

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Jamal Lewis (Running Back), National Football League, Dwayne Goodrich, Leonard Little

Everyone’s a Critic

Nashville speaks out on the movie of the moment

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville

Group Therapy

Playmates and Artists—But Not on the Same Tour

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Playboy Enterprises Inc., Hugh Hefner, Los Angeles

Web Sites of the Week

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Sesame Street, Star Trek, The X-Files

Somewhere the Sun Shines

Rumba isn’t a trip to a tropical beach, but it’s close enough

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Katie Couric, The Today Show, Al Roker, Bermuda

Weekend Updates

Celebrating zine culture, the Man in Black, and more

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Zine World, Jerianne Thompson, Johnny Cash, Murfreesboro