Nashville Scene

A Referendum on Garcia

• Tags: Features, Features, Pedro Garcia, Kathy Nevill, Bill Purcell, Eric Crafton

Crooked Lines

Want real political reform? End gerrymandering

• by Roger Abramson
• Tags: Features, Features, Phil Bredesen, California, Medicaid, Tennessee

Predatory Lending

Nashville's hockey team may be violating its lease agreement with the city. Is now the time to get some concessions from the Predators?

• by John Spragens
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville Predators, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division, NHL Western Conference

Pushing the Preservation Envelope

A tale of two proposed conservation zoning overlays

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Features, Features, David Fox, Nashville, John Summers, MHZC

Turned Off

Baptists don't "approve" of Channel 5's new gay-themed show

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Deborah Turner, Jerry Jones, Southern Baptist Convention, Joe Solmonese

Coverage Now!

Nude calendar spearheaded by soon-to-be-cut TennCare enrollees will help cover health expenses

• by The Fabricator
• Tags: Features, Features, Phil Bredesen, Diane Towson, Bureau of TennCare, Jim Beckett

Love And Hate Mail

WWJD?

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Chevrolet Corvette, Bureau of TennCare, Scott Webb

Word of the Week

• Tags: Features, Features, John Peterson, John Shumaker

Melrose Plan Announced

Lofts, chef-run restaurants, an art gallery and ballroom are planned for The Melrose

• by Kay West
• Tags: Features, Features, Boston English High School, Scene Three Inc., Nashville, Matt Berman

TennCare Sit-In Day 3

• by Bruce Barry

Bill Frist VHS M.D. is a Craven Liar

• by John Spragens

Something I wish I had written

• by Roger Abramson

Looks Like Irony Died on 9/11 After All

• by John Spragens

The Case for Liberalism?

• by Bruce Barry

Oh, Good One, Chris!

• by Bruce Barry

Occupation Update

• by Bruce Barry

Bredesen Sit-In Update

• by Bruce Barry

Did I Say Six Months? Sorry! I Meant 25 Years

• by Bruce Barry

Occupied

• by Bruce Barry

Start the Weekend Early

• by Roger Abramson

Goten City

• by Claire Suddath

Important Advice for Parents

• by Bruce Barry

Batman, well

• by Claire Suddath

house flips big bird

• by Jim Ridley

Blogger Outing

• by Roger Abramson

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

• by Tracy Moore

It's Begun

• by Bruce Barry

The Onion Goes Futuro

• by Roger Abramson

Breaking News in the Land of Corporate Corruption

• by Bruce Barry

The "I" Word

• by Bruce Barry

Purcell on Schools: Radio Q&A This Morning

• by Bruce Barry

Not Mad Enough

People's Branch Theatre's season closer suffers from some weak staging and ill-advised casting

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Denice Hicks, Matthew Carlton, Mary Tanner Bailey, Jennifer Jewell

The Dark Knight Returns

Tough new telling recovers the power of the Batman origin story

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Christopher Nolan, Bruce Wayne, Batman (TV Show), Tim Burton

The Spin

• Tags: Stories, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Nashville, Herbie Hancock, Atomic Blonde

Bitter Pill

Venal motivation for Alanis Morissette's rerecording of her epochal Jagged Little Pill leaves a bad aftertaste

• by Cole Haddon
• Tags: Stories, Alanis Morissette, Starbucks Corporation, Glen Ballard, Liz Phair

Future Perfect

The Darling Hearts wrestle the ghosts of bands past on their new EP

• Tags: Stories, Dick Miller, Raf Cevallos, Dan Sommers, Nathan Hansen

Relaxed Fit

Tale of magic jeans appeals to inner tweens

• Tags: Stories, Lycra, Ann Brashares, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera

But a Whimper

Reynolds Price considers what happens after the world ends

• by Clay Risen
• Tags: Stories, Reynolds Price, New York City, Paris, Charlotte

Innocence Lost

Coming of age in segregated Alabama

• Tags: Stories, Alabama, Brad La Forte, Pat Cunningham, Chattanooga

Sweet Harmony

Two new duo albums prove that a man and a woman can make beautiful music together

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, Carrie Rodriguez, Thad Cockrell, Caitlin Cary, Chip Taylor

The Age of Excess

Frist Center's latest show of masterpieces highlights exuberant painting from the Late Renaissance and beyond

• by David Maddox
• Tags: Stories, Wadsworth Atheneum, Salvator Rosa, Frist Center, The Phillips Collection

Almost Is Not Enough

Pontiac and Saab tempt autobuyers with power and versatility

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Columns: Stories, General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Grand Prix, Saab 9-2, Saab AB

Crying Uncle

No matter how much of a jerk he was, there's no joy in watching Mike Tyson's pitiful demise

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Mike Tyson, Rust-Belt Mike, Marlon Brando, Muhammad Ali

Apres Moi, Le Chainsaw

French splatter movie High Tension low on sense

• by Daniel Darland
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Alexandre Aja, Cecile de France, Gaspar Noe, Philippe Nahon

Drinking for a Good Cause

Annual l'Eté du Vin brings several noteworthy wine-related events to town

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Baron Eric de Rothschild, American Cancer Society, Napa Valley

They Don't Make a Card for It

Dad and I talk more now that he's dead

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Rome, Dickie Browning, HSN LP

Seeing Red

Wildly successful tomato festival returns to East Nashville this summer

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Aubrey Bean, Nashville, Texas, Bob Bernstein

Website of the Week

It's Triumph's world, and we're just the fire hydrant

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Michael Jackson, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Bon Jovi, New Jersey

Chuckleheads of State

You can always turn to The Man for a good laugh

• by Claire Suddath
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Jan Peter Balkenende, Harry Potter, Gregory Despres, G. Gordon Liddy

Kitchen Confidential

A secret (i.e., bogus) transcript of Mayor Bill Purcell's heated budget negotiations—with his wife

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Debbie Purcell, Nashville, Bill Purcell, Matt Pulle

Shots

Weekend Updates

Sing along with Rat Bastard, tap your feet to the Bloated Lackeys

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville, PETA, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Billy Smith

Crap-tastic Voyage

A savvy shopper sees how far $20 will go at the flea market

• by Marie Yarbrough
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, The Coca-Cola Company, Nashville, Chia Pets, Darth Vader