Nashville Scene

Drug Seizure

A local drug dealer is caught in the middle of a bizarre kidnapping triangle

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Jose Hernandez, Juan Chavez, Nashville, Mexico

"Old Nashvilleland" Theme Park to Revive Local Institutions

Castner Knott, Opryland rides among resurrected icons

• Tags: The Fabricator, Barry Coleman, Houston, West End, Nashville

Off Limits

• Tags: Features, Features, Dick Fulton, Andy Sher, Nashville, Bill Purcell

Arts Literacy, Populist Style

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Ferris Bueller, Saturday Night Live, Michael Catalano

In Living Color

A revolution at Nashville's educational-access TV stations could change the way we view the city

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Michael Catalano, Elliott Mitchell, Metropolitan Educational Access Corporation

Love And Hate Mail

And the liberals call us conservative

• Tags: Features, Features, Courageous David, Nashville, Pam Comeaux, Hendersonville

The Call of W.

Fred Dalton Thompson, ready for action

• by Roger Abramson
• Tags: Features, Features, Fred Thompson (Politician), George W. Bush, John McCain, Medicaid

Word of the Week

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, The Associated Press

the Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch comes to Davis-Kidd

• by Claire Suddath

attention wal-mart shoppers

• by Jim Ridley

Mmmmm...Coke (or Soda, or Pop)

• by Roger Abramson

In Other News

• by Bruce Barry

The Hollywood Sign

• by Claire Suddath

bowbow diggydiggy...oh I don't know

• by Elizabeth Orr

This would never happen in Lake Woebegone

• by Claire Suddath

You Are So Nashville If...

• by Brent Rolen

Santorum: Liberalism Causes Pedophilia

• by Bruce Barry

Listmania

• by Bruce Barry

Bredesen and Harassment Flap

• by Bruce Barry

Today? Tonight. Done.

• by Bruce Barry

Politics and Emotions

• by Roger Abramson

Just a Few Random Thoughts on the John Roberts Nomination

• by Roger Abramson

the shape of things too dumb

• by Jim Ridley

Shameless

• by Bruce Barry

Definitely a Gray Area Here

• by Claire Suddath

Love on the Run

French film evokes Godard's New Wave and '70s drama, but falters when it succumbs to artiness

• Tags: Stories, Tout de Suite, Benoit Jacquot

The Same, Only Different

Like their label mates Old Crow Medicine Show, Hackensaw Boys reach back, but in service of a broader vision

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Stories, The Hackensaw Boys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ryman Auditorium, Les Pauls

The Hills Are Alive and Well

Rodgers and Hammerstein chestnut is still a joy in Circle Players' production

• Tags: Stories, Terry McLemore, Cathy Sanborn-Street, Rachel Sullivan, Anna Harrer

Good, Clean Fun

Ubiquitous gospel revue strikes a chord with Dubya's America

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Martha Wilkinson, Amanda Lamb, Constance Ray, New York City

The Spin

• Tags: Stories, Keith Harling, Dale Watson, Adrienne Young, Nashville

Gorgeous Desperation

New collection captures the beauty and sadness of ordinary life

• Tags: Stories, Catherine Tudish, John Cheever, Raymond Carver, Pennsylvania

Haunted by History

There's no escaping the past in William Henry Lewis' new stories

• by Lacey Galbraith
• Tags: Stories, William Henry Lewis, Chattanooga, Denver, Emmett Till

Stop Making Sense

Duran Duran return with chemistry intact. But where's the absurdity?

• Tags: Stories, Duran Duran, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, Chris Neal

Bitter Candy

Match-up of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl proves too good to be true

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Willy Wonka, Tim Burton, Roald Dahl, Johnny Depp

Surreal Suburbia

Gregory Crewdson captures the tension between reality and fiction in his otherworldly large-scale photographs

• by Julie Roberts
• Tags: Stories, Gregory Crewdson, Frist Center, Paul Delaroche, Brooklyn

Country Gets Hard

For those of y'all about to rock, we salute you

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, Bobby Pinson, Shelly Fairchild, Nashville, Lynyrd Skynyrd

A Face in the Crowd

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Eric England, Greg Krochman, Tampa

The Disc Jockey

Baltimore's sultan of sleaze sploshes and spritzes on two new DVDs

• by Jason Shawhan
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Baltimore, Motion Picture Association of America

All Things Italian

Notes of interest for anyone who loves Italian food

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Amerigo Vespucci Society, Corrado Savarino, Italy

Getting Snookered

Low-profile yet highbrow, a new pool room may feel classy, but we know better

• by John Spragens
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville

Melting Pot(luck)

Though the Whitland Avenue Fourth of July bash is all-American, the food knows no boundaries

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Tuscany, Jackie Schrago, Norman Rockwell, Nan Gurley

All Washed Up

Despite creepy visuals, Dark Water swirls down the drain

• by Daniel Darland
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Hollywood, Jennifer Connelly, Japan, Hideo Nakata

Shots

Website of the Week

Help a Nashville girl fight back against debilitating disease

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Caroline Kirk, Jeff Black, Organ Transplant Association

Avon Williams, A Man In Full

Remembering the life and times of a friend and intellectual

• by Andrew D. Martin
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville, Avon Williams, Republican National Convention, John McCain

Weekend Updates

The world is Tammy Faye Starlite's uterus, and religion is her IUD

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville, Tammy Faye Messner, Jeff Tweedy, Ken Coomer

Impromptu

Rap meets Cher in a brother's hospital room

• by Lacey Galbraith
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Cher, 50 Cent

Wheels & Deals

There's somethin' women like about a pickup, man

• by Claire Suddath
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Williams-Sonoma Inc., Dexys Midnight Runners, Urban Outfitters Inc., The Talbots Inc.

Changing landscapes

New wagons from Buick and Volvo highlight evolutionary design

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Buick Terraza, Volvo V50, AB Volvo, Ford Motor Company

Thanks, but No Thanks

Playing music in bars from the age of 12 will scare ya straight

• by Walter Jowers

Where's the Outrage?

Muslim leaders offer nothing but lip service against the violence of extremists

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Europe, London, George W. Bush, Iraq